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January 31, 2012

My Cocoon-Diaries Part I:

Author’s note: My Cocoon-Diaries are poems and/or general writings which contain self-reflections for me, how I’ve been living & how I should’ve not been living, over a significant portion of time that I’ve taken to limit my social-spheres & social-interactions. It’s been a time for me to dig deep within myself, to wrap myself in Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Poetry, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Anti-Social, Change, Cocoon, Diaries, Distant, Introspection, Islam, Isolation, Journals, Journey, Muslims, Obscurity, Odyssey, Retrospection, Self Improvement, Self-Evaluation, Self-Reflection
January 22, 2012

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, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Islamic-Fashion, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Muslims & Fashion, Religion, Religious-Racism, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Cultural-Discrimination, Discrimination, Ethnic-Discrimination, Ethnicity, Inter-Religious Discrimination, Inter-Religious Racism, Islam, Muslims, National-Origin, Racism, Religious-Discrimnation
November 17, 2011

This is what you don’t call me:

Don’t call me an Islamist, that’s just a code-word for terrorist. Don’t call me Fundamentalist, this just means I’m not tolerant. Don’t call me a Sufi, this means I have my head in the clouds. Don’t label me Salafi, this just means I treat people like dogs. I don’t wanna be red-flagged as being anti-modernity Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Global Politics, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Conservatives, Conservativism, Islam, Islamic Fundamentalism, Islamic-Fundamentalists, Islamism, Islamists, Liberalism, Liberals, Moderate, Moderates, Modernity, Muslims, Salafism, Salafists
October 14, 2011

Some Brief Islamic-History (the Top-Ten Best-Companions of Muhammad):

The Terrific-Ten: This is the story of some of the very greatest men there’ve ever been; only the Prophets could top them; no one else could out-shine them:Let’s start with Abu-Bakr As-Siddiq, short & sweet; the best of the best, can’t be beat. His love for Allah & Islam leaves one in amazement.`Umar ibn-ul-Khattab was Continue reading

Muslim Writers, Poetry, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Companions of the Prophet, Islam, Muslims, Sahabah
October 14, 2011

A Necessary-Clarification concerning Misconceptions about al-Islam&Muslims

Author’s Note: I would like to clarify some common misconceptions about Islam & Muslims, which have been taken to be factual, by both Non-Muslims as well as other Muslims. I purposely chose to mention theological issues in this particular post, being that these issues are of the utmost important to clarify for both Non-Muslims & Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Political-Awareness, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Abrahamic, Abrahamic Faiths, Abrahamic Religions, Al-Lat, Bible, Chick Publications, Christianity, Christians, Clarence 13X, Clarence Jowars Smith, Elijah Muhammad, Elijah Poole, Five Percent Nation, Five Percenters, God Bodies, Islam, Islamophobia, Jesus, Jews, Judaism, Louis Farrakhan, Malcolm X, Master Fard Muhammad, Misconceptions about Islam, Misconceptions about Islam & Muslims, Moon God, Muhammad, Muslim Rappers, Muslims, Nas, Nation of Gods & Earths, Nation of Islam, NOI, Rakim, Rappers, Religious Misconceptions, RZA, Supreme Alphabet, Supreme Mathematics, Wali Farad, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Wu-Tang Clan
October 5, 2011

Gareth Bryant’s Top-Five Reasons why there’ll never be a “Palestinian-State”

https://gbwrites.com/2022/12/16/muslimpolitics/ https://gbwrites.com/2015/07/21/isismyth/ Israel-Backed Militias Linked to ISIS Loot Gaza Aid Under IDF Watch 1. The Palestinian people, the Muslim Palestinians anyway, have not made the issue of Palestine a religious issue-They’ve only made this an ethno-national issue, while forgetting that Palestine is the long-lost sector of the Muslim-World. So, like any & every part of the Continue reading

Activism, Africa, Allah, Arab Spring, Art, Art/Fashion, Asia, Bias, Community-Service, Culture, Discrimination, Domestic-Violence, Economy, Ethnic-Ties, Ethno-Centricism, Ethno-Centrism, Europe, Family-Ties, Global Economy, Global Politics, Influence, Influences, Islam & Activism, Islam & Art, Islamic Art, Islamic-Teachings, Jihad, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Muslims & Art, Nationalism, Nepotism, North America, Peer, Peer Pressure, Peers, Political-Awareness, Qur’an, Racism, Religion, Religious-Bias, Religious-Discrimination, Religious-Racism, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, Terrorists, Triablism, Tribal-Ties, U.N.-Relief, U.S. Economy, U.S. Politics, United Nations, Wall Street, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

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August 18, 2011

Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice: Where do the Muslims stand?

The issue of Abortion has and will always cause significant controversy among all people, regardless of religious beliefs, political stances, cultural traditions or social affiliations. Whether for or against it, there will always be debates over this topic. This issue has become one of the most debated subjects concerning people around the world, as well Continue reading

Activism, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Abortion, Abortion rates Globally, Abortion rates in the U.S., Islam, Muslim, Muslims, Pro Choice, Pro Life, Qur’an, United States
August 3, 2011

Somalia (The Anatomy of a Tragedy)

I shouldn’t have to reiterate what’s gruesomely obvious, but it seems that I must: significantly large populations of people, living in four countries in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, etc. are currently facing one of the most devastating famines ever seen in recent memory & possibly in the entire history of Continue reading

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Africa, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Arab World, Community Service, Horn of Africa, Islam, Islam & Activism, Muslim World, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, Political Awareness, Politics, Social Awareness, Somali people, Terrorism
August 1, 2011

Some Brief Islamic-History (Dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire)

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/01/five-things-about-ottoman-empire/ https://gbwrites.com/2022/12/16/muslimpolitics/ It is no accident that the recent revolutions, which have occurred in Tunisia & Egypt, and have swept across the entire Arab-World, to places like Bahrain, Yemen, Syria & Libya, have occurred close to the 100th anniversary of the toppling of the Ottoman Empire, the last officially recognized global ruling body over the Continue reading

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Arab World, Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain, Egypt, Islam, Libya, Muslim, Muslim World, Muslims, Ottoman Empire, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
August 1, 2011

My perils of being a Muslim in America:

Being Muslim in America is exactly what it is, being Muslim in America. You always get the weird, threatening stares from people on trains, buses, platforms, sidewalks, for either having a beard, Hijab/Jilbab, Niqab, or any other physical indicator, that tells people that you’re Muslim, or “looks Muslim”. Even though I’ve lived in the U.S. Continue reading

Activism, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Political-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

America, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims, Self Discovery, Self Empowerment