This is a sad story in which the pressure to excel in academics was apparently too much for this young woman. However, seeing as how the Father was recently arrested for sexually assaulting two teenagers, there is a possibility that she was sexually abused as a child which has led to this behavior…
If you want [...]
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In our conversations in the DC area community of moving toward real changes in the way that Blackamerican Muslims have been operating, some of us have been in discussions about forming “Investment Clubs”. I found a video below that discusses the concept:
We do not have to continue associating ignorance and poverty (along with tired slogans) [...]
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The following message is from FAITH. I plan to regularly post the cases to encourage more people to support their important work
This week’s cases are below:
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The lines of poetry (?) below were allegedly found at the website in question in this story
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Is California a sign of things to come for the rest of us? Gas is over $5 in some places there
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Wajahat Ali’s interview with Congressman Keith Ellison on his faith, smear politics, Obama, race in America, his critics and Muslims in Congress
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I wanted to let everyone know that I appreciate all the warm emails and comments that I have received over the past few days. Insha Allah, I think I will be back to blogging regularly some time this week. However, I wanted to express something that has been on my mind.
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I need to take a break from everything for a while and will not be posting for an indefinite period of time (could be a few days or weeks). the amount of hatred and vitriol I have received (plus some personal things) have caused me to see the need to do some serious re-evaluation over [...]
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