LM increasingly and rather hilariously seems to find myself in the position of clarifying which celebrities like Paris Hilton are not Muslims.
The latest celebrity who is being speculated about is T4's Jameela Jamil, perhaps understandably because her Bangladeshi name has been labelled as Muslim.
However, Jameela recently tweeted she is not a Muslim and was not brought up in any faith.
well done LM, you are learning the value of doing research. Now please do this for all those women you regularly write about, i.e. get some concrete proof that Mezghan Husseiny IS in fact a muslim before you go on to criticize her dress for not adhering to muslim dress codes. Otherwise DO NOT write about her on your blog. This sort of thing gets very tiring after a while.
ReplyDeleteJameela Jamil is a name which originates from the East...it is not a Bangladeshi name as such, and cannot be labelled as being from any particular Eastern Country. Any more than she can be labelled Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or Hindu!
ReplyDeleteAnd whilst Jameela may not have been brought up in any Faith, she has a deep understanding of Spirituality and lives by her own Moral Codes such as an unflinching belief in Truth, Goodness, Decency, and Charity...the cornerstones of ALL Religions, SURELY?
sometimes I read your posts and find them just to be as trashy and gossipy as the Sun. "lalala is not Muslim!"... come on now, what is this? Whether someone is a Muslim, how someone dresses whether Muslim or not is not for you or anyone to judge. Let people be, everyone will be accountable for their own actions at the end of time.. stop being such a gossip. You're so quick to judge other Muslims yet you constantly back bite and say quite not nice stuff about people in a lot of your posts. It's actually haram to backbite in Islam so concentrate on bettering yourself as a Muslim and stop being a hypocrite.
ReplyDeleteyou guys need to calm down. these are just responses to people who believe these women are muslim. the thing is, non-practicing muslims often drag practicing muslims down with them which is really annoying.
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"deep understanding of Spirituality and lives by her own Moral Codes such as an unflinching belief in Truth, Goodness, Decency, and Charity...the cornerstones of ALL Religions, SURELY?"
ReplyDeleteThese maybe/are the fruits of religion. However the roots/cornerstone of Islam is the search for the truth, that is why we believe in the kalima.
All is mere well-meaning conjecture. It is like having a Samsung instruction booklet for a Nokia mobile phone.
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It's an Arabic name, surely shes of Muslim Orgin, even if she doen't belive in Islam anymore?
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you :D
DeleteAm an arab and jameela jamil is a defenet common arab name
So you are saying ONLY THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH is the cornerstone of Islam? What a narrow minded and incorrect view. Have you not heard of the importance of Charity? And Jameela happens to be the Ambassador for three Charities for which she works tirelessly. Surely THAT is God's work rather than putting a LABEL on which Religion she does or does not follow? Jameela may be originally an Arabic name, but why presume she does not believe in Islam? Has she ever said that? No, she has just said she was not brought up in any particlar Faith. By the way, it is neither witty nor clever to compare Religion with Mobile Phones. It is demeaning to all Religions.
ReplyDeleteWHICH GENIUS QUOTED GEORGE ORWELL, AN ATHEIST AN NON-BELIEVER ON THE LONDON MUSLIM FORUM?
ReplyDelete...and if they decided to put an Atheist's quote on a Religious Forum, why not put George Orwell's most famous one:
"He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him"
GEORGE ORWELL
She's an Indian originating Muslim. FACT.
ReplyDeleteShe is NOT an "Indian originating Muslim". FACT
ReplyDeleteShe is a kafira and proud. So it is not about backbitting it is just a simple matter of seeing her as she sees herself. Anyway, it makes it much easier to know she is a Kafira when young desent muslims girls point to her as a reference we can say with confidence for them not to associate themselves with someone who behaves and carries herself like that.
ReplyDeleteOh dear guys you don't need to get so hyped up about it personally hearing her name i thought she came from a muslim-middle east background but if she's not it's not anyones bussiness her beliefs will be between her and god snm.
ReplyDeleteIf she isn't a muslim and says so, then thats great we dont need dead wood weighing us down. If she is a muslim then she's a sellout simple as and needs to buckle up. Trading this world for the next is a bad bad bad exchange.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why this post descended into a 'is she/isn't she' Muslim debate, when she said it herself, SHE IS NOT MUSLIM. That's it, SHE IS NOT A MUSLIM. You commenters think you know her beliefs better then her? Idiots.
ReplyDeleteI ALWAYS WONDERED IF SHE WAS MUSLIM COZ SHE DRESSES REAL SLEAZY .WHY THE FULL MUSLIM NAME THEN? WHAT ABOUT THAT SLAPPER IN SUGABABES/ SHE ALWAYS HAS LESS CLOTHES ON THAN THE OTHER 2.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you assume ethnicity or nationality such as arabic our bangladeshi automatically makes one muslim or ' of muslim origin'? by the same token are western converts kaffir? If you want to pass judgement on people then start with peoplewho actually call themselves muslim!
ReplyDeletewho cares!
ReplyDelete"Anyway, it makes it much easier to know she is a Kafira when young desent muslims girls point to her as a reference we can say with confidence for them not to associate themselves with someone who behaves and carries herself like that."
ReplyDeleteI AM IN DISBELIEF THAT ANYONE COULD BE SO IGNORANT AND GIVE ALL MUSLIMS A BAD NAME BY MAKING THE ABOVE COMMENT. JAMEELA JAMIL WAS BEDRIDDEN FOR OVER A YEAR AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT AT 17, AND TOLD SHE WOULD NOT WALK AGAIN. SHE IS AN EXAMPLE TO YOUNG WOMEN EVERYWHERE, MUSLIM OR NOT, FOR HER COURAGE AND DETERMINATION TO PROVE THE DOCTORS WRONG AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ROAD TO RECOVERY. YOU SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT SHE IS ABLE TO WALK AGAIN, NOT CRITICISING HER FOR WEARING CLOTHES SHE IS NOW ABLE TO ENJOY, OR WOULD YOU PREFER THAT SHE HAD REMAINED BEDRIDDEN AND COVERED UP FOR THE REST OF HER YOUNG LIFE? JAMEELA JAMIL IS AN EXAMPLE OF "GRACE UNDER PRESSURE". YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR DAUGHTERS TO BE MORE LIKE HER AND TO SHOW THE SAME FAITH AND BELIEF SHE DID WHEN LIFE DEALT HER A BLOW SHE ALMOST DID NOT RECOVER FROM. SHAME ON YOU FOR TRYING TO BRING SHAME ON HER.
She is sexy baby
ReplyDeleteShe is my hero and I look upto her!!
ReplyDeleteAt least she has the guts to dress the way she does without being worried about certain biggoted muslims suggesting and assuming that she's not a good person b'cos she doesn't dress with a hijab - she's not even a Muslim so why do you care the way she dresses, its you're own fears that seem to overtake any form of rationality i.e. worried about muslim pride maybe?! Embarrassing!!
And I'm a muslim, please remember there are different types of muslims and we all don't want to be quaran preaching/robotic/hijab wearing women, some of us want to be different and the only people that give muslim's a bad name are biggoted women like you!!
I watch the Simpsons on T4 and she presents it sometimes. I always thought she was of mixed white and Afro-Caribbean background. The name Jamil does not necessarily mean t is Muslim. The name Jamal, for example, is quite a common name among African Amercans even among Christians.
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