May 23, 2013

“Our government should be suspended and marshal law declared. All mosques and Muslim organisations should be shut down. All Muslim savings and bank accounts should be suspended and investigated. All Muslims should have their British citizenship removed. All “bogus colleges” closed. Any university that has any evidence of Muslim sympathy should be investigated and shut until all Islamic activities are removed. All asylum seekers should be removed without a hearing.”

One of the many extreme status’ I’ve seen doing the rounds on Facebook tonight…..

What they are calling for sounds disturbingly similar to Nazi Germany to me.

The only way we can try to prove these people wrong is through our good character. Through good behaviour try to show them what Islam is really about.

To my fellow British Muslims, stay safe in the next couple of days and never forget to read ayat alkursi before leaving the house as there have been reports of revenge attacks against Muslims. 

“If anyone slays a person, it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.” Quran 5:32

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May 22, 2013
#tellmama

shoomz:

#Tell Mama reports incidents of Islamophobia. Anyone who suffers abuse or attacks must report to them so that records are kept. Because I don’t see the government providing security for mosques, for example, unless we have evidence. So far Tell Mama has had 28 reports, 5 threats and 3 mosques attacked. I am sure many are not being reported. Please inform widely that incidents must be reported.

I contacted Tell Mama after an incident happened to myself, and they were really very helpful and supportive, I’d encourage anyone who has been a victim of an Islamophobic incident to contact them. May their good work continue in sha2 Allah. 

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May 18, 2013

salamseeker:

Reverts and Reversion Stories [SalamSeeker]

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Consider what your curiosity means for them.

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May 15, 2013
I properly love this abaya and would love to have one like this, simple, classy and navy blue as a nice alternative to black. Shame it’s £60 *le sigh* #WhySoExpensive? One of the reasons why I wish I could sew is so I could create clothes like this for myself, one day in sha2 Allah.

I properly love this abaya and would love to have one like this, simple, classy and navy blue as a nice alternative to black. Shame it’s £60 *le sigh* #WhySoExpensive?

One of the reasons why I wish I could sew is so I could create clothes like this for myself, one day in sha2 Allah.

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May 14, 2013
*Insert Irritated Reversion Story Rant Here*

salamseeker:

It grates on my nerves that as soon as people find out I’m a revert they go down the OH WHAT’S YOUR STORY road immediately. And some people are silly enough to be offended when I say I’m not sharing.

* Reversion stories are literally a life story. Our whole life builds up a base for how Islam eventually became a part of our lives and why it appealed to us so much when we found out about it. It’s not something you can comfortably tell in 5 minutes or in one or two paragraphs.

* Reversion stories are hardly ever sunshine and rainbows.
Most people go through a huge amount of hardship to reach a stage where they are re-evaluating their entire belief system.
For so many reverts these hardships include personal family problems or abuse or depression or self harm etc.
When asking a revert their story you are outright asking about some of the most intimate details of their life.


The thing is, most people know that’s the case.
Because a lot of people purposely ask reverts their story so they can get some kind of “iman boost” from all the crap reverts have to go through to attain and practise faith..

People deliberately ask so they can get an idea of how “hopeless” and “desperate” we were pre Islam and see how faith changed us.
It goes with the whole “SubhanAllah, if they can be Guided anyone can be Guided” feeling.

But you know what, if you want an “imaan boost”, go and open the Quran. Don’t use a reverts personal pains and sufferings to get it.

Some people (like myself) are not comfortable sharing information about the trauma I had to go through growing up in order to reach this point.

So don’t expect a reversion story.
Instead ask people if they are comfortable sharing it before jumping on the omgyoureareverttellmeyourstory bandwagon.
Because chances are, if people are willing to share it, it’s going to include a huge chunk of their private lives, and for a lot of us, it isn’t always easy to talk about. 

When we accept Islam we want a clean slate, we want to grow, we want to be a new, better, happier person.
Not all of us want to be reminded of our past constantly.

THANK YOU!! I stopped enjoying telling people my reversion story because it meant them knowing my whole life story and me knowing nothing about theirs. I don’t like people knowing all my personal details. This is why I took my story down from my blog. 

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Filed under: islam muslim Muslim Convert muslim revert personal 
May 14, 2013
Prayer on the move

My advice for when it’s time to pray but you’re out and about is to invest in one of these bad boys (a pocket prayer mat). They are cheap and take up little room, I carry mine in my handbag every day. The case has a qibla finder on, and the prayer mat itself has weighted corners so it won’t move around once it’s down on the ground. It’s just something I’ve found useful on countless occasions so thought I’d share for those who may not heard of it :)   

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April 12, 2013

I’m back in uni now and I have a lot coming up in the next month and a bit, many exams as well as coursework deadlines. I can do it but I just need to focus, so I’m not going to be on here as much, the library will be my new home in sha Allah! I’ll still be around but maybe only every few days. Please keep me in your duaas, jazakAllah khairun :) xxx

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April 6, 2013

(via prayeatloveee)

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April 5, 2013

A list of random places I’ve prayed recently;

Emirates Stadium

Ikea 

A train station (where a Muslim member of staff came to check that I had the correct direction)

Various locations in the university library (Not sure if the guy sitting near to me got scared away or was just leaving at that time anyway!)

On a train

I’ve got more confident in praying in public recently al7amdolellah, especially if I am not alone, then there are no worries, but today I was alone visiting Ikea with my parents so I had to step up and go and pray maghrib alone. I found a quiet place at the back of the warehouse area, people walked around me while I was praying but I felt safe al7amdolellah. With the right intention this can act as dawah too, showing non-Muslims the commitment you have to God, and even spur on other Muslims as well. Whilst I was praying tonight in Ikea, some Muslims walked past me, I just caught a glimpse of one of the children walking past, who I had seen earlier in the store, and then the parents walked past speaking in Arabic. Later I saw the father praying, I won’t say it was because he saw me, I can’t say that, but imagine if because of your praying in public, you push another Muslim who wasn’t going to, to pray, or you arouse interest in a non-Muslim! SubhanAllah! So next time you’re out and it’s time to pray then don’t put it off, have the courage and go and find somewhere and pray :) God is the most important after all. 

May Allah keep us all steadfast in our prayer, ameen. 

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April 4, 2013

Sisters who wear full make-up on a daily basis what do you do when it comes to making wudu? Remove it and then re-apply it? Share your tips with me please because I’m getting back into make-up (for inside my home) but I don’t know if I could bear the faf of re-doing my face a few times a day!

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April 3, 2013

I find it really sad when I see Muslims who were born into Muslim families pushing away their faith and walking away from it, not realising the magnitude of the blessing they have been given in the form of Islam. There are approximately seven billion people on Earth today, and 1.8 billion of those are Muslim. Maths isn’t my strongest subject, but I think that’s about 25%. Think of all those other people that haven’t been gifted with the knowledge of Islam, but God chose you, us, out of all of them, subhanAllah. 

I see people wanting to taste that which has always been forbidden to them, wanting to try what is normal life for the rest of their peers, whether that be going out, having girlfriends or boyfriends or whatever. I just wanna say this; I lived as a non-Muslim for 17 and a half years of my life, I have lived as a Muslim and as a non-Muslim so I know what life is like in both worlds. All that stuff that God has forbidden to us, none of that can make you happy, trust me, you can’t find happiness in that lifestyle, I know because I used to lead it, and it still surrounds me in the form of my family. Things like alcohol cause you way more harm and problems than will ever cause you pleasure. There’s a reason behind everything and God knows what is best for us. 

I know some people are raised not really understanding or knowing their religion properly, and that’s a responsibility that needs to be addressed amongst Muslim parents, but I just wanted to put something out there as a revert because I know what life is like without Islam. Please don’t push your religion away for a temporary whim and desire, it is honestly the biggest blessing that we have in our lives, and it itself can make you happy, and your life better. 

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April 3, 2013

Fajr prayer and then sleep in sha Allah :) my sleep routine has honestly become so awful lately, I’m ashamed of myself, I thought I was improving the last couple of days but clearing not, because it’s now 4.55 and I haven’t slept yet (I planned on sleeping by 1am maximum). :-/ I need to not allow myself to go anywhere near my laptop at night time because hours mysteriously just pass by and I don’t feel sleepy. Anyhow, time to pray now, salam. 

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April 3, 2013

deenoverdami:

I find I grow impatient with Muslims who question me and why I became Muslim myself. Not in the way that they’re interested in my story, but in the way that they want to see if I’m sincere about Islam.

Let me say this, no person would willingly put themselves through the torment of converting if they weren’t sincere about this religion.

Do you know what it’s like for your friends to turn their back on you?
Do you know what it’s like for your mother to say she has never been more disappointed in you in her lifetime?
Do you know what it’s like to be questioned if you did this for a person you like? (This one I find the most insulting)
Do you know what it’s like to wake up for suhoor, alone, celebrate eid, alone, make salat, alone?
Do you know what it’s like to walk into a mosque and feel different from everyone else?
Do you know what its like to sit through a religious service you don’t agree with to appease your parents?
Do you know what it’s like realizing that the only way you knew how to get married is suddenly unacceptable and you don’t really know how to meet someone, how to adjust yourself to the new way, or who you can marry because most parents don’t want someone from a different culture?
Do you know what it’s like explaining why you became Muslim to a friend and expecting them to desert you afterwards?
Do you know what it’s like to give up everything you know, to listen to an orphan who lived 1400 years ago?
Do you know what it’s like to question yourself on whether you really believe any of this at all, that maybe it was a mistake, that maybe all of this is for naught?
Do you know what it’s like to cry because you don’t know where you belong?

I do.

We said the shahada prepared to face scrutiny from our family and friends, but not from other Muslims.

On behalf of the reverts,
Do not second guess me, do not second guess us.

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Filed under: revert problems muslim islam 
April 3, 2013

melissacundill:

The devil is able to make the evilest things looks so sweet and innocent. So when we decide to do something which we think is acceptable we should first determine if it is something which our gracious God allows us to do or if it is something the deceiving devil lures us to do. To follow God, means to disregard the devil! When we decide to fit into society, are we obeying God or falling Into the endless trap of Satan. Is the worship of God being fulfilled, when we look at western society or the worship of the devil!

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April 3, 2013

The meal went really well al7amdolellah, I didn’t feel awkward for one second, everybody just acted normal and I managed to pray maghrib there without any problems either, al7amdolellah, I prayed outside which was quite refreshing :) 

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