queer muslim resistance

OPIRG Kingston
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A podcast from OPIRG Kingston centring queer Muslim dreaming for collective liberation.

  1. 11/14/2021

    Islam! The O.G. House of Anti-Capitalism - A Conversation with Elias

    This episode, Elias and Maha talk about artivism, sex education, mutual aid and turning outdoor gatherings and protests into queer masjds-on-the-go. Taylor joins Maha for a debrief. You can find Elias on Instagram @strawberreli and their website here. Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com References and further reading: Masjid Al Rabia Faith Not Fear Fund  EIias' queer Muslim masterpost  The Indigenous Anarchist on mutual aid and charity Nawal H. Ammar - Restorative Justice in Islam: Theory and Practice The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice edited by Michael L. Hadley

    Islam! The O.G. House of Anti-Capitalism - A Conversation with Elias

  2. 05/25/2021

    Hello Islam, My Old Friend: A Conversation with Ejel

    This episode, Ejel and Maha talk about revisiting Queer Islam like a steadfast friendship, the rise of Islamists in the UK by the 1990's, the need for Queer Muslim in-person meetups, and TAKING TO THE STREETS! (as safely as possible :) ) Taylor joins Maha for a debrief.  You can find Ejel on Instagram @muslimlgbtnetwork Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com Thanks again to Abrar and Aram, our lovely volunteers. Go Team Go. References and further reading: Muslim LGBT Network  Hidayah Imaan Unmooring the Komagata Maru Jaspreet Ranauta - Transnational Modernity/Coloniality: Settler Colonialism, Environmental Justice, and Punjabi Diasporic Positionalities for Critical Solidarity on Turtle Island Mohamed jean Veneuse - Islam and Queer Muslims: Identity and Sexuality in the Contemporary World Aqdas Aftab - “Invisibilized Resistance” Global Muslim Resource Guide Kai Cheng Thom - I Hope We Choose Love Lisa Lowe - The Intimacies of Four Continents Mohamed Jean Veneuse - “transnational decolonization is the solution” Tiffany Lethabo King Interviewed by Feral Feminisms Tuck and Yang - “Decolonization is Not a Metaphor” Gloria Wekker - The Politics of Passion David Valentine - “Chapter 4: The Making of a Field” in Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category (email for access) Joseph Massad - “Re-Orienting Desire: The Gay International and the Arab World” On respectability politics Al Qaws on pinkwashing

    Hello Islam, My Old Friend: A Conversation with Ejel

  3. 04/27/2021

    Sari Not Sorry - A Conversation With Sari

    This episode, Sari and Maha talk about Islamic culture vs religion, culture X religion, Maghrebian Tunisian diaspora communities, & being Muslim enough. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief. You can find Sari on Instagram @sarihellara and @livingearthlings Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com A huge thank you to our volunteers, Abrar and Aram; their compassion and generosity has fuelled this project’s continuation. We owe them a lot! References and further reading: Inclusive Mosque UK https://inclusivemosque.org/ The Arabization of Islam https://www.thepvblication.com/post/the-arabisation-of-islam https://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/2008/01/the_arabization_of_islam/ Omid Safi’s Radical Love https://bookshop.org/books/radical-love-teachings-from-the-islamic-mystical-tradition/9780300248616 Omid Safi’s Sufi Heart Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sufi-heart-with-omid-safi/id1427714471 Sari’s Living Earthlings Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5N9Xndhm1ynK09C9GOwUU3 Muslims for Progressive Values https://www.mpvusa.org/

    Sari Not Sorry - A Conversation With Sari

  4. 03/30/2021

    Not Today Haram Police, Not Today: A Conversation with Sufi

    This episode, Sufi and Maha talk about harmful judgements, being outed, eventually finding a plethora of Queer Muslim communities online, Queer Ummah and Queer Muslim Liberation. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief. You can find Sufi on Instagram @sufi.sun and on Twitter @sufisun7 Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com A huge thank you to our volunteers, Abrar, Aram and Zara; their compassion and generosity has fuelled this project’s continuation. We owe them a lot! References and further reading: https://www.malikah.org/ https://www.hidayahlgbt.com/ http://www.queercrescent.org/ https://hearttogrow.org/ Halal if You Hear Me - Fatimah Asghar & Safia Elhillo ["Queer Brown Futures (Or Lack Thereof) Pg 153] https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1273-the-breakbeat-poets-vol-3

    Not Today Haram Police, Not Today: A Conversation with Sufi

  5. 03/02/2021

    There's Always Room to Grow - A Conversation with Noor

    This episode, Noor talks to Maha about being “disabled and”, and the importance of centring accessibility in community spaces. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief. You can find Noor on Twitter @snoringdoggo and on snoringdoggo.dog The transcript will be linked ASAP. Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content, and information and updates on the podcast. Visit patreon.com/queermuslimresistance to support us financially. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com

    There's Always Room to Grow - A Conversation with Noor

  6. 12/09/2020

    Dreaming Abolition - A Conversation with The Abolitionist Dream Mappers

    This episode, Maha, Muna, Beverly and Renée talk about abolition as a relational project, and the central role dreaming has in imagining and co-creating futures of collective liberation. The Abolitionist Dream Mappers’ website will be live in 2021. Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com References and further reading: RUTH WILSON GILMORE MAKES THE CASE FOR ABOLITION “Muslim Abolitionists on Islam, Carceral Systems, and the Surveillance State” by Vanessa Taylor The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study - by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney

  7. 12/02/2020

    Love and Compassionate Rage - A Conversation with Rachel

    This episode, Rachel and Maha talk about loving hard as queer Muslims. Taylor joins Maha for a debrief. You can find Rachel on Instagram @transcendentalrach Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com References and further reading: Inclusive Mosque Initiative MAY PROJECT GARDENS Homosexuality in Islam - Scott Kugle (available in our resource guide! Link in our Instagram bio) Believing Women in Islam - Asma Barlas Mohammed Jean Veneuse’s work (available in our resource guide! Link in our Instagram bio) If They Come For Us - Fatimah Asghar

  8. 11/17/2020

    Land Back! - A Conversation with Ismat

    This episode, Ismat and Maha talk about revolutionary politics and what it looks like to learn and unlearn as queer Muslims. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief. You can find Ismat on Facebook facebook.com/ismat.hammer.9, Instagram @nammmmmmu and Twitter @iovingeme Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com References and further reading: Simone Browne - Dark Matters NAZAR - an independent journalism project on surveillance - https://nazar.substack.com “The white working class is a political fiction: American media needs a better understanding of class if we are to avoid the mistakes of the past” by Adam Theron-Lee Rensch https://theoutline.com/post/8303/white-working-class-political-fiction Organizing to Win the World - Chris Dixon https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/organizing-to-win-the-world?fbclid=IwAR0UsUjTJRXRpPcjCj6un_Ti-eDesVJc5-CU5H3IReDD6fn3FlYUmM_0u7s

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A podcast from OPIRG Kingston centring queer Muslim dreaming for collective liberation.

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  • Creator
    OPIRG Kingston
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © OPIRG Kingston