PSA to fellow white reverts (and please PoC Muslims correct me if I'm wrong)
Nobody was: -Saying abayas/thobes/attire used for modesty was appropriation -Pushing you away from Islam/the Ummah
People WERE: -Calling out white Muslims who appropriate clothing that is distinctly cultural and nothing to do directly with Islam -Calling out white Muslims who appropriate cultural practices and use them in their own contexts rather than using them within a cultural/religious context (ie. holidays, weddings) -Calling out white Muslims who blatantly appropriate cultural practices and deem it okay because of they're Muslim now (c'mon, guys, your Zumba bellydancing fusion bullshit isn't okay now just because you said the shahada and you should know that)
I understand alienation from the Ummah. I do. BUT. But. Alienation from the Ummah due to your conversion to Islam is not a precedent for you taking part in cultural appropriation of practices that have nothing to do with the deen.
