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Our blog is a hub for engaging and evidence-based resources tailored to the needs of the Muslim community. This is your opportunity to share your insights, research, and experiences with a global audience while contributing to mental health awareness and advocacy.

Behind Closed Doors: Porn and Young Muslims

May 1, 2019

There is a lack of education and available resources for addressing sexuality with young Muslims in an age-appropriate manner and through an Islamic lens. This becomes worrisome when students are opted out of sex-education classes at school with no alternative education at home or in Islamic institutions. Muslim parents are not fully equipped to have the ‘birds and the bees’ talk with their children and this becomes problematic when curiosity outside the classroom leads to the dark web.

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Spiritual Bypassing

April 1, 2019

“For 15 years, I thought I had the happiest marriage. I believed I was one of the lucky ones, but then I found out he was having an affair. It devastated me! It was like waking up to a nightmare from a fairy tale…I know Allah tests those he loves, but I couldn’t handle it.”

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A Muslim Mental Health Response to Homophobia

March 1, 2019

As Muslim clinicians, advocating for the basic human rights of the LGBTQ community is a step toward social justice for one of many vulnerable populations. The clinical consequences of neglecting to support LGBT youth and individuals is staggering, including risk of suicide, other mental illness, substance abuse, and ongoing trauma from discrimination. 

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