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  1. why born muslim dislike convert muslim, on December 30th, 2008 at 12:36 am Said:

    I think this will be good to Address because a lot of born muslim think that they are better than the convert, they think the convert know nothing about the Deen of islam

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    • YADA, on May 26th, 2009 at 10:13 pm Said:

      I like this topic! My masjid is all born Muslims except me so they feel like they know more than me. They feel that I can’t contribute to anything because of this and it’s very frustrating.

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    • AbdulHakim619, on June 8th, 2009 at 2:42 am Said:

      I think this will be a good topic. I see the otherside, being a “revert”. I feel as if Im judged a bit because Im a revert who adhears to Quran and sunnah a bit more than alot of “born muslims” that I have came in contact with and known.

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      • Yahya, on October 31st, 2009 at 4:53 am Said:

        As Salaamu Alaikum ! Brother , last week this Indonesian ” Muslim ” brother I know asked me what that branch was in my mouth ! I said , ” It’s a miskwak ( tooth stick ) ya ikwani … ” He started laughing like a monkey & told me I was crazy & that he never heard of this miswak thing ! This same man told me once he wanted to become an Imam !!! It is very disgusting that people born in Dar Islam are some of the most clueless of the Din of Allah Az wa Jal

  2. Amira Larhrissi, on January 5th, 2009 at 1:38 am Said:

    I think a discussion on wearing the headscarf in court houses would make a great topic. Here recently in my town a woman was arrested for wearing hijab to the courthouse. She was stopped at the metal detectors and told she had to take off her hijab and she refused and was arrested. Why are we forced to compromise our faith to enter a court room? Isnt this against our rights to practice our religion freely?

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    • idil_ali, on June 8th, 2009 at 1:45 am Said:

      asalamu calykum all,, it is very sad that born muslims make you feel like this. me being a born muslim i always try to welcome my sisters no matter weather they are converts or born muslims.and on the contrary i myself believe that converts are strong believers than us born ones and we could for sure learn from each other .. nevertheless, we indeed must be patient for each other.

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  3. HALEEMAH, on January 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm Said:

    A GOOD TOPIC WOULD BE ABOUT THE MOVIE “ALLAH MADE ME FUNNY” I SAVED THE ARTICLE SO IF SISTER ANEESAH, OR LAILA WANT TO CHECK IT OUT INSHA’ALLAH I CAN EMAIL IT, I READ IT, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE AND GET IT APPROVED.

    ANYWAYS, IT’S A COUPLE OF MUSLIMS AND A PASTOR WHO GO AROUND MAKING JOKES ABOUT THE MANY PROBLEMS THAT THEY FACE AS BEING MUSLIMS, THEY SAY IT’S GOOD THERAPY TO TOUCH ON SERIOUS SUBJECTS LIKE THAT BY MAKING FUN, OR JOKING ABOUT IT. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC TO DISCUSS AND SEE WHAT PPL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS! DO THEY FEEL THAT IT’S OKAY BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT’S THERAPY OR A GOOD WAY TO GET THEIR FEELINGS OUT, AND MAKE PPL AWARE? OR IS IT NOT OKAY SHOULD THEY STOP CRACKING JOKES AND MAKE PPL AWARE THE WAY THE PROPHET (SAW) WOULD HAVE DONE IT. TO JOKE OR NOT TO JOKE THAT IS THE QUESTION. I HOPE THAT’S A GOOD TOPIC INSHA’ALLAH. LOVE YOU FAMILY AS SALAAMU ALAIKOM

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  4. HALEEMAH, on January 17th, 2009 at 8:19 pm Said:

    ANOTHER GOOD TOPIC CAN BE ABOUT A POINT SHEIKH KOBEISY BROUGHT ABOUT HOW OUR YOUTH’S BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THAT ISLAM TO THEM HAS BECAME NOTHING BUT A SET OF RULES, DON’T DO THIS AND DON’T DO THAT! SO WHAT CAN WE AS PARENTS, AND AUNT’S AND UNCLE’S ETC DO TO TEACH THEM ISLAM AS A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF LIFE AND NOT AS JUST A SET OF RULES! HOW CAN WE GET THEM TO REALIZE AND SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF ISLAM, AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL WAY OF LIFE, IN A POSITIVE WAY THAT THEY CAN APPRECIATE

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  5. lailanasheeba, on January 31st, 2009 at 6:01 pm Said:

    I think a good topic would be: “Importance of teaching our children technology in addition to Islam”

    One of the things the Kafr Schools do have is they teach children computer skills and the likes. Muslims who home school do not teach this and many islamic Schools lack the funding for Computers and the likes.

    Thus what should we do..

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  6. HALEEMAH-A LIST OF TOPICS, on January 31st, 2009 at 6:01 pm Said:

    1. SO MANY MUSLIMS IMITATE THE KAFIR IN THEIR TALK, DRESS, AND WALK, WHAT’S WRONG WITH BEING MUSLIM? WHY DO SO MANY MUSLIMS HIDE THEIR ISLAM?

    2. MUSLIM WOMEN WORKING WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE TOO, ARE THEY BEING FORCED? HAVE THE ROLE’S OF A HUSBAND AND WIFE BEEN FORGOTTEN? WHAT’S THE DEAL?

    3. TELEVISION, NOW DAYS EVEN THE CARTOONS ARE TOXIC, HOW IS TELEVISION AFFECTING THE MUSLIMS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE KIDS?

    4. MUSLIMS ARE PEACEFUL AND HUMBLE SO WHY ARE WE VIEWED AS TERRORIST? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIX IT, OR ARE WE ADDING TO THE PROBLEM?

    THAT’S ALL I COULD COME UP WITH AT THE MOMENT :0)

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  7. ameenahch, on February 1st, 2009 at 5:30 am Said:

    1. Recently in Australia there was a call to ban hijabs in shopping centers and banks. Maybe we could discuss the intolerance or tolerance of Islam in the west, and are some countries more tolerant than others?
    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,24916184-36418,00.html

    2. One of our well known lectures in Australia was accused of saying in Islam men were allowed to rape and hit their wives if they refused to have sex or were disobedient. Unfortunately he was badly misrepresented by the media and forced by our prime minister to “apologise to Australia”. We could discuss the role of the media in the negative portrayal of Islam? Why do they want to make Islam seem extreme and ugly and women as oppressed and abused? And what can we do to help that?
    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24947264-5006785,00.html

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  8. HALEEMAH- THE PROTEST, on February 3rd, 2009 at 9:06 pm Said:

    WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE CLIP THAT LAILA SENT OUT WHERE THE CHRISTIANS PROTESTED AT THE MASJID IN FLORIDA, YELLING OUT BAD THINGS ABOUT OUR PROPHET (P) AND HOW THE MUSLIMS RESPONDED

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  9. HALEEMAH, on February 7th, 2009 at 8:58 pm Said:

    WE’VE TALKED ABOUT MUSLIM MANNERS AT THE MASJID NOW LETS TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET THE MUSLIMS BACK IN THE MASJID TO LEARN AND REMEMBER ALLAH RATHER THAN GOSSIP AND BE READY TO LEAVE JUST AS SOON AS THEY CAME

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  10. Marissa, on February 11th, 2009 at 7:28 am Said:

    I think the topic of wearing a Hijab in a courtroom would be a great topic.

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  11. HALEEMAH-, on February 19th, 2009 at 2:28 am Said:

    LETS TALK ABOUT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE WITH SISTER AASIYAH HASSAN, AND HER HUSBAND WHO WAS THE CEO OF BRIDGES T.V.Muzzammil “Mo” Hassan is accused of beheading his wife, days after she filed for divorce. I WILL INSHA’ALLAH SEND THE ARTICLE

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  12. Amira, on February 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm Said:

    I think a great topic to discuss is why so many Muslims choose to debate with the Christians and choose to lean on the Bible to debate. We all know that the Bible no longer exists in the orignal form and that the Quran was perfected for us by Allah so why do so many still use the Bible in dawah?

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  13. Amira Larhrissi, on March 1st, 2009 at 10:35 pm Said:

    I have seen many comments in class on how they should react to how others make comments to them about being Muslim in public. Not living in a Muslim country and many being new to Islam I think a great forum topic on How to we respond to the negative comments we receive from non believers. I think we can all learn from each others experiences.

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  14. Amira Larhrissi, on March 1st, 2009 at 10:46 pm Said:

    Open Forum Topic- Working Muslimahs or Stay at home? Why are so many married Muslimahs going out into the work force when they have children? Is it because they are forced? Strong desires for the dunya? How is this effecting our next generation of Muslims?

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  15. Amira Larhrissi, on March 1st, 2009 at 10:57 pm Said:

    Open Forum Topic- A Muslim in a family of unbelievers. Wow we have so many new converts to Islam alhamdulillah and so many is class asking how we should handle our Kuffer family members. How do we handle their reactions? How to earn the respect of the unbelievers and accept the hijab and our beliefs. So many dealing with this issue and I think getting it out in the open to see how others handle their families could help a new convert with what they are facing now.

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  16. Amira Larhrissi, on March 6th, 2009 at 6:43 pm Said:

    Open Forum Topic- Muslims befriending the Kaffers? It has come to our attention now with so many new Muslims joining class and so much fitanah that it really has boiled down to who we have chosen to befriend. Why are so many Muslims chosing to befriend the non believers? We need to discuss why we should not do this and the many dangers that can fall upon us for doing so. We are who we associate with. To many joining classes with issues with Kaffer friends and Kaffer issues.

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  17. missrahim, on March 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm Said:

    Topic: Feminism in Islam
    and our own interpretations. Because I think Islam is liberating for women but some women argue to “reform” Islam and they call themselves Muslim. InshAllah we can discuss our own interpretations of feminism as Muslimahs.

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  18. laylia class name liz&saad, on April 20th, 2009 at 12:59 am Said:

    assalum alykum sister can we have a open forum abut right of wife to the husband inshallah

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  19. missrahim, on April 21st, 2009 at 6:35 pm Said:

    As Salaamu Alaikum,

    Can we have an open forum on Choosing Friends (Muslim) and the importance of disassociating with non-Muslim friends, inshallah?

    Sis. Amira

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  20. TALIB, on April 21st, 2009 at 6:39 pm Said:

    I BELIEVE THAT A GREAT TOPIC FOR A LECTURE WOULD BE THE WESTERN INFLUENCE ON MUSLIMS IN GENERAL. FOR EXAMPLE THE MUSIC, MIXTURE OF HIJAB AND TIGHT JEANS ETC…

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  21. Stephanie, on April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 pm Said:

    I’ve noticed that some of the muslims from packistan from where I’m from have incorperated their deen in with Islam and said the clothes their whearing are islamic clothes when their really wearing clothes form their culture or the’ll say my name is not a good name because it’s an american name. So I think a good forum to dicuss would be being aware what is culteral aposed to what is islamic

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  22. HALEEMAH, on April 28th, 2009 at 11:25 pm Said:

    THE STATE OF OUR UMMAH! LOOK AROUND WHAT DO YOU SEE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MUSLIM UMMAH? ARE WE EARNING ALLAH’S LOVE OR HIS WRATH? LETS TALK ABOUT IT!

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  23. ROCIO, on May 1st, 2009 at 8:55 pm Said:

    ASSALAMU ALAIKUM
    I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC TALKING ABOUT JESUS PBUH, THAT HE WAS A PROPHET NOT THE SON OF ALLAH LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, INCLUDING MYSELF I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIS LIFE INSHALLAH.

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  24. Muslim, on May 7th, 2009 at 5:28 pm Said:

    RACISM IN ISLAM. MY AMERICAN FRIEND MOVED TO KUWAIT WITH HER KUWAITI HUSBAND 4 YEARS AGO AND NOW THAT HER CHILDREN ARE ENTERING SCHOOL (MOTHER IS AMERICAN MUSLIM AND FATHER IS KUWATI). THEY ARE BEING BULLIED BY KUWAITI KIDS BEING CALLED AMERICAN DOGS, AMERICAN PIGS, ETC. AND THIS IS FROM SO CALLED MUSLIMS. WHEN THE PARENTS COMPLAIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL DOES NOTHING. SO, PLEASE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACISM IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY! ESPECIALLY AGAINST REVERTS.

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  25. Muslim, on May 7th, 2009 at 5:29 pm Said:

    AND THE CHILDREN HAVE EVEN HIT HER CHILDREN AND PUSHED THEM AROUND PHYSICALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HALF AMERICAN!

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  26. Mohamed Osman, on May 15th, 2009 at 2:11 am Said:

    As salam alaikum I am in need of learning Arabic so i can read the quran inshallah, i was wondering if there is tajweed classes.

    wa alaikum as salam

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  27. Yahyamoro, on May 24th, 2009 at 6:25 am Said:

    As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah ! I am having a problem . Alhamdulillah I accepted Al Islam in 1989 but my wife is non Muslim . A few years back , I took her to a Masjid to try to make her more confortable toward Al Islam . Many of the sisters there seemed afraid to talk to her & some were very rude . She now dislikes to go anywhere near a Masjid . I was invited to a get together @ a brother’s home on Eid ul Fitr with my wife & the Muslims were all chatting to themselves while she sat alone in the kitchen with my hosts wife ! If there is no way for me to convince her that Al Islam is the correct way of life if Muslims are acting like this is it still Hallal for me to be married to this woman ? I am in a cross roads because she is a good woman .

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    • lailanasheeba, on August 16th, 2009 at 3:36 pm Said:

      Subhanallah if she were such a good woman she would be muslim and allah says to marry a poor believing slave would be better than marrying the women from the people of the book. Allah makes muslims – not you or me. If having a muslim wife is that important to you then you should have married a Muslim. If your wife believes in Allah she would be muslim and not make her decision on the behavior of others because everyon knows the greatest hipocrits of all time are christains. So may allah help you brother

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  28. Anonymous, on June 10th, 2009 at 12:55 am Said:

    Lets talk about the state of the world and how we are living in times that were spoken about to us from our Prophet(from Allaah arent u worried
    that Allaah will sound the truimph with the state of the Dunya??? I know i heard before that Allaah will not bring this to a end as long as there are people following him so thats a question for clarity from the knowlegdable ones please.

    ;;

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  29. lanea, on June 25th, 2009 at 5:47 pm Said:

    i saw this in one of the news papers in the uk i was wondering what do you think?????

    should this ban go a head or should we fight for our rights

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1195052/Why-I-British-Muslim-woman-want-burkha-banned-streets.html

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  30. lanea, on September 13th, 2009 at 12:20 am Said:

    have a look at this………………… http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/11/rightwing-anti-fascist-protesters-riot

    Is britain becoming fascist?????

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  31. HALEEMAH, on September 16th, 2009 at 5:14 pm Said:

    SINCE 9/11 SO MANY PPL ARE COMING TO ISLAM AND WE SAY MASHA’ALLAH! BUT ARE THEY COMING TO ISLAM BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY OF IT OR ARE THEY COMING BECAUSE ISLAM IS NOW BECOMING WESTERNIZED BY MOST MUSLIMS? LETS TALK ABOUT IT!

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  32. Amira Larhrissi, on September 24th, 2009 at 3:22 am Said:

    I think mixing with the opposite sex needs to be addressed. I see so many sisters on FB and Myspace that are regular sisters continuely adding men to their pages and they say its for dawah. Astagfirallah. How does one expect to be blessed by Allah by sending someone to the website in a Haram way? This has always been a big problem and by sisters adding the brothers it makes it harder for the ones who are trying to obey Allah by not adding men because these brothers are private messaging us. This needs to be addressed so these sisters can learn WHY we dont mix with the opposite sex even for dawah efforts. Allah does not need the sisters to bring the men to class. He can do that on his on and the brothers in our class can bring them. Inshallah you will consider this as a forum topic.

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  33. Alban, on October 4th, 2009 at 9:52 pm Said:

    Asalamu alaikum!

    I’d like us to speak of the good we’ve gotten from this religion. How this life has changed our lives.

    Topic: “How have you changed lately, since you increased in knowledge? and How can others benefit from your behavior?”

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  34. Umm Ayman, on October 4th, 2009 at 10:13 pm Said:

    Complete Stranger Marriages, could be a dangerous thing…
    Read this and what’s your opinion: http://www.tariqnelson.com/2006/12/complete-stranger-marriages/

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  35. Umm Ayman, on October 4th, 2009 at 10:20 pm Said:

    Fatima’s story

    Fatima contacted the BBC World Service citizen journalism project, Your Story, because she wanted to share her experiences of sexual abuse growing up within a strict Muslim family in Abu Dhabi.

    She suffered many years of abuse before she finally told her mother what had been going on.

    Fatima is now 26. She lives in the United States of America where she has just been given asylum and citizenship after establishing that she would be in danger if she returned to her home country.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7966086.stm

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  36. HALEEMAH, on October 7th, 2009 at 7:51 pm Said:

    HARAM POLICE! WHY IS IT HARD FOR SO MANY MUSLIMS TO BE A STUDENT, WHAT IS UP WITH EVERYONE WANTING TO TEACH ISLAM WITH NO KNOWLEDGE? THERE SEEMS TO BE A GROWING NUMBER OF THESE “HARAM POLICE” WHO MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE MUSLIMS. MAYBE IF WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE WE CAN GET PPL TO WAKE UP, AND BECOME STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE SO CALLED “TEACHERS” WITH NO KNOWLEDGE! LETS TALK ABOUT IT!!!!

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  37. sumaiyah, on October 16th, 2009 at 4:09 am Said:

    As salaamu alaikum wr wb
    Alhamdulillah
    I thought this was interesting. Women in kuwait refusing to wear hijab in parliment. They fighting for so many women rights there and are allowed to vote and be mp’s and want to strip laws and etc. Read it inshaAllah maybe this will be good.
    http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/issues/kuwaiti-women-mps-refuse-to-wear-hijab-in-parliament-1911343.html

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  38. Suzanne Sammour, on October 22nd, 2009 at 4:07 pm Said:

    as salam alykum,

    i think this would be a good topic,abuse of women in the muslim world

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  39. HALEEMAH, on October 28th, 2009 at 8:53 pm Said:

    “WHEN DEALING WITH HARDSHIPS” A TRUE BELIEVER WORSHIPS ALLAH EVEN WHEN EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS, TOO OFTEN WE COMPLAIN WHEN HARDSHIPS OCCUR, LETS TURN THE TABLES AND TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR HARDSHIPS AND HOW THEY HAVE MADE US STRONGER, AND MAYBE WE CAN HELP OTHERS TO PRAISE ALLAH IN THE TIME OF DIFFICULTY. LETS TALK ABOUT IT!

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  40. Shannon S., on November 8th, 2009 at 3:26 am Said:

    I think a good topic for Open Forum would be why do Muslims devote so much time to political issues. In many instances, Allah already told us many of the things that are happening and why. Is this really using our time wisely as Muslims? Does this time trying to push political agendas or participate in political events take us away from Allah and our deen, does it just create more fitnah, or is it helpful to the ummah?
    What does everybody think about this?

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  41. AISHA FATIMAH, on November 8th, 2009 at 3:32 am Said:

    “Muslim Population in the Military Raises Difficult Issues” Some think that muslims should not be in the military, what do you think???

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  42. Umm Ayman, on November 14th, 2009 at 9:45 pm Said:

    MY SUGGESTION IS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE SITE AND CLASSES HAVE HELPED US IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. HOW ALLAH GUIDED US TO SUNNAHFOLLOWERS AND HOW IT’S CHANGED OUR LIVES AND FAMILIES.

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  43. Umm Ayman, on November 14th, 2009 at 10:02 pm Said:

    I CAME ACROSS THIS VIDEO POSTED BY SISTER ON FACEBOOK, IT A NEW PHENOMENON AMONGS YOUNG MUSLIMS CALLED TAQWA-CORE (ASTAGFRULILLAH)

    HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE TRAILER (KEEP A BAG NEAR BY YOU MAY VOMIT)
    *ALSO CONTAINS MUSIC * :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9xFF8mruaw

    Taqwacore is a genre of punk music dealing with Islam and its culture, originally conceived in Michael Muhammad Knight’s novel, The Taqwacores.
    (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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  44. ...., on November 14th, 2009 at 10:22 pm Said:

    muslims that are afraid to put on the hijab

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  45. Latifah, on November 21st, 2009 at 7:48 am Said:

    Today is Hijab day, and women of all faiths are being encouraged to cover in support of some of our European sisters who are either being told not to wear or being fined for wearing hijab.

    The Netherlands is proposing a tax on our hijabed sisters.

    I think that this would make an excellent open forum topic as wearing hijab is not a right to be given to us by any human government but our duty to Allah (swt).

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