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HOLIDIVERISTY: MY RAMADAN-CHRISTMAS DINNER!
Tweet Notes from America With all the turmoil around the world and poisonous relationships between the two biggest monolithic religion, it is a welcoming news. Muslims and Christians celebrate their holidays together. Christmas is celebrated during Muslims holy month of Ramadan. As a Muslim American who has been married to an American woman for 20 years, I wanted to celebrate Ramadan and Christmas at the same time. Wow, I thought to myself, what an occasion: our two religious celebrations combined into one magic evening in my house, an evening of transformation that would symbolize our great, diverse life in America. A Ramadan-Christmas dinner would bring a real meaning to our two…
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NFL : Flagging A Muslim …!
Tweet Albert Campus in his Novel The Stranger, published, 1942, he talks about emptiness of life, after killing an arab on the beach in Algeria where he lived, Which inspired a musical band “The Cure” to have a hit song by the same name “Killing an Arab. This is the NFL version of “Flagging a Muslim” on the football field. I don’t usually watch or follow football, let alone Monday Night Football. It involves too much hype and too much violence. It’s too patriotic, too black and white, too territorial — too American. A game that celebrate American exceptionalism. But like millions around the world, I heard the news…