Why Government Snooping of Muslims Is Bad for Non-Muslims

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This is where the jet pack reference is from: An Unbalanced Lifestyle
   
       I got the idea for this comic after listening to a speech by Cyrus McGoldrick at an NYIT MSA event. He said something that really changed the way I looked at these recent laws that give the United States government more power to monitor and detain Americans. He said, from what I understand, to not be fooled into thinking that this is happening because of some war against Islam, but that Muslims are being used as an excuse to give the government more power over all people.
       I don't know how true it is, but it made me think about how I would feel if my conversations were being monitored. How would you feel if someone was reading the text messages you send your spouse? How would you feel if the friend you made at the mosque turns out to be a spy that has been recording your conversations for months? I don't know how bad it has gotten, but there is some evidence to show that even normal people like you and me are not exempt from being monitored.

A Different Way of Looking at the Kony 2012 Controversy

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        Many of you have probably heard about the Kony 2012 campaign by Invisible Children. In the past week, it has gained popularity due to a documentary posted on Youtube by the organization (watch it after the break). Since then, it has gained tens of millions of views. The knee jerk reaction of most people was to completely support the campaign and share the documentary with others. But as it's popularity grew, skepticism of it grew with it. Many of us began posting articles criticizing the Kony 2012 campaign's strategy and Invisible Children's motives.

Multiple Choice Marriage

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Asalamu Alaikum Everyone!

Finally a comic, right? Not only that, but a comic on everyone's favorite subject... marriage!

Alhamdulillah, I was fortunate to get married this summer. I knew who I wanted to marry for a while, so waiting was difficult, but it made me realize the importance of the process of getting married. Many of us living in the west, or even Muslim countries are in a situation where the requirements for marriage are making us wait longer, while the culture around us and our natural inclination tempts us to have relationships early. Not only that, we have no clue how we should go about getting married. Should we do it the western way by dating before marriage, or the way of many of our parents where it would be arranged, or something in between?

Muzlem Entertainment Episode 1: Arrogance

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Nobody likes arrogant people, which is why my friend and I made a video describing the most annoying types of this loathsome species. Now you can identify these people and avoid them at all costs! This was our first time, so please let us know how we did, what we can improve on and what we did right. Oh and please excuse the lens stain, it is a metaphor... at least until we get a new camera hehe...

Cartoon Muhammad Wants to Tell You Something

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Basketball Blunders Part 2

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Asalamu Alaikum!

Feels good to finally be done with this. Hope you all enjoy it! I know I put this out a day later than I said I would, but I have an excuse! Just to make sure I completely understood what brotherhood meant, I went to an MSA event and hung out with a bunch of my good ol' MSA brothers yesterday. Ok, it's not such a good excuse, but its something I haven't been able to do for such a long time, so it was pretty special.

At the MSA event,

How People Treated Me, A Muslim New Yorker, After 9/11

Everyone seems to remember where they were on September the 11th.  I remember my school bus stopped at a point where we could see the New York City skyline. The towers were missing and in its place was smoke that lasted for days. The bus driver mentioned that he heard that the people who did it were Palestinian and that they were dancing in celebration of the attacks. A girl in the next seat mentioned to her friend that she learned in school that Muslims believe they will go to heaven if they die as martyrs. I quickly corrected her, telling her that Muslims are not allowed to injure innocent civilians, even in war. I made dua to Allah, asking Him to please not make the people who did this Muslim. But subhanAllah (Glory be to God), Allah knows what is best for us and we are limited in our knowledge. 

 My brothers and I didn't go to school the next day, because my parents were worried about how people would treat Muslims. We didn't know what to expect. People never even heard of Islam before this and these attacks weren't the best introduction to a blank slate. 

When I finally came back to school, everyone treated me...