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Twitter was abuzz after the editors of LoveInshallah.com posted a “Hot Muslim Men of 2014” calendar to BuzzFeed, sharing “their picks for the hot American men they most want to see on a pin-up calendar for the new year.”
Some slammed the calendar for allegedly objectifying Muslim men, while others applauded it as a creative way of drawing attention to accomplished and talented American Muslims.
Calendar creator Ayesha Mattu and editor of the forthcoming book Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy joined HuffPost Live hosts Alyona Minkovski and Ahmed Shihab- Eldin (he also happens to be “Mr. May”) to elaborate on the intention behind the provocative list, and the importance of “shifting the narrative” when it comes to American Muslims in the spotlight.
Calendar critic and college student Hidaya Nawee said she “felt that there were better ways to bring attention to the most accomplished Muslim men without actually putting their bodies on display.”
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