Inner Revolutions | Pray But Keep Rowing the Boat - English
Aisha El-Mekkiâs mother didnât believe in âsparing the rodâ. She also had a deep respect for teachers, nuns and other authority figures; a...
Aisha El-Mekkiâs mother didnât believe in âsparing the rodâ. She also had a deep respect for teachers, nuns and other authority figures; a respect that never trickled down to her youngest daughter. Discipline was real in the El-Mekki household, so from an early age she and her older sister formed an alliance. They promised not to tell on each other. Sometimes El-Mekki even took a beating for her sister. When she was in first grade, the two were sent away to a private, all-white boarding school. In third grade, El-Mekki was expelled.
âAs a child, if I got backed into a wall, I would refuse to do whatever you wanted me to do because you were trying to force me.â
Upon returning to her home in Philadelphia, El-Mekkiâs mother â who worked until five everyday â enrolled her daughter in the neighborhood school. It was around this time that El-Mekki met her best friend, Shakora. The two began spending afternoons together, deepening their friendship and getting into trouble.
âOne time I was on a bus. It was a Friday afternoon. The bus driver said my pass had expired; that I had to get a transferâŠso he gave me a transfer while waiting for the next bus and the next bus was late. We waited for a while. There was a crowd of people by the time the bus came. [The next bus driver] said that my pass had expired and that I needed to get off the bus. Well I didnât have any more money, so I said, âI paid my fare and I will ride.â This man decided that he was going to send a message. So he stopped a police car and told them that I refused to pay. The police emptied the bus and told the driver to drive to the police station with just me on itâŠ.so he drives this empty bus to the police station and they arrested me. And this just infuriated me. My mother had to be called and of course she was just lividâŠ.she had to end up getting a lawyer, and had to go court, miss time from workâŠand eventually it was resolved but I mean they charged me. I had a record. It was ridiculous. That was my first incident with what I consider police brutalityâŠand how they can escalate a situation unnecessarily.â
Three years later, El Mekki graduated from an all-girls Catholic high school. It was at this point that she began to question the Trinity. She didnât want to leave the church; she believed she would go to hell if she did. Still, the questions remained. So she kept her eyes open. After college, El-Mekki decided she wanted to become a social worker. She learned about a group called the Black Panther Party that was organizing programs for the needy.
âWhen I heard about these people feeding children â and I worked on the midnight shift â I said, âyou know what? Iâm gonna go up thereâ. And there were tables and tables of children being fed cereal and toast, and I was really amazed. People were doing this out of the bottom of their hearts. They werenât getting paid for it. But they wanted to make sure the children were getting a decent breakfast.â
El-Mekki joined the group. At the same time, her religious search continued.
âI had an aunt that was Muslim. I used to visit her. She was not aggressive, she was not pushy, she was not trying to convert me. Anytime I had a question, she would answer. Her husband was very nice. And I liked the way her family was so calm. It was so peaceful. And so I would go visit her often. During that time I was in the Black Panther Party, and she didnât disapprove. Everybody else in my family said, âHere she goes again, doing something off the beaten path.â But not aunt Mariam. One time when we knew that there was going to be a police raid, and we were trying to get the children out because I didnât want the children to be there. And she just told me to bring them to her house. You know? And I just admired her. I just said wow, if her religion supports revolutionary acts like that, then I want to hear more about it. So she would always be listening to Shaheed Malcolmâs albums. She owned every word he ever said. And sheâd often have his records on when Iâd go over there. And she gave me his book to read because I was always asking questions about him. And that was like the answer to my prayer. You know? The part where he said that our religion doesnât teach us to be aggressive, but if you lay a hand on me, then I can send you to the cemetery. And I said, âI can do that. That is the religion that I need.â You know, that allows me to defend myself. That doesnât encourage me to just constantly turn the other cheek. Nobody else is turning the other cheek. Theyâre turning the other side of their hand. And so i decided you know what, thatâs when I decided Islam was for me because it allowed me to be religious and at the same time, be revolutionary.â
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Cinematic Part 3: Color Grading - Premiere Pro CC Class 25 Urdu / Hindi
Hey Everyone, here\'s the Part 3 of Cinematics Sequence Tutorial. In this Part you will learn how to Color Grade your video. I will be using...
Hey Everyone, here\'s the Part 3 of Cinematics Sequence Tutorial. In this Part you will learn how to Color Grade your video. I will be using Photoshop to make a LUT (Lookup Table) and then will be using that in Adobe Premiere Pro CC to color grade our Cinematic Sequence.
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US military stuck in perpetual warfare - English
Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned United States citizens against the military industrial complex but it seems that warning was...
Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned United States citizens against the military industrial complex but it seems that warning was not taken to heart. Author Russ Baker says fifty years later, it is much worse than what Eisenhower warned against, it keeps us in a state of low grade panic all the time.
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6 Year Old Muslim Kid on The Deen Show - Zafar Nuri - English
Zafar is a 6 year old boy who is in the 4th grade. He has his first book published and working on book #2. He loves to read and explore when he...
Zafar is a 6 year old boy who is in the 4th grade. He has his first book published and working on book #2. He loves to read and explore when he is not studying. He wants to have a Rescue Organization when he grows up, God-willing. Zafar loves to help kids with knowledge and information so that they know what to do in dangerous situations.
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Inner Revolutions | Is He One of Y\\\'all? - English
Abu Bakr Saddique was raised by a woman known around the city of Buffalo, NY as a champion of human rights and a helper of the poor. In his...
Abu Bakr Saddique was raised by a woman known around the city of Buffalo, NY as a champion of human rights and a helper of the poor. In his neighborhood of mostly Italian-American immigrants, Saddique says there was one incident that stood out for him in particular.
âI was out front playing. We were in the projects â only black family on the street. And I saw this lady. She was a white lady. She was walking down the street and she was going from apartment to apartment â and we lived in a row house. People were slamming the door in her face. She got to our house, and my mother opened up the door and invited her in. So Iâm out playing, everything is tight. Weâre on welfare. I go into the house and there was this woman sitting down there â eating. I said, âwoah, what is this? Man, sheâs eating up our food.â You know? And my mother, it was like she didnât care. She said, âshe needed to eatâ. She gave her food and she gave her some money. Yes. Thatâs how she was. And she said, âalways be kind to strangersââ.
Saddique was six and the year was 1953. He says his motherâs character and behavior in situations like this prepared the ground for his eventual conversion to Islam. Saddique first learned about the religion in fourth grade.
âThere was Niagara Street Library. I got a book on the Crusades about Richard the Lionheart. That peaked my interest in Islam because they couldnât say anything about Salahuddin Ayyubi not being good. I saw Muslims in the 50s â some NOI (Nation of Islam), some orthodox. Malcolm X also used to come to Buffalo a lot in the 50s and 60sâ.
It wasnât until 1973, when Saddique was training at an Army base in Texas, that his interest in Islam began to take shape.
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