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Month: July 2008

BBC R4: Woman’s Hour

BBC R4: Woman’s Hour

Yes, so, I listen to Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 – it’s not just for women you know! I caught part of a section on Stained Glass which was excellent. The following is from the Woman’s Hour website: Contemporary glass using Arabic heritage and European traditions Nour el Huda Awad is a Sudanese-born stained glass artist. She came to live in Swansea 25 years ago and draws on both Arabic art and European traditions in her work. Her exhibition…

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Muslim T-Shirt slogans

Muslim T-Shirt slogans

At Juma’ [Friday prayers] today I sat/stood behind a bearded young chap wearing a thauwb with a hoodie on top. On the back of the hoodie was emblazoned the slogan “Only Allah to Fear”, if that wasn’t bad enough the typography [font] used was a “horror” font more associated with evil, heavy metal and horror movies than religion. OK so, masha’Allah, this kid is deen focussed and “fears” Allah and that is good and to display that slogan in a…

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