It’s Iimi! Honor Your Father and Mother

When Paula’s mother disappoints her once again Iimi and her friends have to work her through the disappointment and the struggle to Honor her mother when she is hurt and angry. Kismetta watches and wonders about why she has never experienced something similar with her own parents. But when she discovers things she would have thought impossible, she too must struggle with her own obligation to Honor Your Father and Mother.

 

 

Post Comic Notes: Islam is not a monolith and does not have a hierarchy like Catholicism does. So, different Muslims can interpret how to live in different manners. Also, like it is among Christians, you can have Muslims be lax, moderate, or stringent in behavior and observance. Kismetta’s family, having a European/American background, will have a different outlook than those from a Middle Eastern background. 

 

I’ve researched Muslim views on the topics discussed and have tried to represent them fairly. (The prayer Kismetta uses twice in this comic came from an article explaining how Muslims make petitionary prayer. She’s being rather formal about it because of how seriously she takes it. 

 

I don’t doubt that Muslim readers of this comic will disagree with Kismetta’s increasingly non-orthodox views. However, any mistaken representations of orthodox Muslim understandings in this comic is due to my misunderstanding of the material and not out of any intended malice or ridicule.