refreshing and positive - the face of Muslim youth in Australia
June 4th 2008 17:54
finally some fun vibrant moderate Muslim people on TV . . . watch Salam Cafe on SBS and see some light-hearted intelligent young Muslim Australians talk about current affairs, how their religion is percieved, and the funny side of their lives, families and culture . . . i think this show has been around in one form or another for a few years but i saw it for the first time today and i was reminded of the lovely Muslim people i studied with at university or worked with in engineering . . .
i am SO SICK of seeing extreme terrorists on the news as the only example of Muslim people . . . it really irks me (im sure it irks the Muslim community more) as all the Muslim Australians i have ever personally met have been lovely and i think they get a bad rap
so check out Salam Cafe at 4PM and then again at 10PM on Wednesdays a see some regular fair-minded articulate Muslim people . . . i promise their positivity will make you smile!
CLICKHERE to view an episode of Salam Cafe on the SBS website
i am SO SICK of seeing extreme terrorists on the news as the only example of Muslim people . . . it really irks me (im sure it irks the Muslim community more) as all the Muslim Australians i have ever personally met have been lovely and i think they get a bad rap
so check out Salam Cafe at 4PM and then again at 10PM on Wednesdays a see some regular fair-minded articulate Muslim people . . . i promise their positivity will make you smile!
CLICKHERE to view an episode of Salam Cafe on the SBS website
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One of the girls has a tongue ring...that surprised me to say the least.
It wasn't bad...but the banter seemed a little forced. I think it's a major change for them going from community television to SBS.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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you can watch the show by clicking the link at the end of the post, they put an episode on the internet
the white girl (Susan Carland) on the panel converted to Islam and she was voted Muslim of the year in Australia and often speaks out against terrorists, i think alot of the problem is that the media doesnt want to report anything positive so most people dont even see what the moderate Muslims have to say . . . they really are just regular people
to view an interview with Susan Carland CLICKHERE she talks about terrorism near the end (about 5:00min out of 6:30min) and says the Muslim community has to take responsibility for negative stereotypes etc
hi Ruby,
yeah i think it was very much trying to imitate to format of white shows like The Panel or The Footy Show and i think they were making a conscious effort to remain objective . . . perhaps a dash of stage fright too . . . but it looks like its going to be a really good show!
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i found a transcript of an interview with Susan Carland and her husband (and fellow panelist) Waleed from 2005
that was Waleed, an Egyptian Muslim Australian who works as a lawyer, journalist and lecturer in Melbourne and has degrees in Law and Engineering
CLICKHERE to read full transcript of interview
i think like with any group there are good community-minded people trying to make things better for everyone and then there are odd bad apples making it hard for the rest of the group
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*sigh* oh no, they're secretly evil terrorists!
I advise you to visit the following links, I know it won't be enough, but it might put your heart at ease.
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Oh and: Really Long Link
I've also read that most American Muslims earn more than most non-Muslim Americans and are 'integrated' to pretty much invisibility. But perhaps that's a reason for jealousy? I dunno, you have a habit of twisting good news to fit with your dark outlook on life.
They already have, you just don't like to believe your televangelicals with their Jesus Camps are insane
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thanks for the links, they are some very interesting articles
a very humbling statement, i hope everyone takes note
i know Australian Muslims can cop a fair bit of unwarrented abuse, even my non-Muslim dark-skinned friends of Indian heritage suffer from anti-Islam taunts when they are just quietly going about their business
i just hope this program shows that there are a broad spectrum of Muslim people apart from the sterotypical terrorist so focussed on by the mainstream media
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Seriously, they walk up to me and ask 'are you from India?' I respond no... and they walk off.
This happens to me at least once a month, it's not like they can't speak english or anything, it's inconcievable is what it is.
This one time I did say 'yes' thinking I might be able to delve deeper into their psycie, but it continued into a quesiton about the bus timetable. Now I'm no umm, old man of the mountain but I do think I have enough wisdom to know that my nationality has very little to do with what I'll know about the damned bus.
Honestly I feel incredibly battered and abused
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you must look like an oracle of knowledge!
maybe you need a guest spot on Salam Cafe to break the stereotype of you being a bus expert?
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You'd think it's a fair enough question, she got off at the bus stop across the street expecting to see the trainstation around there and now she's worried she can't find it.
Except the trainstation was like, across the street, in plain site.
*sigh*
Some people.
I think it's the facial hair, people seem to think because I'm too lazy to shave it means I know stuff.
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you are the friendly neighbourhood public transport advisor!
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he sounds fairly helpful doesnt he?
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have you guys noticed how Morgan's head fits almost perfectly on Ahmed's body?
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i always wanted a boys body - Ahmed should comment under me all the time
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That's not my body.
I'm not white.
However, I do like the shirt.
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good point!
i dont know why i presume everyone is white, i guess i thought you might have gotten pale from sitting inside on the computer all the time LOL
well nice shirt on someone elses body anyway!
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it's like an on-going TV series on its own!
Just dropping by Morgan
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great to see you!
i think Ahmed and i should definately have our own tv show . . . you could make a guest appearance!
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Damn you for rewriting history Ahmed. I should have known that you have no scruples.
hahaha.
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who knew that blogs were of equal historical importance as encylopedias? why are we even sending kids to school, we should send them straight to the master of as knowledge himself! (where you dont need references, just your own say so)
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You may do well to disassociate yourself from me (and Ahmed) in the future. hahaha.
Morgan, that post is now cracking me up well and truly, every time I get on there someone new has joined the fray and it is not going at all like Dum Dum had planned....
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@Ruby Yes well, I'm sure decapitations will find their place eventually.
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It's backfired on them though hasn't it? Dumb and fucking dumber.
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it started out of a parody of ruby likening her (and her hajib?! wtf) to this violent feminist man-hater that wrote the SCUM manifesto, Damo had to put his anti-ruby two cents in and say a few sexist things and then when a few other people told him to pull his head in he tried to bamboozle everyone with (poorly applied) logical fallacy terms and is just resorting to insulting people to deflect from his own short-comings
well thats my interpretation anyway
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"If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit!"
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you should see the Chewbacca defense from South Park described on wiki (CLICKHERE for more . . . )
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I'm really sick of Islamophobia, I've been seeing a lot of it ever since I started telling people about my great new friend from Egypt... some London tourist had the gall to tell me that people from that country were all smelly and he was probably a terrorist, and my dad tells me that if I were to get into a relationship with him he would bash me up and possibly even kill me, despite the fact that he analyses feminist texts every day for his phd and signs off every conversation with 'peace and love'. And apparently, the fact that he lives in Egypt means that he is automatically Muslim. ARGH!
Oh no. Ahmed modified his photo. Now my comment about his body is devoid of reference and historical context.
Lol. If it helps, I remember his pre-stick figure avatar... but that comment was just really funny.
If you look again, he's changed his image once more - Yayyy!
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its tiring to always hear negative things about a particular group isnt it!
i get similarly fed up with the negative news about aboriginal people and the people of Africa . . . are positive stories really that impossible to find?
thanks for the compliment and sharing your story!