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Dialog&Coexistence or Class&Separation |
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Kathy |
06/01/02 at 19:55:16 |
[slm] :o I think I made a crack in the glass ceiling of our masjid and its Executive Committee!! This will go down in history of our city. Our masjid has been giving a weekly lecture series titled "Discover Islam & Muslims"- for the general public. Last week the topic was about Women and Human rights. Boy- the women layed them out. I am sitting in the audience actually feeling sorry for them- because the crowd was not happy with their answers. In fact one woman lambasted the Muslim woman who had been in the press recently- (yep- me.) Of course afterwords I went up to the girl and introduced myself- and we both had a good laugh. (if you want to see the article- i will scan it and see if se7en can perform her computer skill- again!) Anyway, we discussed so much and I had a nice little crowd around me. I couldn't help but notice the brothers lurking around to get a good ear in. So today- another part of the lecture. At the end the president requests that I come to him. I am expecting the typical- this is our affair a woman does not belong- we know better lecture- what were you thinking last week?- You guys know me- I am a pretty straight shooter. Instead he felt that they should include a woman on the panel- and would I be interested? :o :-/ :-* :-) He wasn't sure if I would be there to just answer questions, baby steps- but I will take them, or if they want to give me a couple of minutes. So the topic is Islam and the West: Dialogue & Coexistence or Clash & Seperation. If you were me what topics would you cover? and What kind of Questions do you think I will get? |
Re: Dialog&Coexistence or Class&Separation |
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mwishka |
06/01/02 at 20:55:59 |
sis kathy, i was just about to log out when i saw this, so i'll just throw in some questions quickly - not thought out or anything: (these are questions you could get asked, based on things i hear people say......things i think it would be good if you could think of ways to reply.) muslims hate western culture, so how can we coexist? you want to take away the way we live and make it the way you want to live, so why shouldn't we do that to you? how can we coexist with you when you segregate your society by gender? if you segregate yourselves from our culture because we're a bad influence on your children, how can we have a dialogue? ok, that's all for now..... mwishka |
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