Post Tagged with: "mosque"

21Sep
2010

A Case of Islamophobia in Orange County

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A Case of Islamophobia in Orange County

Has America become a country where you are assaulted because of a simple cloth worn around your head? Photo credit: Joshua Sudock, The Orange County Register

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24Aug
2010

Children Not Wanted in Mosques?

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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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18Aug
2010

Keith Olbermann Special Comment: There Is No ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

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“Becasue this is American damnit. And in America when someone comes for your neighbor or his Bible or his Torah, or his Athesis Manifesto or his Quran, you and I do what our fathers did, and our grandmothers did, and our founders did, you and I speak up! “ -Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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13Aug
2010

myRamadan: Fasting in Pakistan

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Amelia’s story |  Samina’s story |  Hana’s story | Sumaya’s story |  Alia’s story When I was a child, my family and I would visit Karachi, Pakistan every other year during November or December and spend a month there (I guess it wasn’t such a big deal if an elementary school kid started winter vacation a few weeks early). Back in those days, Ramadan fell during winter, so we would spend majority of Ramadan in Pakistan and celebrate Eid there [...]

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