Vignettes: A Muslim, Non-Muslim Encounter
September 02, 2005 | 28 Rajab 1426
Vignette (v
n-y
t
): To describe in a brief way. I often look at life this way; a short collection of images, sounds, smells, all sorts of stimuli bound and wrapped up in a certain place and time. I’d like to produce a body of work sometime about this phenomenon. Well, today was one such time.
As of late, I have give over much thought to the Muslim, non-Muslim relationship. Both on a personal and a social level. On the personal level, I have many friends, many close friends who are non-Muslim. One could say that I have not gone through life picking and choosing my friends solely based on their religious standpoint. Socially, we must interact, work and live with one another regardless of religious affiliation. Today was a nice vignette of the nature of the Muslim, non-Muslim relationship. Perhaps a glimpse of what could happen. How it could be. Read more this entry »
