Comments on: Welcome to the guestblog, Bassam Tariq and Aman Ali! http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593687 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593687 Welcome! I look forward to your posts. Welcome! I look forward to your posts.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593706 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593706 Hello Aman and Bassam! I really look forward to your posts. Aman, I'm in Columbus, Ohio.. what part of Ohio did you grow up in? Hello Aman and Bassam! I really look forward to your posts.

Aman, I’m in Columbus, Ohio.. what part of Ohio did you grow up in?

]]> By: Jesse Brown http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593723 Jesse Brown Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593723 Welcome, guys! Hope you have as much fun here as I'm having. Looking forward to your posts. Welcome, guys! Hope you have as much fun here as I’m having. Looking forward to your posts.

]]> By: Egyptgrrrrl http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-895319 Egyptgrrrrl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895319 Signy, as a Muslim woman I can assure you that I can photograph inside a Masjid, write about my experiences (and there are MANY depending on the masjid and population/cultural group) Oh and I could be a moderate media sensation. Be bold, but be respectful if that's what you want to do. We have a lot of masjids here in Detroit. So I have a lot of options of where to go or NOT to go. Perhaps there are not so many choices where you are. It's harder with immigrant populations but if you explain it right most people would probably be fairly cool about it and want to help you. Signy, as a Muslim woman I can assure you that I can photograph inside a Masjid, write about my experiences (and there are MANY depending on the masjid and population/cultural group) Oh and I could be a moderate media sensation.

Be bold, but be respectful if that’s what you want to do. We have a lot of masjids here in Detroit. So I have a lot of options of where to go or NOT to go. Perhaps there are not so many choices where you are. It’s harder with immigrant populations but if you explain it right most people would probably be fairly cool about it and want to help you.

]]> By: Egyptgrrrrl http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-895331 Egyptgrrrrl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895331 Signy, as a Muslim woman I can assure you that I can photograph inside a Masjid, write about my experiences (and there are MANY depending on the masjid and population/cultural group) Oh and I could be a moderate media sensation. Be bold, but be respectful if that's what you want to do. We have a lot of masjids here in Detroit. So I have a lot of options of where to go or NOT to go. Perhaps there are not so many choices where you are. It's harder with immigrant populations but if you explain it right most people would probably be fairly cool about it and want to help you. Signy, as a Muslim woman I can assure you that I can photograph inside a Masjid, write about my experiences (and there are MANY depending on the masjid and population/cultural group) Oh and I could be a moderate media sensation.

Be bold, but be respectful if that’s what you want to do. We have a lot of masjids here in Detroit. So I have a lot of options of where to go or NOT to go. Perhaps there are not so many choices where you are. It’s harder with immigrant populations but if you explain it right most people would probably be fairly cool about it and want to help you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-594021 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594021 Bassam! Even though your older brother won't say it, he is proud of you. I'll try to cajole him to say thank you to you or something. Bassam!

Even though your older brother won’t say it, he is proud of you. I’ll try to cajole him to say thank you to you or something.

]]> By: Aman Ali http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593772 Aman Ali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593772 Columbus is in the house! Yeah man I spent most of my childhood in Reynoldsburg and then my high school years in Gahanna. I love living in New York now, but I'll never shed my Ohio roots. Columbus is in the house! Yeah man I spent most of my childhood in Reynoldsburg and then my high school years in Gahanna. I love living in New York now, but I’ll never shed my Ohio roots.

]]> By: JordanAR http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-594815 JordanAR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594815 Thank you, Bassam and Aman, for giving us a window into NYC's Muslim community. We don't get it enough. Look forward to your continued posts. Thank you, Bassam and Aman, for giving us a window into NYC’s Muslim community. We don’t get it enough. Look forward to your continued posts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-594049 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594049 hi ! being muslim and regular reader of bb posts, i look forward to read yours really cool projects you're doing, keep it up ! my very best. anon -- algiers, algeria hi !

being muslim and regular reader of bb posts, i look forward to read yours

really cool projects you’re doing,
keep it up !

my very best.
anon — algiers, algeria

]]> By: Signy http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-598915 Signy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-598915 Hi, can someone please cite the source, and preferably NOT CAIR, for the "6-8 million Muslims" statistic that was just tossed out on this site? Reliable studies, such as the one done by Pew, have a far lower estimate of Muslims, at 2.35 million. (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/483/muslim-americans) Also, looking forward to the day when a Muslim woman can photograph inside a masjid, write about her experiences, and become a small media sensation. Hi, can someone please cite the source, and preferably NOT CAIR, for the “6-8 million Muslims” statistic that was just tossed out on this site? Reliable studies, such as the one done by Pew, have a far lower estimate of Muslims, at 2.35 million. (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/483/muslim-americans)

Also, looking forward to the day when a Muslim woman can photograph inside a masjid, write about her experiences, and become a small media sensation.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593802 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593802 hey cool I'm muslim too hey cool I’m muslim too

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593809 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593809 Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that there were that many mosques in NYC. Maybe you can remind us how many Muslims there are in America itself. [I seem to recall that Nat Geo magazine had a nice map showing the distribution throughout the country, but I can't find a link....] Wow, I wouldn’t have guessed that there were that many mosques in NYC. Maybe you can remind us how many Muslims there are in America itself.

[I seem to recall that Nat Geo magazine had a nice map showing the distribution throughout the country, but I can't find a link....]

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-594378 ackpht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594378 A noble project and well done. Looking forward to your posts. Score BB. A noble project and well done. Looking forward to your posts.

Score BB.

]]> By: J France http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-594143 J France Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594143 I really enjoyed the 30 mosques project, and can't wait to whittle away my work days reading your posts. Way to go BB for keeping the guestblog spot not only filled, but filled with such awesome talent. I really enjoyed the 30 mosques project, and can’t wait to whittle away my work days reading your posts.

Way to go BB for keeping the guestblog spot not only filled, but filled with such awesome talent.

]]> By: Aman Ali http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/welcome-to-the-guest.html#comment-593889 Aman Ali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593889 Anonymous, from what I understand there are around 6-8 million Muslims living in the United States. NYC has around 800,000 on its own, making it the city with the largest Muslim population Anonymous, from what I understand there are around 6-8 million Muslims living in the United States. NYC has around 800,000 on its own, making it the city with the largest Muslim population

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