tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post162236110085722228..comments2023-12-12T09:29:10.484-05:00Comments on Shaalom 2 Salaam: A Muslimah's Journey Along the Way From Judaism to Islam: Somebody's Always "It" in America, and Currently the Muslims are "It"Safiyyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670659439981133346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-85358311153622059592010-11-07T22:15:20.740-05:002010-11-07T22:15:20.740-05:00Salaams luckyfatima
I am so sorry about your fami...Salaams luckyfatima<br /><br />I am so sorry about your family. Our family can relate :(<br /><br />I agree what you wrote about some people with Jewish roots. I heard a Jewish man speaking on talk radio one time, and he said that his mother was that way. She never owned a home in America after arriving here after WWII. She always had a bag packed and sitting by the door, too - for a fast getaway :(Safiyyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670659439981133346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-66922682796585561512010-11-07T17:56:09.128-05:002010-11-07T17:56:09.128-05:00That's funny how you say that about your passp...That's funny how you say that about your passports being in order. Secretly, I have always felt that way and keep my stuff in order, too. I think everyone with Jewish roots has had those thoughts. What if...what if I had been alive and in Eastern or Central Europe during that time...and what if it happened again during my time? My entire paternal family was murdered in Hungary, and there are still living elderly family members who were around long enough to know those people who were just erased from being. It is just such a sad, ugly feeling.<br /><br />And then being a Muslim and seeing how the conditions are here...it is frightening to let my mind go there. It could stay like this and just eventually pass. Or things could go very wrong.<br /><br />I really pray that all of this just passes quickly and uneventfully.<br /><br />Thanks for your thought provoking post.luckyfatimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401964343346156712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-59671606631098912972010-09-07T15:48:17.531-04:002010-09-07T15:48:17.531-04:00@ C: When I want to Istanbul, it all became very ...@ C: When I want to Istanbul, it all became very clear to me. I didn't feel like a minority there. I felt like I belonged there, the place was definitely calling to me. I can't wait to go back. If I made hijrah, it would be Istanbul Insha Allaah t'ala.<br /><br />@ Stephanie: the non Muslim voices of reason are starting to speak up now. Insha Allaah t'ala the Muslim haters will end up being a weird minority.<br /><br />@ marahm: yes, there is definitely an advantage to having a home outside of the US. I was checking out real estate in Istanbul an apartment can be bought for the US price of a new car!<br /><br />@azizaizmargari: You're welcome! Yes, Black people have always been it. Whenever I am working in the prison, it becomes more evident to me. It's sad.Safiyyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670659439981133346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-2435092495843015352010-09-05T16:55:43.232-04:002010-09-05T16:55:43.232-04:00Salaam alaikum,
Thank you for writing this. It&#...Salaam alaikum, <br />Thank you for writing this. It's interesting how many groups have been it in America. I kind of feel the double whammy because Black people have always been it and now they are so disenfranchised that it is pathetic. I had a major wake up call last week about the education system and rates of Black incarceration. <br />As for second home, there is a strong tradition of this amongst the Black elites. Europe used to be a haven for Black Americans trying to escape the confines of Jim Crow America. Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and many others found a second home in Ghana. Even the Free Blacks of New Orleans would send their sons to France to escape the confines of the three tiered racial hierarchy there. <br /><br /> Sometimes I think that non-Muslim Black people are just glad that the spotlight is on others (Mexican immigrants and Muslims), so they welcome the break. We really have to work on coalition building across faith and ethnic lines, if we want to have our rights protected. <br /><br />I'm with you on not disavowing America. Despite our shortcomings, I love my country and the people who populate it. But if stuff goes down, I'm going to take a hiatus and work to protect the rights and property of my brothers and sisters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-86525662138300482252010-09-01T01:42:07.433-04:002010-09-01T01:42:07.433-04:00My kids and I have talked about the advantages of ...My kids and I have talked about the advantages of having a home in another country. I hope we never have to act on that advantage, but if the Tea Party has their way with this country...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-33668028291356134702010-08-24T23:42:48.952-04:002010-08-24T23:42:48.952-04:00I am very much disturbed by what's going on in...I am very much disturbed by what's going on in this country. I haven't let myself think too much about the "what ifs" although somewhere in the back of my mind I know that i might have to get myself and my family out at some point. I pray it never comes to that.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07632541487016020760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32212161.post-66866335339133345362010-08-24T17:51:47.357-04:002010-08-24T17:51:47.357-04:00Asalaamu Alaikum
Heavy post. Thanks for writing t...Asalaamu Alaikum<br /><br />Heavy post. Thanks for writing this. I've thought of these things a hundred times especially after Sept 11th. The year before I had made hijra but then came back. I regretted it. I felt better though after the years passed but I always wonder if we are like Malcolm X said..living in the massa's house. Makes you think.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016249614421972151noreply@blogger.com