By Guest BloggerWhat will always affect me most about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wasn’t that I was there that day. It wasn’t that I ran the marathon or worked at Mass General, or even anything about being Muslim. Looking at that kid is looking at all my other “kids.” All the ones I’ve hung out with, dated, tutored. The…
By MG Staff“Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson from Self Reliance All civilizations of the world, whether ancient or modern, have always encouraged, promoted, and prized acts of conformity. Our society as a whole today is resistant to change, and Newton’s first law of inertia applies to that as much…
By Hira UddinSometimes the deepest connections we feel aren’t physical. The most apparent manifestation of this phenomenon is the relationship that some share with God, each in our individual way. It transcends the realm of our senses because we cannot physically see, hear, smell, nor touch God; but the connection we feel by means of whichever faith…
By mahnoorjavedOn 24 March 2015, co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally crashed Germanwings flight 9525. What happened that day was a tragedy and the way this tragedy was reported on by some media outlets was helpful to no one. Some jumped to label Lubitz a “madman” after information about mental health issues came to light. It is true that Lubitz…
By ShannonFriends, today is a good day. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and everywhere I look I see families gathering in their pastel-colored suits and dresses to crowd the seats at their churches and celebrate Resurrection Sunday. But none of these sights is as beautiful as the one I most recently beheld: the…
By #MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Yet another set of crazy headlines. Enjoy. Week of 3/29/15: The chairman of a branch of the Idaho Republican Party “accidentally” sent out a mass email on Monday. Surprisingly it was offensively anti-Islamic. Unsurprisingly,…
By MG StaffIn this day and age, Muslims all around the world strive to emulate the practices and habits of our Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and his many companions. From every hadith in the Sahih Bukhari to every verse in the Quran, we’ve got every story covered and constantly mentioned in our weekly Friday’s lectures. But one of…
By Hira UddinI previously thought there was nothing more terrifying than a seasoned Islamophobe preaching hatred from a platform like Fox News. The network is notorious for fabricating untruths and propagating misinformation about Islam and Muslims in order to create fear in the minds of Americans. The fact that Fox abuses the word “news” to disguise bigotry…
By Shannon1. Trevor Noah is not Jon Stewart. I mean this in the most literal sense possible. While some of us are still mourning the loss of Jon Stewart as the host of The Daily Show, we might have missed the news that Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old TV veteran, is going to be sitting behind the…
By MG StaffDear MuslimGirl.net Readers, We have come to realize that our platform, Muslim Girl, has been wrongfully speaking for Muslim women using only the viewpoints of other Muslim women, when men play an equal, and dare we say larger, part in our daily lives. Thus, and effective immediately, we will be employing the opinions and viewpoints…
By Sajida HydoubLast fall, I decided to embark on a juice fast. For those of you who don’t now what it is, you basically go for a period of time on nothing but pure vegetable and fruit juice. I was inspired by two documentaries — Hungry For Change and Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. Being the impulsive person that…
By MG StaffMany of you may have mechanically watched, liked, and shared the recent video uploaded of two young Indian women rapping about the normalcy of sexual assault in India. Going by the name BomBaebs, these women have come forward to address the many issues facing young girls in India on the streets, in their homes, and…
By Sajida HydoubAyaan Hirsi Ali is back at it again. In her interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show on March 23, Hirsi Ali continued to spew the same sensationalist and Islamophobic drivel she’s built her career off of. Let’s examine some of the golden quotes, shall we? “Muslims value death more than life.” “Not enough reformers” …
By MG StaffFor centuries, the Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh in Arabic, has always been held as a sacred symbol of Palestinian culture and ethnic identity. The scarf stands as a reminder for all Palestinian citizens of their past glory and the hope for a better future. But now, in addition to doing absolutely nothing as innocent civilians…
By ShannonWe’re approaching the two year anniversary of the tragedy that took place at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Few can forget where they were on April 15, 2013 when the news broke of two bombs that had exploded and injured hundreds. Those two bombs that had been stored in book bags and walked…
