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Children Not Wanted in Mosques?

Columns, Lifestyle, SpiritualityBy Sumaya Bezrati August 24, 2010 14 Comments

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…

Muslim Celeb-Mania: Obsessiveness

ColumnsBy Sumaya Bezrati December 26, 2009 1 Comment

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…