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Queer and Muslim

On Faith, Family, and Healing

Rahim Thawer, Maryam Khan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
216 Seiten
2026
University of Regina Press (Verlag)
978-1-77940-128-1 (ISBN)
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What does it mean to be queer and Muslim in a world that insists you cannot be both?



Queer and Muslim is a powerful collection by and for LGBTQ+ Muslims navigating layered identities across lines of faith, family, culture, and community. With contributions spanning essays, poems, letters to past and future selves, and more, the book explores the emotional and spiritual dimensions of queer Muslim life and challenges the perception that faith and queerness are inherently incompatible.



These raw accounts confront the psychological toll of grappling with tensions between religious expectations and queer identity and offer rare insight into the ways mental health is lived, expressed, and supported across diverse cultural and theological landscapes. They tell of building chosen families and reconnecting with birth families, radical healing, cultivating spaces of belonging, and reclaiming faith on your own terms.



In an era of rising Islamophobia and escalating threats to queer and trans lives, the stories contained within Queer and Muslim—stories of resilience, grief, pleasure, rage, and joy—are vital, each of them an affirmation of the multiplicity of queer Muslim identities. Queer and Muslim invites readers to listen deeply, think expansively, and care more courageously.

Rahim Thawer (he/him) is a registered social worker, psychotherapist, and author based in Toronto, Canada. Rahim explores intersections of mental health and systemic oppression in his practice and writing. Maryam Khan (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Maryam conducts community-based research with 2SLGBTTIQ+ individuals and communities.

Foreword—Imam Mushin Hendricks

Introduction—Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan



PART ONE. IDENTITY AND FAMILY

Pagal Ke Beta Chaka Ka Ma: Son of Mad, Mother of Fag—Sami Sharif

Wound (Open) Letter to My Mother—Saara

Samajhdaar—Y.K.

The glass from my chest is melting into my toes—Maha Noor

Me My Mama and My Mama’s Racism—Ayan Yusuf Karshe

Self-Care? No, Thank You—Maryam Khan



PART TWO. STRUGGLES AND RESILIENCE

Lessons of Resistance—Fira

Fighting the Islamic State and Islamophobia—Nazanin Moghadami

An Overdue Letter to My Inner Child—Adnan Patel

Rethinking Therapy: Building Resilience through Culture and Spirituality—Robbie Ahmed



PART THREE. HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION

Honouring Shame: An Embodied Experience of Queering Islam—Sarah Shah

Psychedelics and Possibilities—S.H.

Party ’n’ Pray: A Conversation about Substances and Spirituality—Shafik Kamani and Rahim Thawer





PART FOUR. COMMUNITY AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES

Trans Wudu—Aaron El Sabrout

The Garden Is My Home—Nathan Viktor Fawaz

Queer Conversations with Allah—Mond Motadi

Is That Muslim?: Building Community in Diverse Ways—El-Farouk Khaki in collaboration with Troy Jackson

Diving Into Allah’s Mercy—Elias B.

Clustering Into Collective Care—Amal Ishaque

quasa Meeting Minutes—Nas



Conclusion 

Epilogue: Honoring Imam Muhsin Hendricks 

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.4.2026
Vorwort Muhsin Hendricks
Verlagsort Regina
Sprache englisch
Maße 204 x 127 mm
Gewicht 150 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-77940-128-0 / 1779401280
ISBN-13 978-1-77940-128-1 / 9781779401281
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