Studies in ‘ice cores’ found in Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania – the mountain which supplies the Nile with its water – have revealed that a drought did take place around 3600 years ago – around the time the Bible sets Joseph’s story in Egypt.
Muslims Share How 9/11 Changed Their Lives in the United States
Every September 11, America takes a time-out from whatever else is going on to come together and remember the events of that tragic day.
We talk about the people in the buildings, the people on the planes, the first responders, the bystanders, the dogs who bravely searched in vain for survivors in the rubble.
We say never again, and we mean it.
But after September 11, the world had changed for another group of people – Muslims living in the United States.
So, as the day of remembrance passed, Muslims logged onto Twitter to claim their own narrative, using #AfterSeptember11 and #After911 to share how their lives have never been the same.
17. All were meant to pay for the actions of a few.
#AfterSeptember11 Suddenly any act of violence commited by a Muslim became terrorism meanwhile if by a Christian, it'd be mental-illness.
— Indian Stats (@Indian_stats) September 11, 2015
16. Communities should band together, not pull apart, in times of stress.
There’s an Indian restaurant in the town we lived where most of the employees were Sikh. It was absolutely empty for months after the attacks. We went almost every week.
I can’t tolerate the ‘us vs. them’ racist mentality. They may not have been Muslim, but it shouldn’t matter.
— Corey _/) (@coreyblaser) September 12, 2019
15. Most people are good people if you give them a chance.
#afterseptember11 I had a teacher tell my class that if he were president he would "bomb that whole part of the world off the map." I told a friend that bothered me because I had family there. She said "well he didn't mean people like you!" https://t.co/TINvrlJh1l
— Dr. Amanda H. Steinberg (she/her/hers) (@MENALibAHS) September 12, 2019
14. Good people shouldn’t have to answer for evil.
My very good friend at work, muslim woman, who wore the hijab, was told by a man at work that she should be banned from dressing like that after 9/11. I was floored. She was the most wonderful person. The epitome of what a true Muslim should be.
— Lisa (@leprohonlad) September 12, 2019
13. Four. Years. Old.
My birth name was osama . It was changes by my parents to hassan when i was four due to 9/11
— Gaga'sHoe (@Pommy1122) September 12, 2019
12. You never know what path strangers are walking.
#afterseptember11 my grandfather was beaten up on his way to the mosque. They didn't know he'd just lost his daughter on 9/11..
—
(@TheChickenEater) September 11, 2016
11. Violence is never the answer.
I have a friend that got attacked by 4 white men in New York for being a "terrorist". He was almost killed. He is from India.
— Wendy R. Holguin (@wrjones559) September 12, 2019
10. This makes me sick to my stomach.
A Sikh couple & sons ran a gas station/convenience store nearby. For 20 yrs they gave out free school supplies, collected coats/toys for tots donations & ran a Thanksgiving food drive. #afterseptember11 they received so many death threats they boarded up & closed permanently.
— I’veBeenCalledWorse
(@Vanniivy007) September 12, 2019
9. We lost so much more than lives that day.
My father was bullied and harassed by his co-workers to the point where he tried to kill himself. My brother was beaten up at the tender age of 5.
9/11 happened in USA but the impact was felt the world over #afterseptember11 https://t.co/06epPjXQ0p— Maruki Hurakami (@jentyler124) September 12, 2019
8. Imagine having to question your entire worldview as a child.
#after911 I found so much shame in my religion. I had a girl say that we couldnt date because, "in the end youre going to hell for being muslim." Kids my age made terrorist jokes daily and I had to just laugh them off.
After a certain point it takes a toll.
— A Possible Muslim (@Zackaryathe1st) September 11, 2019
7. Be the Alex in your world.
#afterseptember11 Kids on the bus in 7th grade were calling Muslims terrorists & devil worshippers. One hispanic guy named Alex, stood up and told them loudly, “Shut the f** up Hind is on this bus, she is Muslim”. Thank you Alex. https://t.co/LJkS0RP56X
— Hind Fares (@Hind_Faress) September 13, 2019
6. Put a face to the religion and it makes it easier to treat people like humans.
#after911 1/4
I was only 8. Most of the kids in school called me a terrorist & asked me if Bin laden was my uncle. Physically and verbally abused. Not having any friends made it alot harder.
(Hence why I say- if you don't know a Muslim or have a friend that is, u do now follow)
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) September 12, 2019
5. I wonder where kids are hearing crap like that, hmm?
#after911 a kid in my class asked me if my dad was a terrorist bc he knew my dad was from Iran. I was in 4th grade. And I hit him in the face with a textbook.
— la sirena/da baddest bruja (@ariannamigNASTY) September 12, 2019
4. Those teachers should be ashamed of themselves.
Middle School: classmate of Middle Eastern descent. Sept 13th, gym class. Her clothes and shoes go missing. Only found the shoes after school hanging from an electrical wire with a sign that said "We don't want you here. Go home." Teachers never did anything. #afterseptember11 https://t.co/SWxzq8yLYn
— MaverickMissy (@LilMaverickMiss) September 13, 2019
3. No one should have to “get” it. No one.
I'll never forget working at the U of Mich medical center.. A doctor friend of mine came to me and said "Mark now I know how bad black people have it in America" I said why? he said "Me and my family are getting harassed at the grocery store" He's from India.
— Mark Eric Mallory (@Mark_Mallory) September 12, 2019
2. Friendship means through thick and thin.
My daughter had a Muslim friend at the time 9-11 happened, they were 8. I admit, I didn’t know what to say to the parents to help them, but I told my daughter to be an extra good friend because others might not be. I think she was the only white friend she had for a while.
— Athena M (@mamaAthena75) September 12, 2019
1. I hope he sued them.
I remember my one Muslim colleague crying the day after. He had a very hard time dealing with the fact that someone committed this heinous act in the name of Islam.
A month later he was fired. For being a Muslim.— SuperMarina (@supermarina) September 12, 2019
One thing that shouldn’t have changed after that day was how we treat our fellow Americans – all of them, regardless of race, religion, sex, whatever – so I hope hashtags like this can remind us of what makes us the greatest nation on earth.
Do you have a story to add? We’re all ears in the comments.
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When the Pope visited…
When the Pope visited Arizona in 1987, 75,000 attended mass at a local university’s stadium. The name of the stadium and the image of the mascot had to be covered because their mascot is the devil holding a pitchfork and the stadium’s name was Sun Devil Stadium.
A study has found that American…
A study has found that American Christians are willing to pay $7.17 for a priest to pray for them, and $4.36 for a layperson to pray for them. Atheists were willing to pay $3.54 for someone not to pray for them.
The Kogi tribe, an indigenous people…
The Kogi tribe, an indigenous people, choose their priests at birth and raise them in a dark cave for a decade to connect them to the earth.
Every year, half a million Italian…
Every year, half a million Italian people claim they are possessed, demanding an exorcism. Demands for exorcisms are also growing globally. In response to the rise, the Vatican even held a week-long exorcism course for 200 priests.
5 Facts About Being Left-Handed Around the Globe
The right hand has been the dominant hand for ages, spanning time and cultures. And because populations of left-handed people are relatively stable at 10% globally, it’s not surprising that right-handedness has been the default classification among humankind. It can represent anything from power, rational, conscious and logical thought, depending on the culture.
Now, since most of us are right-handed, we don’t even think about how we use it so much more: we shake hands on the right, we pass food with the right, we gesture with the right. Even lefties are so inculcated into the cult of the right hand that they also shake hands on the right – it’s just how it’s done.
And so maybe you want to bust of out of that mold and start using your left hand willy-nilly. Just be careful; in some cultures, the right v left hand debate is more than just a curiosity. It gets downright intense.
5. Pass the food to the right
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Okay, so you’re sitting at family dinner and passing around serving plates. Have you noticed that the motion is usually counter clockwise? This is actual set-down etiquette in Western cultures, put in place so as not to disrupt the flow of plates being passed. It’s interesting that this is a common practice because someone, a long time ago, determined that passing to the right was better than passing to the left.
4. Passing food or objects in India
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There is a distinct difference on right hand versus left-hand usage in India. Rough Guides explains:
“Rule one eat with your right hand only. In India, the left hand is for wiping your bottom, cleaning your feet and other unsavoury functions (you also put on and take off your shoes with your left hand), while the right hand is for eating, shaking hands and so on.”
It would be an insult to offer something to someone with your left hand and most likely that person will not take it.
3. Dining in Ethiopia
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Ethiopians typically eat with their hands, forgoing any plates. Often you would share a large dish with friends, which is why eating with only your right hand is so important.
Remember how in India the left is used for unsavory functions? Same with this culture. So when you use only one hand (the right one) to dip pieces of injera into the communal bowl, you are reducing the risk of contamination.
2. Shaking hands
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You guessed it! Shaking hands with your right hand is a rite! Have you ever come across someone that shakes with their left? It’s awkward! In many cultures, including America, left-hand shakes are considered an insult and refer to insincere promises.
1. Sign Language
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Okay, this doesn’t exactly have strict rules over which hand to use. But the key to signing is to stick with your dominant hand. Which for most of the world is the right. Sorry, lefties.
Jon Miller from Signing Saavy says:
“When signing, it does not matter if you sign as left-hand or right-hand dominant. The biggest thing to remember is to pick which hand you want to use as the dominant hand and stick with it. You should not switch back and forth between dominant hands. Most signers will be able to understand your signs no matter which hand you use as the dominant hand.”
There you have it! When in doubt, go for the right.
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The last person to be convicted of blasphemy in the United States was an Arkansas man who in 1928 put a sign in his storefront reading, “Evolution Is True. The Bible’s a Lie. God’s a Ghost.” He spent 3 months in jail.
In 1950, a Nebraska church exploded…
In 1950, a Nebraska church exploded during what was meant to be choir practice. But no one in the 15-person choir was hurt or killed, because they were all running late for different reasons. No one was in the building when it went up in flames.
12 Fascinating Facts About the Sistine Chapel
If you’ve ever gazed up at the Sistine Chapel, you know it’s a one-of-a-kind experience.
The famous artwork that defines the Sistine Chapel has drawn tourists and landed on travel bucket lists since, well, probably since Michelangelo and his crew (including one Sandra Botticelli) completed work in 1481. They created the whole thing in less than 5 years, and it has stood the test of time, both architecturally and artistically.
But whether you’ve visited or not, there’s a good chance you’ve missed at least some of these facts about the famous Vatican City monument.
12. Adult Jesus is not depicted.
None of the ceiling murals feature an adult Jesus, and the reason for that is that the scenes are all from the Old Testament, when the Christ only appears as a figure to come in the future.
He is depicted as a young man in the altar mural The Judgement Day.
11. There was a special scaffolding built in order to allow for the height of the ceilings.
Michelangelo himself designed the vertical scaffolding, which attached to beams on the walls of the chapel, allowing him to work over the entire surface of the ceiling while also letting people to move about on the chapel floor. In fact, services went on during the painting – though the people below wouldn’t have been able to see the master’s work until after the scaffolding was removed.
10. Michelangelo didn’t paint the ceiling lying down.
You might have an image in your mind of the artist lying on his back, paint dripping in his face, but in reality he stood and craned his neck back. The process earned Michelangelo ear infections, arthritis, and scoliosis that he lived with for the rest of his life.
9. Some of the symbolism only made sense at the time.
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The oak leaves and acorns, for example, are a reference to the family crest of Pope Julius II – the pope at the time.
8. Michelangelo was one of the first people to imagine the face of God.
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The famous image of God in The Creation of Adam was the first in history to depict the deity in motion – he was typically seen as a symbol (like a hand alone).
7. Not all of the images are Christian.
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Along with the 7 prophets of Israel, some of the side pictures are of 5 of the 10 Sibyls – oracles of Ancient Greece who were believed to be able to predict the future.
6. It contains the lineage of Jesus – or most of it.
The lunettes (the space under the arches above the windows) feature the ancestors of Jesus, though 2 were removed to make room for the entire Last Judgement mural.
5. There’s a lot of debate surrounding the images of God.
Some people believe that the silhouette of fabric around God resembles the human brain, and that the people crowding God symbolize the different parts of the brain.
Others argue that the clothing represents the womb, with the green scarf meant to be the severed umbilical cord, and that the entire image is meant to show how Adam was “born” (and explains his belly button in the process).
4. Michelangelo didn’t create the ceilings alone.
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Data collected during the restoration undertaken between 1980-1994 revealed that at least 3 other people helped draw the putti (boys common in the Renaissance period) and different architectural parts.
3. There are some issues with the scenes depicting Adam and Eve.
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The Bible does not specify what kind of fruit Adam and Eve ate, but the tree in The Expulsion from Paradise mural is a fig tree. Also, it’s interesting to note that Adam and Eve are frowning and unhappy before they try the apple and beautiful and inspired after they disobey God, leaving one to wonder as to Michelangelo’s thoughts on Christian dogma.
Not so subtle? The fact that the serpent is drawn as a woman.
2. There might be a self-portrait inside the Judgement Day rendering.
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It is said that Michelangelo drew his own portrait in the skin held by Bartholomew because he was suffering at the hands of the church – he didn’t want to paint the murals at all.
Most experts deny this assessment.
1. The artists used a technique known as “fool-the-eye.”
The technique is more commonly known as Trompe-l’œil, and when used it causes murals to give the impression that the stories are separated by architectural elements like pilasters, edges, and ledges that are in fact, pseudo-3D images painted onto a flat surface.
These just make me want to visit even more!
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