Accosted for her hijab, woman now teaches Muslim empowerment

Associated Press ^ | Dec. 31, 2015 1:18 AM EST | Wilson Ring

[Olog-hai]

When she was 16, Rana Abdelhamid was accosted on the streets of New York by a man who tried to pull off the head scarf she wears as a symbol of her commitment to her Muslim faith.

Rather than withdraw, as she'd seen other Muslim women do, she turned her anger into a program that is now working with young Muslim women to teach them self-defense while encouraging them to become leaders and role models for others in their communities.

Abdelhamid, a graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College who is now a student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, says the challenge facing Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular has been getting worse, especially since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. ...

[Olog-hai]

Try those self-defense techniques against your husband in a strict Sharia society, Rana.

[Cowboy Bob]

I see the AP is defending America’s foes...as usual.

[a fool in paradise]

So earlier in the 20th century, Middle Eastern muslims weren’t committed to their faith?

Who knew?

[Paladin2]

Islam uber alles.

[tinyowl]

Remarkable.

[ClearCase_guy]

When she was 16, Rana Abdelhamid was accosted on the streets of New York by a man

10-to-1 that never happened.

[GilesB]

So she decided to support those who behead women for NOT wearing their hijab.

Typical muslim brilliance!!

[Smokin' Joe]

Might have happened. Was he Muslim?

The only women in the world who are so pretty they come with a bag over their head, standard.

[RginTN]

Abdelhamid, a graduate of Vermont’s Middlebury College who is now a student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, says the challenge facing Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular has been getting worse, especially since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. ...

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Well people notice muslims protest Israel but not when muslims commit terrorists acts for islam. Silence is consent. Expect backlash, muslims

[Squantos]

Hey Rana Abdelhamid ......kel zeggi /akl alkhara !!

[kalee]

I doubt it did.

[dynachrome]

“encouraging them to become leaders and role models for others in their communities.”

= “how to become slaves”

[wintertime]

A man pulled off her head scarf?

1) I don't believe it.

2) If it happened, then it is a crime right up there with non-Muslim women having their butt pinched.

[wintertime]

My thought exactly.

And...How many white women have had their butts pinched?

[wintertime]

Very very good point!

[trebb]

Ironic that he tried to remove her head covering - so many Muslims would just have gone ahead and removed someone’s head...

[silverleaf]

Exactly
Let’s see what happens when a muslim woman physically defends herself from a muslim man