International Womens Day (and a few updates)

Share Asalamualekom and Peace everyone. Today is International Womens Day a global day of celebration of Women, many of whom across the globe are treated far less than their worth. Let’s take a moment today to ponder what it means to be a woman, a Muslim woman or whatever it is you identify with... 
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Commenting on Muslimas Oasis

Share Asalamualekom, Peace everyone. Recently a comment was made on one of our interviews making a serious accusation that could result in slander, suspicion and embarrassment for both Muslimas Oasis and the sister in question. I have since removed the comment and contacted the sisters in question. While... 
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All about our Logo

Share Asalamualekom & Peace everyone! I was asked about our logo today on our Facebook page (Join our almost 350 fans for exclusive updates and interation with our authors) so I decided to share a little but about it with you all. When I first designed and proposed our logo there was a mixed reaction... 
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Purple Hijab Day

Share Purple/Lavendar Hijab day is on February 13th in memory of Asiya Hassan who was murdered allegedly by her husband, the founder of Bridges TV a Muslim TV Channel in the US. Purple Hijab Day (much like Pink Hijab Day in October raising awareness for Breast Cancer) is intended to raise awareness about... 
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Fast Dec. 27th/Muharram 10th (Ashura)

Share It was a tradition of the people before Islam and of the Jews who said that Musa (Moses) himself fasted that day as it was the day Allah saved them from the Pharoah. Muhammaed peace be upon him continued this tradition and it became a practice of the Muslims. Alhamdolillah. The Prophet (peace and... 
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Logo Revision & Other Updates

Share Asalamualekom sisters! I wanted to thank all of you for your continued support and comments. If you aren’t already, become a fan of us on our Facebook page to get regular updates and exclusive access to upcoming updates. At the moment on facebook I have some possible logo revisions posted... 
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AIDS Awareness Day (2009)

Share Today is International AIDS Awareness day. More about World AIDS Day. More about the day here. UNAIDS Website. Wikipedia World AIDS Day page. Positive Muslims. See also our AIDS and Muslims post.  Read More →

Eid al-Adha Winners!

Share The question was: What do you do to make Eid special? The shura (consultation) team has put in their votes and our top 3 winners have been chosen. We had 12 answers all together, 9 of which received votes. Our 3 winners are (in no particular order) Sølva Nabila who answered on Facebook with... 
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News from Behind the Scenes

Share Asalamualekom sisters! Not long ago we launched our new layout and alhamdolillah the feedback has been positive! There are a few things I need to iron out and a few things about the layout that didn’t work in practice as i’d hoped they would, so when I have a little bit of free time... 
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Eid al-Adha Giveaway!

Share Asalamualekom Sisters! It’s that time again! I’m excited to announce another giveaway! This is how our Eid al-Adha giveaway will work: I’ll ask a question (below) Myself and some sisters I like to call my shura team will choose the top 3 answers to receive a prize each. All 3... 
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