So I've had plenty of thoughts lately but haven't really been in a writing mood. So-instead I'll leave you with two articles that reflect the topic of conversation lately.

Love Even Those Who Revile You : Interesting article on forgiveness and patience. I'll leave it at that.

The Social Involvement of Women in Islam: So the past week seems to have been the week of discussing gender issues in contemporary Islam. My first point of contention with this issue is with complaints of a sister "reading translation" before Taraweeh. While this wasn't addressed to me specifically-it did manage to make it's way to me. This article addresses an Islamic perspective of women's involvement in the community and while it doesn't hash out the details, it gives a broad understanding of the different gender roles.

On the flip side as I was enjoying a pizza dinner with some friends, the issue of the muslim girl and her place in today's society, and the juggle between domestic life/career came up. It seemed to be an underlying theme of frustration with finding a social balance and dealing with trying to do it all--and have a happy personal life. It was interesting to conclude that there really was no conclusion except that Islam layed it out beautifully and the rest is really a personal balance.

On a very different note...I absolutely love chocolate covered apples.

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Pride & Prejudice to Nelly Furtado's Try -- believe it or not this actually helped me with my paper!

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Wa ma tawfiqi illah billah--And there is no success but from Allah