I get it. It’s hard to wait. To have sex. To wait for the right person to get married to. The loneliness. So many people telling you to just “let go” of the boundaries you have set for yourself, urging you to “live it up,” live a little (because YOLO, right?!) and enj...
Kawser is a 26-year-old Pakistani graduate student in Ontario. Although born to conservative Muslim parents, Kawser is agnostic. He drinks alcohol, smokes marijuana, and, until fairly recently, used drugs. Yet, “I still think like a Muslim…I still don’t eat pork!”—he said. I can ...
No, not as a gay person like some of my friends, but as a Muslim, and decided to start wearing the hijab, my head covering. My feminist friends were aghast: "Why are you oppressing yourself?" The funny thing was, it was actually at that time a feminist declaration of indepen...
It’s touching to see a story about a gay man learning more about the truth of his identity, but knowing full well who he is as a gay person. Kit’s story is more than his sexuality, it’s about discovering the whole of his heritage and what was left behind when his family fled....
That`s when I stared thinking about Fatima, a person that had failed to see as special, when I first met her, she was from the Middle East, just like Shakira`s family was from the Middle East. She could have probably taught me a thing or two about belly dancing, had I been open ...
What makes Malala Yousafzai a hero? The Nobel peace Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to a person or organization that has done significant work to promote peace. It is given every year. Past winners have included Nelson Mandela and the United Nations. ...
That`s when I stared thinking about Fatima, a person that had failed to see as special, when I first met her, she was from the Middle East, just like Shakira`s family was from the Middle East. She could have probably taught me a thing or two about belly dancing, had I been open ...
psychological studies showing that terrorism is neither solely reducible to ideological or religious motivations, nor to personality disorders. “Terrorism is not a personality trait,” says Sageman. “There is no such thing as a ‘terrorist’, independent of a person who commits an act...
Recep Erdoğan’s dislike of the association of his country with the Meleagris, a large gallinaceous bird (and by extension with the whole American Thanksgiving thing)…compounding that aversion to the name, is “turkey’s” colloquial meanings, (a person who is) inept or stupid; a movie...
The teaching of Arabic is equally a priority for those who wish to impart Islamic knowledge to others. Learning Arabic There can be no doubt that learning theArabic languageshould be one of the top priorities. Indeed, it is one of the basic necessities for a person who wishes to studyIslam...