As usual, a collection of quotes and links to articles, including some about Zayn Malik who is a Muslim, in case you don’t know. Enjoy!
Quotes…
- To measure my worth upon your approval is to reduce my worth. – Umm Haya
- Don’t argue with me because I’m not smart enough to defend my position. – from the TV comedy program Inside Amy Schumer
- Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow. – Goethe
- You know, it is really nice to be liked for who you are pretending to be. – from the TV comedy program Modern Family
- Why don’t you give your angels a break? – Aisha (RA), wife of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), speaking o a group of women after hearing them talk on and on, backbiting and gossiping about others. The ‘angels’ referred to are the ones that right down all of your actions, good and bad
- When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up. – Prophet Muhammad
- Those who spend their time looking for the faults in others usually make no time to correct their own. – Art Jonak
- There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much. – Shams Tabrizi
- Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it. – Simone Weil
Links…
Muslim alert!
- Two articles about Bill Maher’s latest ridiculous joke about Zayn Malik, one in Newsweek, and one in the Guardian
- Article about what it is like To Be Muslim In America
- Article about female Muslim comedians: ‘Nobody expects Muslim women to be comedians’
- Article about why the Sunni v Shia conflict is more political than religious
- A diagram showing just how complex the Middle Eastern mesh is
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