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January 2014

January 14, 2014

Salaam, Yusef Ramelize!

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

January 13, 2014

Salaam, Ibrahim Al-Marashi!

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

January 10, 2014

Salaam, Ahmed Akbar!

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

January 02, 2014

Salaam, Sam Pierstorff!

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

January 01, 2014

A new year, a new book!

You asked for more stories & we heard you. We're thrilled to announce that 2014 is...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Patience vs. Oppression

She sat across from me crying into her hands. I rubbed her back trying to...

December 13, 2013

Haram: A Play

"Art is a message from the soul, wrapped in a envelope of beauty." -Dr. Maher...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Friday Love: Ameena Matthews

Our love today to the incredible, inspiring and unstoppable Ameena Matthews. Ameena, a community activist...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

Advice: In Love With a Polytheist

Dear Love Inshallah, I have been dating a man for a few years now and...

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...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

I am estranged from my father, and no, I don’t like talking about it. Why...

September 07, 2013

Melody Moezzi’s Bipolar Life

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

September 05, 2013

Writing for Love

When The Love, Inshallah call for submissions found its way into my email inbox, I...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Step Baba

I was around three when my mother met him. He said I took one look...

August 20, 2013

Corona — Not the Beer — But the Place in Queens

Love, InshAllah is proud to feature occasional author interview podcasts. This episode features Deonna Kelli...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Three’s Company

I must seem like good wife material to these brothas… Second wife material that is....

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Me, Myself & I

Editor’s note: Writer Ihssan Tahir is coming on board as a www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah monthly columnist! Look...

March 2013

March 14, 2013

It started with a wink

It started with a wink. My husband David and I met on Match.com when he...

March 07, 2013

Advice: Not everyone has a happy ending

Dear Love InshAllah, I'm reaching out to you now because no one in my life...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

Friday Love: Man Prayer

Our love this Friday for this beautiful short film where our brothers speak out about...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Friday Love: Josh Garrels

Our ode to men speaking on love & intimacy continues this week as singer, songwriter,...

January 23, 2013

Couchsurfing to Love

Ed. note: The author of today's post won our Eid contest, "tweet us your love...

January 17, 2013

A Filmi Love Story

As I write this, my husband and I are hanging out over web cam in...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Friday Love: Love, Alhamdulillah!

2012 – what a year! We started it with a love note to Jon Stewart...

December 13, 2012

How to get married in a month: Or, how I stopped worrying and loved Sarah Kureshi

For all those wondering about the “story” behind my “sudden” marriage to Sarah Kureshi, here’s...

December 12, 2012

From bizarre to bliss – my year on a Muslim matrimonial site

Two days had gone by since he had called. Well, two days and nine hours,...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Unexpected prayer

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."...

October 22, 2012

Win a free copy of Love, InshAllah!

Here's your chance to get a free, signed copy of Love, InshAllah! In celebration of...

October 18, 2012

The importance of romance

Reading Love, Inshallah inspired me to reflect on my own relationships, some of which I...