Category: Hijab: Unveiling the Veil™
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Poem: BLEEDINGS OF THE PRESENT
‘History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.’ ~ The Late Howard Zinn
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Poem: VACANT TOLERANCE
‘Malicious generalisations about Islam have become the last acceptable form of denigration of foreign culture in the West; what is said about the Muslim mind, or character, or religion, or culture as a whole cannot now be said in mainstream discussion about Africans, Jews, other Orientals, or Asians.’ ~ The Late Edward Said
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A Veiled Chick’s Outburst 04: A FEW STEPS TOO FAR
The former British diplomat, the late Hasan le Gai Eaton رحمه الله said, ‘that while Muslims will sagely nod in agreement when you state that ignorance, hypocrisy and fanaticism do exist in the Muslim world, they usually assume that they themselves are not guilty.’
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Poem: A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE ~ MY DECLARATION
The inspiration for this simple poem came to me after the comments, looks and [mis]treatments (and questions) I received because of the hijâb in London after the 7/7 bombings.
Skilful White Clouds (RABAB Maher) 