tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post115580865266849816..comments2023-11-05T13:01:51.043+01:00Comments on Al-Baal Café: Islamic Games and Basement Mosques part 1Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155934072252244392006-08-18T22:47:00.000+02:002006-08-18T22:47:00.000+02:00boo, well I pray to God things change or have chan...boo, well I pray to God things change or have changed. I sure as the sun rises in the east wont let my kids go to any place like that.<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed the cookie dipping :) It's tragic, I know.Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155871683124986792006-08-18T05:28:00.000+02:002006-08-18T05:28:00.000+02:00oh... and the cookie dipping in lemonade is hillar...oh... and the cookie dipping in lemonade is hillarious!Boo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12029202400107479498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155871633005131072006-08-18T05:27:00.000+02:002006-08-18T05:27:00.000+02:00haha... I think (or at least hope) that things hav...haha... I think (or at least hope) that things have changed in the past couple of decades. When I was in Philadelphia, the Mosque used to be trying these 'cool' programs for kids. Some pretty interesting excursions and trips for community-building and all. I'm sure there were religious lectures involved but they were not advertised as such.Boo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12029202400107479498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155836500529607332006-08-17T19:41:00.000+02:002006-08-17T19:41:00.000+02:00Umar, let me put it this way, I have left out many...Umar, let me put it this way, I have left out many details... sigh... <BR/><BR/>Oh yes I am familiar with both the kursi and the murgha though I never had to do either. Thankfully.<BR/><BR/>There was wrestling going on at our end as well...no doubt frustrations needed to be let out! Let's hope our kids do not have to go through it.Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155827373789692622006-08-17T17:09:00.000+02:002006-08-17T17:09:00.000+02:00...also, to add to the punishments, there was the ......also, to add to the punishments, there was the "murgha", the "kursi" and sometimes they'd make us stand and read for the whole class.Umarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082287470698569257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155827243746310812006-08-17T17:07:00.000+02:002006-08-17T17:07:00.000+02:00Atleast you didn't have to worry about being whapp...Atleast you didn't have to worry about being whapped with a coat hangar (or did you?)<BR/><BR/>Our mosque first started out as a house with a HUGE backyard (probably an acre). what we used to look forward to between the time we got off and the time our parents picked us up was having a game of soccer with all the older kids. In the winter, we'd wrestle in the basement.Umarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082287470698569257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155824919045504172006-08-17T16:28:00.000+02:002006-08-17T16:28:00.000+02:00Yeah I see what you mean. Yup we sure had it depre...Yeah I see what you mean. Yup we sure had it depressing, all I could think of was the lion the witch and the wardrobe!Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-1155819858824272282006-08-17T15:04:00.000+02:002006-08-17T15:04:00.000+02:00that sounds depressing.:/Well the islamic saturday...that sounds depressing.<BR/>:/<BR/><BR/>Well the islamic saturday school's in chicago are a little different. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes the ladies in white hijab's and navy blue coats were a little crazy (if you get my drift) but it was fun hanging out with other muslim kids for a change.Arabizedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703809874434378434noreply@blogger.com