Today was Purple Hijab Day....

Domestic violence can be physical, mental, emotional, or sexual. It can effect both men and women, adults and children.

About Purple Hijab Day:

Quoted from: http://darvish.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/purple-hijab-day-against-domestic-vio...

"International Purple Hijab Day, Saturday, February 13, 2010 is a day to reflect on the deaths which have resulted from domestic violence. A purple hijab is an apt reference for this phenomenon. The hijab—or head scarf, is a symbol of the modesty and piety associated with Muslim womanhood. Purple is a color associated with mourning. Hopefully, a purple hijab will bring to mind what is important for us to remember.

Remember Aasiya Zubair Hassan whose decapitated body was found by upstate New York police after they were told by her husband where to find it. Remember Sandeela Kanwal whose strangled body was found in her Jonesboro, Georgia, bed after someone in her household called the police early in the morning on July 6, 2008. These are just two of the 11 confirmed cases of murder in the US of Muslims by Muslim family members. Two of the 11 cases are of men, one murdered by his wife and the other a murder-suicide. Unfortunately there are other reports of murders in the US due to domestic abuse that cant be substantiated at this time.

The Baitul Salaam Network, Inc., a national domestic violence awareness organization has put out a call for all in the Islamic community here in the US and abroad to reflect on the cases of death due to domestic violence in the Islamic community here in the US and around the world. We have a very serious problem of domestic abuse, both nationally and internationally, that we as a community need to face head-on and work together to eradicate, says Hadayai Majeed, co-founder and administrator of the organization.

So far the call has been answered by other organizations and individuals throughout the US. In Rhode Island the Healthy Families Initiative will host an all day workshop using materials developed by the Peaceful Families Project, a Muslim domestic violence think tank and advocacy organization headquartered in northern Virginia. In Atlanta, Georgia, Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence-Atlanta, an initiative of Baitul Salaam Network, Inc., facilitated by Professor Shyam Sriram of Georgia Perimeter College, has coordinated a prayer vigil. The host is the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam located in East Atlanta, on Saturday, February 13 beginning at 12 noon. In New York City HARIM, a Muslim womens artist and writers collaborative, will host a literary event featuring South Asian poetry, at 37th Avenue and 74th in Street Jackson Heights. Other events are planned in the Midwest and Far West. On the same day, organizers have called for a moment of silence in the Islamic community, to begin at 12:12 pm, to remember all eleven reported murders of Muslims due to domestic violence and all others that have not been reported in the US and around the world.

Islam does not teach nor condone abuse of any living thing. It teaches Muslims not to harm others and Muslims are taught to believe there is a grave punishment for Muslims who do harm to others or abuse the land, sea or plant life. Prophet Muhammad (SAW), the example of how excellent a human being can be, was known to have never harmed anyone in his family. He only used violence when on the battlefield against a clearly identified enemy. He taught self-restraint and peace during his time here on earth. Muslim domestic violence advocates want to make it clear without any doubt that these heinous crimes that have been committed in some of the homes in the Islamic community are not supported by the Holy Quran or the valid Ahadith (life sayings and teachings of Prophet Muhammad) and are not the norm. These are learned behaviors that have nothing to do with religious teachings or practices.

AltMuslimah, an online Islamic newspaper, has launched a web site (located at UNIFEM Say-No UNiTE) devoted to domestic abuse activism. They also were instrumental in coordinating a multi-racial and multi-ethnic domestic violence advocacy forum, last February, called V2A, hosted by Masjid Dar Al Islam in Arlington,Virginia. The newspaper has compiled a calendar of events for the weekend of February 12-14, 2010, which includes Khutbahs (Friday sermons) focusing on the subject of domestic abuse that will be given at Muslim places of worship throughout the US.

Muslims are uniting against domestic abuse in the US and abroad and want to make it known that domestic abuse in any form will no longer be tolerated in the Islamic community and that survivors of abuse and their supporters are speaking up and out.

To get more information about events associated with International Purple Hijab Day contact Hadayai Majeed at haleem1@aol.com or call 770-255-8500."

About domestic abuse:

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_ef...

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[purusathama1]

do not say peace in your mouth. women like you making huge babies by your sharia law to destroy the world. living under veil you are carry evils in your bossom. so, do not say peace. millions death bodies have in your religion mass. sorry to be human.

[LMartella]

@purusathama1 By simply observing your inability to talk kindly to a stranger, I have to say, your comment is rather ironic. I pray you're able to work past your xenophobia and blind judgments, and see that you are not the only human in this exchange. Valuing all human life, both adult and infant, it a part of my religion and life philosophy. Is it part of yours?

Peace. (I will say it, even if you don't like it).

[increasingmyiman]

Salaam aleykom sister... thanks for this video. I experienced this in my past and I am working to move ahead. So it's great when someone in our ummah speaks out against it. Cuz it happens in ALL groups of people.

This is my new channel...I'm a long time subbie. Just made this enw channel today.

[LMartella]

Wa alaikumus salaam!

May Allah(swt) protect you and give you strength throughout your attempts to move forward. Ameen.

Thank you for the message and support, and insha'Allah the future is full of promising things for you.

I've added your new account as a friend! :)

Salaam!

[qabandiman]

I dont know about canada but I know that in the Gulf women are being abused, since we have alot of ignorant men here who out of their ignorance think they have the right to abuse their wife, May Allah guide them and us all, the ummah has nothing to be ashamed of, ignorance is everywhere.

[aishakafeel]

@WorldIslamicOrder Who are you to say so?... To speak for all women in the world?... I am a woman and trust me, I don't really like to be beaten at all... ;* Your comment just does not make sense, no point to even answer. It's rubbish talk. I'm just replying to let you know that you're wrong if you think we women love to experience your male chauvinist, sexist attitudes and mistreatment. That's all. ;*

[aishakafeel]

@purusathama1 Look at yourself; your English is just as bad as your manners. You are full of hate and prejudice. What do you know about Islamic teachings and life in Muslim societies?... Perhaps if you had Muslim friends who are faith-conscious and practising, God-fearing Muslims, then your opinion would be totally different. But nay, you won't understand, unless God guides you - and He guides whom He wills onto the Straight Path... Peace! ;*

[aishakafeel]

Salaams. Sister, great video, keep up the good work, masha'Allaah, and God bless you! :-) Ameen.

[aishakafeel]

@aishakafeel ...and only khalif Osman (right?) ordered for the surahs to be compiled in one book after the Messenger has already gone...? ;* Think twice before you follow something without using your common sense because innovations of guidence DO EXIST. :-) End of the question. If you're a true Sunni Muslim, you should understand that there is nothing wrong in having a Purple/Pink/Blue etc. Hijab Day... ;-) Salaamu aleykum. :)

[aishakafeel]

@aishakafeel ...within the limits of halaal and within an Islamic framework. There are good bida and bad bida. In hadith cited by wahabies it says ''kull bida'ah (...) '' - ''all bidah'' - are in hell - but: ''kull'' in Arabic does not always mean exactly ALL. It also means ''almost all'' which suggests there are things that can be new to Islam but they are not necessarily wrong. Or is it wrong that Qur'an was not printed as one book during the time of the Prophet and only khalif Osman (right?)

[aishakafeel]

There is nothing wrong with colours, it's not mandatory to wear black for women all the time, so what's the problem? Secondly, wearing a certain colour on a particular day for a purpose is neither forbidden,nor even makruh,nor anything. Show me an aya or a hadith saying that wearing of purple on the 13th of February is haraam... ;*Everything is innovation for wahhabies and according to them, all innovations go to hell... Well, not really.I know hadith that actually advocates ''good innovations''

[WorldIslamicOrder]

Domestic what. Whats wrong with a bit of spanking? Women love to be spanked. 

[xsggsx]

My dear Muslim sister, i read the abusive and ignorant comments below left by purusathama. Such people think they r safe behind their computer screens and they don't have the guts to say such things in a crowded place where i'm sure they would be beaten up by the crowd for abusing a respectable woman like that without any rational reason.

[barnzy2302]

Go converts to islam!!