This world is a prison for the Faithful, but a Paradise for the unbeliever- Prophet Muhammed (PBUH)

This used to be a longer video but I can't seem to find the other parts. Subhan'Allah my heart jumps when I see Samar laughing or smiling and seeing her father's face when he sees her. I can't even imagine having enough patience to deal with losing a family member...and he lost three. This puts the problems of a college student into perspective for sure and makes me so much more grateful for all the blessings I have been bestowed with. Seriously, as a college student I have so much potential to make a change in the world iA and seeing videos like this recharges me in my mission, I am not going to throw away this opportunity. We're surrounded by messages about raising higher in our ranks of this world via wealth and popularity, but why would that be our only intention in this life? The Creator can take away anything He's given us in a second, whether that be our wealth, our legs, or our life. So wouldn't it be wiser to put our focus on the Hereafter and raising our status in the eyes of Allah (swt)? Take a second and think about that also make sure you keep this in your daus: May Allah swt give our brothers and sisters patience in these hard times and also give us, the more fortunate, the ilm and tawfeeq to help them.

read the article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8164582.stm

How Muslims Are Treated in America - ABC Primetime

Kudos to everyone who sticks up for her! Of course this is not how all Muslims are treated in America so one cannot watch this and make rigid assumptions - nothing is in black and white - there are always shades of gray. The guy who gave the cashier a thumbs-up disgusted me, but it saddened me even more to see how many customers did not speak and were merely observers... :(

I would like to especially send out much love to the two girls who stood up for her - they are part of our coming generation, and it would be awesome if we all learned to speak our minds and to be assertive like they were! i'A.

Salaam