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| "Practising" Muslimah miss Universe |
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| mujaahid |
| 05/20/02 at 11:46:40 |
| Who does this silly woman think she is fooling? -------------------------------------------------------------- Donning black bikinis, Muslim Miss Universe contestants say they're at peace with pageant and religion Fri May 17, 2:21 PM ET By CARYN NESMITH, Associated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Donning a black bikini, Nasma Mohammed is like many beauty queens — young and ambitious — but unlike most of this year's 76 Miss Universe (news - web sites) contestants, she is also Muslim. Shrugging off criticism from Muslim groups who say the display of flesh goes against Islam, the candidate from the oil-rich Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago says her faith has helped her get where she is. "I'm very religious. My faith has given me an inner peace to accomplish many of my goals," says Mohammed, a 23-year-old bank trainee with a bachelor's degree in management and chemistry. Mohammed is one of four Muslim contestants at the 2002 Miss Universe pageant being held on this U.S. Caribbean territory May 29. The other candidates come from Turkey, Singapore and Egypt — all secular nations. "No God fearing woman would enter a beauty contest. It is against all the teachings about modesty and good behavior," said Mansoor Ibraham of Astra Anjuman Sunaat Ul Jamaat, a Muslim group in Trinidad. Mohammed acknowledges the opposition. "In everything you find opposition. What's in your heart and mind is more important than what is on your body," she said. Trinidad and Tobago's population of 1.3 million is split almost evenly between descendants of African slaves and indentured servants from India. The East Indian population is divided between Hindus and Muslims and some Afro-Trinidadians have converted to Islam. The culture, although conservative in nature, is pure Caribbean in its attitude toward dress, illustrated by its raucous Carnival. Mohammed said she doesn't follow all the orthodox tenets of the faith, but she prays daily and observes Muslim holidays, such as Ramadan. "Yes, I am in my swimsuit, but I'm in a very controlled environment," she says. "I'm showing women that it's good to stay healthy and fit." Jodan Hassan, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based Council on American Islamic Relations, said women can find other ways to show their intelligence and ambitions without putting their bodies on display. "Beauty contests judge women on their bodies," she said. "For Muslims the interaction between men and women is based on modesty." In 1972, prior to the Soviet invasion, Afghanistan (news - web sites) held its first and only pageant giving Zohra Daoud the title of Miss Afghanistan. "It was an encouragement for youth achievements. It wasn't a beauty contest then," said Daoud from her Malibu, California home. Daoud fled to the United States after the Soviets invaded in 1979, and in 1996 she founded the Afghan Women's Association of Southern California, which raises funds for humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. That 1972 competition held no swimsuit competition and the dresses were very conservative, said Daoud. "The beauty contest in the West is a commercial thing. I am really against the swimsuit competition," she said. Miss Egypt, Sally Shaheen, says her desire to be a reigning beauty queen is also within the parameters of her faith. "Religion is not something to tell you what to do or what not to do," said 24-year-old Shaheen, who studied communications and hopes one day to own her own television station. "I don't harm anyone here." |
| Re: "Practising" Muslimah miss Universe |
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| Maliha |
| 05/20/02 at 13:17:31 |
| [slm] Subhanallah the justifications some people can come up with!!!!! ::) Maliha |
| Re: "Practising" Muslimah miss Universe |
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| SisNur |
| 05/20/02 at 21:25:22 |
| [slm] i totally agree wif Maliha ... I was very disgusted when i heard that the winner of the Miss Universe Pageant (the one held in one's country in order to find the candidate to rep. the country) was a Muslim. It totally made me furious. It actually became quite an issue from where i came!!! .*. but too bad nothing could be done!!! May Allah guides them and May Allah protects us from any evil deeds ... :-) [wlm] |
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| Hijabi4eva |
| 05/21/02 at 05:52:08 |
| salams, things like this make me mad!!! i jus found out2day abt this miss universe bein muslim!!! neways, she cant b a muslim!!! u cant call a body seller a muslim!!! |
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| WhatDFish |
| 05/21/02 at 06:06:29 |
| “IT IS NOT FOR A BELIEVER, MAN OR WOMAN, WHEN ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER HAVE DECREED A MATTER THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ANY OPTION IN THEIR DECISION” [AL-AHZAAB 33:36] “There are two types of the people of Hell whom I have not seen yet. People with whips like the tails of cattle, with which they strike the people, and women who are clothed yet naked, walking with an enticing gait. They will not enter Paradise nor even smell its fragrance, although its fragrance may be detected from such and such a distance.” - Muhammad [saw] with the hadeeth above, ask em if they still wanna take a chance Praise be to Allah that modesty is a branch of faith |
| Re: "Practising" Muslimah miss Universe |
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| jannah |
| 05/21/02 at 09:25:52 |
| [quote] neways, she cant b a muslim!!! u cant call a body seller a muslim!!![/quote] she's not exactly committing adultery technically, which is a major sin by the way and still doesn't make you "nonmuslim". the only scary part here is that she doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong islamically with displaying your body to the world for economic/fame gain. |
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| gift |
| 05/22/02 at 06:31:22 |
| this is disgusting >:( >:( - the hadith which bro uthman posted should scatter all of this woman's so-called justifications. |
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| Barr |
| 05/22/02 at 07:15:24 |
| Assalamu'alaikum :-) [quote]". the only scary part here is that she doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong islamically with displaying your body to the world for economic/fame gain. [/quote] Hmmm, don't we live in scary times? Miss Universe Singapore, is a Muslim. One of the reasons why she was crowned was due to her "intelligence". She is a lawyer, and managed to give a very good and witty answer during the interview. I guess, an attempt by the media and the organiser to show that this is not just a mere flesh parade. What is scarier, is that just a few weeks before she was being crowned, 4 seven year old girls got suspended from school coz they chose to wear the hijab. Isn't life full of contradictions. ::) You've yet to hear about a beauty pageant and a hijabi participating in it. What a comedy of error. ::) If only I could laugh ::) Wassalam :-) |
| 05/22/02 at 07:17:49 |
| Barr |
| Re: "Practising" Muslimah miss Universe |
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| an |
| 05/25/02 at 08:57:02 |
| [slm] Bismillah...... sisters.... We have no right to look down one another especially towards fellow Muslims. "...Then the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) heard one of his companions saying to another: Look at this man whose fault was concealed by Allah but who would not leave phe matter alone, so that he was stoned like a dog. He said nothing to them but walked on for a time till he came to the corpse of an ass with its legs in the air. He asked: Where are so and so? They said: Here we are, Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)! He said: Go down and eat some of this ass's corpse. They replied: Apostle of Allah! Who can eat any of this? He said: The dishonor you have just shown to your brother is more serious than eating some of it. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, he is now among the rivers of Paradise and plunging into them. Sunan Abu Dawud: Book 38, Number 4414. |
| 06/07/02 at 08:58:25 |
| an |
| Re: "Practising" Muslimah miss Universe |
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| an |
| 05/25/02 at 09:07:36 |
| There are definitely things that we can do. Obviously, the problem here is that she and many of our Muslim born brothers and sisters do not fully understand the true teaching of Islam. It is therefore our task to give naseehah in the best way and promote the true teaching of Islam by encouraging them to learn from the Qur'an and the Hadith and also giving good examples. Instead of condemning or criticising, we should take the Islamic approach. Explain the reasons to why exploiting your body is not rite in Islam, keep referring to the Qur'an and the Hadith. Tell them that, by exposing their body, they are really selling their sexuality and body. And they are much, much too precious to do such a degrading thing and that's why Islam protects them by not allowing certain things. And lastly, let's pray to Allah and hope that they can receive guidance from Allah Subhana Wa ta'ala. [wlm] |
| 05/25/02 at 11:20:24 |
| an |
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