On ECHO distribution brings Thanksgiving to 3,175 people

Posted on November 23 at 12:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Alhamdulillah. Thats great. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

On Wis. teen accused of breaking into home for snacks

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Oy vay. This is too funny. Can you imagine this guy in prison? Prison mate: "What are you in for?" "stealing snacks"

On Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect

Posted on November 23 at 12:46 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

You know... stories like this make me incredibly sad. It not only feeds into the terror of the average American who have no moderate Muslims to be their example, but it also makes me sad for every Muslim, like myself, who now get to be the target for prejudice everywhere we go. This man should be ashamed of himself for saying "Allah o'Akhbar" (God is great) before killing innocent people. He is making this world terrified of Islam. People like him are making it impossible for my husband to get his citizenship to this country because hes Arab too and hey, all Arabs are terrorists, right? He directly effects every Arab/Muslim family in America. Like the line in Crash when the black man said every black person suffers when one black man breaks the law. Its not that one black man who suffers--its ALL people because now that person simply feeds the stereotype--feeds the fear.

Islam is a very misunderstood religion. It is not oppressive to women (I am a Muslim woman married to a man from Saudi Arabia...if anyone is the living stereotype of a woman bound for oppression, its me). Islam is no more violent than Christianity either. Terrorists do not share my Islam. They do not see the religion the way I see it. They use their own spirituality and their own interpretations of the Qur'an to carry out violence. Anyone can do this. Anyone can use verse after verse from the Bible and use them to kill innocent people--its been done before. The difference is that people in the USA know that this does not represent Christians nor Christianity. We have enough moderate Christians in this country willing to be loud and speak up about the truth. Its about time we get a few Muslims to speak up.

I could type a novel about what Ive learned about Islam and the Arab world and what its like being married to a Saudi man. Every single one of my experiences have been positive and have changed my life forever. Do not think that what you see on the news represents the average Muslim man and woman. It does not. I am surrounded by them every day of my life and I could not thank God more for bringing me such a great group of people.