Archive for the ‘Issues’ Category

Abercrombie + Hijab = Fired

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 12:12 No Comments

Seems like Hijab stories won’t be ending anytime soon. Once again a girl is fired for wearing a Hijab. This time, I don’t personally know the girl the way I did in Hollywood Video case.

A Hijab (head scarf) wearing stock room worker was hired in San Mateo, California to work at a subsidiary of Abercrombie [...]

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A Sad Day for Oakland

Monday, March 23, 2009 10:15 7 Comments

On Saturday, 21 March 2009, Oakland saw one of the worst days in its history. Four Police officers shot, three dead, one on life support.

All four officers were shot by Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland, a parolee who fled after shooting the first two officers following a routine traffic stop, then shot two more [...]

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SFSU [x]Press Needs to Wake-Up!

Friday, February 27, 2009 12:16 4 Comments

SFSU [x]Press is a student run weekly newspaper that primarily deals with the stories and issues that deal with San Francisco State University. On February 11, 2009, an incident took place on SFSU campus and there literally was no coverage about it. Instead, so called journalism majors who run SFSU [x]Press decided to talk [...]

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North-American Islamic Shelter for the Abused

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:45 5 Comments

NISA or North-American Islamic Shelter for the Abused is a Palo Alto, based organization that helps people victimized by domestic violence. It is primarily intended for Muslims but it provides services to anyone who requires assistance and support during a domestic abuse situation.

NISA’s approach is based on the Islamic teachings prescribed in Sunnah and Quran. [...]

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I Can’t Help You Ma’am, You’re Wearing a Hijab!

Friday, February 6, 2009 23:25 No Comments

A woman in Oakland goes to a bank in Oakland, she just wants to deposit money and guess what the teller says “I can’t help you with your transaction, you are wearing a Hijab!”. As absurd that may sound, that is exactly what happened at Community Bank of the Bay in Oakland when Safa [...]

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