![]() "What if I had a problem praying? Should we not remove that requirement from the religion?" ![]() There is a part of the book where she is talking about polygamy in Islam. ![]() I also didn't always agree with Aminah's (practicing Muslim) rationale for explaining some tenets of the Islamic faith often I found her quite dogmatic and inflexible to differences of opinion. If it was so easy for her to forsake her own faith, then maybe it would also be easy for her to sway back the other way (hence why I found it unrealistic). *Mini spoiler* She starts questioning her faith pretty early on. Tamika has very little conviction in her own beliefs, is not able to defend any of them and is highly impressionable. I can't imagine such a story taking place without the non-Muslim characters getting offended by some of the things said in the book. I really don't like this style because often it only succeeds in pushing people away. But the main drawback for me was that it was filled with a little too much of in-your-face kind of da'wah. Firstly, in quite a few instances, I felt as though the dialogue and happenings were quite juvenile. ![]() She chooses Islam, and this forms the premise for the rest of the story. Tamika, the Christian roommate, has a college assignment to research a religion and do a presentation on it. This is a spiritual story of three roommates: one is Christian, one is a practising Muslim and the third is a non-practicing Muslim. I was initially going to give this a lower rating, but the unexpected twist at the end redeemed it slightly. ![]()
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