Hate is alive and well in America.......

Assalamu Alaikum all:
Just a sad note. I went to a 99 cent store hoping to save some money and find some bargains, instead I found hatred. I am a mature woman, a nurse, and a threat to no one.; Yesterday I went to this "family owned" 99 cent store hoping to live within my budget, and received a rude awakening. Mind you, I am a blue-eyed American caucasian that is usually a rarity in my local masjid, so I am a curiousity of sorts. I entered this store wearing the customary scarf, or hijab, and was shopping within the scented candles area, and the lady shopping next to me dropped a candle and made a breaking sound. Lo and behold, the woman who was the owner of the store, of asian ancestry apparently, accosted me and accused me of breaking things in her store. Never mind the guilty party was the american nearly-naked woman in the aisle behind me, she followed me around the store and continued to harrass me until I told her "you are accusing the wrong person of damage, you need to speak to the other lady." She then laid off the harrassment until I arrived at the check out and asked if the establishment accepted debit cards, and she again interupted me and stated " we accept only credit cards, you pay with cash or credit card. Her tone implied that my money was not good, so I left the $50 plus of merchandise I had intended to purchase, and left. As I went out the door I stated to her...Here in my country we practice freedom of religion and tolerance, what do you preach in yours?
This woman barely spoke English and treated me this way? Maybe she should go home!

The Children aren't the "Terrorists" Why Are They Bombing Them?

Salaam, Shalom, Paz:
I am so disgusted with the Israeli War Machine,
Bombing and killing Children! What kind of cowards must these
people be? Color me red for furious, these are not just children of my
Brethren, Muslims, dying, these are Christian children also!
Color me blue for the Amerikan government that states they allow
it in the name of the people, I am sad that so many good names are
smeared in the eyes of the world because the ruling neocon president
and his whore of a cabinet are defacating on the constitution and
terrorizing their own citizens by their self declared "War on Terror"
and they keep them in subjection by using fear. Fear of Muslims and the
Islamic world? Preposterous! May Allah (swt) forgive me, but at this
moment I have ever been more ashamed of my country until now, why do the
great hearted and large souled loving people of the United States of American
let The Tumbleweed from Texas do such atrocities! WHY? We need to say no to
Israel, stop killing children with American Bombs!

As-Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu:
Just another rainy day on the desert. It is the monsoon season, and when it rains
all it does is POUR! We have beautiful sunsets when it does stop, but we have massive flooding and road closures, and the dry river beds are running bank to bank! We still have people who try to drive through
flooded washes, when will they ever learn!

I am still grateful to our Creator for giving us such a beautiful world to live in, Insha'allah people will learn to be more grateful for what they have and quit trying to attain more than they need!
If we could only learn to live in peace, and stop having such jealous differences!
Wa Salaam until later,

Maryah R

Violence in the middle east....

How sad, and how unreal the situation in the Middle East. Which bully started throwing rocks first? It reminds me of a bunch of third graders bickering on the playground. For what? for years the Israelis have flexed their American supplied military might at the palestinians who really have little but their pride and family. It is like shooting a patriot missile at the guy driving his family to market in a Donkey drawn cart. Or shooting million dollar missiles at camels? The ones getting hurt are the innocent bystanders, men women and children who simply want to live their lives in peace.

It is different here in the US. In the town where I live, most of the local Jewish folk and the members of the Muslim Ummah (community) work together on projects to inform the public and dispel myths. Jews and Christians are referred to as the People of the Book in the Qur'an, so we must be respectful and listen to their views. We are all accountable to God in the Last Day, and will stand before Him side by side and account to Him. Alhamdullilah that we may prove worthy!