Tag Archives: history

Social norms are part of free speech

Posted on August 18, 2017 by askanislamicist

This is going to be a bit different from my normal posts, but it’s been bothering me, and I want to write about it, and, you know, it’s my blog, so there.  Trigger warnings for a bunch of discussions about … Continue reading →

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Curriculum on early Islam

Posted on April 21, 2017 by askanislamicist

Kim asked: Dear Jessica, I hope you are still taking questions on this site. I am an aspiring Religion teacher (high school level) who want to ask about early Muslim history. To summarize, there is a lot of fear, hate … Continue reading →

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Defending Europe: Part II

Posted on March 2, 2016 by askanislamicist

Welcome to Part II of my discussion of wSieci’s “Islamic Rape of Europe,” where I talk a lot about maps.  Part I is all about the racism and white supremacy represented in the cover – check it out before you … Continue reading →

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Homosexuality in the Medieval world

Posted on February 3, 2016 by askanislamicist

Carrying on from my last post, I came across this brilliant comic by Humon about definitions of sexuality in Medieval Christian monasticism, which really nails what I was talking about that our terminology just doesn’t make sense when talking about … Continue reading →

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Homosexuality in Islam

Posted on January 25, 2016 by askanislamicist

Umar asked: Hey Jessica, I was wondering if you could make a post about homosexuality in Islamic history, i.e how open has it been, what were the reactions, etc. Thanks. — Okay, I guess to start with I should warn … Continue reading →

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Modern hadith studies

Posted on August 3, 2015 by askanislamicist

Nader asked: Hi Jessica, A very nice blog attracting sincere and relevant questions 🙂 Congratulations for this job. I have been reading for a while papers dealing with the authenticity of the hadiths and I must admit I still didn’t … Continue reading →

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1400 years is actually a really long time…

Posted on May 20, 2015 by askanislamicist

Bob asked: I appreciate your blog very much. It’s actually rather amazing that you do this. I have a friend of the Fox News always on in the living room sort. He knows I am of a totally different political … Continue reading →

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Learning, research, and received wisdom

Posted on October 29, 2014 by askanislamicist

As I’m now deep in the depths of the final revisions of the resubmission of my thesis (long story), I’ve found myself re-reading books and journal articles that I first read years ago, and as a result, I’ve also found … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Islamophobic strawman: Everything’s worse than it was!

Posted on September 12, 2014 by askanislamicist

Well, since there wasn’t roaring disappointment over my use of an imaginary Islamophobic strawman, I figured I’d carry on, footloose and fancy free.  (Seriously, my feet are so loose.  Dangerously loose.  Does anyone know where I can get some new … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Islamophobic Strawman: Isn’t Islam a violent religion?

Posted on June 18, 2014 by askanislamicist

So I’ve been considering for a while doing a series of blog posts on “conversations with an imaginary Islamophobic strawman.”  The problem I run in to, trying to answer a lot of the questions that come through on this site, … Continue reading →

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