i have always jokes about wanting to start a pentecostalist church,, and recently have been interrogating my faith and in many ways drawn to monotheism and islam— i am planning to go with a friend to their mosque soon

my personal hangups around reverting hinge mostly around similar feelings i have with christianity in regards to how both have been for So Long captured by the patriarchal authority of the church— despite from my understanding the good word never being meant to serve that purpose

i believe that women and men should both be able to receive the priesthood and that in the origins of all these monotheistic religions many things were different and often the quran affirms the things i feel to be true— even something as simple as to question public prayer

Yes, it seems that you are informed. I am with you, and I really advise you to go with your friend to the mosque. There, you can discuss anything with them and understand and clarify everything. It is simpler than you can imagine.

i wish i could travel to indonesia or central asia and spend more time with gender nonconforming muslims from other places, but i do feel strongly that spending time with an imam would be invaluable and feel more connected to islam than judaism which i have been in proximity to throughout my life

Yes I support you I wish I could invite you here but I am from Gaza

i appreciate you hearing my pondering and pontificating about my personal jihad 😭 may allah grace and protect you Mohamed, i see your engagement on my posts semi regularly and i think had forgotten or hadn’t realized you were in Palestine, i hope my thoughts do not disturb your peace my friend

Thanks. It's nice following you❤️🫂

in this dunya it is a gift to experience it with you, may allah protect you always— direct message me if you’d like to connect on signal or whatsapp, i would love to know if you have a fundraising campaign or any means to receive donations

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Allah’s love is the most simple, most elegant, most gracious thing— i have only ever been told by muslims in my life that my own internal contradictions or feeling unworthy for being intimidated by the notion of making wudu and praying five times each day should not be a barrier to my faith