I am a British Pakistani Muslim, now living in America. The essence of what I understood as Islam has never really left me, even while I dived deeply into a different spiritual path for 20 years. Now, coming full circle, I feel drawn again to Islam, but with more experience and self-knowledge under my belt.
I’m setting up this blog as part journal, of my own renewed exploration of Islam and, potentially a simple platform for dialogue with fellow muslims and non muslims who are interested in better understanding Islam as a world religion, its roots, its history, its trajectory, its current myriad manifestations, its cultural impact, and most importantly, its potential to evolve.
On this blog I want to explore premodern, modern, postmodern, and emerging ‘post-postmodern’ interpretations and expressions of Islam. I hope that my ongoing research will be useful for anyone also wanting to better understand the history, current faces and possible future iterations of Islam.
For my own personal journey I want to come to a deeper integration in myself that will bring together the two spiritual paths that have brought me this far. And, most importantly, I want to discover, learn, express and share my own re-interpretation of Islam as an evolving Muslim woman in the 21st century.