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 A Muslim Women in South Africa posted on 04/08/2008
Salaam Sistas I'm a 38 year old Muslim, South African woman, divorced with 2 daughters. They are 18 and 3 years old. I work asa trainer in a software developing company and after having completed school, 20 years ago, I am now studying toward a degree in Human Resources. I have found that as time passes on for me, I am becoming lonlier by the day. Most Muslim women in South Africa do not share the views I do. Although we have fought to be rid of apartheid, the irony is that most Muslims practice their own unislamic version in South Africa. I am a Muslim of Colour or as known in South Africa, a coloured person. This is due tot he fact that I come from mixed stock, a mother who is of Indian and Malay heritage and a father of Dutch and Khoi/Bushmen heritage. I also married a man of mixed heritage thus my children have the so called appearance of Coloured people. Needless to say this is an issue with some South African Muslims. I married into a wealthy family at age 18 and found that my in laws looked down on me and some of my mother's family felt the same way towards myself and my siblings. At age 38, I am really lonly as I do not have many friends and finding a partner here is almost impossible. Many of the men want to marry only if you are yound and unencumbered whilst others are promiscious, drugging or looking only for a sexual relationship. Do Muslim women in the UK find this as well or is this due to upbringing, culture,etc?  View responses
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posted on 03/08/2008
Channel 4's The Quran was 2 hours of complete disappointment. Pandering to idiosyncrasies and contemporary politics it failed to show the viewers what the Quran is really about. Half an hour of this programme would have beentorturous but two hours is criminal! The one or two sane voices were drowned by fringe, controversial and even incorrect understandings of the Quran. The title itself implied that we might be given an overview of its history, itsdevelopment and the nature of how it works - this would have been beneficialto both non-Muslims and Muslims alike. Instead we got the 'Channel 4 same-old same old'! Channel 4 needs to seriously do some 'real Islam awareness training'! A complete waste of 2 hours! View responses (1)
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