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Love, InshAllah

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May 2015

May 19, 2015

Love, Sex & Dating After Converting to Islam

Ed. Note: Please welcome our newest writer Luca, whose column "Halal Since 22" will be...

May 07, 2015

Dater in Training

  Dating is like a blank page. One that, as a writer, I have to...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

Fairytale Beginnings

Tiny Love Story "And what do you do?" so many have asked. "I tell stories,"...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Advice: Navigating Young (Forbidden) Love

Dear Love, InshAllah, We are parents of a Muslim college student who met a Muslim...

July 10, 2014

When Fairy Tales Fail Us

When a daughter is born into a loving family, she is cherished and treated like...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Summer Reading: Salaam, Love!

Summer is here! It's time to dive head first into your summer reading list, and...

May 22, 2014

Girls Like It, Too

  Call me crazy, but girls love sex too. (Yes I know, a shocker right?)...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

Crying and Reclamation

I am not always strong. There are times that I experience steep slopes of sadness....

April 03, 2014

Half Agony, Half Hope

"Do you have any children?" a nice woman making small talk asks me. I reply...

February 2014

February 08, 2014

Thank you, San Francisco!

A huge thank you to our San Francisco readers who ventured out in the rain...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Salaam, Arif Choudhury!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 29, 2014

Chastity Check

He had no shame. I think that made the situation worse. I asked him the question...

January 28, 2014

Salaam, Stephen Leeper!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 27, 2014

Salaam, Mohammed Shamma!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 24, 2014

Salaam, Alan Howard!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 23, 2014

What do you think of when you hear the words “Muslim Man?” How about “Love”?

Check out this awesome new book trailer for "Salaam, Love" created by Mohammed Shamma and...

January 17, 2014

Salaam, A. Khan!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 16, 2014

Advice: On internet flirting & kissing at a wedding

Dear Love, InshAllah: There's this Muslim guy I met a few times through work.  He...

January 16, 2014

Salaam, Anthony Springer!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

The Best of 2013

2013 was a whirlwind here at www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah! We brought on gifted writer Deonna Kelli Sayed as co-editor...

December 12, 2013

Finding love without a chase

As a teenager, I was never confident about my body. I was darker-skinned than was...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

He said, she said

Many single Muslims enjoy getting to know potential spouses over dinner and coffee dates. This...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

That’s inappropriate

A few years ago, I was standing with a friend at a wedding when an...

October 16, 2013

Finding Love in Cape Town

My roommate and I sat side by side on our couch, hunched over our respective...

October 06, 2013

“Get married or die fasting”

Author and academic Haroon Moghul - a contributor to our forthcoming book Salaam, Love: American Muslim...

October 03, 2013

Advice: Nervous About Sex

Salam Love InshAllah, I will be getting married next month and I will move from...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Black + Muslim + Woman

    "It's because you're black." He repositioned himself in the chair, then looked down...

September 24, 2013

Turning Thirty

I have been playing the role of two different people in one body for more...

September 07, 2013

Melody Moezzi’s Bipolar Life

Love, Inshallah Author Interview: Melody Moezzi, Haldol to Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life Narrated and produced...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

Advice: Unrequited Love

Dear Love Inshallah, At 20 years old, I have decided that I am ready to...

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