Assignment:
Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women
Response the following questions in a five-page paper.
Q1. What did you know about Islam before reading these stories? What have you learned about it from reading these stories? How is it similar or different to your own faith tradition? Do you have any personal experiences of Islam or Muslim friends or family members?
Q2. Consider our discussions about Intersectionality. Where and how do religion and gender intersect for these women? How might this be different if they were Christians in the US?
Q3. Which story did you most identify with? Which was the most foreign?
Q4. What's the benefit of learning about Islam from women who practice it?