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A Muslim man sitting on the back seat of a bike.
Huimin Street,Xi'an,China;03/28/2013
LEICA M7;Summilux-M1,4/35mm ASPH
Kodak 100D/5285
Scan by Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 9000ED
A friend of the groom shows the bridal room where the bride and groom will spend their wedding night.
The young couple lives modestly, she and he are teachers.
Of course, with the doll in the middle of the bed the decor may seem a little kitsch but it's the dominant taste.
Do yo have you noticed a detail?
What does the towel do to the left of the cliche in such an orderly setting?
In the majority of Muslim countries and even in other countries such as Armenia, the virginity of the bride is the essential condition for the conclusion of marriage.
Thus the young couple is obliged to give the community the proof of the virginity of the bride and indirectly of the consumption of marriage.
The proof will be given by a towel placed under the buttocks of the young woman who will collect the blood of the deflowering.
And this linen must imperatively be exhibited. They are usually the kids who take it in the early morning and run the streets shouting throughout the village.
During this ceremony which I witnessed from end to end, after they were stressed.
Imagine that they do not know each other and they must not fail in performing the sexual act! Worse, a few years ago, the deflowering was to take place before the guests left the groom's house! Imagine panic ...
For them, this constraint had been lifted. The blood-stained linen had only to be presented in the morning.
In some families, it was customary to keep this laundry in a wardrobe ...
This long development to recall the central role of virginity in Islamic and Middle Eastern culture in general.
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Un ami du marié montre la chambre nuptiale où les jeunes mariés passeront leur nuit de noces.
Le jeune couple vit modestement. Elle et lui sont enseignants.
Bien sûr, avec la poupée au milieu du lit, le décor peut sembler un peu kitsch mais c'est le goût dominant.
Avez-vous remarqué un détail?
Que fait la serviette de toilette à gauche du cliché dans un cadre aussi bien ordonné?
Dans la majorité des pays musulmans et même dans d'autres pays tels que l'Arménie, la virginité de la mariée est la condition nécessaire à la conclusion du mariage.
Ainsi, le jeune couple est obligé de donner à la communauté la preuve de la virginité de la femme et indirectement de la consommation du mariage.
La preuve en sera donnée par une serviette placée sous les fesses de la jeune femme qui recueillera le sang de la défloraison.
Et ce linge doit impérativement être exposé. Ce sont généralement les enfants qui le prennent tôt le matin et parcourent les rues en criant et l'exhibant dans tout le village.
Au cours de cette cérémonie à laquelle j'ai assisté de bout en bout, j'ai pu constater à quel point les mariés étaient stressés.
Imaginez qu'ils ne se connaissent pas et qu'ils ne doivent pas manquer d'accomplir l'acte sexuel la nuit même du mariage ! Pire encore, il y a quelques années, la défloration devait avoir lieu avant que les invités ne quittent la maison du marié! Imaginez la panique ...
Pour eux, cette contrainte avait été levée. Le linge taché de sang devait seulement être présenté le matin.
Dans certaines familles, il était de coutume de garder ce linge dans une armoire ...
Ce long développement pour rappeler le rôle central de la virginité dans la culture islamique et moyen-orientale.
Continuation of my Fashionable Fit & Fabulous Event Coverage Photo Shoot. The models all lined up to walk the runway! The models were modeling Arab Muslim clothing lines and head scarf styles. The concept was that you can do anything with your scarfs and look beautiful and at the same time be trendy with outfits and accessories. The women represented being vibrant, bold and fashionable.
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For those who don't know what the scarf on the head is for Muslims it is called a "HIjaab". Here is a link where you can learn more about it: www.islamswomen.com/hijab/hijab_suppression_or_liberation... or visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab
Muslims believe in Jesus resurrection too.
But we don't believe that he died on cross, we believe that that was his similar enemy whom they killed.
two individual
spirtual gardens
we tend .
He is Hindu
I am Muslim
both born
in the same
mother country
we are humans
in the end ..
our aim to mend
the broken fence
so both in equal
measure blend
our ears to voices
of hare we do not
lend ..we don't get
provoked rules
we do not bend
#beggarpoet
A Muslim Brotherhood march against the ousting of Morsi on the street, 5 minutes away from Tahrir Square.
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The merciful
1. When there comes the help of Allah and victory,
2. And you see people entering Allah's religion in multitudes,
3. Then celebrate the praise of your Lord and seek His forgiveness, (for) surely He is Oft-returning (to mercy).
Rahman ve rahîm olan Allah'ın adıyla.
[1-3] Allah'ın yardımı ve zaferi gelip de insanların bölük bölük Allah'ın dinine girmekte olduklarını gördüğün vakit Rabbine hamdederek O'nu tesbih et ve O'ndan mağfiret dile. Çünkü O, tevbeleri çok kabul edendir.
Brothers from different walks of life tell us what they love most about their wives – may Allah reward them with good!
“What I love about my wife”
How would life be without my wife?
The emptiness,
the strife,
Would all be rife
I care not to think of that plight amiss
So much I love ’bout her, too long is the list.
Her faith in her Lord and her pure and dear heart
Tis the reason I married her, but that’s just the start
Beauty pervades her, in every way and thought
These are blessings so countless … can never be bought
Her smile, her gentle face, the sparkle in her eyes
When our kids are causing havoc, logic defies
So hard-working, striving to make her family content
Yearning foremost to make her Lord happy
Reasons enough for a singler’s lament
Desire and doing in her life is her worth
Allaah upon us Your Mercy shower,
And increase our blessed state
And Your Mercy enshroud her when she’s raised from this earth
So when you asked us to write “what you love about your wife”
That blessings so countless, I dare not think of life
And after so many years our love still gets stronger
Allaah I cannot thank you enough for all that you have given me
Just allow me to be with her in Jannah
And make our bond stronger.
Ameen
By Abu Abdillah
34yrs old from London, UK
What do I love about my Muslim wife?
Everything. My wife is the closet partner and friend I’ve ever had. She is the ‘backbone’ of our household. After a very long day at work, it is very comforting to come home and just be with my wife (& the screaming kids). She is my ‘treasure box’ and the ONLY key is with me, alhamdulillah. The most satisfying thing to hear from my wife is to hear how much she loves me, which builds further the bond between us.
Should I be allowed to re-run this life again, surely this would be the one thing I would not change.
Tansar Hussain, UK
What I love about my Muslim wife is her ability to adapt to different
situations and surroundings. It’s not easy for women who marry and move away
from home, having to start all over again, leaving behind their family and
friends….its something us men take for granted!
Imran
“My wife, masha Allah, loves to learn about Islam and takes time out of her busy schedule to read authentic Islamic books on issues of Tawheed, ‘Aqeedah, Islamic manners etc… My wife does her best to implement Islam in our family life and does not just practise Islam when it is easy to but also when it gets difficult alhumdulillah. She is very patient with me when I am angry in trying to calm me down and does not leave me until she has found a way to please me. She is playful and likes to joke around once in a while and lightens the mood when life gets stressful. My wife is very particular about the house and works very hard to keep it as clean as possible, masha Allah. I find her to be a very good mother attentive and loving to her kids’ needs as well as in disciplining them when it is needed. She is careful to thank me for every good that I do (i.e. provide money for groceries and needs, take her out on a date etc) – she has even expressed guilt at forgetting to say thank you to me after she bought groceries!
Abu Taimyyah, Age 37, United States
Allah is so Merciful and Gracious that if I tried to count the blessing that my Lord has bestowed upon me I would not be able to do, I just might lose my fingers! And one of those blessing is my wife. All praise is for Allah and no one else. In His infinite wisdom he gave me a prize, a jewel, the blessing of a righteous wife, masha Allah. She has this unconditional love that is tremendous and beautiful, Allahu akbar! We have six children and this August, insha Allah, it will be eleven years that we have been married and the only thing I would trade her for is Jannah. I love my wife ‘big much’. I ask Allah to keep us together until He calls us back to him, ameen. I ask Allah to bless those Muslim marriages out there with love and goodness from His Rahma, ameen.
Amir Abu Hudhayfah Ali-Dorsey, East Orange NJ, Masjid Rahmah
Her patience – especially with me
Her support – when others would have given up
Her understanding
Her wisdom
Her strength
Her kindness
And I thank Allah that we are together and may He keep us that way.
Here in Bangladesh, the moon of Ramadan Month has been seen today. Already the month of fasting has begun in Middle East and many other parts of the world. May Allah help us to lead the life accordingly to His given order. Let the month of Ramadan help us to keep the holiness and to do the prayer accordingly!
It's the moon of the Ramadan Month!
Happy Ramadan Mubarak!
Maha BODHI temple i
this is the most sacred of all BUDDHIST temples.
it is referred to as the place where BUDDHA reached enlightenment
a state of mind that no one these days reaches i am sure of that
BODHGAYA
Photography’s new conscience
Rahman Rahim Allah’ın adıyla
1-2-3 Hamd, Alemlerin Rabbi, Rahman, Rahim ve Din gününün maliki olan Allah’adır.
4 Biz yalnızca Sana ibadet eder ve yalnızca Sen’den yardım dileriz.
5-6 Bizi dosdoğru yola ilet, kendilerine nimet verdiklerinin yoluna, gazaba uğrayanların ve sapıklarınkine değil.
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a muslim farmer takes rest under the shadow of a big tree in his farmland during summer days. its difficult to work in scorching heat but he does that for his family and hence he always has a nice smile to his face.
This is a letter I wrote in response to an article in the National Post:
msoupcoff@nationalpost.com
Dear Editor,
I wish you would read this, even more that you would take the time to investigate the story I am going to give you, so that I could continue to tell women from other countries that Western-born Canadian women are indeed free. You would justify my faith in my citizenship.
I learned of Aqsa Parvez’s brutal, unjustified, and barbaric murder from the pages of the Post. No faith can justify murder without a trial (even if it is justified by the law---and even under Islamic Law only if Miss Parvez had been married and committed adultery could she and her lover have been punished at all---and that, in brief, not without a trial).
Such law cannot exist in Canada, as Muslims are a minority, and Islamic law can only be applied to Muslims. Aqsa Parvez’s killers are murderers and should be condemned as such. They are monsters. Aqsa Parvez deserves to hear a public outcry against their actions (whether they are adhering to the tribal customs of another country or not!). She does not deserve to have her life’s ending and its tragedy overshadowed by the controversial issue represented by a piece of cloth called “hijab” if we are to affect true change. If the writer does not want a two-tier system between Western and immigrant women in Canada the writer cannot make an issue out of hijab in the same breath, giving her killers a motive. Their actions were wrong whatever motivated them. In fact, they had no motive. There is not a word in the Qu’ran or Canadian law that allows murder for not adhering to a dress code. The girl deserves more than that after a tragic struggle for freedom. She deserves her murderers to be brought to justice, and that people be educated about what freedom really is. It is not a piece of cloth, but the right to choose it or the right to disregard it. Bring her killers to justice, then come learn about hijab and Islam so you can educate others of it.
I would like to call out the writer of “How Canada Let Aqsa Down” when they wrote [“you’ll never hear a feminist murmur a word of complaint about these girls’ lack of autonomy.”] I was just peacefully walking down the street the other day and this woman figured she had the right to judge me and called out: “Live you life!” I said, “Excuse me?” She said, “I hoped you’d say that.”
I wear hijab. I hope that doesn’t discredit everything I am going to say. Your writer said ["The hijab marks those wearing it as chattel, leashed to their men as surely as if they were wearing a dog collar"] so maybe my words don't count, maybe I am "a non-person" who owns nothing of herself and is fully absorbed by "her men". This is a stereo-type a Muslim woman will have to deal with every day if she decides to wear a head-scarf. Why do I do it? Sometimes I wonder. Well, Western men assume I am treated as a non-person by Arab/Muslim men all my life, and so, always go out of their way to hold doors open for me, and bus drivers always wait even if I have to run all the way down the street. That wouldn't be a good reason for a Muslim woman trying to be modest would it??? And women think that I am too timid to respond to their stereo-types and actually answer their questions (because, as a Western woman herself not born Muslim, I know there’s a lot Western women don’t know about Muslims) so maybe I like the shock value??? “Why are you bringing your backwardness to Canada?” Some women come up to me and my friends. “I’m from Canada,” I say and watch them draw a blank. “I’m more Canadian than you-” would quip my friend to these women with a sly smile from underneath the folds of her hijab (with dark eyes, colouring and exotic beauty she looks unequivocally Arab while my blue eyes and paleness always give me away for the Norman-Anglophile I am even under my own pink hijab- “I’m Metis.” She then giggles her ridiculous sweet laugh. “My ancestors were here long before yours.” My best friend Amanda is often with me. She wears jean mini shorts and a white tank top, with her own blonde hair running free in a pony-tail. She adores the latest styles of me and Um Abdullah’s black abayas, even though she would never wear one herself. I ask her if she ever feels uncomfortable being with me, because people stare so much. She replies that she was afraid when I first started wearing hijab, that my new Muslim friends would think she was a slut for wearing tank tops. We smile, because we know women and men are the same everywhere. People are always afraid of what they don’t know. It is the job of the media to educate and relieve fear by information, not to spread the stereo-types that injure another citizen’s chances of employment, public safety, and education.
I love my best friend Amanda. After 9/11 I decided to wear hijab. She supported me by walking down the streets of our small town of Sooke, B.C (where weeks before I had had my scarf torn off, been called a murderer, and Taliban by strangers that were once my neighbours) sporting a black Halloween robe that she deemed abaya-esque with pink rhinestones glue-gunned on the back to spell out “I AM NOT SUPPRESSED” in support of my decision. She said, “if it had been anybody else but my Alix, I would have been worried about your decision, thought someone had forced you to do it. But no one can force you to do anything, so I know this is right for you.” I would die for her right to wear a mini-skirt, because she would do the same for me to wear a head-scarf, just as I got beat up when I was little with my best friend Fallon Hagreen by a group of wannabe Neo-Nazi punks in the same town because I thought it wasn’t fair her to get beat up alone and to have someone hate her just because she was Jewish. Fallon taught me about the holocaust, how the Nazi’s slowly took away the freedom of the Jews in Germany, and the terrible things that were done to them, and I was proud that we were both Canadian, and believed in the freedom of all people’s to believe what they want as long as they don’t use that freedom to take away the rights of others’.
In Iran, I would be forced to wear hijab. In Afghanistan, I would have been hidden behind a chador with a mesh screen common in that region and in Pakistan (burka is the wrong word for the dress-code enforced by the Taliban there-burqa is what the Bedouin women in Sohar in Oman wear). I would rebel against this. I don’t believe any human being can be forced to believe in something. Aqsa Parvez’s father was not adhering to the Qu’ran or any hadith in Islam when he murdered his own daughter. A Muslim in Canada can only practice Islamic Law in their own lives and not apply it in the lives of others’ (and ideally should)---if they are guilty of something that is truly punishable under Islamic Law the most justice a Muslim can expect from other Muslims in Canada is to be warned of their behaviour being far from their beliefs, and if that behaviour continues, perhaps to be shunned. The best of us, as sinners, would seek out punishment from our companions-they would not come look for us like hanging party! Compassion is one of the most compelled aspects of Islam, and the Qu’ran says that instead of saying “Listen to me!” like a whiny brat or control freak, a Muslim should say, “Look upon me,” and live their own life without judgement as that would be the best example to someone who is truly in error. There is a story in Islam that said there were two men. One prayed every day, gave charity, and did everything required of him as a Muslim. The other never prayed, drank, cursed, but still knew in his heart, that his actions were wrong, and that he loved God (Allah.) One day the good man came up to the one who was rarely good, and said, “You don’t believe in God. You will go to Hell.” The good man went to Hell despite all the good he had done, and the other, to paradise. At his judgement, the good man asked God why. “Because you stole something that belonged to me,” Allah responded. “Judgement is mine alone.” I don’t believe hijab can ever be made a law, because you cannot force someone to believe in Judaism, or Christianity, Nazism, or Islam if they don’t. Wearing hijab is a confirmation of beliefs, like christening in Christianity. Your writer wrote [“Multiculturalists would have us believe that the hijab is merely a religious symbol, like the Sikh kirpan or the Christian cross, freely embraced by the girls wearing them. I have argued before in these pages that the hijab, however benign-seeming, is still one end of a female-submissive spectrum that ends in the burqa, a garment virtually all Canadians find antithetical to our values.”] If someone forced me to put on the chador of Afghanistan they would have to cut me up to fit me into it (because I have found nothing in the Qu’ran my faith is founded on, to justify the Taliban’s laws against art and laughing, and suppression of women.) But someone else would have to cut out my tongue to silence me speaking out for the women that DO want to keep their veils (there are a minority and I know two-who volunteer to pay for their own car being towed and to be fit in the back of a patrol car driven to the station where a female officer is present before presenting their driver’s licence). They know they are a minority, and volunteer to go out of the way and pay the costs of their beliefs themselves. My opinion: those that don’t want to pay for their own car being towed? Shut-up, move, or adapt. You are a minority. I understand your frustration, but you cannot force your beliefs on others.
I don’t want someone to put a veil on my sister, or hijab on my friend, to whom it is just a piece of cloth, and thus, would be a meaningless abuse of power. But I don’t want to see someone take away my right to wear my hijab in school, at work, or on the street safely, the right of someone who has fought for human rights and freedom, in this country, and in others, her whole life. I don’t deserve my rights to leave the home, to work, and go to school to be taken away for a piece of cloth; Aqsa did not deserve to have the same rights and more to be taken away over a square of fabric. I face prejudice every day, but I am proud I live in a country where I have the freedom to walk down the street still dressed as I choose. By the way, I have no real family and I am not married yet. I was given an ultimatum by my own family, as many Muslim-convert girls are: take off that scarf of get out of the house. I was lucky. I was old enough, and educated enough to work. My friend, Um Abdullah, was not so fortunate. She could not afford life on her own, but was willing to live on the street and go hungry, all for the freedom of her right to wear hijab. You said: [“If public schools, which are supposedly secular, had banned hijabs as France did, along with all other religious paraphernalia, in order to create a level social Canadian playing field, Aqsa would have had Canada on her side”] Canada would have lost Aqsa as surely as she is lost now. Do you honestly think a father like her own would have let her go to a school where she could not wear hijab anymore than he would have let her go to school not wearing one at a school where hijab is allowed? Aqsa would have disappeared from public education just the same, and women like me could not pursue university in Canada. I am not hurting anyone by wearing my scarf. Protect my right to wear it. Protect the right of women who don’t want to wear it. It is the dream of Um Abdullah and myself, to set up a shelter for girls like ourselves, and Aqsa, who need a place to live in safety from their families while continuing their education and maintaining their beliefs. To hijab or not to hijab is not a question we should be asking at the time of Aqsa’s death. It should be focussed on giving girls in similar situations other options beyond the simple death of self, and death or dismissal of body. No one should be forced to make that decision in a country that is truly free.
Sincerely and respectfully yours,
Alixianna Normandeau
P.S I expect a respectful reply.
(No reply was ever given)