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My Wounded-Knee & my Broken-Heart: The Untold Tragedy of the Native American
Author’s note: The infamous Wounded-Knee massacre, in 1890, officially, marked the official end of true Native-American sovereignty, within North America, particularly within the newly expanding United States. This, even though a massacre more than a battle, is historically considered the last armed-conflict of the officially recognized “Indian-Wars” era. This event once and for all broke… Continue reading
Activism, Africa, Asia, Community-Service, Culture, Domestic-Violence, Europe, Famine, Global Politics, Islam, Islam & Activism, Islamic-Teachings, Latin America, Muslim, Muslim Student Association, Muslim Writers, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, North America, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Qur’an, Religion, Religious-Bias, Religious-Discrimination, Religious-Racism, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-EmpowermentAfrican Americans, American Civil-War, American History, American Indian, American Indians, American Revolution, Annihilation, British, Civil War, Colombian Exchange, Colonization, Columbus, Conquistadors, Decimation, Dutch, European Colonization, France, French, Great Britain, Hernado Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon, Native, Native American, Native Americans, Oppression, Ponce de Leon, Portugal, Portuguese, Slavery, Spain, Spanish, The Netherlands, The Pizarro Brothers -
Camelot: Unplugged
Excalibur was never my strength; Lancelot was always treacherous. I never trusted Guinevere, the Round Table Knights ever malicious. The street-life my kingdom, the projects my castles. The hustlers, shooters and stick-up kids, my vassals. My upbringing like the water of a moat: stale, stagnant. No drawbridges to escape from my illusionary palace. The dregs… Continue reading
Activism, Africa, Allah, Asia, College, College-Life, Community-Service, Culture, Domestic-Violence, Economy, Europe, Global Politics, Humor, Islam, Islam & Activism, Islamic-Teachings, Latin America, Muslim, Muslim Student Association, Muslim Writers, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, North America, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Qur’an, Religion, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Sunnah, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-EmpowermentArthur, Camelot, Castle, Castles, Chivalry, Damsels, Dragons, Gareth Bryant, Gareth Bryant’s Poems, Gareth Bryant’s Poetry, Gareth Bryant’s Writing Page, Gareth Bryant’s Writings, Guinevere, Kennedy’s, King Arthur, Knight, Knights, Knights of the Round Table, Knights of the Temple Round, Lancelot, Medieval, Medieval Time, Medieval Times, Moat, Moats -
Triangles and Eyes:
Your eyes behold nothing but corruption and lies But you don’t have to be wise to uncover the disguise Behind the music and rhymes To them money, power and deception is the prize But looking fly and getting high isn’t getting you to the seventh sky It’s easy to deny But when you understand why… Continue reading
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The Realities of Being a Hifzh-Kid:
Author’s note: I have chosen to ask some people, whom I know personally, to write about their thoughts, views on how it really is to be a Hafizh (a Memorizer of the Qur’an). I deem it necessary to relate how it truly is: many/most of us, Muslims, whom have not been able to commit Hizh (memorization… Continue reading
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Oxfam is Awesome!!!
Kristin Davis, popular actress, of the world-wide critically acclaimed T.V. & movie series, “Sex In The City”, very recently did a commercial for Oxfam, an internationally-renown non-profit organization, geared towards establishing food-justice in under-developed countries, particularly. When I had seen this commercial on TV, I immediately told my mom that I had & still do… Continue reading
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an-Niqab/the Islamic Facial-Veil: Endurance & Struggle vs. Ridicule & Opposition
Author’s note: At the request of the sister whom submitted this article, I will keep her identity anonymous. She specifically wanted to not be known, for submitting this article, which I must/should respect. Furthermore, even though anonymous, it’s so important that stories such as these are told, as often as possible, to let people know… Continue reading
Activism, Africa, Allah, Asia, Community-Service, Culture, Domestic-Violence, Europe, Fashion, Feminism, Gender, Gender-Bias, Gender-Discrmination, Gender-Roles, Global Politics, Islam, Islam & Activism, Islam & Fashion, Islamic-Fashion, Islamic-Teachings, Latin America, Misogyny, Misogyny & Feminism, Misogyny vs. Feminism, Muslim, Muslim Student Association, Muslim Writers, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Muslims & Fashion, Muslims at College, North America, Political-Awareness, Qur’an, Religion, Religious-Bias, Religious-Discrimination, Religious-Racism, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-Empowerment -
A Story of Islamophobia: Bias, Fear, and Injustice
Author’s note: This is the story of someone whom I know personally, whom was a victim of malicious, immoral, unethical, and illegal, Islamophobia, just because they were Muslim, had an Arabic name, came from, ancestrally, from a part of the Muslim-World, and, because they were neither a U.S.-citizen, nor a citizen of their respective native-land.… Continue reading
Activism, Africa, Allah, Asia, College, College-Life, Community-Service, Culture, Domestic-Violence, Europe, Global Politics, Islam, Islam & Activism, Latin America, Muslim, Muslim Student Association, Muslim Writers, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Muslims at College, North America, Political-Awareness, Religion, Religious-Discrimination, Religious-Racism, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Politics, United Nations, Writing, Youth-EmpowermentAirport Security, Airport-Scanning, Anti Muslim, Anti-Islam, Anti-Islamic, Bias, CAIR, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Civil-Liberties under attack, Council on American Islamic Relations, Detainment, Ethnic-Bias, Ethnic-Discrimination, Faiza Ali, Fear, Human Rights, Humiliation, Injustice, Interrogation, Interrogator, Interrogators, Islamism, Islamist, Islamists, Islamophobia, Linda Sarsour, Muneer Awad, Religious-Bias, Ryan Mahoney, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, Torment, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, U.S.-Customs, Unfairness, War On Terror, War on Terrorism, Xenophobia -
Karl Ernst von Baer: a Human-Sign used by Allah
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Quick Deen Revival (@quickdeenrevival) If you don’t know who this man is, then, as a Muslim, you owe it to yourself, to learn about him: he is Karl Ernst von Baer. He was a well-renowned German-Embryologist, actually considered one of the Founding-Fathers of Embryology. Karl Ernst… Continue reading
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Christmas is just like al-Mawlid: A Bid`ah!!!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by |🇦🇫/🇨🇦| ᴹᵞ ᵀᴵᶜᴷᴱᵀ ᵀᴼ ᴶᴬᴺᴺᴬᴴ🕊 (@mytickettojannah) https://muslimmatters.org/2009/03/11/the-birth-date-of-the-prophet-and-the-history-of-the-mawlid-part-i-of-iii/ Author’s-Note: The following article is based primarily, but, not exclusively, upon two previous articles that I’ve already written, one about Non-Islamic holidays, generally (http://www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/thereasonsmuslimsdonotcelebratenonislamicholidays), and the other specifically about the celebration of the Psuedo-Islamic holiday, known as al-Mawlid (http://www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/mythoughtsonthemawlid).… Continue reading
Activism, Africa, Allah, Asia, Celebration, Celebrations, Celebrities, Celebrity, Community-Service, Culture, Economy, Europe, Global Economy, Global Politics, Holiday, Holidays, Influence, Influences, Islam & Activism, Islamic-Teachings, Latin America, Muslim, Muslim Writers, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, North America, Peer, Peer Pressure, Peers, Political-Awareness, Qur’an, Religion, Religious-Bias, Religious-Discrimination, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Sunnah, U.S. Economy, U.S. Politics, Wall Street, Writing, Youth-Empowerment`Id, 17th of Rabi`-ul-Awwal, 9th of Rabi`-ul-Awwal, Bidah, Birth of Jesus, Birth of Muhammad, Birthday Celebrations, Birthday Celebrations of dead people, Birthday of Muhammad, Birthdays, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, December, December 25th, Eid, Eid Milad, Heresy, Innovation, Innovations, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mawlid, Muhammad, Pagan origins of Christmas, Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, Rabi`ul-Awwal, Religious Celebrations, Religious Festivals, Religious Innovations, Roman origins of Christmas, Saturnalia -
The Brass Crescent Awards 2013:
Salam/What up? Please, nominate “Gareth Bryant’s Writing Page” for the ninth Annual Brass Crescent Awards!!! The Brass Crescent Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere). Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the winners. What are the Brass Crescent Awards? They… Continue reading
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