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		<title>Gay Muslim Survival Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of people have asked me to explain or clarify issues raised in my coming out post, Yes, I Am. So here&#8217;s an attempt to respond to that feedback as well as offer some constructive points of advice for my fellow LGBT Muslims. I am Muslim, by choice. Faith is central to my identity [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=4080&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, I Am</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel Maddow: &#8220;I think the responsibility that we have as gay Americans to the extent that we can — and we ought to be really ambitious about the extent to which we can — we have to be out. That’s the thing that we owe the people who came before us who are the pioneers, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3965&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Praise of a Simple Ramadan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fasting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All praise and thanks are due to Allah alone, the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens and earth, the Turner of our hearts, and the One who has knowledge of our every heartbeat, breath, thought and action. Ramadan is a blessed month of fasting and devotion, good deeds and charity, and increased communal bonding. In [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3924&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Theology of Bullies Behind</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/06/09/leaving-the-theology-of-bullies-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to wonder how people, especially converts, could after finding Islam later leave the faith altogether. I&#8217;ve been thinking about this a lot recently and of my friends who no longer identify as Muslim. Everyone&#8217;s life experience is unique but I can&#8217;t help wondering if some of my friends left simply because they couldn&#8217;t [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3893&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned in Nursing School</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thank a Teacher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shall I be sentimental or should I keep it real? Or is this one of those dreaded multiple-multiple select all that apply questions? I began nursing school in awe of the nursing knowledge of my professors and the students ahead of us. As I leave, I&#8217;m still in awe of the nursing knowledge and alpha, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3859&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hamza Yusuf, Jonathan Brown, Yahya Rhodus &#124; Value of Liberal Arts Education &#124; ADAMS Center</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/03/22/hamza-yusuf-jonathan-brown-yahya-rhodus-value-of-liberal-arts-education-adams-center/</link>
		<comments>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/03/22/hamza-yusuf-jonathan-brown-yahya-rhodus-value-of-liberal-arts-education-adams-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADAMS Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jonathan Brown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hamza Yusuf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Friday evening rush hour set in around the DC beltway, I and hundreds of other Muslims battled through traffic, which more than doubled my travel time to get to the ADAMS Center mosque in Virginia. I arrived before the event and helped a parent carry in some boxes of Girl Scout cookies before [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3777&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conver(t)sations &#124; My Journey to Islam &#124; AUDIO</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/03/21/convertsations-my-journey-to-islam-audio/</link>
		<comments>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/03/21/convertsations-my-journey-to-islam-audio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iman Refueling Station]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Ayesha &#38; Asma Ahmad and the George Mason University MSA for inviting several Muslim converts including me to speak about our experiences for their Conver(t)sations event in early March. Audio Highlights My Journey to Islam: The Mormons helped me become Muslim Converts need support because without a real understanding of their relationship [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3782&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yesterday, I Wept at the Courthouse</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/02/24/yesterday-i-wept-at-the-courthouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Car Accident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courthouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wept at the courthouse. Not because I had to miss class to contest a speeding ticket nor because my officer decided to show up nor because I feared my auto insurance rates would go up. Even though, I had secretly hoped the officer wouldn&#8217;t show up, I&#8217;m glad he did, otherwise I would [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3736&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arsalan Iftikhar &#124; On the Need for Islamic Pacifism &#124; ADAMS Center</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/02/22/arsalan-iftikhar-on-the-need-for-islamic-pacifism-adams-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mohamed Magid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, I attended an interfaith event at the ADAMS Center in Virginia with Arsalan Iftikhar, a writer and international human rights lawyer. Iftikhar was promoting his new book Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era, which he wrote to further his belief in Islam as a socio-political ethos, which embraces non-violence. In [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3700&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A &#124; The LGBT Community from an Islamic Perspective &#124; Part II</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/01/28/qa-the-lgbt-community-from-an-islamic-perspective-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/01/28/qa-the-lgbt-community-from-an-islamic-perspective-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ahmad Azzaari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIDEO The LGBT Community from an Islamic Perspective &#124; Part I  The question and answer session provided some interesting and unexpected comments from the panelists particularly from Imam Ahmad Azzaari. He began by reminding the audience to avoid suspicion and to &#8220;not dig into the hearts of people&#8221; in response to a question about the permissibility of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3640&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO &#124; The LGBT Community from an Islamic Perspective &#124; Part I</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/01/24/video-the-lgbt-community-from-an-islamic-perspective-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIDEO: Part 1 and Part 2 Earlier this month, the youth group at the Prince George&#8217;s Muslim Association (PGMA) mosque in Lanham hosted a discussion before a packed crowd on how Muslims should understand issues related to homosexuality and interact with members of the LGBT community. When I first saw the promo email&#8217;s subject header [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3592&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What All American Muslim Women Eat &#124; Burgers, Fries, &amp; Milkshakes</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/01/20/what-all-american-muslim-women-eat-burgers-fries-milkshakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t always eat like a &#8220;heart attack on a plate&#8221; but last week, nearly a dozen friends and I descended on the semi-halal (it&#8217;s complicated) Burger 7 restaurant in Falls Church, Va. There was an All American Muslim convert moment when, of course, another convert and I were the first ones to arrive (early). A [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3577&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remaking America &#124; From Poverty to Prosperity</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/01/17/remaking-america-from-poverty-to-prosperity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Justice Delayed]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Ehrenreich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cornell West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Majora Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Moore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roger Clay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tavis Smiley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicki Escarra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, I went to the Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity event presented by Tavis Smiley at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium. Before the event, I found a public parking garage that charged about half the fee of the GW lot. Unfortunately, it was a cash only lot and I was about fifty cents [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3538&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanking My Elementary School Teachers &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2012/01/17/thanking-my-elementary-school-teachers-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brockport Central School District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part I: Thankful for my Teachers at Brockport Central School District &#124; Mrs. Steinebach &#38; Mr. Follman Second Grade: Mrs. Nowaczyk Mrs. Nowaczyk, I don&#8217;t have many strong memories of second grade but I remember you were very warm and supportive. The classroom space you created for us was inviting and I looked forward to going to school [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3519&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thankful for my Teachers at Brockport Central School District &#124; Mrs. Steinebach &amp; Mr. Follman</title>
		<link>http://ifyokoye.com/2011/11/27/thankful-for-my-teachers-at-brockport-central-school-district-mrs-steinbach-mr-follman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ify Okoye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday was the StoryCorps National Day of Listening also known as Thank A Teacher Day. Reflecting on my early education, I&#8217;ve had amazing teachers, and each has left lasting imprints on my life. Far too rarely have I expressed my appreciation to them, so here&#8217;s a small step in that direction: Kindergarten: Mrs. Steinebach Thank [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifyokoye.com&#038;blog=379409&#038;post=3492&#038;subd=muslimapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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