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Resources for LGBTQ+ Muslims

A few days ago, I came across a document I had created nearly a year ago when I was first beginning to seriously consider that I could be bisexual. In the document were a myriad of links and resources I had found that discussed being queerness and Muslim. I thought that these links and resources, which had taken me last year a while to compile, could inshAllah help any other Muslims who identify as queer, are questioning or are struggling to reconcile their certain parts of their identity together. Some of these resources provide explicit reconciliation for queer Muslims, while others thoroughly explore several views of LGBTQ+ within Islam and the Muslim community, including views that are disagreeing, homophobic and/or hostile. InshAllah, I will add more as I find more. While I tried to look into these resources thoroughly, some of the longer ones were skimmed through at some parts. Anyone is welcomed to add more, and please, let me know if there are any problems found in this post and/or the resources listed below.

TW // Several of these resources either briefly mention or discuss sexual violence, homophobia, transphobia, problematic age gaps, Islamophobia, assault, hate crimes, discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, questionable/ambiguous age gaps and unbalanced power dynamics.

Platforms, Organizations and/or Guides That Contain a Multitude of Articles, Essays, Resources, Sermons, Stories of the Prophet (PBUH), Proofs from the Quran & Hadiths, or Groups for Muslims to Explore and Join:

Muslims for Progressive Values

Queer Jihad

Salaam Canada

I’m Muslim And I Might Not Be Straight

I’m Muslim And My Gender Doesn’t Fit Me

The Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity

Coming Home to Islam and to Self

Mecca Institute

Queer Muslim Resistance

Queer Muslim Reading Group

Resources Organized by Queer Muslim Resistance –> Highly, highly recommend this! The documents included in this folder explore films, books, podcasts, books, literature, accounts, poetry and many articles that are resources for queer Muslims.

What Imams/Scholars Have to Say:

There are 8 openly Gay imams in the world

A gay IMAM’S story: ‘the dialogue is open in Islam – 10 years ago it wasn’t’

Q&A: Islamic scholar Omar Suleiman on the Quran and homosexuality

Affirming mosques help gay Muslims RECONCILE Faith, sexuality

Essentialism and islamic theology of homosexuality: A critical reflection on an essentialist epistemology toward same-sex desires and acts in islam

Includes Evidence and/or References to the Quran and Hadiths:

Q&A: Islamic scholar Omar Suleiman on the Quran and homosexuality

Opinion | What Does Islam Say About Being Gay? (Published 2015)

Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Islam - Sunni and Shi'a - HRC

Affirming mosques help gay Muslims RECONCILE Faith, sexuality

Essentialism and islamic theology of homosexuality: A critical reflection on an essentialist epistemology toward same-sex desires and acts in islam

Islamic Texts: A Source for Acceptance of Queer Individuals into Mainstream Muslim Society

The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam

A Muslim Non-Heteronormative Reading of the Story of Lot: Liberation Theology for LGBTIQ Muslims?

What’s wrong with being gay and Muslim?

Sexual Diversity in Islam

Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam

Queer Muslims (+ their experiences) and Community:

What’s wrong with being gay and Muslim?

Gay Muslims - How you can be LGBTQ+ and Muslim

What’s it like to be queer and Muslim? Let this photographer show you

Lut’s People: The struggle to be gay & Muslim in South Africa

As a trans Muslim, I used to feel vulnerable all the time. Then I found a community of people like me.

Persian poetry lovers

‘I feel caught in the middle’: queer Muslims on the LGBTQ lessons row

Just Me and Allah: A Queer Muslim Photo Project

How Queer Muslims are Rewriting Their Stories

Queer Muslim Heroes to Celebrate This Muslim Women’s Day

Queer Muslim Women Reflect On Navigating Their Faith and Sexuality

Queer Muslims Are Carving Out Their Space On TikTok

Why Samra Habib wrote a memoir about growing up as a queer Muslim woman — and it’s now a Canada Reads winner

Being a black, British, queer, non-binary Muslim isn’t a contradiction

Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender Muslims

Affirming mosques help gay Muslims RECONCILE Faith, sexuality

Interview: Summayah Dawud talks about being a transgender Muslim woman

“It’s between me and Allah!”: Queer Muslims explain how they reconcile faith with love

Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam

Views Throughout History:

A historical look at attitudes to homosexuality in the Islamic world

Gay Sex Didn’t Scare Muslims in Islam’s Golden Age

Medieval Arab Lesbians and Lesbian-Like Women

The Amazing Way Islamic Middle Ages Celebrated Lesbian Loves

How homosexuality became a crime in the Middle East

Vanishing Source Materials and Medieval Arabic Lesbianism, by Boyda Johnstone

The Historical Context and Reception of the First Arabic-Lesbian Novel, I Am You, by Elham Mansour

Study examines the same-sex relationships of Medieval Arab Women

Persian poetry lovers

Sexual Diversity in Islam

The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam

Literature and Poetry:

A historical look at attitudes to homosexuality in the Islamic world

Gay Sex Didn’t Scare Muslims in Islam’s Golden Age

Study examines the same-sex relationships of Medieval Arab Women

How homosexuality became a crime in the Middle East

Vanishing Source Materials and Medieval Arabic Lesbianism, by Boyda Johnstone

Persian poetry lovers

For Queer Muslims, Islamic Poetry Represents Solace and Acceptance

Male-Male Love in Classical Arabic Poetry (Chapter 6) - The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature

Persian Literature from Homoeroticism to Representations of the LGBT Community: an Introduction

The Amazing Way Islamic Middle Ages Celebrated Lesbian Loves

If I see explicit hate of any kind (from TERFs, or promoting transphobia, Islamophobia, homophobia, racism and/or discrimination of any kind), I will report and block.

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Atypical - 3x07 - “It sucks you’re avoiding me. I put myself out there, and I was honest with you, and for that I get the silent treatment? Even if you don’t feel the same you could at least be there for me as a friend.”

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MANIFESTATION TIP: use your creative strengths to manifest! this is a big one - if you’re musically talented, compose a song about what you want to manıfest, if you’re good at drawing or painting, paint about it, if you like literature or writing, then write a short story or poem about it!

This is a successful method because it allows you to charge your creation with intent and energy as you work on your project which will work like a charm! GOOD LUCK

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days in magick

SUNDAY

Ruling planet: Sun

Magick:success, promotion, fame, wealth, prosperity, agriculture, beauty, creativity, ego, hope, personal achievement, power, promotion, self expression, spiritual connection, victory

MONDAY

Ruling planet: Moon

Magick: illusion, glamour, sleep, peace, dreams, emotions, travel, fertility, wisdom, clairvoyance, divination, dreams, work, emotional healing, færie magick, feminine fertility and health, glamours, home and family life, illusions, intuition, insight, psychic abilities, purity, wisdom

TUESDAY

Ruling planet: Mars

Magick: victory, courage, success, strength, rebellion, wards, protection, spells, initiation, leadership, lust, masculine marriage and protection, romance, sex, victory

WEDNESDAY

Ruling planet: Mercury

Magick: luck, the arts, communication, transportation, change, gambling, creativity, answers, transaction, chance, charisma, divination, education, flexibility, fortune, luck, mental health, study, spirit work, travel

THURDAY

Ruling planet:Jupiter

Magick: abundance, protection, prosperity, strength, wealth, healing, career, expansion, generosity, growth, harvesting, leadership, legal matters, loyalty, male fertility, material opportunities, money, optimism, riches.

FRIDAY

Ruling planet: Venus

Magick: love, north, fertility, passion, friendship, beauty, gentleness, romance, pregnancy, arts, relationships, harmony, marriage, music, nature, partnership, peace, perfumes, lust, pleasure, sexuality, transformation.

SATURDAY

Ruling planet: Saturn

Magick: banishment, protection, wisdom, cleansing, spirituality, binding, cursing, hope, limitations, meditation, psychic defence, revealing truth, self discipline, spiritual communication

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manifestation tip: manifesting is kind of like playing a video game, it happens in levels. if you’re manifesting from level one, you’re not going to magically jump to level 50. want to manifest your future spouse? start by manifesting a date. trying to make a six figure income? start by manifesting your first five figure month. start small, move through each level, and then you’ll win the game! ✨ ✨

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Bath Magic ✨

Basic Components

🌸 Bath Salts - when you want the thing to be immersed into the water, cleansing, the subconscious mind

🌸 Bubble Bath - when you want to be immersed IN the thing, manifesting, the conscious mind

🌸 Bath Bombs - when you want the thing to explode into existence, move rapidly, high energy

🌸 The Water - the carrier of your intent, cleanses, helps imbue the intent into you

🌸 Soaps - carry and spread the intent to your body, good for carving sigils, good for long term use

🌸 The Drain - carries away the bad things when you are finished, or sends your intent out into the world

To Enjoy With Your Bath:

🌸 White Wine - fresh starts, clearing

🌸 Red Wine - indulgence, sensuality

🌸 Fruit - refreshing, sweetening, celebration, blooming

🌸 Chocolate - enjoyment, self love, richness, abundance

🌸 Tea - relaxation, meditation, correspondence of the tea itself

🌸 Hot Chocolate - warmth, friendship, self love, winter

Amplifiers:

🌸 Music - can be used to create a magical atmosphere that matches your intent

🌸 Crystals - amplify and aid the intent (check water safety, don’t immerse your crystals that can’t handle it, if you choose to immerse them at all)

🌸 Candles - relaxation, illumination, each color or scent carries its own respective meanings (floating candles as well!)

🌸 Flowers / Flower Petals - color associations, good for aesthetic and mood-setting, imbues the correspondence of the flower into the water

Bonus Object: Rubber duck - a very Powerful friend

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what is a spell ?

Actions, thoughts, or words (or any combination thereof) done with our without materials, and with will and intent, to alter a situation by introducing new energy-or-manipulating the energy already present.

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what is magick ?

A practice of creating change, or manipulating outcomes, in accordance with your will.

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Why add a K to magic ?

Adding a k to “magic,” is widely credited to Aleister Crowley. Bottom line is magic has culturally been associated to entertainment and slight of hand. Magick is used to differentiate entertainment from what Pagans and witches call real magick. Do you have to use the “magick” spelling? No. However, when doing research you will find it easier to find what your looking for when you use the k. Otherwise you may run into a lot of D&D and WOW stuffs

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types of magick

Black Magick: anything done to harm or manipulate another person or to interfere with his or her free will is black magick.

White Magick: white magick’s purpose is to further spiritual growth, by strengthening your connection with the Divine realm and/or gaining wisdom from a higher source.

Gray Magick: everything else.

Natural Magick:

probably the most common form of magick. Any magick that deals with the forces of nature falls under that category. Natural magick incorporates all fours elements (Earth, Air, Water and Fire) but also Sea, Weather, Crystals, and much more. Natural magick is also called folk magick or low magick because it does not require a lot of preparation and tools to perform. You can practice it anywhere, intuitively, using what you have on hand. Casting a sacred circle isn’t even necessary! It’s been practiced since the dawn of time by shamans, healers, medicine women, druids, and other traditional witches around the world. Potions, talismans and amulets are typical examples of natural magick (but you are not limited to these of course!)

planetary magick:

Planetary magick draws its energy from heavenly bodies such as the Sun, the Moon, and all planets of our solar system. This kind of magick is based from the age-old tradition of astrology. Lunar and solar magick also falls under this category. In their simplest form, Full Moon rituals are a mix of natural and planetary magick. To perform planetary magick, you need a good knowledge of astrology and astronomy. This kind of magick requires more planning than natural magick because you have to carefully select the perfect time and material corresponding to your goal and to the planet that you will work with.

Chaos Magick

In Chaos magick, you draw your energy from your own psyche. To charge their spells, chaos magick practitioners need to be in a gnosis, or altered state of consciousness. This state can be attained in various ways such as meditation, dance, intense physical effort and even sexual intercourse. It’s only when you’ve reached this specific mental state that you can charge your spell with your own energy. It’s as if you were programming the Universe AND your own subconscious at the same time. For this reason, chaos magick doesn’t require a lot of preparation or theorical knowledge. If you know how to attain gnosis, you can practice it anywhere, using what you’ve got on hand. You don’t need to cast a sacred circle either. Of course, the most popular form of chaos magick is sigil crafting. However, there are many other ways to practice chaos magick such as the cut-up technique, linking sigils, and servitors. Since there are no rules in chaos magick, be creative and feel free to experiment. Keep in mind that anything that uses symbols can be used as a support for chaos magick, even tarot cards (I wrote a post about it, read it here). However, be very careful what you wish for! Chaos magick is very neutral and unfiltered, so you might be surprised by the results of your spells.

Ceremonial Magick

Ceremonial magick is also called High Magic by some. It is an ancient form of magick that uses complicated sets of rules, rituals, symbols and tools. Its probably the most “occult” form of magick. The magick from all initiatic orders falls under this category (such as the Institute of Hermetic Studies, the Society of the Inner Light, O.T.O., Rosicrucians, Templars, Golden Dawn, Freemasonry, etc). Besides, you need to be initiated by a member in order to practice it. Here, the energy source is the egregor of each specific tradition. Since a lot of these traditions are highly philosophical, their spells and rituals need a lot of prior knowledge and planning. Since I’m not a member of any initiatic order, I don’t know much about it. All I know is that a lot of ceremonial magick is based on the Kabballah and alchemy.

Summoning Magick

Summoning magick draws its energy from entities of other planes of consciousness such as Gods, Goddesses, Ancestors, Faeries, Spirit animals, Demons and Angels. Therefore, this category incorporates all rituals and spells requiring the summoning of an entity. Here, the practitioner does not act on his own. Instead, spells and rituals are performed in the name of the entity that has been summoned. This form of magick is practiced in all devotional magickal traditions such as Wicca and other neopagan religions. You don’t need to be religious for it to work but you really need to believe in the entities that you are working with. Summoning magick requires knowledge, planning and dedication in the long run. If you want results, don’t expect them to come right away. If you want an higher being to grant your wishes, first you need to create a relationship with them and it takes time. Besides, you can never be sure about how it will go since they must accept you. You don’t get to choose your Patron God or Goddess, Spirit Guide or Ancestor: they chose you. Working with a spiritual guide of any kind is the most powerful form of summoning magick.

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Types of water in witchcraft

• Rain Water - Has multi-purposeful uses, predominantly used for creating growth, cleansing, protection and change.

• Sea Water - Used in healing, cleansing, protection and banishing.

• Beaches: Rituals, spells, fascinations, meditations

• River Water - Used for creating changes, moving on and letting go of negativity, warding and focusing energy.

• Lake Water - Used to instill peace, happiness and contentment.

• Moon Water - Used for purifying, cleansing and balancing.

• Sun Water - Used to encourage strength, positive energy and purification.

• Storm Water - Used for strength, emotional strength, motivation, force and curses.

• Dew Water - Good for Fae work, love, beauty, health and fertility as well as calmness.

• Snow Water - Used for new beginnings, purity and encouraging transformation.

• Well Water - Used to empower wishes, healing and strengthening intuition.

• Ice/Frost Water - Used for purity, creativity and encouraging transformation.

• Swamp Water - Used for banishing and binding.

• Pond Water - Associated with relaxations and self-reflection.

• Creek/Stream Water - Used to create harmony, purification and cleansing.

• Fog/Mist Water - Used for creativity and balance.

• Waterfall Water - Used to create power, success and energy.

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Bath Magic ✨

Basic Components

🌸 Bath Salts - when you want the thing to be immersed into the water, cleansing, the subconscious mind

🌸 Bubble Bath - when you want to be immersed IN the thing, manifesting, the conscious mind

🌸 Bath Bombs - when you want the thing to explode into existence, move rapidly, high energy

🌸 The Water - the carrier of your intent, cleanses, helps imbue the intent into you

🌸 Soaps - carry and spread the intent to your body, good for carving sigils, good for long term use

🌸 The Drain - carries away the bad things when you are finished, or sends your intent out into the world

To Enjoy With Your Bath:

🌸 White Wine - fresh starts, clearing

🌸 Red Wine - indulgence, sensuality

🌸 Fruit - refreshing, sweetening, celebration, blooming

🌸 Chocolate - enjoyment, self love, richness, abundance

🌸 Tea - relaxation, meditation, correspondence of the tea itself

🌸 Hot Chocolate - warmth, friendship, self love, winter

Amplifiers:

🌸 Music - can be used to create a magical atmosphere that matches your intent

🌸 Crystals - amplify and aid the intent (check water safety, don’t immerse your crystals that can’t handle it, if you choose to immerse them at all)

🌸 Candles - relaxation, illumination, each color or scent carries its own respective meanings (floating candles as well!)

🌸 Flowers / Flower Petals - color associations, good for aesthetic and mood-setting, imbues the correspondence of the flower into the water

Bonus Object: Rubber duck - a very Powerful friend

✨🌸 Go Get Witchy 🌸✨

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