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Dr. Susan Corso: ‘Untold: A History of the Wives of Prophet Muhammad’: Demystifying Islam’s First Women. Susan Corso says in her review: “Tamam Kahn, a Sufi, has written a remarkable book. Just as Anita Diamant gave us the Jewish matriarchs … Continue reading →

Book Review – The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson « Darvish. This link takes you to a great review of this book. Highly recommended.

Untold: A History of the Wives of the Prophet Muhammad by Tamam Kahn I opened Tamam Kahn’s new book, Untold, with much anticipation. As I have been studying and practicing Islam for many years now I have read some accounts … Continue reading →

Akasha Lonsdale, a therapist and interfaith minister, has published “Do I Kneel or Do I Bow?,” a concise guide to the ceremonies of various faiths. When Akasha Lonsdale was a child in London, her agnostic family prohibited her from participating … Continue reading →

With a dogmatic and fundamentalist view of Muslims increasingly predominant in the Western media, there has never been a more important time to show an alternative view of Islam. Sufism is the mystical dimension of Islam that preaches peace, tolerance … Continue reading →