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 What am I? Why Do I Exist? An American Convert’s Story
As a little girl I would frequently
stare into the mirror, into the depths of my eyes, and ask myself these
questions. It was amazing to me that I should exist at all,
considering how many events had to happen, in the right order, for me to
be standing there looking into the mirror, the daughter of these parents,
in this country, at this time in history. What would it be like to
not exist? I wondered, and would shudder at the answers that came to me.
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 Through
the Eyes of a Young Muslim Woman
As
the events of September 11, 2001 started to unfold before my eyes I was
horrified by what was happening in the world. I did not feel that the
attack was against only the United States, but rather it was an attack
on the globalized world and the ideals that it embraces. Democracy,
justice, order and peace were all being threatened by their evil
counterparts anarchy, injustice, chaos and war..>>>
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 My
Journey to Islam
As the September 11th terrorist attacks
on New York and Washington were immediately associated with Islam, European
societies intensively turned their attention to Muslims living in their
countries. In the face of both interest in and aggression towards Islam,
Muslims found themselves representing their religion apparently with their
clothes. With their veils, Muslim women were the main targets of such
interest, or aggression..>>> |
