Amina Wadud

The word ummah comes from the same root as the word for mother, umm, in Arabic… It’s about intimate connections. But it is never used for family nor even for extended family. It is only used for a collective.

The word ummah (community) comes from the same root as the word for mother, umm, in Arabic.

There is a cost not to claim all these parts of ourselves. But the much greater cost is in claiming them.

Everyday, ordinary, mundane lives can spiral out of touch with the sacred; retreat gives us a mega-dose of it.

I’m not having the ideal relationship with my physical being this month, and I might as well be frank about it.

Do what makes you better for yourself, but do not confuse it with something that makes you better than another self.

In my younger lither days I would have to persevere through out the day fasting without suhur, but not now, not at my age, so I am having my tea as I type.

Separation between men and women in mosques can lead to communication chaos. 

It’s gotta be choice all the way.

This is not as easy as it may seem, this blogging for one hundred days.