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Going to America (to ISNA)

Going to America (to ISNA)

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I went off to ISNA in Chicago with Aftab Malik and Zeshan Zafar. Not having been to the USA before, I was quite apprehensive at the prospect of being hassled by Immigration, Customs, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA , Department of Justice, Secret Service and the American people. Having read about the USA and watched films about its treatment of Muslims, however, I was pleasantly surprised. Although the flight was not particularly great, it seemed like the journey…

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What can we do about these incidents?

What can we do about these incidents?

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“The mother of a girl allegedly raped when she was 13 by an imam at a mosque today said she thought a change in her daughter’s behaviour was “just a mood swing”. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had not known of the allegations against Manzoor Hussain and put her teenage daughter’s mood change down to her age. Hussain, 42, of Ashley Street, St Paul’s, Bristol, denies 11 counts of indecent assault and one charge of rape…

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All quiet on the Western Front.

All quiet on the Western Front.

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as-salamu ‘alaykum, After the furor over my mosque posts things have settled down. I got a phone call the other day from someone who is an acquaintance and someone prominent in the community telling me that he was surprised at the stuff that I had written. Upon asking him what he found incorrect and wrong and had he read it, he said yes and then after a short pause said “you used the word ‘gunday’” I then asked him to…

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