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The Chinese government is working to remove all aspects of Muslim influence outside of the Xinjiang territory. Currently, actions of forced and oftentimes violent demolition are being preformed to remove architectural features like Islamic arches and domes, along with the removal of Arabic lettering, and symbols on store signs and on products.
Article: https://bitterwinter.org/islamic-culture-vanishes-from-inner-mongolia/
From NPR: “Marvel Comics’ first Muslim superhero is getting her own live-action TV show on Disney’s new streaming service. Ms. Marvel creator G. Willow Wilson discusses the groundbreaking superhero.”
(No official release date yet.)
The Arabian horse is a breed that originated in, you guessed it, Arabia. You can read about this majestic yet hot-blooded creature’s long and always prestigious history here which includes an excerpt on Muhammad’s view of this breed:
“The prophet Mohammed, in the seventh century A.D., was instrumental in spreading the Arabian’s influence around the world. He instructed his followers to look after Arabians and treat them with kindness. He said that special attentions should be paid to the mares because they insure the continuity of the breed. He also proclaimed that Allah had created the Arabian, and that those who treated the horse well would be rewarded in the afterlife.”
Although Christianity and Judaism are the largest religious groups in the United States, Islam are rapidly catching up in 2040. According to the Pew Institute, the Muslim population will increase to 8.1 million and surpass the Judaism population. The main reason is due to immigration and that the Muslim population is more youthful than the other religious groups.
The Qatar government-owned media network Al Jazeera released a documentary (you can see it here) entitled Islamophia Inc. It’s quite thought-provoking and would make an interesting study in itself to prove or refute what it claims, beginning with asking, “How does this compare and/or relate to my own experience?”
Young College student Amir protests all sides of the Syrian conflict with his Rap music. The Rap lyrics about the war combined with some traditional Arabic instruments makes for a very interesting sound that is unique while pointing out the terrible crimes being committed by all sides.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49668689
Islamic Arts and Architecture has pages for calligraphy, architecture, coins and oriental rugs.
Google Arts and Culture currently has a few online exhibits under an embrella heading of 1001 Inventions. A few of the exhibits include Arabic in the Sky: Astronomy a Thousand Years Ago; Masters of the Astrolabe; and European Knowledge from Arabick Roots.
From 1001Inventions.com‘s website is a page dedicated to “Extraordinary Women from the Golden Ag of Muslim Civilisation.”
Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has great essay entitled “The Nature of Islamic Art” with links to some of their works.
National Geographic’s article “How Early Islamic Science Advanced Medicine” has lots of fascinating–and even risqué–subtopics.
Once a month a Middle Eastern bar named The Green Zone has Arabic-only evenings. “Chris Francke [an Iraqi-American] named his bar ‘The Green Zone’ after the area established in Baghdad following the 2003 US-led invasion.”
In the Adams Morgan neighborhood: 2226 18th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia
https://time.com/5673055/iran-woman-soccer-match-dies/
Sahar Khodayari, a 29-year-old Iranian woman set herself on fire in front of the Ershad courthouse in Tehran on September 2nd after hearing from the court that she could be sentenced to up to six months in jail for impersonating a man to sneak into a soccer stadium. She died September 11th due to suffering burns on 90% of her body. Iran has banned women from entering men’s stadiums since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
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