Michael Muhammad Knight
The Innocence of White People
As an artist, I support everyone’s right to make shitty, cheap-looking art, and I do not believe that bloodshed is ever an acceptable way of responding to art. But in the big picture, this isn’t really about violent religion vs. nonviolent art; it’s...
Confession of a Muslim Psychedelic Tea Drinker
The place of drugs in Islam is much more complicated than most people recognize. Because the Qur’an only speaks specifically of wine, Muslims have had to figure out Islamic positions on other substances, like weed or psychoactive tea made from an...
Islam for Xenophobes
I throw up a little when I hear the term “progressive Muslim,” even though some might label me as one. It's the bigotry inherent in this scene that particularly makes me sick.
