For Muslims, sex can be an act of worship â yet intimacy and pleasure are often taboo topics
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Sex education was basically non-existent in Zoya Patel s family.
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When Zoya Patel was in high school, dating wasn t just a no-go, it was scandalous.
Her Muslim family hoped â even expected â that when Zoya reached adulthood, she d enter into a consensual arranged marriage. Your match would have to meet certain criteria, explains the 30-year-old writer. You would absolutely need to be with a Muslim, preferably one from the same culture â so, preferably Indian and . ideally from the same part of India, or Fijian-Indian, which is my family s particular background.