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Shahrazad

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  1. Well, I guess I would have scared you too since I dress the same way. It's OK, I get scared when I see a white guy walk into a school or mall myself ;) (*sarcasm*) But seriously, it isn't a realistic risk that the niqaabi at the shopping center is going to jump you. For many of us who cover, however, we routinely are verbally and sometimes even physically threatened or assaulted. I carry pepper spray now because I have had people threaten my life and confront me when I was out alone with my small children. Also, she is a human being and it is not unusual for a covered Muslim woman to be out alone. If you're seeing a person wearing those clothes, they are 98% likely to be female. The exception comes when men, Muslim or not, dress in it to try and hide their identity for the commission of a crime (which happens but is very rare).
  2. Thank you so much. It makes me feel so ill to see this stuff going on. Many in our community are actively fighting against it, the scholars have encouraged people to join the fight against these groups, and I have friends who returned to Kurdistan and are actively fighting there to protect the Yazeedis and fight this group off . There is overwhelming opposition against them within religious circles but at the same time, as an individual, I feel powerless and dread every new report. :(
  3. Islam = religion. ISIS (or Da'eesh) = terror organization. I didn't say they are hiding behind ISIS, I said they are hiding behind Islam (ie using it as an excuse to perpetrate mass murder and crimes against humanity that are, in reality, forbidden by the faith they claim to espouse).
  4. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/07/isis-s-gruesome-muslim-death-toll.html http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/08/21/muslim-leaders-have-roundly-denounced-islamic-s/200498 http://mashable.com/2014/09/22/notinmyname-muslims-anti-isis-social-media-campaign/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfdWoxNDBvbmFwd3dhaWF4bSJ9 https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/26/isis-islamic/
  5. They aren't Islamist savages, thank you very much. They are just run-of-the-mill disgusting, sociopath savages hiding behind Islam as a justification and if they're not already aware of that (which I suspect they are), they'll know for sure when they meet their Lord.
  6. I'm praying this is resolved quickly and no one is harmed. I also hope they're as effective as Canada was and manage to take out the hostage-takers ASAP and not let them do any more damage. IMO, what they'll be facing after death is way worse of a punishment than what the jail will give them.
  7. I agree. I have a lot of respect for Jimmy Carter, the man, beyond Jimmy Carter the former President. I think he shows true morality and is the only President I've personally seen express much sincere compassion even post-presidency without regard to how it affects his popularity.
  8. Most of our assumptions ARE based on your own previous statements. At very least, you have a woefully mistaken understanding of the roots of racism. I don't think anyone made an ad hominem attack, in this case at least, on your religion. I pointed out that, as you seem to find Lincoln worse than Andrew Jackson, genocidal douchebag, and your entire argument is that you would prefer a strong leader with views/actions that you find abhorrent to a weak one in line with your thoughts, it seems difficult to imagine that you would still feel that way if it was your group that was the victim of these abhorrent views.
  9. My mom is Christian (Episcopalian) and went to seminary and she believes this so I would second the idea that you're still Christian ;).
  10. I definitely agree. I've seen some fairly mild topics where someone has stated something along the lines of that they cannot fathom that anyone would actually disagree with this particular statement and just shaken my head because I've seen posters spout off clear racism, xenophobia, hate-speech, and misogyny as though it is a legitimate view to have so nothing surprises me here. I'm also a less active poster these days because it makes my brain hurt too much to keep up with these things. I DO wish the racists on some of the posts here would just come right out and acknowledge it rather than do their jump around, *wink wink*, 'I'm not a racist but...' dance where you can't straight out say, 'you are a racist,' yet but you totally know they are ;)
  11. I am chronically rude but I will NEVER apologize :p.
  12. I have a hard time believing that you'd view a 'strong leader' who persecuted your particular brand of Christianity as being better than a weak leader whom you agreed with on all the major political points. Or if Obama was stronger and more effective, that suddenly he'd shoot up in your regard over a president who is much more in line with your personal values. I also have a very difficult time seeing 'Lincoln' as being weak or ineffectual as a leader. Personally, I don't feel states' rights trump human rights though.
  13. Yes, definitely! Also, seconding that fish is not a part of every meal in Japan. Even certain people who live on water, like Okinawans, don't have as fish-heavy a diet as people would think. Of Asia, IMO Japan is one of the least patriarchal societies, especially compared with other modernized Asian countries (you know who you are!).
  14. Clearly, freeing the slaves and ending the confederacy is a much worse crime than mass genocide.
  15. I'm a bit baffled at how Lincoln, JFK, or Carter could be the worst presidents in history. I mean, even if you weren't a fan...the worst? My vote would also have to go to Andrew Jackson. I do like Carter and I think that while he may have been weak, he is nowhere near the worst and was probably too decent of a person for politics :p.
  16. So then some conservative Christians have not been trying to prevent/ban gay marriage based on their religious beliefs? If the 'marriage does not exist' and the wedding is impossible, then he is just making a cake for people to eat at a party. You don't know about the good old days? The ethical days? Back when depressed women were lobotomized, children with Autism were institutionalized, and Black Americans were treated as second third class citizens. How did we wander so far astray?!
  17. The baker was asked to do his job and bake a cake for a celebratory party, not officiate the wedding. He acted as though creating a dessert for a party is facilitating the marriage and he couldn't be a party to that. I will say that a close friend went to a privately-owned store and the owner refused to sell to her because of her faith. She was shocked and didn't think that could be legal and she had grown up in that town and knew the owner since she was a little girl. When she told him this, he said that as far as he was concerned she is a traitor and doesn't deserve to live and she could get out or he could come throw her out. But since, in his mind, he had his religious reasons he couldn't sell her a coke, I guess he should be excused.
  18. I guess I'm a bit confused here. If non-religious marriages (or civilly conducted marriages) aren't "real marriages" yet you aren't trying to ban men and women getting married at the courthouse, why is there a need to get involved in the gay marriage issue here? I mean, theoretically, you could just think to yourself it isn't a real marriage and doesn't count and go on your merry way. The US is not a theocracy. If, as others have commented in one of these threads, you're living in the Christian equivalent of Iran and your legal code is based on a very specific interpretation of Biblical scripture, then you'd have an argument to make. But as it is, religious views do not a law make in America. That is a bit presumptive. There are PLENTY of Christians who don't believe marriage is exclusive between a man and a woman. There are probably many Jewish people who feel the same. I imagine there are many Hindus and Buddhists who are cool with gay marriage as well. Gay marriage doesn't exist in my faith but the US government is not founded to make laws off of my personal religious beliefs so that is not my place to have an opinion. Laws change all the time. So the existence of a law from the past is not always an indicator it shouldn't be changed. Otherwise, we'd still have slavery and women wouldn't be allowed to vote...
  19. Muslim. I was raised Christian (Episcopalian) by my mother (parents were divorced) though my father and his family are also Muslim and went to Catholic school. I decided to learn more about my own faith and the other major religions and after reading the Bible, Qur'an, Torah, Bhagavad Gita, and Vedas cover to cover, I realized that Christianity was not the faith for me and eventually ended up becoming a Muslim.
  20. What about the Isabel series (available on DramaFever)? Has some nudity though.
  21. My son is 5.5 and has ASD w/speech + language delays, auditory processing issues, and difficulty with expressive communication. He has improved a lot with these delays and is now doing so much better with the communication and quite a bit better with auditory processing. We've taken a bit of a break from school while we sorted everything out but now he wants to get back in to it and I think he's at a good point to resume. However, I am looking for some curriculum advice. I don't know if anyone can help me but I know if anyone has an idea, it will be you resourceful ladies ;). Until now, my style has been very much anti-screen time and I wanted to stay away from technology in our school room. I have been using Oak Meadow as the backbone of our homeschool along with other things. Although I like OM, we had a lot of trouble moving through because OM's style is often geared toward children being read stories and working from there and he still has a lot of trouble following a story read to him, especially without pictures. While we were taking a break, I was finishing up a really intensive class myself so I broke down and relied a bit (maybe too much) on Netflix for him while I studied. He primarily liked to watch Wild Kratts and some dinosaur documentaries and I realized that he was absorbing and learning so much from them. He started talking about concepts that he would never have understood before had I spoken about them with him and often times he would tell me something and I would be so impressed that he knew it and wonder where he'd learned it from until I realized he had gotten it from these shows. He also started making his own connections from what he learned and expanding on them on his own. While I certainly don't want to just sit him in front of a show and call it school, I have been wondering whether there may be a better approach for him in utilizing technology and these resources in order to benefit and educate him. Are there any programs that may provide something like this for a child like him? The only subject I think he has been fairly OK with is Math as he seems to get those concepts easily. We've just been using Singapore/Math Mammoth for that.
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