@ssgbooktok: Some more Unpopular Opinions as a Muslim booktokker. I know I'm gonna get some people mad over this one (again) #BookTok #muslimtiktok #ukmuslim #ukpakistani #pakistanifashionuk

Mare’s BookTok 📚 :

The amount of comments I got on my video about RF Kuang genuinely jumping through hoops to defend her pmo SO BAD 😭😭 like we need to hold everyone accountable don’t fry me

Joseph Bangash... :

Speak about Islamic countries. But living Christian countries. How hypocry on peak nowadays, by the way 🤣. He from fuckkrrrristan 🗻

NS98 :

What would you say about Hyperion or Brandon Sanderson’s books?

ashy.anand :

would u say that we are more influenced by the books we read, fiction or non and that is why this argument is important. im that kinda reader that is easily influenced by what she reads😅 and that is why i have been quite careful with what i read. also, do you follow bintyounus on ig? she does bookreviews too and she quite often talks about quality muslamic author

tigerali :

the Muslims of present time do not have the knowledge, the Hiqma, the fear of Allah, truthfulness the insight, the eloquence, the bravery, chivalrous nature to write a book on Islamic history as majority of them are scholars of sultans who are under the rule of the west, and the true believers will not take knowledge from them,

rammoosh :

Can you elaborate more on point #2? I’m writing a fantasy and am curious on your thoughts

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Joseph Bangash... :

:. I don't have interest wast my time on pointless thing. I should read those book which is related Ui Ux design because I can gain more money in future. Because I'm living present not past 😂. what do you have right now. Unfortunately, you are also living Christian countries and you have run away your own countries cases of Muslims 😂

h_the_bookworm :

Something I have been contemplating as well. I was just about to purchase Babel before the controversy- put a hold on that. Was considering City of Brass as well. I’ve always enjoyed the Khaled Hosseini books because I feel they are well written (descriptive) but I consciously, from day one, made a decision to not categorise them as “Muslim stories” because I knew the the viewpoint the stories were told from and the political side it represents. I’ve avoided Elif Shafak books for the same reason. I’m considering reading them but again not looking at them as stories of “muslim representation.”

Yer Maw :

an Israeli character appearing does not indicate anything about Kuang's opinion of israel

sahar 🕊️ :

Agreed, the way everyone was gassing her for writing Rami in Babel and posting Palestine donation links but then endorsing Kamala and writing in an Israeli character that could’ve easily been French or English. Also City of Brass really wasn’t for me either - overhyped and I wasn’t really on board with her taking liberties with prophetic stories and making up “Islamic lore” re: Sulayman AS. It just didn’t sit right with me.

AlSubino :

Spot on bro, refreshing to see a brother strong on his deen whilst still being into literature ❤️❤️

Andy :

I recently found your content and it’s pretty interesting given that there are few Muslim (and male) booktokers. You’ve mentioned all sorts of minority groups and their literature before, including black and South Asian voices. Given your religion and more broadly your audience, I’m assuming that books by classic gay authors such as Oscar Wilde and James Baldwin would not be represented on your channel? Of course I wouldn’t want to presume, but I do find it telling whose voices are uplifted and whose aren’t by creators on here. This is no representation of your character at all, I’m just curious.

ilm_alhaq1 :

I wasn’t it Malcom’s x who attributed racists as a wolf and the left as a fox

Nusrat🌻 :

It’s the writing for a western audience that’s the problem. Plus ppl confuse religion and culture they need to learn to separate it.

Samsamayy :

I read city of brass a while back and the one thing I loved was it was the first representation of Muslim characters where Islam was at the forefront, it guided certain (shoutout to Ali al-qahtani) characters decisions and did not shy away from, or whitewash characters to appease certain readers. I loved it. But then again, I was much younger, and there was a small pool of writers that even attempted something close to Chakraborty, in that genre, so it was the novelty of reading something that wasn’t so clearly westernised, that also happened to be well written, that made me love it. And if remember correctly, it portrayed magic neither as good or bad, but neutral, with a tendency to harm the spirit more often than not, but still, a tool to be used, to commit evil or good deeds. Although this is not the same as what I believe islamically, it’s fair to say she didn’t present magic as all sunshine and rainbows. And I would say the explanation for why magic was banned is evident in the book itself. As you can tell, I really loved this book, might have to reread to see if it holds up.

KarlMarxBarbie :

Can you expand on the age limit? To me it smells a little of book banning

马力克·曼南 :

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J Bela :

My unpopular opinion is how antiblack Muslim booktok is. You’d think there’s no Islam in Africa the way most people act

Joseph Bangash... :

First of all, I'm not from Afghanistan secondly, your every book price less than my lanuch cost, Mybe less than my every day coffee cost 😅. Recently, you have done project for great American people. How much do you need I would send you as charity as well as we have some property in Peshawar. One property price is above your whole book library 🤣

VictoriaGirlie12 :

Was Babel’s representation of a Muslim character even that great? I found Ramy unlikeable to be honest.