Teaching Religion

by Shazia on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 10:03 PM
read more about: Islam. Kids. Muslim in the west. Parenting.

Sometimes I wonder if living in a non-Muslim society scares us so much that we become extreme (no, not as in ‘extremists’) but as in we either force our kids into all things ‘Muslim’ and nothing else, or we force our kids into all things ‘North American’ and keep that ‘Muslim-thing’ very low key. I try to keep a balance, it’s somewhat easy for me because I have always lived in Trinidad, and grew up pretty ‘westernized’, so I don’t struggle much with the way of life here, but I think that the balance that I grew up with has helped me to ‘integrate’ (as they like to call it) more easily. 

Can unarmed civilians break the siege of Gaza?

by Shazia on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 09:38 AM
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We want the siege of Gaza to end. For forty years, Israel has controlled Palestinians. Israel says Gaza is no longer occupied, yet it denies Palestinians access to jobs, travel, visitors, commerce, education, health and medical care. It has made the Gaza Strip into a prison controlled by land, sea and air. Israel forces Palestinians to live on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe. It is time for Gaza to be free.

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