Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H.

In the story that I prefer, though, Allah says, No, stupid, I never asked you to do this. Just because you saw something in a dream doesn’t mean that you have to do it, especially if it’s something entirely unreasonable, entirely against the principles of love and justice and everything I’ve taught you so far. I was testing you, Ibrahim, says Allah. But the test was to see if you’d use the intellect that I gave you, and you haven’t. You’ve followed blindly. You’ve failed.