Muslim women know fashion, and as such, they know Lisa Vogl, spokesperson for modest fashion and domestic violence, and convert to Islam. Her revelation about converts post shahadah (coming to Islam) is an important reflection of the Muslim community, but even more important are her tips to step up to and for new Muslims. A good point she alludes to is that while Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, there are still a lot of people leaving Islam, and we have to consider why that’s true. A 2017 survey found 24% of Muslim Americans have left Islam, and that 55% of that group no longer identifies with any religion. *Collective shudder.*

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​This is one of our favorite replays, not just because of Amanda Moutakki's alternate identity as @marocmama, but because her conversion story is so unique. She just isn't afraid of a challenge, or a new experience, and everyone deserves to "meet" her, if only on this episode. But for reals: Go find her in Morocco.

If you’ve been a fan of Maroc Mama, you’ll be so excited for this one. For those who don’t know her, you will fall in love. Amanda Moutakki  joins us today to discuss her expat achievements and challenges, and running a tourism business in a pandemic. Her POV about how she met her husband and now lives her life of adventure is both inspirational AND aspirational. Tune in to also find out about momcations and how she curates them.

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Samihah Huq joins us to discuss her experience with food addiction and how she’s hit a wall with her doctor in terms of understanding, naming, and taming it. There are barriers to wrapping our brains around food addiction in the Muslim community, starting with the doctor’s office and leading right up to an auntie’s buffet table.
Just like any other addiction, food affects neurochemistry and failure to look at it as a passing issue, a phase, or anything other than a disease unto itself is leading us on a dangerous path. Hear about some tools to help us identify the problem, work with our doctors to name it, and come up with a recovery plan.
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1. Mecca a Journey Through Time: https://lightartvr.com/#:~:text=Our%20revolutionary%20project%20%E2%80%9CMecca%3A%20A,greatest%20hub%2C%20then%20and%20now
2. DSM IV criteria on addiction: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92053/table/ch2.t5/ 
3. Yale Food Addiction Scale: https://www.centrahealth.com/sites/default/files/yale-food-addiction-scale.pdf 
4. Food Addiction: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/binge-eating-disorder/mental-health-food-addiction 
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We have a BONUS episode for you this week! There’s explicit content so please be mindful of tiny ears within listening range.
Salah Abu Muna shares his research study that seeks to determine the need for Muslim-centered substance abuse recovery. He needs 10 more Muslim subjects by May 31st and it’s a paid study to boot! Twelve steps isn’t the only way; find out why! We pray this episode will get him the data set he needs to provide a critical resource to Muslim Americans in crisis. Ameen.
Hear about Salah’s personal experience with addiction, the near death experience that fueled his spiritual and physical recovery, as well as his passion for Addiction Studies. His will be the first of many surveys to inform the foundation for Muslim American substance abuse treatment insha’Allah.
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Note: In this episode, it’s “carotid,” not “cathartic” artery.
Learn about Better Conduct and participate in the Barriers to Muslim Addiction study TODAY deadline 5/31: https://betterconduct.org/Dr. Malik Badri bio: https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-father-of-modern-islamic-psychology-dr-malik-badri-s-legacy-44255 Institute for Social Policy & Understanding: https://www.ispu.org/substance-abuse-and-addiction-in-the-muslim-community/ Learn about Millati Islami: https://www.millatiislami.org/Get 24/7 help finding addiction recovery help at SAMHSA: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline or call 1-800-662-HELPWeb: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.comEmail: [email protected]FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim groupIG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w 

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Like almost every episode this month, there’s explicit content so please be mindful of tiny ears within listening range.
Dr. Madiha Tahseen from The Family & Youth Institute joins us today to discuss what The FYI research has learned about porn consumption in the Muslim American community, its effects, and how to prevent it. There are some super surprising facts to learn today, not the least of which is  a spike in Muslim porn viewership during the pandemic, but shocking to us: religious kids watch porn, too. 
This is neurological issue as well as a behavioral issue, so please listen in to find out how to help Muslim children and family members avoid the path to porn addiction. The first step is to listen to this episode, and the second, per Dr. Tahseen is DON’T FREAK OUT (loosely translated). No Kitty Catty about it ;).
What are porn consumption tells, resources if porn is a problem in your Muslim household, treatments, and prevention? It’s all in this episode and the Shownotes on your podcast app.
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TheFYI Website: www.fyi.orgTheFYI Porn Addiction Toolkit: https://www.thefyi.org/toolkits/porn/ TheFYI Digital Parenting Toolkit: https://www.thefyi.org/toolkits/the-fyi-digital-parenting-toolkit/ Dr. Tahseen’s book recc: The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan TheFYI on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thefyi_org/?hl=enTheFYI on FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheFYI.org/ TheFYI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFYIdotOrg?app=desktop TheFYI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFYI_org?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.comEmail: [email protected]FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim groupIG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w 

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Tina Khan joins us today to discuss her experience watching her son’s spiral into drugs and mental health crises and what it did to their family. This is definitely an episode you want to hear before you choose to let your kids listen in, but it really does merit a listen by young people to hear what drug addiction does, not just to an individual, but a family and community.
Where are we as a Muslim community in terms of supporting our young Muslims struggling with drug addiction, and just as importantly to our momcrew, are we there for our moms who have a child in crisis like this? If not now, WHY NOT. If not now, WHEN?
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Ten years of substance use research in Muslim populations: Where do we go from here?: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jmmh/10381607.0010.103/--ten-years-of-substance-use-research-in-muslim-populations?rgn=main;view=fulltext Substance Abuse and Addiction in the Muslim Community: Facing Stigma and Seeking Support: https://www.ispu.org/substance-abuse-and-addiction-in-the-muslim-community/ Participate in Muslim drug treatment research study: https://betterconduct.org/ Teena’s email: [email protected]Listen to Teena on King of the World podcast: https://www.rifelion.com/shows/kingoftheworld Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.comEmail: [email protected]FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim groupIG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrdKxpBdBO4ZLwB1kTmz1w 

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Due to the mind-numbing circumstances of this week’s Supreme Court decision, we decided to re-release our abortion episode. Right, critics, we know if our moms got abortions, we would not be born to tell the tale. Your fallacy of logic is too exhausting to even address. 

As women, moreover as mothers, we are consumed with grief and anger over what is happening on the daily to threaten our children, but now, even the bodies of our female children?  While we regroup and figure out how to take action, we want to reshare our thoughts and some facts about Islam and abortion. Check our shownotes on this one for sure to get the links. 

For all these years, the cockroaches have been warning the world about Sharia Law when their own religious laws are SO MUCH more dangerous to women. The irony is maddening. Tell us what you think about Roe v Wade being overturned in comments, but if you identify as male, you should observe and remain silent. As owners of the only set of organs to have laws created to control them, we are hypervigilant right now and have given fair warning to tread lightly or not at all.

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1. Islam and the Abortion Debate from Yaqeen Institute: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/omar-suleiman/islam-and-the-abortion-debate
   
   
2. Abortion in Islami animated information from Yaqeen Institute: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/omar-suleiman/abortion-in-islam-animated-video
   
   
3. For parenting courses on how to talk to Muslim kids about sex: @thehalalsexpert
   
   
4. State by state restrictions on abortion at Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion
   
   
5. Muslim Kids and Sexual Activity:https://muslimmentalhealth.com/lets-talk-about-sex-and-muslim-mental-health/
   
   
6. Sex Education Reduces Unplanned Pregnancy:https://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/study-finds-comprehensive-sex-education-reduces-teen-pregnancy
   
   
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Join Zaiba and Uzma with their Eid reflections, prep, and favorite resources. We appreciate our audience following along these last two months during our episodes to prepare for Ramadan, stay strong with our worship in Ramadan as moms spread so very thin, and now we are more than happy to share our holiday with our momsisters.
Learn about easy family-friendly sadaqa projects that can be done the day of Eid. Keep up the good work and see what Zaiba is doing with the sadaqa jar money her kids have collected. Check out the shownotes for awesome links we aren’t paid for, but are happy to share for your Eid prep as well.
Uzma’s recommendations for Eid clothing:Urban Modesty dresses and abayas: https://www.urbanmodesty.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw9qiTBhBbEiwAp-GE0T9pGcj1GAXVhoPThDat6Abfa0jbIKQIzDJHY3kAahXfbIT0VbPx0RoCIfMQAvD_BwE Aab dresses and abayas: https://us.aabcollection.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=USA_EN_Search_Brand_EXT&utm_medium=adwords&utm_campaign=&utm_source=&utm_content=modest_clothing_branded&gclid=CjwKCAjw9qiTBhBbEiwAp-GE0Qm-1rXte8zEyp2Tyso7TtxJFxRyP73XMt13NweViU9UvV5esu8mBRoCq7UQAvD_BwE Brands Just Pret South Asian fashion: (832) 886-4084Poshak Houston South Asian Fashion: (713)532-3232 Ask for Anas and say Uzma sent you! MWM does not get any compensation for any of these recommendations.BTS box: https://www.amazon.com/Include-Postcards-Stickers%EF%BC%8CGift-Daughter-Granddaughter/dp/B081DJ19SZ/ref=sr_1_52?keywords=bts+mystery+box&qid=1651174847&sr=8-52 Duck Donuts Virginia: https://www.duckdonuts.com/locations/ Zair Zabr Play for the Names of Allah game: https://zairzabrplay.com/ or contact her on IG @zairzabrplay Hen Khan books for representative literature: https://henakhan.com/my-books/ Iftar boxes Google doc with product links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMO5MbNAYziXydmbNqjB--Lf0SibVKGP_vj6ax9FyWE/edit?usp=sharing Uzma’s book recommendation: Zen Parenting by Cathy Cassani AdamsZaiba’s book recommendation: The Awakened Fa

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Ustadha Safiya Ravat of Suhbah Institute reminds us how to focus on our Ramadan as moms–beyond the food, the rat race, the decor, and all the things we have to continue doing–to build our safe spiritual spaces with Allah SWT. 

Uzma sniffs a lot in this episode after Ustadha shares the tafseer of a commonly misquoted and misused hadith. We couldn’t cut out all that helpful audio from our guest. This one’s for all the girls who grew up being told they didn’t belong in the masjid.

Share this episode with 2 moms you know to remind them how amazing they are and how loved they are by Allah SWT. Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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1. Suhbah Institute Website: https://suhbah.com/
2. Suhbah Institute IG: @suhbah_institute
3. Ustadha Safiya’s book recommendations
    
   1. The Character of the Muslim Woman: Women's Emancipation during the Prophet's Lifetime (Islamic Economics) by Abd Al-Halim Abu Shuqqah
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   1. Secrets of Divine Love by A. Helwa
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   1. Prophet Yusuf series on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t2CpKjogBT8 
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   1. People of the Cave “Men of Angelos”: https://youtu.be/tdnJCaMPzyI 
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   1. The Quantum Chronicles: https://thequantumchronicles.com/ 
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We are so honored to have Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi talk to us about impediments to spiritual consistency in our lives. While some folks are trying to get through Ramadan day by day, we are excessively worried about the month coming to a close and not having learned anything. Y’all know we are an anxious duo at the podcast! How do we carry our Ramadan routines forward past this blessed month and not lose the spiritual high?

Let’s talk about train cars, the myth of parental ownership, suhbah (spiritual companionship, which is coming up later this month, by the way!), acts of worship we can rely on no matter our stage of motherhood, and insha’Allah walk away feeling energized to maintain the magic of Ramadan, keeping up steam for the rest of the year. Allahuma ameen.

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1. Hosai Mojaddidi’s Website: http://hosaimojaddidi.com/about/ 
2. Hosai Mojaddidi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hosaimojo/?hl=en 
3. Hosai Mojaddidi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hosaimojaddidi/ 
4. The Golden Quran app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.goldenquran.freesoft&hl=en_US&gl=US 
5. Ustadha Hosai’s book recommendation: The Jewels of the Quran Imam Ghazali
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