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Save Maryam campaign. Watch the video for more info.

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UGH! I thought Muslims would be above this sortof “Save Our Women” bullshit (and, frankly, I’m disappointed that more sisters aren’t calling this out).  

Let me tell you something about Maryam. She was born a man. She struggled with self harm and drug abuse as a teenager, without any help from her masjid. She was pushed out of her MSA for covering her hair. If she wants to pray in a masjid, she has to crossdress. Her family has all but disowned her. When she’s reached out to Muslims online, she’s been rebuffed, called a non-Muslim, told that Allah hates her, and worse. If she lived in Indonesia, she’d face constant harassment and violence. She’d be legally classified as mentally unstable. More than likely, she’d be forced into prostitution, making her life all the more dangerous.

So, go ahead. “Save” her. Save Maryam. What does Islam have to “offer” her, other than Re-education camps, forced gender conversion, being outed, or getting bludgeoned to death? You want to know why Muslims are leaving Islam? It’s not Christian missionaries, its not Western influence. It’s that many Muslims are being told that they’re not really Muslim. That they don’t know Islam. That their Islam is somehow wrong. Is it surprising when some of them decide, “You know what, maybe I’m not a Muslim.” Tell me, how is a TV channel supposed to counter that? 

There’s a reason we refer to each other as brother and sister. It’s because the ummah is supposed to be a family. Think about that. It doesn’t matter how big a family is, or how good it’s “quality” is. What matters in a family is how you treat the people in it. All the people in it, no matter what you think of them. Neglect even one person, it ceases to be a family. It becomes a country club or a football team. Something that needs constant recruitment to maintain it’s membership. And that’s not Islam.

To their credit, a lot of the Muslims do reach out, and are amazing and open (on tumblr anyway). But, if you’re worried about whether “Maryam” will leave Islam, worry instead about what you’ve done to make her know she’s welcome in the first place.