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Muslims Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/muslims-2/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Muslims Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/muslims-2/ 32 32 184530663 Do You and I Have Blood-Dripping Fangs? https://cindydeboer.com/2022/07/21/do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs https://cindydeboer.com/2022/07/21/do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:57:59 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4320 Paul and I have a Libyan friend who, despite growing up in nearly 100% Muslim Libya and being raised by a devout Muslim family, converted to Christianity as a young adult after learning about Jesus on Christian satellite radio. Our friend, whom I’ll call Mourad, (his life would literally be in jeopardy if his Christianity […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/07/21/do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs/feed/ 3 4320 What a Diet Coke can teach us about CNN, Newsmax and political divides https://cindydeboer.com/2021/03/11/how-a-can-of-diet-coke-can-kill-us-or-give-us-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-can-of-diet-coke-can-kill-us-or-give-us-life https://cindydeboer.com/2021/03/11/how-a-can-of-diet-coke-can-kill-us-or-give-us-life/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:22:06 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4170 I confess. I have a dangerously sick addiction to Diet Coke. I know, I know, I know – it’s terrible for me and it’s going to kill me. I’m pretty sure, however, my lung-sucking lung disease is gonna get me first. But actually, I’m more afraid the way we VIEW Diet Coke could kills us […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/03/11/how-a-can-of-diet-coke-can-kill-us-or-give-us-life/feed/ 5 4170 The Pond Scum Exchange (Why voting matters less than you think) https://cindydeboer.com/2020/09/17/the-pond-scum-exchange-why-voting-matters-less-than-you-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pond-scum-exchange-why-voting-matters-less-than-you-think https://cindydeboer.com/2020/09/17/the-pond-scum-exchange-why-voting-matters-less-than-you-think/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:32:35 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3686 When we bought our sucky crack-house we thought the fantastic view of the zoo/park across the street might possibly redeem the pitiful structure. However, the park struggles financially and some things have become a bit of an eyesore. All summer long our park pond has looked like this: Our neighborhood Facebook group recently debated the […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/09/17/the-pond-scum-exchange-why-voting-matters-less-than-you-think/feed/ 14 3686 A Hiding Place (When the next Holocaust comes, you can come live with me) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/11/22/a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me https://cindydeboer.com/2019/11/22/a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:38:52 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1662 Upstairs, on the third floor of our former crack home, awaits a really big and really empty, comfortably furnished attic apartment. Now that we are empty nesters, we’re deciding how best to use it. An exchange student? A foster child? Airbnb?   Perhaps. But because our pastor mentioned the Holocaust this past Sunday and because these […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/11/22/a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me/feed/ 5 1662 God of the City https://cindydeboer.com/2019/06/06/god-of-the-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=god-of-the-city https://cindydeboer.com/2019/06/06/god-of-the-city/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:38:02 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1251 Last week our car had its front window shot out (yes, as in, with a gun) while parked in the street in front of our house. At least 10 other neighbors had their cars hit as well and we had to call the police and fill out police reports and we were all late for […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/06/06/god-of-the-city/feed/ 22 1251 I Took A Bath With 10 Naked Ladies and I Loved It. https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:34:57 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=760 I just returned from a visit to my second homeland, Casablanca, Morocco. I lived in that beautiful country for four years and never went to the hammam – the Moroccan version of a communal Turkish bathhouse where women and men (in separate quarters) go for weekly bathing rituals in a somewhat spa-like setting. The experience […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/feed/ 13 760 Will Muslims, Mexicans, and My daughter be forced to wear visible ID badges? https://cindydeboer.com/2017/01/27/will-muslims-mexicans-and-my-daughter-be-forced-to-wear-visible-id-badges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-muslims-mexicans-and-my-daughter-be-forced-to-wear-visible-id-badges https://cindydeboer.com/2017/01/27/will-muslims-mexicans-and-my-daughter-be-forced-to-wear-visible-id-badges/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2017 22:01:22 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=574 I recently met an Armenian woman. She wore the traditional hijab and jellaba – the head covering and long flowing coat typical for Middle Eastern women and often associated with Islam.   Her skin was dark tan and her deep brown eyes were lined with kohl. She looked strikingly similar to every other Muslim woman I […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2017/01/27/will-muslims-mexicans-and-my-daughter-be-forced-to-wear-visible-id-badges/feed/ 4 574 What happened when we opened our HOME to Muslims https://cindydeboer.com/2015/12/10/what-happened-when-we-opened-our-home-to-muslims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happened-when-we-opened-our-home-to-muslims https://cindydeboer.com/2015/12/10/what-happened-when-we-opened-our-home-to-muslims/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:36:43 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=169 A few years back our family of six spent four years living in Morocco. In a country that is nearly 100% Islam, we made many Muslim friends. A couple weeks ago, one of those friends decided to visit our family here in Michigan. She traveled with her 18 yr. old daughter who was coming to […]

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