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Islam

08/03/2011

Somalia (The Anatomy of a Tragedy)

I shouldn’t have to reiterate what’s gruesomely obvious, but it seems that I must: significantly large populations of people, living in four countries in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, etc. are currently facing one of the most devastating famines ever seen in recent memory & possibly in the entire history of… Continue reading

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Africa, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Arab World, Community Service, Horn of Africa, Islam, Islam & Activism, Muslim World, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Political Awareness, Politics, Social Awareness, Somali people, Terrorism
08/02/2011

Gareth Bryant’s Top-Ten advices for Muslim College-Students:

1. Make sure that the reason that you’re going to College is not because your parents want you to go, or just because that’s what everyone expects you to do. Go to College to one, exclusively please Allah, by doing something positive & productive, which will give significant meaning to your life. Two, then, go… Continue reading

Activism, College, College-Life, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Student Association, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Muslims at College, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

College Life, Islam
08/01/2011

Some Brief Islamic-History (Dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire)

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/01/five-things-about-ottoman-empire/ https://gbwrites.com/2022/12/16/muslimpolitics/ It is no accident that the recent revolutions, which have occurred in Tunisia & Egypt, and have swept across the entire Arab-World, to places like Bahrain, Yemen, Syria & Libya, have occurred close to the 100th anniversary of the toppling of the Ottoman Empire, the last officially recognized global ruling body over the… Continue reading

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Arab World, Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain, Egypt, Islam, Libya, Muslim, Muslim World, Muslims, Ottoman Empire, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
08/01/2011

Islam is my Life & Fashion is my Passion:

I remember when I first became a Muslim, like so many us who reverted to Islam, I went through the whole “change your name”, change your look, and essentially change who you naturally, culturally are, as a person nonsense, and so-on. After my little street-life/party & drug-scene stint, I decided that I needed to be… Continue reading

Activism, Africa, Allah, Art, Art/Fashion, Asia, Community-Service, Culture, Economy, Europe, Fashion, Global Economy, Global Politics, Influence, Influences, Islam & Activism, Islam & Art, Islam & Fashion, Islamic Art, Islamic-Fashion, Islamic-Teachings, Latin America, Muslim, Muslim Writers, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Muslims & Art, Muslims & Fashion, North America, Peer, Peer Pressure, Peers, Political-Awareness, Qur’an, Religious-Bias, Religious-Discrimination, Salafi, Salafi-Movement, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Sunnah, U.S. Economy, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Islam, Mustafa George, Mustafa George DeBerry, Salafi Movement
07/31/2011

My Perils of being a Muslim in America

Being Muslim in America is exactly what it is, being Muslim in America. You always get the weird, threatening stares from people on trains, buses, platforms, sidewalks, for either having a beard, Hijab/Jilbab, Niqab, or any other physical indicator, that tells people that you’re Muslim, or “looks Muslim”. Even though I’ve lived in the U.S.… Continue reading

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America, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims, Self Discovery, Self Empowerment
07/31/2011

The Muslims need to serve the People

On the night of June 4th & the early morning of June 5th, 2011, I participated in the annual “AFSP: Out of the Darkness Overnight” Anti-Suicide walk, in New York City. I didn’t even realize how important this walk that I had committed myself to was, until I actually got to the starting point of… Continue reading

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AFSP, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Anti-Suicide walks, International Survivors of Suicide Day, Islam, Islam & Activism, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, NYC International Survivors of Suicide Day, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention

Islam

Somalia (The Anatomy of a Tragedy)

Gareth Bryant’s Top-Ten advices for Muslim College-Students:

Some Brief Islamic-History (Dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire)

Islam is my Life & Fashion is my Passion:

My Perils of being a Muslim in America

The Muslims need to serve the People