Mutual Aid Checkpoint Returns!
WRZKY's weekly mutual aid checkpoint Insha'Allah will be back very soon
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MAY ESSENTIAL NEEDS $560 DEADLINE 16/05/2026
WRZKY mutual aid for May essential needs totals $560 by 16/05/2026 after an April shortfall carried forward. Support helps keep me fed, connected, medicated, and able to continue mutual aid work.
Orientalism and the Denial of Muslim Political Agency
Western political discourse often treats Muslims as politically illegible, interpreting Muslim societies through secular or liberal frameworks. This critique examines how Orientalism embedded in Western political thought denies Muslim political agency and frames Islamic resistance as a threat rather than a response to imperial violence.
Is Islam Compatible with Modern Values?
When people ask whether Islam is compatible with modernity, they often assume Western liberalism as history’s endpoint. Islam does not exist to validate modernity; it exists to form an ethical life, challenge power, and expose the violence hidden inside “progress.”
Rage Against the Machine: Toward Humane Systems of Mutual Aid
Humanitarian aid is sold as neutral and benevolent. On the ground it often behaves like surveillance and control. This essay traces how mutual aid sustains survival in Palestine, Sudan, and Congo where empire’s aid abandons communities.
If Islam Is Enough, Then Let It Be a Shelter for All Women
If Islam is enough, we don’t need feminism. But that is not the point. Have we experienced true mercy and justice in Islam's name?
Radical Self-Care in Islam: Faith and Healing
Radical self-care is beyond candles and comfort, it’s survival. Rooted in Islam and psychology, it means setting boundaries, rejecting spiritual bypassing, and embracing healing as resistance. Caring for yourself is not selfish; it’s deeply political and faithful.