Repost from Muslim Matters: Sex MashaAllah | Muslim Vignettes on Female Sexuality

Sexuality in Islam is usually a very culturally sensitive issue with frank discussions on it being very rare. Although Islam teaches us that there is no shyness when learning about matters related to the religion, cultural taboos make it difficult. 

MuslimMatters discusses a very important topic on the issue of female sexuality in Islam in a manner that I really liked. I feel that this issue is important considering the level of divorce going up among Muslim communities and unhappy marriages. Also, usually on this subject cultural views are given more priority and islamic facts go unread. However we tend to forget that Islam is a religion that encompasses everything and therefore there is no haya - shyness when it comes to matters of religion. 

"Blessed are the women of the Ansar (citizens of Madinah), shyness did not stand in their way for seeking knowledge about their religion." [Bukhari & Muslim]

Sex MashaAllah | Muslim Vignettes on Female Sexuality

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Disclaimer- this post is meant for a mature audience only as it contains sexually explicit material.

Many men and women in our communities live under the illusion that only men feel desire or have an interest in being sexual, and that women should not or cannot feel attraction, do not experience sexual pleasure, and can live healthy intimate lives without sexual satisfaction for lengthy periods of time.  This leads to misunderstandings and disappointments about wanting sex, initiating intimacy, and/or feeling excitement when sexual stimulation occurs.

This series of articles contains the perspectives of several Muslim women at different stages of life who have grown up and lived in different parts of the world, East and West, and want to share some insights with Muslim men – both married and unmarried – who don't want sexually repressed, bitter spouses and failing marriages.  This is a look behind the scenes to aid understanding of a universal social issue. For the sake of privacy, each writer is identified only by her marital status. May Allāh bless all of us with loving, passionate, and fulfilling intimate lives.