This semester, I feel like we discussed a lot of people who preach non-traditionalist thoughts of Islam. Kahf shows her struggle throughout her upbringing in the traditional Muslim norms. She discusses the difficulties being a Muslim and living in the United States while also discussing her own personal struggles with her faith.
Throughout her book, Kahf discusses a girl’s journey within her faith. Khadra starts her life in a very tightknit close Muslim community in Indiana. The book covers the struggles of being a Muslim American and the challenges they faced even prior to September 11th. She grew up in the typical challenge of discovering what is and what is not okay for a Muslim girl to do. She struggles to understand why she does not get the same liberties as the boys and even as the other girls that she goes to school with. Throughout her marriage, she comes across similar issues, should she follow her husband back to Kuwait or should she stay to finish her education. Because her husband’s visa expired, she returned to Kuwait with her husband and falls pregnant. She decides to have an abortion
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Al-Qaradawi believes that homosexuals should receive “the same punishment as any sexual pervert – the same as the fornicator … the important thing is to treat this act as a crime.” (Kugle & Hunt, 2012). However, as Kugle argues, al-Qaradawi doesn’t separate orientation and an actual sexual act. He views them as the same and he believes that it should be strongly punishable. Al-Qaradawi puls from one particular line in the Qu’ran that states that any act that is considered a sin should be heavily punished. However, that section of the Qu’ran was not discussing homosexuality. One Muslim jurist observed the Qu’ran does not have explicit legal rulings on punishment for homosexual acts and specifically, “no punishment should exceed ten lashings” (Kugle & Hunt,