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Sale on Firaushah.com

firaushah — Sun, 21 May 2006 13:05:58 +0000

I’m happy to announce that the new and improved website of firaushah.com is up and running. For a couple weeks now I’ve been working on this new version of our website, which is why I haven’t been blogging as often recently. The website has been completely revamped and, of course, I’ll continue to work on it so as to add new products.

Speaking of new products, we’ve started to sell books as well. My ustaz has a number of books he’s asked me to sell for him, and I’m happy to do so. One of the books, “Muhammad: The Ideal Prophet,” I mentioned in a number of posts last year around Ramadhan (in my Dunner’s Learn About Islam blog). It’s a very interesting book, and I highly recommend it. We’ve got lots of copies, so “die die must buy” (i.e., “you absolutely must buy”) as we say here in S’pore. Insha’allah, we’ll also add some Bahasa Malayu books to the website in a few days (my ustaz has the books, I just need to finish writing up the appropriate webpages).

Now, to celebrate the new website, firaushah.com is going to hold a SALE. Here’s the deal:

If you are on any of my blogrolls OR if you’ve already listed firaushah.com on your blogroll, we’ll give you $10 off on any of our Sparkly tudungs. (These are really beautiful - die die must buy!)

If I’m not currently on your blogroll but you’re willing to put firaushah.com on now, we’ll give you the $10 off on any of the Sparkly tudungs as well.

Finally, if you let your internet friends now about this SALE and they put firaushah.com on their blogroll and tell me that you recommended them, I’ll give them the $10 off and you $20 off on any of the Sparkly tudungs.

This SALE is only through the end of June so don’t wait!

“An Afternoon with the Hijjabed”

firaushah — Sat, 06 May 2006 08:47:37 +0000

This is a short student film (8:29) from Multimedia University, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The video is a collection of interviews with five women, all of whom wear a tudung to one extent or another. Each of the women answer a series of questions (e.g., “what is aurat?” “why do you wear the hijjab?” and so on) to the best of their abilities. The film is interesting in that it captures a cross-section of women who cover themselves for different reasons. You have the very traditional Zulaikha who wears both the tudung and niqab, Natasha, who wears a scarf that covers almost nothing for the least satisfactory reasons, and three others who all wear a traditional tudung although one, Wawa, a student, apparently would take hers off in public given the right circumstances (i.e., when she’s with friends). Perhaps the line I liked the best is from the cigarette-smoking art director, Leyla, who said, “I am a Muslim woman, and I’m not afraid to show it.”
An Afternoon with the Hijjabed

French Convert on Becoming a Muslim

firaushah — Sat, 06 May 2006 08:07:47 +0000

Click on the link to a short video excerpt (1:17) of a French woman being interviewed about her becoming a Muslim.
French Woman Talks About Becoming Muslim

Hijab (Part 1; Insha’allah I’m sure there will be more… :) )

firaushah — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:23:00 +0000

erey wrote: “I would say it is the muslim world more than the western media that seem to be fascinated with hijab. Half the conversations between muslims around women is all about hijab. Should I/should I not, must I/I don’t have to. There seems to be more conversation amoung muslims regarding a head scarf than nonmuslims talk about their hair.”

I can see where you might think this but, from my perspective, this is more a case of culture shock. The conversations about hijab are more common among Western Muslims (especially converts) than they are with Muslims living elsewhere in the world. For example, here in SE Asia, discussions about hijab (or tudungs, as they’re called here) are rare among individuals or in the media. There’s no real need for the “fascination” as so many women wear the tudung on a daily basis.

“She was further manipulated by the muslim men around her into this idea that because she is a muslim she has to wear the clothes of a arab woman.”

Leaving aside your questionable issue of “manipulation,” you need to realize that wearing hijab or tudung does not mean a woman is wearing the clothes of an Arab. It doesn’t even really mean that a woman is wearing Muslim clothes. What is a nun’s habit other than a form of hijab? Wearing a hijab or tudung means that a woman fears Allah (swt) in the positive sense. It’s too bad non-Muslims can’t seem to grasp that fact.