Awesome

"Awesome, and there's your straw"  "That's my name." "What?" "That's my name, Awesome...Asim" "A-ah-sim?" "Wow. You said it just like in Arabic. Are you Arabic?" "No man, that's the first and last Read more [...]...
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What’s your name?

1: "What's your name?" 2: "Taquim" 1: "Are you Muslim?" 2: "No." 1: "Where you from?" 2: "Jamaica." 1: "Oh I see. Sounds like an Arabic name." 2: "Yeah, hmm." 1: "Some Jamaican's have Arabic names, like Read more [...]...
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Justice Robbery

When the first group robs the second of justice, the first label’s the second as extremist when they hit back failing to realize their own actions were equal or worse. -studentasim...
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Working out, drugs and Bangladesh

"Hey bro, busy?"  "Yo, what's up?" "Nothing, taking a break."  "Downtime eh?" "Oh yeah."   "So how's the work out going?" "Good man."   "When you went back to Bangladesh, did you join Read more [...]...
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Are you going to do Qurbani?

"What's good bro?" "Not much you?" "Surviving. [smile] So I was thinking about Eid again. You know Eid is coming up right?" "Yeah on the 4th." [check computer for calendar] "Yeah the 4th or 5th." "When Read more [...]...
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Mosque in Russia

"How do you say mosque in Russian?" "Hmm I don't know...oh wait. Mechet' (мечеть)." "Have you seen them around?" "Of course." "Really?" "Russia has a lot of Muslims. I used to live in Kazakhstan." "Really?" "Yes Read more [...]...
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Scottish man meets the ideal wife

"Are you Albanian?" "No no. I'm Scottish." "Oh so you converted?" "Yes." "But there wasn't much material around at that time." "I've been a Muslim since the 50s, it wasn't so much about the material. Read more [...]...
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Lot of water on the sink…

[Making wudu in a public bathroom] "Lot of water on the sink." [Saying it in a kind of apologetic way] "Oh yeah. When there is a public function it happens." [He continues to clean the sink with brown Read more [...]...
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