Awwww

A friend posted this on my facebook wall. Its from givesmehope.com

I recently rung up a young boy and his mother. When he saw me at the register, wearing a hijab, he grinned broadly at me. As they were walking away afterwards, he tugged on his mom's sleeve and said,
"Did you see her, ma? She's gorgeous! I bet that's why she's all covered up."
He GMH.

SO CUTE.

Article: Mos(que) Hysteria

Villager

This I just can't understand. Thousands of people are up in arms because a group of Muslims want to build a center near the World Trade Center that promotes unity, understanding, and peace. And somehow, because it is attached to Islam, it doesn't belong there. Because apparently thousands of people think all Muslims are terrorists and don't belong within reach of WTC. They are trying to counteract and condemn the people who bombed the WTC but does anyone hear that? No. All they hear is Islam and Islam equals Terrorism. I am well aware of what happened on 9/11. I live here, I get it. But they want to fix what these people did and better the community. What is wrong with that?

This kind of thing I will never understand.

Article: Violence and the Qur'an, Bible actually has more

Fascinating article about the amount of violence in both the Qur'an and the Bible. Christians need to look at their book before saying the Qur'an only promotes violence. For those that don't know, the Bible, especially the Old Testiment, is horribly violent. Especially to the unbelievers.

BOSTON GLOBE

Article: All Pakistanis Are Terrorists

Amazing Article at Al Jazeera HERE. About the racial profiling of Pakistanis in Western countries especially since the recent botched attach on Time Square. (Thank God)

I'm really having enough of this. The freaking Arizona Immigration Law aka legal racial profiling and this too?! Are we back to the slave days? Are we back to the 40s and 50 were african americans were instantly no good because of their skin color and Jews were still not considered nearly as good as Christians? Have we reverted that far back to now blindly discriminating for no reason against all Pakistanis, Middle Easterners, and Muslims?

It seems so. God help this world we live in.

The Censorship of South Park and Our Culture's Courage

One of the most well written articles I have ever read. Its moving, to the point, and makes it very clear that Islam and Muslims do not agree with this extremist.

Toonzone article

Be aware, there are political cartoons of the Prophet in the article.

Boobquake

Salon.com

I love the journalist's response to this rather backwards cause. Cause she is 100% right. Lets objectify ourselves to show we are free...uhuh ok, welcome to Western feminism where less clothes = more free.

Right.

Islam's Soft Revolution

This was absolutely fascinating. Especially what they are doing with hadiths in Turkey. From Time March 30 2009.

Islam's Soft Revolution

Three decades after Iran's upheaval established Islamic clerical rule for the first time in 14 centuries, a quieter and more profound revolution is transforming the Muslim world. Dalia Ziada is a part of it.

When Ziada was 8, her mother told her to don a white party dress for a surprise celebration. It turned out to be a painful circumcision. But Ziada decided to fight back. The young Egyptian spent years arguing with her father and uncles against the genital mutilation of her sister and cousins, a campaign she eventually developed into a wider movement. She now champions everything from freedom of speech to women's rights and political prisoners. To promote civil disobedience, Ziada last year translated into Arabic a comic-book history about Martin Luther King Jr. and distributed 2,000 copies from Morocco to Yemen. (See pictures of Islam's revolution.)

Continued....

Article: Wearing the Muslim veil in America: What it's like Wearing the Muslim veil in America

Wearing the Muslim veil in America: What it's like

Wearing the Muslim veil in America may cause awkward moments, but this hijabi finds more positive than negative in her choice. Read the rest here

Mash'Allah

Covered Life Gives New Perspective

Work is slow lol.


Here is an article about a girl who decided to wear hijab as an experiment. its really interesting what she learned.

I first noticed Spencer Wall in my religion and society class toward the end of last semester. She wasn’t particularly outspoken, but the shawl that covered her hair, neck and shoulders made her stand out in the large class.

I usually gave her nothing more than a completely unconscious glance. But when she revealed to the class the decision that she made on April 27, I suddenly became aware of the attention I gave her.

Wall, a 20-year-old sociology and English senior, decided to assume the characteristics and attire of a “typical” Muslim woman for a year starting in late April.....

Read the rest here

What do you think?

Women Imams

This is from Mind of a Muslima's blog which can be viewed here

WIDE ANGLE cameras are on location in Morocco as history is made. In May 2006, an imam academy in the city of Rabat holds a graduation ceremony. But the class of 2006 is no ordinary group of students. Side by side with the male graduates are 50 women pioneers, among the first contemporary group of women to be officially trained as religious leaders in the Arab world. Empowered to do everything that male imams do — except lead Friday prayer in a mosque — the women will fan out across Morocco to work as spiritual guides in mosques, schools, hospitals, and prisons, even hosting their own television and radio talk shows.

 You can view the special here

I am just amazed that it is true.  The Catholic Church is the only religion I have been able to find that does not allow women to become leaders in their religion.  Talk about inequality.  I think its fantastic that all these wonderful women want to become Imams.  I sure would feel more comfortable discussing certain things (like blending American and Islamic wedding traditions, fasting, and women's issues) with a woman who understands what I go through everyday.