Community-Service
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My thoughts on Lowe’s boycotting the TLC show “American Muslim”:
What I have to say can pretty much be summed up with the following personal statement: Dear Lowe’s: Y’all Niggas is mad wack for boycotting the TLC show “American Muslim” like that!!!! That’s some bullshit, period & I hope y’all Niggas go bankrupt for this, seriously!!! #I’m just ventin’!!! Continue reading
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The Threat of Economic-Collapse:
It’s very obvious that historically, as well as contemporarily, that if/whenever you have a globalized economy based upon the pathological acquisition of wealth, at the expense of having others perpetually financially destitute as well as having a populace of work-horses, like the middle/working-class, for example, who are used to be the engine of that economy, Continue reading
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My thoughts on Carelessness:
Nobody cares: Whenever you are on your last-leg, you are expected to run a whole mile. But, if you can’t deliver, people front on you & treat you mad funny-style. They only want you for what you have, not for who you are. But, when you are in need, they’re always so distant and far. Continue reading
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My thoughts on the Past, Present & Future:
Past: Previous actions of one’s self which can’t be reversed or taken back once set. Affirmation of what has been witnessed, along with accomplishment & regret. Signs from Allah teaching us to behave later on and what never to do again. Tantamount to necessity of reflection, only my ever distant memories remain. Gareth Bryant/2011 Present: Continue reading
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My thoughts on Slander:
Slander!!! Stains on the good name of a person will oftentimes never vanish. Like a dark, ugly coat of paint that does nothing except tarnish. Accusations against individual honor & integrity is just deplorable. Nothing about ruining someone’s reputation is cool, it’s horrible. Depressing it is, when someone thinks that character-bashing has any merit. Enumerable, Continue reading
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My thoughts on this week in my life:
This entire week, so far, for me, has been a crossroads-I’ve been treading the path between victory & defeat, success & failure, confidence & depression, conviction & confusion, and praise & slander-It’s also been like it’s all been a combination of all of the above….. …..Oh, Allah!!! Just let me walk through the dense forest Continue reading
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My thoughts on Ingratitude:
Ingratitude: Incompetent, incapable, unruly, worthless, despicable is I. Nonetheless, I pretend that I am the source of my supply. Grave will be my affair with my Lord, whenever He is not praised. Revenge will be His; when He is not given credit, He’s not pleased. Arrogance is a poison of the Heart, it corrupts the Continue reading
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My thoughts on Gratitude:
Gratitude: Great are all the enumerable favors that Allah has given me. Received without Him wanting payback, He gives for free. And, He only requires that we devote ourselves to Him solely. This service, which we owe our owner, is for Him exclusively. I must always remind myself that Allah is my benefactor. The obligation Continue reading
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My thoughts on dealing with opposition:
This has taken me a very long time to learn, but here it is: “If a lynch-mob wants to hang you, you don’t give them a noose; if someone wants to shoot you, you don’t give them a loaded gun; if an archer wants to hunt you down, you don’t give him arrows.” Gareth Bryant Continue reading
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My thoughts on Spirituality vs. Religiosity:
Religiosity vs. Spirituality: What’s the difference?!!! A great deal of people, especially Muslims, have been taught or and lead to believe that being “spiritual” is not the same as being “religious”. I hear this from all types of people, from all spheres & all types of religious backgrounds. My whole intention & point to writing Continue reading