Rabab Maher ☁️ Skilful White clouds
A Citizen of the Earth ☁️ My Eclectic, Contrarian, Colourful & Candid Wee World
Hijâb ♡ Literally means ‘screen’ and figuratively ‘veil’
‘Malicious generalisations about Islam have become the last acceptable form of denigration of foreign culture in the West; what is said about the Muslim mind, or character, or religion, or culture as a whole cannot now be said in mainstream discussion about Africans, Jews, other Orientals, or Asians.’ ~ The Late Edward Said
{وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا}
{And do not kill yourselves; Indeed, Allâh is to you ever Merciful.}
(04:29)
The former British diplomat, the late Hasan le Gai Eaton رحمه الله said, ‘that while Muslims will sagely nod in agreement when you state that ignorance, hypocrisy and fanaticism do exist in the Muslim world, they usually assume that they themselves are not guilty.’
The inspiration for this simple poem came to me on Saturday, 8th October 2005, after the comments, looks and [mis]treatments (and questions) I received because of my ḥijâb in London after the 7/7 bombings.
