Re: my very own khutba!

Salaam Itrath,

What a horrible experience -- I feel for you deeply.  Please forge right 
on ahead, explaining and explaining how equal civil rights for all can 
only protect Muslims.  Insha'Allah some of the Muslims from your mosque 
will listen to you, and non-Muslim Canadians will hear as well.  You are 
doing good work.  I wish I were Canadian and could vote for you!

Joyce, aka Jameelah


Itrath Syed wrote on 6/11/2004, 7:42 PM:

 >
 > salaam all,
 >
 > just wanted to tell you all about my experience today at juma.  as you
 > know
 > i am running for election here for the ndp - a left wing social
 > democratic
 > party.  this riding has a large muslim community.  today at juma, after
 > being disallowed to speak to the community as i had originally planned, i
 > had the experience of listening to an entire khutba dedicated to me,
 > explicating how the community should not support me.  it seems my support
 > for equal civil rights in canada, which includes equal marriage
 > legislation
 > that allows for same-sex marriage, puts me outside the muslim community.
 >
 > i grew up in this community, my parents built this community, and
 > today is
 > the last day that i will ever go to the local mosque.  i can be flippant
 > about the complete stupidity of people who can't see that their own
 > protection as a minority community is intimately connected to the
 > principle
 > of the protection of all people in canada.  however, i must admit that
 > i am
 > utterly devastated.  this is excruciatingly painful and i have never
 > in my
 > life felt more alone than i do today.  i have been receiving hate mail
 > and
 > the local muslim community paper is planning to print all of the letters
 > they received in the next issue.  my parents are also being placed in the
 > middle of this and that is perhaps the worst part of it all.
 >
 > itrath
 >
 >
 >
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