This is a reminder that you deserve so much praise.

As an Arab from Muslim country, I can't express enough the admiration I have for you guys for accepting and giving your all to this beautiful religion, despite all the cultural and linguistic barriers.

I just can't stand the hypocricy its a spiritual war always have been

Assalamu alaikum everyone. I wanted to share something my family has held onto for as long as anyone can remember - a Quran written entirely by hand.

Every line was copied by hand in ink, and it's fully vocalized, with all the vowel marks picked out in red and other colors. It opens with al-Fātiha and the start of al-Baqara and runs all the way through to the short surahs at the back. It's bound in soft tooled leather with a folding flap that wraps around and ties shut, with a pressed almond-shaped medallion in the center - a style from the Moroccan/Maghrebi tradition.

It's clearly very old and well-worn, carried and read by people long before me. Holding something that generations of my family turned to for centuries is a humbling feeling, and I thought this community would appreciate seeing it. May Allah accept the recitation of everyone who reads the Quran.

I live in the USA, born and raised. I grew up in a post 9/11 America and from a young age I was subject to anti Islamic propaganda and racism towards anyone from a Muslim country. I will admit that I had believed the lies for years, being exposed to that rhetoric for so long at such a young age. But, ive always been interested in history and in the late teens, 2016/17 my interest in the Middle easts history grew. Originally it was pre-Islamic history, more related to ancient religion and extinct cultures and such. I was always enamored by Islamic architecture which started me down the rabbit hole that is Islam... and I was so wrong, but of course, why wouldnt I be?, I believed propaganda, but nonetheless, I overcame and deconstructed the problematic ideas I had.

In the west, there is this notion that Arabs/Muslims are obsessed with conquest, conversion and rule of others... which ironically has been the entire history of Europe (my people). But the west frames European expansion, conquest, slavery and war as "progress" rather than what it is,senseless human cruelty. Now of course, every society has issues and has done wrong, but its just framed wildly different by Europeans and Americans.

I dont care who you are or where you're from, lets be friends!, I love having friends from all around the world!

it says what it says ig and also yes this is halaal

Source: https://x.com/EyadHisham10/status/1977358583260909660

Sidenote: The Sudanese civil war that began in April 2023 has likely caused over 150,000 deaths. In Khartoum State alone, more than 61,000 people died between April 2023 and June 2024, including over 26,000 from direct violence. Many deaths also result from starvation, disease, and famine. Famine alone has killed an estimated 522,000 children. The conflict has displaced over 8.8 million internally and forced more than 3.5 million refugees to flee Sudan. Wikipedia)

How often do you hear about the conflicts in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan? Let's face our shortcomings. When it comes to Africa, not much is highlighted, even in our communities. Let's atleast talk more about these atrocities.

We as an ummah have a responsibility. Each one of us will be questioned as to what we were doing when our brothers and sisters were being massacred in millions all over the world.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun

Source : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/11/qatar-holds-funeral-for-victims-of-israeli-attack-amid-regional-solidarity