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Religion DOES NOT Suck! People Do… (by JJDiscussions)
If you love me at all you’ll watch this. AND LISTEN.
“I really think Atheism and Religion can coincide if we just stop attacking each other based on religion and start attacking people based on the choices and the kind of person they are.”
YES.
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I’m sending this petition out on behalf of Suzanne Chybli, the owner of Alena’s. I’ve been in contact with her for the past few days, and she asked me to create this petition and spread it on Tumblr.
Suzanne Chybli is the owner of Alena’s Boutique and Bridal, a store which caters to the needs of the women in Calgary’s Muslim community. In the past, Alena’s sold hijabs, abayas, and many other special and unique items - until the administration of the North Hill Shopping Centre ordered Chybli to remove all the hijabs and abayas in the store.
Chybli complied with the mall, removing over 40 boxes of stock from her boutique. After she had done so, the mall administration told her, “We have the right to throw you out in 24 hours. We won’t do that because you have removed all the unwanted items as we requested, but we will not be renewing your contract for January 1, 2013.”
Chybli and her customers are devastated at what is happening to one of the only Muslim clothing stores in Calgary.
Says Chybli, “This petition is not meant to help Alena’s in any way, but to increase awareness that comments and discrimination happen all the time.
“Going back in history, almost every culture, religion and race had women wearing a scarf but over time they have decided to remove it. Now, because most Muslims, have chosen to wear one, we are looked at like we are doing something wrong.
“Malls always have the upper hand, so unfortunately there’s nothing really that I can do. I cannot prove that their decision was based on prejudice or because we neglected to obey the terms of the lease. However; as the events have unfolded in the past two to three months regardless it looks like they don’t want us to stay there anyways.
“We’ve been getting dirty looks from the some of the other stores since we opened there. It made me feel like we didn’t belong as we stepped out of area of the city mostly reserved for cultural stores that are in the northeast sector of the city.
“All we want as Alena’s Boutique and Bridal is to have the right to sell very conservative clothing and hijabs to our customers, who thanked us so many times for opening the store on this side of the city.
“I love my store, I love the clothing, and I love the completeness of a woman in proper clothing. My customers are saddened by this tragic event.
“Hopefully we can find a location that is great for the store and customers and not offend anyone else.”
Please stand up for Suzanne Chybli, Alena’s, and the Muslim women of Calgary. Do not allow this discrimination to stand.
Sign the petition here, and reblog and spread the word.
Please, this is really important to me. It is so hard to find clothes that are affordable and islamically appropriate for muslim women to begin with. Please sign and reblog.
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Why Did God Create Atheists?
There is a famous story told in Chassidic literature that addresses this very question. The Master teaches the student that God created everything in the world to be appreciated, since everything is here to teach us a lesson.
One clever student asks “What lesson can we learn from atheists? Why did God create them?”
The Master responds “God created atheists to teach us the most important lesson of them all — the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs and act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that god commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in God at all, so his acts are based on an inner sense of morality. And look at the kindness he can bestow upon others simply because he feels it to be right.”
“This means,” the Master continued “that when someone reaches out to you for help, you should never say ‘I pray that God will help you.’ Instead for the moment, you should become an atheist, imagine that there is no God who can help, and say ‘I will help you.’”
ETA source: Tales of Hasidim Vol. 2 by Mar
NGL, I’m bawling.
aw it made my heart warm uwu
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When a man dressed as Satan speaks more accurately about God than your pastor, you know something is wrong.
AMEN.
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“What’s hebrew for Phil Collins?”
Yesterday watched a movie called “The Infidel” with my dad,and let me tell you its one of the most refreshing and funny things I’ve seen in a while.
Its about a typical British-Pakistani moderate muslim family man who goes into an identity crisis after learning he was actually adopted,and that his birth parents,well lets say were on the other side of the Israeli-Palestinian war debate. Further clues? His birth father’s name was Schimshillewitz.
Add to that a potential in-law that happens to be an extremist clerical leader and a Jewish American neighbour who teaches him what it means to be Jewish and you get yourself a pretty unique sort of comedy. What I love about the movie besides the brilliant acting by Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff and a surprise appearance by Matt Lucas as a rabbi, is the more unconventional but very real portrayal of characters, like the burqa-clad neighbour Muna who energetically spouts (in cockney!)celebrity gossip,jogs and gets down on the dance floor from beneath her niqab or the main character’s youngest daughter who adorably runs around declaring jihad with a plastic sword or Omid’s character himself,while despite being a very well-meaning father,swears like a sailor and admits to the ocassional drink or two.
What surprised me is it passing the censors in this country(the predominantly muslim conservative government once had to rename the “Hellboy” movie due to the word “hell”) but I see it as a positive sign then that such an eye-opening film could be shown here,and with nary a negative response so far. I highly recommend it,all y’all living in good ol’ Kuala Lumpur,to catch it in the cinemas while you can!
I mean, whats not to love about a movie that makes a Barbra Streisand penis joke in Yiddish?
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brave-slut:getmeaway:genderqueerdukeofmexico:newfilosofee:rangeenhaseena:kissestokashmir:mustamuseme:dailyme:Rev. Nancy Dann, of Amherst, Massachusetts, of the Hampshire County United Church of Christ, attends a rally of religious leaders in support of Muslim Americans at the Statehouse in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Two of Dann’s four children have converted to Islam. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
This is an America I can get behind.
I need that on a t-shirt.
wow.
:)
^ THIS PHOTO!
this happened today right near where i work, i couldn’t really tell what it was at the time though.
Good shit here.
My faith in humanity brightens.
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