Faith in a Fruitful Conversation
Sulayman Nyang: OnFaith on washingtonpost.com
Assalamu alaikum, the above link was taken from the Seeker’s Digest blog.
Infertile Women Called To Register For Jammeh’s Treatment
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As Infant Mortality Goes Down, What About Maternal Mortality? Part 1 of 2
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Clarification on My Thoughts on the HLF Trial
Assalamu alaikum, as Umm Zaid points out, its not quite time to celebrate just yet! Although admittedly, I felt the impulse to do so, however, after I read the aritcel, I was kinda like “whoa, wait a minute, we’re not done just yet!” So while, yes, I maintain that it’s indeed “wonderful news” as I initially said, it’s “wonderful news” with a few grains of salt thrown in there. Especially considering that the prosecutors want to try this case again.
Just wanted to put that out there.
Hmmm… Interesting…
Assalamu alaikum, a very interesting thing happened at work today, just a few minutes ago, in fact…
I was sitting here at my desk, and a lady walks up to me and starts speaking to me. I couldn’t understand her, and she says, “Do you speak Arabic?” I said, “No, not really, I can say Assalamu alaikum, and that’s about it.” Because she didn’t say salams to me and because I was already starting to feel silly/strange, I didn’t mention that I also knew *some* of the Qur’an, because, what I can recite is so miniscule that I don’t even like to mention it.
So anyway, she says to me, “you mean you don’t speak Arabic, someone told me you did”. And I said something like “hmm, that’s interesting, I’m not sure why they told you that”, while at the same time I was thinking, “who is this woman, why would anyone assume I know Arabic? Oh yeah, ’cause of the scarf I guess, and I guess all them “Mozlems” must know Arabic right?”
So anyway, she asked me if I was from “here” originally, or where I was from, I can’t remember which, and I said “originally, Indiana”. By now I was kinda giggling in a “I’m really feeling embarrassed/strange” kinda way.
And then the lady just stood there for a second, and then said “hmmm” and walked away. I thought to myself, “well, guess she doesn’t quite know what to think of me”.
And now I’m thinking, “should I have told her I was a Muslim”, but I don’t like to do that! I’m wondering what I could have done differently. I mean, it was just so unexpected, no greeting, no nothing, just Arabic, the assumption that I could speak Arabic, and how did anyone come to think that? I mean, I’ve never told anyone around here that I can speak Arabic, I mean, I’ve in fact told people who have actually asked, that I can’t speak Arabic.
And the fact that she didn’t greet me bothered me too, and the fact that when I said I could say “salam”, she acted like she didn’t know what I was talking about, which gave me a strange feeling. I mean, even if she was not a Muslim, she would have known, presumably, what that meant. I don’t know.
So I guess I’ll spend the rest of the day analyzing this. Oh, yeah, she did ask me what languages I could speak, I said “I can speak some Spanish”, I didn’t mention the few words of Mandinka, Wolof, etc., that I know as my knowledge of said languages is extremely negligible.
So anyway… I’m going to lunch.
The Consequences of No Spiritual Growth
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Assalamu alaikum, very interesting post! BTW, I wish I could see his pics! *smile* Mashallah.
