Sex, Drugs, and the Quran

“Sex, Drugs, and the Quran is funny, fearless, and deeply moving. Misha Euceph takes us from Karachi to California as she strips away centuries of received wisdom to ask a deceptively simple question: what does the Quran actually say about the things that truly matter in our day? At once a spiritual coming-of-age story and a radical act of reclamation, this is a book about the courage to question what we inherit in order to discover what might have been there all along.”—Reza Aslan, author of No God But God

"Funny, irreverent, and profane—and also searching, sincere, and wise, Sex, Drugs, and the Quran is simultaneously a universal 21st Century coming-of-age story and a deep exploration of faith, history, and personal identity. It challenges believers and non-believers alike to examine our preconceptions, consider more deeply our moral commitment to justice, and continue our collective fight for a better future."—Zayd Ayres Dohrn, author of Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young

"I've spent my entire life as a Muslim wrestling with many of the same questions Misha Euceph takes on in this book, and I didn't expect to feel challenged to delve deeper on every page. But through one funny, revealing, and deeply vulnerable story after another, she kept opening doors I didn't even know were there. She finds the humanity in the prophets she reveres, and her search for the same spiritual depth they describe feels courageous in a modern world that so often asks us to choose between faith and everything else. Her curiosity is infectious, her irreverence a delight, and Sex, Drugs, and the Quran made a religion I've known my whole life feel thrillingly new again. Misha, you nailed this!" —Aymann Ismail, author of Becoming Baba