"Remember Zain, who was dating my friend Maryam? One day, out of the blue some students invited him for Tablighi sessions at Raiwind. And then one fine morning, Maryam came crying to my dorm room: 'He broke up with me — he says dating is anti-Islamic.' And sure enough, two days later he’d changed his entire persona. Just like that, Zain went from being the cool guy who sported stonewash jeans and U2 t-shirts, to growing a beard, wearing shalwar kameez and refusing to make eye contact with women, let alone shaking their hands. And you know what Mani, he wasn’t the only one. It happened to many — much like dominoes falling. From one day to the next another one fell."
~ Amna Khalid
"Temptations of the West Reconsidered" - Booksmart Studios
https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/temptations-of-the-west-reconsidered
Booksmart Studios on Twitter: "On this week’s Banished, @AmnaUncensored speaks about her childhood in Pakistan and the harsh religious laws that stifled speech and enabled tyranny. That’s why Amna is so disturbed by the censorship and intolerance now thriving in the West. Hear more at https://t.co/DNoOwsNkz1 https://t.co/Mh2VcKFUIX" / Twitter
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