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Posted By:  Slic
Posted On:  Jan 27, 2009

  Forgiveness & Anger

In 2007, I wrote a blog about my brother called "Love and Hate." Up until that point, I had been operating under a false assumption regarding Hate. It was two years into therapy for anger management that I realized the error in my thinking. I believed that hate was the opposite of love. The...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Sep 29, 2008

  Maybe it was a “love” crime

This past Friday, members of the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, Ohio, were forced to evacuate their mosque during maghrib prayers . Someone - no one is sure who - allegedly released a “chemical irritant” through the windows of the mosque. Two people were hospitalized, and...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 27, 2008

  Where am I, you ask?

I’ve gotten a few emails asking about where I’ve been - fret not! I’m traveling over the next week and a half to resolve some personal matters. I have really limited ‘net access, but will be back soon (inshallah)! ... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 23, 2008

  A photo worth sharing

(photo: Flicker - user: Aphrodite) Love this image. Wanted to share. Enjoy. ... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008

  Full volume

A friend slipped this note into a CD for me on Saturday night. Yelling doesn’t have to be literal. It doesn’t have to be loud. It doesn’t have to be shrill. It doesn’t have to insult, to shame, to guilt, or to hurt. When these become the aim of speaking, the...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008

  Iranians protest honor killings after the death of another young woman

Iranians demonstrate against honor killings (photo: Iran Telegraf) On August 14th, eighteen year-old Fereshteh Nejati was murdered by her father. Forced into marriage at 14, Fereshteh was seeking a divorce. The details of her murder are gruesome. The response to the tragedy,...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 19, 2008

  Achieving women: Al-Gassra and Maddow

SO cool. (photo: Stu Forster / Getty Images Asia Pacific) Remember my blog about Rachel Maddow? I called her a “great mind to watch out for”. Well, she’s getting her own show on MSNBC ! Here are her comments on the achievement. This is excellent news -...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008

  Palestine at the Beijing Olympics

As people go crazy for Phelps and drop their jaws over Spain’s champion-sized faux pas , these images serve to divert us from our TV screens and back to the situation still rampant in the West Bank. These cartoons were sent to me by a friend living in Nablus . For those who...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 14, 2008

  Progressive Muslim: nothing contradictory about it

Feisty Muslim females: with Yazmin, August 2008 I met Yazmin on the set of Shariah TV this summer, when she turned to me and made a truly poignant commentary about something I had said. Following the taping, we skipped out to spend the afternoon discussing our experiences and...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Aug 14, 2008

  Urgent appeal: five women buried alive in Pakistan

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a remote area of Balochistan province, that five women were buried alive, allegedly by the younger brother of Mr. Sadiq Umrani, the provincial minister and a prominent leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, the...... [view]

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