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Muslim teens seek acceptance, understanding (Abdulazeez's Sister from 2010)
Chattanooga Times Free Press ^ | November 12, 2010 | By Michael Reed

Posted on 07/16/2015 2:13:08 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

... She's among several Muslin teens voicing concerns over anti-Muslim sentiments they believe are rising as controversies surrounding Islam capture national attention.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga freshman Yasmeen Abdulazeez, 17, was told by a professor that he would lower her grade when she asked to miss class for a religious holiday. She dropped the class instead.

Abdulazeez, who has worn the head covering since she was a child, said she has experienced many problems as a result. A referee during a volleyball tournament refused to allow her to play because of her headscarf.

Chattanooga's Muslim teens said they feel a responsibility to help dispel the negative stereotypes of their faith.

Before graduating from Red Bank High School, Abdulazeez said some of the students would harass her. She said she saw that as an opportunity to dispel misconceptions about her faith.

"I'm not afraid to go straight toward them and ask them, 'Do you really know what Islam is?' " Abdulazeez said. "There's this misconception that Islam is a violent religion. Muslims are actually peaceful."

(Excerpt) Read more at timesfreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Crim

““’Do you really know what Islam is?’ “ Abdulazeez said. “There’s this misconception that Islam is a violent religion. Muslims are actually peaceful.”

...until provoked...

...by non-Muslims who breathe, for example.


21 posted on 07/16/2015 2:30:28 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: musicman

bump


22 posted on 07/16/2015 2:31:15 PM PDT by angelsonmyside
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yasmeen,

Most of us would be fine if everyone of you went back to your Homeland. We really don’t want you here.

It wouldn’t break my heart if every damned one of you with a muslim name left this country immediately. That includes hussein Obama.

It was you and your family that chose to come over here. Please leave.


23 posted on 07/16/2015 2:31:50 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Crim
Family sees mother strangled by hijab in freak go-karting accident

Read more:


No thanks


24 posted on 07/16/2015 2:33:01 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No, no, no, no, no.

The headscarf volleyball thing is PERFECT
justification for killing American servicemen.
/sarcasm


25 posted on 07/16/2015 2:34:08 PM PDT by WKTimpco
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Find acceptance in hell.


26 posted on 07/16/2015 2:34:20 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think her brother just needed a job.


27 posted on 07/16/2015 2:35:06 PM PDT by Calpublican (Boehner and McConnell are corrupt.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

May pig guts be buried with her swine brother.


28 posted on 07/16/2015 2:35:21 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
'Do you really know what Islam is?' " Abdulazeez said

Yes, Yasmeen. I really know what Islam is.

29 posted on 07/16/2015 2:36:13 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Crim

I’m guessing a ban on Muslim headgear wouldn’t be well received even after an incident like that.


30 posted on 07/16/2015 2:39:22 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Article from 2010, FWIW.


31 posted on 07/16/2015 2:43:20 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mooslimbs would never hurt anyone but might be driven to insanity by religious bigots.


32 posted on 07/16/2015 2:44:01 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hey! Muzzies! Shut Up! We've Had Several Samples Of Islime!
We Don't Want It Here!
33 posted on 07/16/2015 2:46:53 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: gundog

Police and WorkCover investigation

Detective Inspector Fox said police removed the go-kart from the site and were examining it mechanically and forensically.

Police were also speaking to the track’s operators and the woman’s family.

A decision on whether an inquest would be held would be made after a brief is prepared for the coroner, Detective Inspector Fox said.

WorkCover, which is responsible for the safety of amusement devices in NSW, is investigating.

A WorkCover NSW spokesman today said investigators had placed prohibition notices on two go-karts at the track.

One was for an unregistered go-kart and another for a go-kart “that did not have significant guarding”, the spokesman said.

Go-karts are “classified as amusement devices that have to be registered for safety purposes”, he said.

The owner of Port Stephens Go-Karts said she did not want to comment.

In February, a 15-year-old British schoolgirl was strangled to death when her scarf was caught in a go-kart wheel in Hong Kong.

In December, an 18-year-old girl in Cambridge, England, died after her scarf got stuck in a go-kart engine and strangled her.

Renowned dancer Isadora Duncan was strangled to death in 1927 when the scarf she had on was entangled in a convertible’s rear wheel.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/family-sees-mother-strangled-by-hijab-in-freak-gokarting-accident-20100408-rvci.html#ixzz3g5rLVSmR


No it’s obviously the track owners fault for not making his Go Karts Sharia complaint.

/sarc


34 posted on 07/16/2015 2:47:43 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This article is from 5 years ago. I wonder if the now 22 year old woman knew what her brother was going to do but failed to tell anyone.


35 posted on 07/16/2015 2:52:54 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: musicman

Christians don’t try to seek acceptance.

Muslims & gays both try to force people to accept them.


36 posted on 07/16/2015 2:53:05 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, my! My shirt is getting soggy from all the tears I’m crying.


37 posted on 07/16/2015 2:54:10 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow. How did you find this article? You should send it to Drudge.


38 posted on 07/16/2015 2:55:46 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oooh! That’s a BINGO!

Her Facebook page indicates that he’s her dad (matching educational credentials). There is a family picture on her page that includes the perp. His page shows that they are from Nablus, and so probably identify as Palestinian, even if they are from Kuwait.


39 posted on 07/16/2015 2:57:11 PM PDT by InMemoriam (Scrape the bottom! Vote for Rodham!)
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To: kabar

I Googled the islamic vermin’s name.


40 posted on 07/16/2015 2:57:39 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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