Re: my very own khutba!

Salaam Irath,

I am so sorry read about your experience.

You are so right when you say that the protection of a minority 'intimately
connected to the principle
of the protection of all people in Canada'...

The more I get invovled in HIV and Aids issues in Britain the more I get
bewildered about the amount of people who cannot or will not think further
then their nose

My thoughts and prayers tonight are for you and your parents.

Fi Amaan Allah.

Stay well, stay blessed

Rudi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Itrath Syed" <[email protected]>
To: "pmn" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 12:42 AM
Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] my very own khutba!


>
> 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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