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By HIRONAO OKAHANA, Guest Writer
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On the morning of May 19, 2004, when I met with a Muslim student who later became my first Muslim friend in the hallway of the California State University headquarters, I would have never thought of becoming a Muslim. |
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By YASMIN MOGAHED, Columnist
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The command was clear. Bow. Not a bow of servitude, not a bow of worship. It was a bow of respect. But how could he show respect to someone so beneath him? "…We bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis (Satan); He refused to be of those who bow down. (Allah) said: "What prevented thee from bowing down when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay" (Qur’an 7:11-12). |
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