MUSLIM WOMAN CONFRONTS SEX TABOOS WITH HELP FROM THE KORAN
WEDAD LOOTAH , a Muslim woman who ars a full-length black niqab, celebrates the female orgasm, confronts taboo topics like homosexuality and urges Arabs to transcend the backward traditions that limit their sexual happiness. Her book, “Top Secret: Sexual Guidance for Married Couples,” is studded with religious references from the Koran. One of the themes of her book is the danger of anal sex and homosexuality generally, not because of AIDS... Read more
Reading Al-Dukhan of the Koran
January 1, 2009 by Sophie
Filed under Recent Posts, The Koran
Let us read through the Koran once and for all and see what it says. Let us start with one of the shortest surahs, the one entitled Al-Dukhan, or “Smoke”. Our reading tells us that the surah is named thus because smoke is a sign of the coming punishment of unbelievers, a woeful scourge and an act which avenges God of the doubters of this world. For this surah is about a doubting world and what Allah is planning for the unbelievers. So,... Read more