Articles By: Sumaya Bezrati

24Aug
2010

Children Not Wanted in Mosques?

by Sumaya Bezrati Today I read someone’s status message that was criticizing children’s misbehavior in the mosque (albeit jokingly) but it still struck a nerve with me. This would be the 4th status message about this very topic that I have read this Ramadan. When did the Ummah become this intolerant of children in the mosque? I love going to the mosque. It brings a sense of ease and peace over me that no matter how I hard try I [...]

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26Dec
2009

Muslim Celeb-Mania: Obsessiveness

By Sumaya Bezrati Less than a minute after the news broke about Michael Jackson’s passing, one of my relatives posted a video link on Facebook of what appeared to be Michael Jackson singing an Islamic nasheed called “Give Thanks to Allah.” Thousands of comments poured in from Muslims ecstatic to hear the “proof” that confirmed that MJ was actually a Muslim, as if that somehow validated their own personal faith. One Muslim youth even said that she felt better about [...]

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