Amina Wadud

I just wanted to get off the phone, so I could say out loud a soft, “yes!”, make a silent prayer of gratitude, and then just cry a little.

To read the Qur’an “properly” is to read it with full tajwid.

It is not whether we agree, but whether I follow through with what I say I am all about.

Some things really are based upon experience. No matter how much we might say, unless one has had the experience, our words sound awfully empty.

“Whoever has done an atom’s weight of good, shall see it; and whoever has done an atom’s weight of sin, shall see it.”

And other rituals of the hajj.

I cannot claim to humanity greater than anyone else—no matter how different my point of view, my preference, or my sexual orientation might be.

Things must really be picking up at the cosmic level, relative to the hajj.

How does one believe in the unconditional presence of God and at the same time make it a special sacred occasion to perform hajj?