Zaynab

First, Surah Al-Fātiḥah (1:6–7) does not mention Jews or Christians by name. It says: “Guide us to the straight path… not the path of those who earned Your anger nor those who went astray.” Some classical scholars offered interpretations, but the verse itself is general, it is a prayer asking God to keep us from error. Muslims are not standing in prayer thinking about attacking Christians. We are asking for guidance. Second, quoting Qur’an 98:6 without context ignores that the Qur’an also says: “You will surely find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, ‘We are Christians.’” (Qur’an 5:82) Islam differentiates between hostile opposition and peaceful coexistence. It does not command random violence against Christians. As for Qur’an 9:29, that verse was revealed in the context of a political war between states in the 7th century. It is not a blanket command for Muslims to fight Christians everywhere. If it were, over a billion Muslims living peacefully with Christians globally would not exist. The claim that Muslim men are not bound to love their wives is also false. The Qur’an says: “And among His signs is that He created for you spouses… and placed between you love and mercy.” (30:21) And the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “The best of you are the best to their wives.” On beating wives: the Prophet never struck a woman. Classical and modern scholars explain that any form of harm contradicts his example. Abuse is not Islamic character. Now, on marriage itself: Islam actually does permit Muslim men to marry Christian women (Qur’an 5:5), recognizing them as People of the Book. Christianity does not permit Christian women to marry Muslim men. So if a Christian woman chooses not to marry a Muslim because of her faith, that is her right and consistent with her scripture. But presenting Muslims as people who pray daily thinking their wives are cursed, or who are religiously commanded to kill Christians, is inaccurate and inflammatory. We disagree theologically about Jesus (peace be upon him). Yes, Muslims do not believe he is God but we love and honor him as one of the greatest prophets. That disagreement does not equal hatred. Interfaith marriage comes with serious theological differences. It requires maturity, clarity, and respect on both sides. But fear-based misrepresentation helps no one. We can disagree without demonizing each other.

This was his last Ramadan, May this tweet be part of his good deeds 🤲🏾

@Haneefahjumoke See ehn. This one don tire me 😂. Sometimes, I remember after ablution or during.

I stepped out of my office to observe Asr, it was on last Ruku I remembered I’m menstruating….Subuanallah🤦‍♀️😭😭😭😩

@omotolaniee Me and you both mama. It can NEVER be me

There are some things I know I’ll never do, like I know it can never be me. For example, that thing people do, holding snakes for pictures. Will never be me.

@Atilolahafeezah 😂😂😂 you people

12/12 periods completed. Some people cannot relate 😂😂🥳

Ninu gbogbo nkan. Kashamadupe

One of my greatest regrets in life was letting the teachers in my secondary school convince us that Art class was for dullards and science class for the smartest students. I was excellent at debates, loved words and really wanted to be lawyer but they wouldn’t let me. They made that choice for me before I understood what it meant. I’m pretty sure this was a moment that altered the trajectory of the lives of so many Nigerian kids.

I'm watching Aunty Shaffy Bello on DANG, and I'm in awe 🫢. She's eloquent, sound, wise, gorgeous and plenty more. I'm in love 😚.

“Gratitude is the beginning of all of the peace that I need”.- @adekunleGOLD

@dera_nessa Prayer answered 😂😂😂

My parents had a baby that died. They took leave from work to be together and grieve their baby. They got pregnant with me

On paper it is gorgeous. Two toothbrushes in one cup. Tiny socks on the radiator. Someone whose face you know in the dark reaching for you at 3:12 and not leaving. A small person with your eyes and their laugh eating cereal too slowly before school. It sounds like the closest thing to safety we have ever invented. But a lot of people did not grow up watching love look like that. They grew up watching marriage be a war that never declared itself out loud. 19:40 on a Tuesday, plates not quite slammed, voices just quiet enough for the neighbors not to hear. A father sleeping on the couch for three years. A mother doing the emotional admin for five people and getting a wilted bouquet once a year as a receipt. The child learns quickly that forever can be a threat as easily as it is a promise. You say mini mes. A lot of people hear smaller witnesses. Witnesses to debt. To screaming in the car park. To one parent disappearing for six months and calling it adjusting. Some bodies carry the memory of being the kid who held the camera and took the Christmas photo where nobody spoke to each other for two days after. They do not crave that house. They crave never putting anyone through it. There is another layer no one likes talking about because it sounds too practical for a sacred topic. Mortgage rates that bite. Groceries that feel like a test. Friends burning out in two jobs and still wondering if they can afford a dentist, не те що дитину. Bodies that already wake tired. The idea of bringing in a small, breakable person is not just cute to them. It is a spreadsheet with red numbers and a nervous system that shakes. And then there are the ones who were never told they were allowed to want something for themselves first. To them, choosing no partner and no kids for now is not selfishness. It is the first act of self parenting. It is finally learning to feed the part of them that was always the one doing the caretaking. They are not missing the desire. Sometimes they are surgically removing the compulsion put in them by a culture that treated women as wombs and men as wallets. Some people hear spouse and feel warmth. Others hear spouse and feel a hand closing over their life. Some people look at a child and feel their chest widen. Others look at their own sleep schedule, their own untreated trauma, their own rage in traffic and think not yet, not like this. That is not nihilism. That is responsibility. The bravest thing some people will ever do is break the chain by not adding another link. Marriage and children can be the most beautiful thing. They can also be the most efficient way to hide from yourself. It is easy to call it forever if you have never sat with your own loneliness without a witness. It is easy to say mini me if you have not yet met the parts of you that should not be replicated without serious editing. Many people want to arrive to that altar and that nursery with less unprocessed violence in their hands. That takes time. That looks from the outside like drifting. If you are lucky enough to want it and still be soft when you picture it, hold that gently. Do not turn your hunger into a ruler you hit others with. The world has given plenty of reasons to be afraid of binding contracts and tiny hearts. Climate, war, courts, childhood bedrooms where love was conditional on performance. Not everyone has healed enough to gamble a child on their hope. Ask people what they want under all the noise. Some will say a partner and kids. Some will say a room, a dog, three good friends and work that feels honest. Some will say I do not know yet, I was never given space to ask. The distance is not as far as it looks. Everyone is hunting the same thing under different packaging. A place where their nervous system can stop scanning the door. A hand that stays. A tomorrow that is not a threat. You can stand in your dream of spouse and children without needing the whole planet to agree.

Not the toilet light going off while I’m still inside. Egbami ke. I don’t mean nothing to you?

@BlehisBack One could see the resignation in her. She couldn’t run like the rest 💔. I really hope she’s okay.

I hope that old woman in the church is safe 🥺 She really did try her best 💔

Ninu gbogbo nkan, Kashamadupe

My tutor isn’t boring but boyyyyy, I’m so sleepy 😴 💤

We thank God for home training. Because…

By God, I’m going to make so much money in this life. Bi ihdnillah

@OjoObaRihanot @TailorMushroom You write so beautifully 🥰

@TailorMushroom My favorite thing to do is pour into you but I am quiter these days. My eyes do the talking and because you are no longer within reach, you can't read what my eyes speak. I hope to pick up my pen soon and when I do, you'd feel every word Forever In My Thoughts R.O

I love to hear from you. I miss reading your emails. I miss waiting by the phone to read your thoughts. My inbox is quite and my heart no longer races. It's been too long and you should write soon. A Part Of Your Peace. R. O

A Bollywood movie typa love 🥰🥰🥰

@saamaccido_ 😂😂😂😂

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