Ethnicity
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How Certain-People choose to see Others
Allah states: “Oh, Humanity: Verily, We created you from a Male&Female & then made you Diverse-Nations&Tribes, to identify/respect one another. Verily, the Most-Noble amongst you to Allah are the Most-Pious. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing All-Aware.”.(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.49, V.13) Throughout the Duration of my Life Countless-Persons: both Muslims & Non-Muslims alike, even those whom I grew-up with/around,… Continue reading
Assumption, Assumptions, Bias, Biases, Clarification, Clarifications, Clarity, Classification, Classifications, Cultural, Culture, Cultures, Difference, Differences, Different, Ethnic, Ethnicity, Ethnocentric, Ethnocentricity, Ethnocultural, Hegemonic, Hegemony, Homogonous, Homogony, People, Peoples, Person, Persons, Presumption, Stereotype, Stereotypes, Stereotypical -
Self-Hate: Muslim-Edition
https://muslimmatters.org/2012/02/20/self-hate-racism-in-style/ I distinctively remember a Fellow-Muslim whom audaciously pontificated/claimed that Persons whom’re the Same-Ethnicity as they “don’t deserve al-Islām”. This was most definitely one of the most disgusting, hurtful, apathetic Things which I’ve ever heard of via my Entire-Life. The Incredible-Irony is this Same-Person had once left al-Islām & Allah had empowered Other-Muslims to call… Continue reading
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My thoughts on Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)
Author’s note: The following poem is about the recent string of violent religious & ethnic-cleansing episodes, in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), which have barely been reported, on any major news circuits, to the extent that it needs to be. Myanmar has lost its way: My homeland, once peaceful, has become a breeding-ground for religious… Continue reading
Activism, Asia, Buddhism, Buddhists, Burma, Culture, Domestic Violence, Ethnic Cleansing, Ethnic-Bias, Ethnic-Discrimination, Ethnicity, Genocide, Islam, Islam & Activism, Islamophobia, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Myanmar, Poetry, Religious Discrimination, Religious-Bias, Religious-Discrimnation, Religious-Racism, Southeast Asia, United Nations, United States -
My thoughts on al-`Asabiyyah/Xenophobia
Author’s note: al-`Asabiyyah, in the Arabic-Language, represents any/all Unwarranted-Bias, either for or against someone, generally based upon Things which a Person has little to no Control over (like Family-Ties, Ethnicity, National-Origin, Gender, etc.). There are also Other-Manifestations of al-`Asabiyyah as well (like Cultural-Normatives, Religion, Inter-Religious or Socio-Discrimination, etc.). This Poem that I’ve written will be… Continue reading
Activism, Cultural-Discrimination, Culture, Discrimination, Ethnic-Discrimination, Ethnicity, Inter-Religious Discrimination, Inter-Religious Racism, Islam, Islam & Activism, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Muslims & Fashion, National-Origin, Racism, Religious-Discrimnation, Religious-Racism, Sarcasm, Youth-Empowerment