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Does the Quran Really Sanction Violence Against “Unbelievers”?

<div><div>Kabir Helminski<br />Sufi shaikh and author<br />source: <a href="http://muslimculture.net/does-the-quran-really-sanction-violence-against-unbelievers/">Muslim Culture Magazine<br /></a>Recently some prominent talk-show hosts, Sean Hannity among them, have been referring to certain verses in the Quran that appear to call for Muslims to kill non-Muslims. These verses have too often been quoted with what appears to be a willful disregard for the context in which they occur, thus inflaming the emotions of listeners, perpetuating grave misunderstandings, and contributing to the potential for violence on all sides. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537021148135438642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImjaS0w6l64hwH9h9D-77-cmT6I2SkVs1g5mEAPuueoRXW9sbQkCOD14kKqdU2MNmfnl06liz3t30obCdfoQspNuYrEDeQg42qqhHf1QMvCRgsZYSwUFcvMRlvnYx0gfSEWnMntoqQUw/s400/24.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><br />Though we may not be able to influence those who are hell-bent on hatred, an explanation is owed to all reasonable people who are interested in the truth of the matter and are not looking to create enemies. The vast majority of Muslims deserve to be seen as allies in a common quest for social justice and human dignity — assuming, of course, that we as Americans have the same goals in mind.<br /><br />A careful and unbiased study of these and other verses, in their proper context, will reveal that the exhortations to fight “idolaters” and “unbelievers” are specific in nature and are not general injunctions for the murder of all those who refuse to accept Islam as their way of life.<br /><br />Among the most often cited verses is this one: “<em>Kill the idolaters wherever you find them, and capture them, and blockade them, and watch for them at every lookout</em>…” (<strong>Quran 9:5</strong>).<br /><br />According to Islamic belief, the Quran was “revealed” to Muhammad in a process of dialog with the Divine, and some parts of the Quran refer to specific situations, while other parts offer universal spiritual principles. To understand this passage, we must take into account the historical circumstances at the time of its revelation. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtNq2G5i6FcR2bQIGMtoUcZd7dAjb87iKJySXLhvJOXiDR33mrWw06qn9-CdWSSIEOzBgZX0jqrVP4jzYk81xuI3RqoMVNudCTSWWlJNEHdXK1qTuSOEmlidkwwWCS9a3OzhCHWQz7HE/s1600/beautiful-islamic-wallpaper-300x285.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537020643406323602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtNq2G5i6FcR2bQIGMtoUcZd7dAjb87iKJySXLhvJOXiDR33mrWw06qn9-CdWSSIEOzBgZX0jqrVP4jzYk81xuI3RqoMVNudCTSWWlJNEHdXK1qTuSOEmlidkwwWCS9a3OzhCHWQz7HE/s320/beautiful-islamic-wallpaper-300x285.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />The “idolaters” (Arabic: mushrikeen) were those Meccan “pagans” who had declared war against Muhammad and his community. The Meccan oligarchs fought against the Prophet’s message from the very beginning. When they realized that the flow of converts to Islam was increasing, they resorted to violent oppression and torture of the Prophet and his followers. The Prophet himself survived several assassination attempts, and it became so dangerous for the Muslims in Mecca that Muhammad sent some of his companions who lacked tribal protection to take asylum in the Christian kingdom of Abyssinia. After 13 years of violence, he himself was compelled to take refuge in the city of Medina, and even then the Meccans did not relent in their hostilities. Eventually, various hostile Arab tribes joined in the fight against the Muslims, culminating in the Battle of the Trench, when 10,000 soldiers from many Arab tribes gathered to wipe out the Muslim community once and for all. As we know, the Muslims survived these challenges and eventually went on to establish a vast civilization.<br /><br />At the time Verse 9:5 was revealed, Muhammad and his followers had begun to establish themselves securely. They had returned triumphantly to Mecca without violence, most Meccans themselves had become Muslims, and many of the surrounding pagan Arab tribes had also accepted Islam and sent delegations to the Prophet pledging their allegiance to him. Those that did not establish peace with the Muslims were the bitterest of enemies, and it was against these remaining hostile forces that the verse commands the Prophet to fight.<br /><br />The verses that come immediately before 9:5 state, “Those <em>with whom you have treaties are immune from attack</em>.” It further states, “<em>Fulfill your treaties with them to the end of their term, for God loves the conscientious</em>.” Now, in its proper context, verse 9:5 can be properly understood.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">This was a guidance to the Prophet at that specific time to fight those idolaters who, as 9:4 mentions, violated their treaty obligations and helped others fight against the Muslims. It is not a general command to attack all non-Muslims, and it has never signified this to the overwhelming majority of Muslims throughout history</span></strong>.</div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;"> Had it been so, then every year, after the “sacred months are past,” (The “sacred months” are four months out of the year during which fighting is not allowed) history would have witnessed Muslims attacking every non-Muslim in sight. This yearly slaughter never occurred. Though the present verse is only one example, none of the Quranic verses that mention fighting justify aggression nor propose attacking anyone because of their religious beliefs. Nor were forced conversions recognized as valid under Islamic law.<br /><br /></span>The fundamental Quranic principle is that <strong>fighting is allowed only in self-defense</strong>, and it is only <strong>against those who actively fight against you</strong>. Indeed, Islam is a religion that seeks to maximize peace and reconciliation. Yet, Islam is not a pacifist religion; it does accept the premise that, from time to time and as a last resort, arms must be taken up in a just war.<br /><br />If the enemy inclines toward peace, however, Muslims must follow suit: “<em>But if they stop, God is most forgiving, most merciful</em>” (2:192). Also read: “<em>Now if they incline toward peace, then incline to it, and place your trust in God, for God is the all-hearing, the all-knowi</em>ng” (8:61).<br /><br />How then do we explain the early spread of Islam through military conquest? In the two decades following the death of Muhammad, Muslim armies challenged and largely overcame the world’s two greatest powers, the Persian and Byzantine empires. Were these conquests truly justifiable according to the Quranic principles outlined above? It is a complex question and not one to be readily answered within the limits of a blog post such as this.<br /><br />It deserves to be understood, however, that the Muslims fought imperial armies, not civilians, and were <span style="font-size:180%;">forbidden to harm non-combatants or destroy property</span>. <strong>Islam guaranteed religious freedom for Christians, Jews, and other minority sects, even while they obliged these “protected” minorities to pay a small tax in exchange for being absolved from military service.<br /><br /></strong>Now 14 centuries have passed, and it needs to be recognized that the Quran does not have an inherent, built-in agenda for aggression or domination. <strong>The vast majority of Muslims are content to live and let live.</strong> In fact, that is part of their religion. Relations with other religious communities are based on acceptance and encouragement to follow the best of your own religion:<br /><br /><em>To each community among you has been prescribed a Law and a way of life. If God had so willed He would have made you a single people, but His plan is to test you in what He has given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to God; it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which you differ</em>. (5:48)<br /><br />And Muslims believe that the God of Islam is not other than the God of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus and that the diversity of religions is according to Divine plan: “<em>Truly those who keep the faith, and the Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabaeans — whoever believes in God and the Last Day and performs virtuous deeds — surely their reward is with their Lord, and no fear shall come upon them, neither shall they grieve</em>.” (2:62)<br /><br />Perhaps these verses help to explain why in the city of Jerusalem, which has been ruled by Muslims for most of the last 13 centuries, the sacred sites of Jews and Christians have been protected, and those communities themselves have for the most part been able to live in peace together with Muslims. <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9966;">The assertion that Islam or the Quran inherently call for a “war on unbelievers” is sheer fallacy and fantasy. Peace be with you.<br /><br /></span></strong>Parts of this post first appeared in The BeliefNet Guide to Islam by Kabir Helminski & Hesham Hessaboula. For a more thorough discussion, read “<strong>Is Islam a ‘Religion of the Sword’?“<br /></strong>Source: Huffingtonpost </div></div>

Does the Quran Really Sanction Violence Against “Unbelievers”?

Kabir Helminski Sufi shaikh and author source: Muslim Culture Magazine Recently some prominent talk-show hosts, Sean Hannity among them, hav...

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10 Worst cosmetic chemicals

<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtgDKOR5DTSR0QXwDbfDn6ukqUnOeU_xanLP3dkfxReizFAgUx7IxEJKzOoANg3pjU7wX9oWMAjvO_SHPiQvbuJoWIupZxvkEGLrF563xLR5SMKfAabJq1k6Vm27bNceWsZL2u_hEJIQ/s1600/Mineral+Make+up.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536867243252686690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtgDKOR5DTSR0QXwDbfDn6ukqUnOeU_xanLP3dkfxReizFAgUx7IxEJKzOoANg3pjU7wX9oWMAjvO_SHPiQvbuJoWIupZxvkEGLrF563xLR5SMKfAabJq1k6Vm27bNceWsZL2u_hEJIQ/s320/Mineral+Make+up.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>There are a lot of nasty cosmetic chemicals out there. Here is our list of 10 of the very worst. As a rule of thumb, if it’s really, really hard to pronounce, chances are it’s a noxious chemical you’d be wise to avoid.<br /><br />Mixing chemicals is not great for you, either. The truth is, we don’t know what secondary compounds and synergistic effects these chemical cocktails may generate. Better safe than sorry.</div><br /><div>So, if you’re already a label-reader, you’ll have no problem steering clear of the more toxic cosmetic chemicals out there. Please note that the ingredients below are listed in alphabetical order rather than by level of noxiousness.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">BHA</span> – toxic to the liver, immune and reproductive systems; possible carcinogen.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">BHT</span> – toxic to the brain, nervous and respiratory systems; possible carcinogen; endocrine disruptor.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">D & C</span> Colorants (Lakes) – toxic to the nervous and reproductive systems.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Eugenol</span> – toxic to the immune and nervous systems; endocrine disruptor.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Formaldehyde</span> – toxic to the immune and respiratory systems; carcinogen.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Nitrosamines</span> – endocrine disruptor; possible carcinogen.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">P-Phenylenediamine</span> – toxic to the immune, respiratory and nervous systems.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Parabens</span> – endocrine disruptor; neurotoxin; possible carcinogen.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Phthalates</span> – toxic to the immune, nervous and reproductive systems.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Triethanolamine</span> – toxic to the immune and respirtory systems; possible carcinogen. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Muslim-Elegance/156165227729714"></a> </div>

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is this a joke?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSuPzJE7Ax07N5-G_7FfrFkEcnMuzSx_L1d2iaAVqf-Vw0Hg-ow09hChQte4K2GF9MNiBrAebigwHXOCB-GAQ24G2wlmD9odztizDsvYuEu1OhGoyAheSPWJiCa2ELdpVXOo_2GHRFbA/s1600/amd_madonna.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536263397042915810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSuPzJE7Ax07N5-G_7FfrFkEcnMuzSx_L1d2iaAVqf-Vw0Hg-ow09hChQte4K2GF9MNiBrAebigwHXOCB-GAQ24G2wlmD9odztizDsvYuEu1OhGoyAheSPWJiCa2ELdpVXOo_2GHRFbA/s320/amd_madonna.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 231px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <div><div>some one explain me what is going on in this world!<br />Madonna is dating a guy who some people says is a French Muslim (Brahim Zaibat) 24 years old.</div><br />Firs Madonna and all people in this world are free to date anyone they wish, but when you mix the word Muslim, in something not Muslim at all then there is when the trouble comes.</div><br /><br /><div>I really don't think he is a Muslim how many people call themselves Muslims, Catholics, Christians, etc. but only of name, but if he is Muslim in fact, then someone explain me what is happening to our Muslim youth?, where are the values that we as parent have to teach them?, he is a dancer and really I don't even think (in case that he were a real Muslim) that he pray at least once a day, I will not speak more about Madonna being Jewish, because we as Muslim must to be tolerant with other religions, as the prophet(SAW) said if I'm not mistaken something like, we never know if in one of our brothers from other religions is a future Muslim, the thing is that they are making a joke about Muslims in the media calling this guy the New Madonna's "Toy" if you know what I mean (Madonna a Jewish and this guy (the " Toy" a Muslim) WTF.<br /><br /><div> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536263069493745026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfV_YVzkVS31az2fYzn2529nmxhANX5som9yUis_U2OILjCkPklDyFtz7DDCrSPtKpqKLi8s8GRLoyHidLbcH-AxWgEVpi32YCpmCPLBuFdckfvC7wElY_7AKbNYuKr9uYSt6Er6HbEM/s400/Madonna+New+Boyfriend.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 379px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></div></div>

is this a joke?

some one explain me what is going on in this world! Madonna is dating a guy who some people says is a French Muslim (Brahim Zaibat) 24 year...

7:31 PM

Easy DIY Hijab accesories

This is a little tutorial of how to creat a Head Band for our Hijab, is a bit Fancy so you can use it for a special occacion like a party, is easy to do and you don't need more materials , Bandanas are great for hijab because it gives a different look to it and also add a preaty touch, a bandana offers thousands of posibilities to play with it, this is just an idea of what you can do, hope you like it!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kKcSEjo88FMQNSmBLfUBoGX4UR7Plb5KZhY0lBRjoqoCEtJU6juAMJiRZ_-C7s81xZmTwWXV5JITr1VsfD17l4wdBceU2DaRGXaqA4Zs1iQo86caZIJ6FyCKwbq05dGoMlvP6D7lz6s/s1600/Picture+248.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535392353398842370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kKcSEjo88FMQNSmBLfUBoGX4UR7Plb5KZhY0lBRjoqoCEtJU6juAMJiRZ_-C7s81xZmTwWXV5JITr1VsfD17l4wdBceU2DaRGXaqA4Zs1iQo86caZIJ6FyCKwbq05dGoMlvP6D7lz6s/s400/Picture+248.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is how our head band looks like in a hijab<br />it doesn't take more than 5 mins and you can mix any kind of colors and fabrics, good luck !<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIadYF2h4tGSa4hLwiOMHyqx_u7pm5N4QkQAXKlrQtJGDNz7OE_zXqtjCpnlM0OQF6A-1UyqTKGxsuNgPab0bNzxsa2HDfzOLZsPU0W59tSOulR4V0-txwAcRkeJpuwNXh8Ek9qgbgsk/s1600/Picture+243.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535392358181754370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIadYF2h4tGSa4hLwiOMHyqx_u7pm5N4QkQAXKlrQtJGDNz7OE_zXqtjCpnlM0OQF6A-1UyqTKGxsuNgPab0bNzxsa2HDfzOLZsPU0W59tSOulR4V0-txwAcRkeJpuwNXh8Ek9qgbgsk/s400/Picture+243.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Materials:</div><div>-a piece of tull (any color you like it)</div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">*Tull is simple easy to handle and style to give a more shyne use hair spry on the tull and add some glitter in powder</span></div><div>-Thread and niddle</div><div>-sylicon gun</div><div>-any kind of rhingstones and a rhinestones trim</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWlDmpdXyiu2Lc4D8ynUJpGLgMtbGJgHS2ph9pHRjK_Jjrm7gjuM1zP5ZqaUswp0SLwIU635BX09r4m-sVdRoil9XXntMwrauK7pLtflfFeCEQx6JrE2sNE8K1es51tzIP0KcXhyJFgo/s1600/Picture+244.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535392363138218930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWlDmpdXyiu2Lc4D8ynUJpGLgMtbGJgHS2ph9pHRjK_Jjrm7gjuM1zP5ZqaUswp0SLwIU635BX09r4m-sVdRoil9XXntMwrauK7pLtflfFeCEQx6JrE2sNE8K1es51tzIP0KcXhyJFgo/s400/Picture+244.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>-Step 1</div><div>Whit the thead and nidle pleated the tull, you can do it in the middle of your tulle or in one side.<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs0t6F39JgAd6Ar-pwSp4X6reOZjIZZ0dvRO3awuEV8sVTLiz3qxiZhEB8mkkXTMKj0JP6RF4qKQcvL_YJxgRAX-XQ4Gy1n1L2QoPC_5CuZLFngfMo4zftGLv663RsaRSITrMGf9Q0to/s1600/Picture+245.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535392372738555042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs0t6F39JgAd6Ar-pwSp4X6reOZjIZZ0dvRO3awuEV8sVTLiz3qxiZhEB8mkkXTMKj0JP6RF4qKQcvL_YJxgRAX-XQ4Gy1n1L2QoPC_5CuZLFngfMo4zftGLv663RsaRSITrMGf9Q0to/s400/Picture+245.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>-Step 2</div><div>Once plated the tull, with the help of the cylicone gun, add some cylicone and place the rhinestones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKwTUkfAGpRnXLj5p-o0lJQJ0iH3L9nU9MvOZ3IWMMTzRfoN-lrsdB_k44an9B6dUw3pqrM2yvQpmw77JskG4_DXENNWNG6S-XidYYSd9wFZ3n8z5Dpa_uoYvc3ufHnyiNEAha4tkkew/s1600/Picture+242.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535392626413807570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKwTUkfAGpRnXLj5p-o0lJQJ0iH3L9nU9MvOZ3IWMMTzRfoN-lrsdB_k44an9B6dUw3pqrM2yvQpmw77JskG4_DXENNWNG6S-XidYYSd9wFZ3n8z5Dpa_uoYvc3ufHnyiNEAha4tkkew/s400/Picture+242.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLbfEjh5CBbA0EKYBLxRmdV5L9H0Z5wOpA4p9a2reiTiLuCT1vX95Sjim826OcQVtMPmwrcTnnz4hW-C25RDA8x7o67hvooqlldhUa2GOj76PRjo4Thz10cjHs9uIbflWsDZIWeLg9Pk/s1600/Picture+245.jpg"></a><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>-Step 3<br />Add the rhinestone trim on the sides of your first rhinestones line, and that's all<br /></div><div></div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kKcSEjo88FMQNSmBLfUBoGX4UR7Plb5KZhY0lBRjoqoCEtJU6juAMJiRZ_-C7s81xZmTwWXV5JITr1VsfD17l4wdBceU2DaRGXaqA4Zs1iQo86caZIJ6FyCKwbq05dGoMlvP6D7lz6s/s1600/Picture+248.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535392353398842370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kKcSEjo88FMQNSmBLfUBoGX4UR7Plb5KZhY0lBRjoqoCEtJU6juAMJiRZ_-C7s81xZmTwWXV5JITr1VsfD17l4wdBceU2DaRGXaqA4Zs1iQo86caZIJ6FyCKwbq05dGoMlvP6D7lz6s/s400/Picture+248.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>How to wear it:</div><div>use an under scarf,  use an other piece of tull above it to contrast.</div><div>wear you hijab, in this time I use one of satin with an other big trim of rhinestones and I stylised in spanish style.</div><div>finally put your new head band tied behind your head and that's all, you can put the ornaments in the middle of your head or in one side.</div><div> </div><div>hope you like it !</div><div> </div>

Easy DIY Hijab accesories

This is a little tutorial of how to creat a Head Band for our Hijab, is a bit Fancy so you can use it for a special occacion like a party, i...

11:04 AM

are you Egyptian? .. Let's have some fun !

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWIdwgzREGAiSb8HAxfZWhMvi6GzvDCKGVZqtl7BjmawogUALyRU2TE-B6orK-g1HR3EZy5VBFhGbLhjqGOXmAb_qGDdnKx1hUMyCbQnw11Qhw0rKfuEJVnT2kekTrXPMVNdmYpBZyEw/s1600/happy+face.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535099649894459762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWIdwgzREGAiSb8HAxfZWhMvi6GzvDCKGVZqtl7BjmawogUALyRU2TE-B6orK-g1HR3EZy5VBFhGbLhjqGOXmAb_qGDdnKx1hUMyCbQnw11Qhw0rKfuEJVnT2kekTrXPMVNdmYpBZyEw/s400/happy+face.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">You know you are Egyptian if....<br /><br /></span>1- You say "<em>estubid</em>" and "owet" for "stupid" and "out" .<br />2- Your Mom hits u with anything that is near her, anything from a shoe to a bowl.<br />3- Your parents brag about you even if you're bad.<br />4- Your family eats (NOT koushari)* with their hands.<br />5- You own a grocery store or a gas station.<br />6- You're fat or bald and blame it on your parents.<br />7- Your taunt asks you when she can dance at your wedding.<br />8- You smoke as if it were your last day on earth...and you only smoke apple or manga sheesha.<br />10- You pronounce "the things" <em>za sings</em>".<br />11- You put tahina in and on everything and brag about how healthy it is.<br />12- You gossip about your own family...with members of your own family.<br />13- Your aunts and uncles have more than 4 kids.<br />14- You eat kofta at least 4 times a week.<br />15- You cook a meal that lasts a week.<br />16- You pity anyone who is not an Egyptian and think all other cultures are morally corrupt.<br />17- You have fruit trees in your backyard and when they are in season you live off of them.<br />18- You watch the hell out of the Arabic channels.<br />19- You have billions of cousins.<br />20- At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hours to kiss all the guests and everybody hits their drink with their forks.<br />21- You "get down" from the car instead of "getting out" of it.<br />22- You act like you want to pay, but in reality you hate to pay.<br />23- You have a gold necklace of your name written in Hieroglyphics.<br />24- You own and/or play a tablah.<br />25- Your middle name is your father's first name.<br />26- You never pay the tolls on the highway.<br />27- You play cards till the break of dawn<br />28- Your Mom says things like: <em>put za sings in za sing</em>.<br />29- You can't have a meal without aish (arabic bread).<br />30- If you are an Egyptian woman you dye your hair an obviously fake shade of blonde that is nonexistent in nature and swear that it's natural.<br />31- You feel proud when someone famous or a celebrity has any Arabic blood in them.<br />32- You teach your American friends Arabic words (mostly bad ones) and get happy when they use them in normal conversations.<br />33- You have five different foods at your dinner table.<br />34- If you're a single Egyptian guy, your Mom tries to get u married when you're 12.<br />35- Your favorite food is warah aneb, but you are embarrassed to tell your friends that you eat leaves for dinner.<br />36- You get really happy and call the whole family to the room when there is a special or documentary on Egyptians on CNN or PBS.<br />37- You use your church or mosque as a social ground to meet potential wives/husbands.<br />38- You have lefa hair...and if you don't, u have curly hair.<br />39- Your father swears at you with words that effect himself "<em>ya ibn il kalb</em> (you son of a dog/bastard).<br />40- You argue about your Africaness...bitch LOOK AT THE MAP! (at least for scholarships).<br />41- You think all other dilects of arabic are ugly...and wonder if you and Gulf people even speak the same language.<br />42- You can belly dance the hell out of anyone else.<br />43- You call any older person you've never met before: uncle "Ammo" or aunt "Tunt".<br />44- Getting a visa to Europe or the States is like getting a baby,everybody tells you "mabrook"<br />45- You always carry excess luggage when you travel and learn how to beg the personnel at the airport to allow the excess baggage you've got as soon as your father stops doing that for you.<br />46- Your dream is holding a different passport.<br />47- When you FLY BACK home you find 20 people waiting for you at the airport.<br />48- Every time you fly back home you meet relatives you never knew existed, and they look nothing like your family.<br />49- You look for universities as far away from home as possible.<br />50- You always curse at Egyptians when you are back home, but when you live abroad you make many Egyptian friends, and say how wonderful are the ones back home.<br />51- Everyone is a family friend.<br />52- People are never happy with what you've achieved. If you graduated from school they'll tell you "Oqbal el Shahadeh el kebeerah", and when u get that "Oqbal el Aroosa or Areees", and when you get that "Oqbal ma nefrah be Aoulad-kum", and when you get that "Oqbal ma tefrahu bi! ! shahadit-hum", etc...<br />53- You only walk on the streets in groups of seven or more people and talk really loud in Arabic all together.<br />54- You fight over who pays the dinner bill.<br />55- When you go on a date you start thinking of lousy places where nobody would go to, so you won't bump into family or friends.<br />56- You end up in a lousy place and still bump into the relative with the biggest mouth.<br />57- If you are 25 and not married yet, your parents make you feel that you are getting too old.<br />58- Getting married becomes the only way you can escape your parents, unless you are part of the lower eighty percent of the population; then you live with them, even after marriage and go out with your wife on a date.<br />59- You keep on saying Kol Sanna Wa Inta Tayeb left, right and center !<br />60- You always say “get down from the car" instead of "get out of the car."<br />61- You pronounce your p's as b's (bebsi and bolice) unless you were raised also speaking a western language, a rare breed in present Egypt<br />62- You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you a story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school.<br />63- Your parents were ranked first in school.<br />64- Your parents think that cereal is for the devil, and that there is nothing better than fool and ta3meeya.<br />65- You are addicted to 3aseer asab (sugar cane juice).<br />66- You are reading this right now and thinking, “yadil fadayih il nas hay2ooloo 3alayna eih?"<br /><br /><br />Join the group in Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=spell&q=egyptian+wedding&tas=0.34587364104273643&ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=2243525475&v=wall">I'm Egyptian<br /></a></div>

are you Egyptian? .. Let's have some fun !

You know you are Egyptian if.... 1- You say " estubid " and "owet" for "stupid" and "out" . 2- Your ...

1:28 PM