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Statement and Twitter Campaign regarding violence against #USEmbassies in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen
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Aziz Poonawalla
American Muslims stand by President Barack Obama and Secretary Hillary Clinton in strongly condemning the attacks on the US Embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. At this time, American Muslims have the families of those lost in our thoughts and prayers. We honor them…
11 after 9-11: a look backwards
By
Aziz Poonawalla
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9-11). Eleven years later, I still feel the need to say something about it, suggesting that on some level I am still not “over it” and probably never will be. But looking back at what I’ve written about it over…
does the hijab protect women from harassment?
By
Aziz Poonawalla
The image above is a billboard in Tehran which makes a clumsy case for wearing the hijab – it “protects” the woman like a candy wrapper from the attention of men. The degrading analogy of a woman as a piece of candy and a man as a housefly aside, the implicit message is that hijab…
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