Posts tagged uniforms
Posts tagged uniforms
This is Wafa Dabbagh. Wafa is a Muslim, Zumba lover, cancer survivor, and Lieutenant Commander of the Canadian Armed Forces. [article]
![US Army reservist Shareda Hosein proudly wears her uniform. Even as the Army continually turns down her application to be the first female Muslim chaplain in the military, Shareda has no regrets about the 20+ years she’s dedicated to her service. [article]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld2vye2IfV1qet98po1_400.jpg)
US Army reservist Shareda Hosein proudly wears her uniform. Even as the Army continually turns down her application to be the first female Muslim chaplain in the military, Shareda has no regrets about the 20+ years she’s dedicated to her service. [article]

These are Pakistani policewomen. The lady on the right is wearing delicate henna on her hands, and both submissive Muslim women are wearing a girlish lace-trim on their encumbering headscarves.

Would somebody please rescue this oppressed Pakistani Muslim woman garbed in her G-Suit and lipstick, all set to fly high and kick some terrorist butt?

Sergeant Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie (also known as Ahmed K. Altaie) seen here wearing US army fatigues, is a United States Army linguist soldier, who was captured in October of 2006 in Baghdad. To date, Ahmed is the only American serviceman still missing in Iraq.

Noor Inayat Khan wears her British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force uniform before being sent to Nazi occupied France to fight Hitler. She later was captured and executed at Dachau Concentration Camp.

Fawda Hamdan completely dispels stereotypes that for Muslims in the US, it’s a dichotomy between either faith or patriot. Rather, both of these identities can not only be merely compatible, but can coalesce. (article)
Former NBA All-Star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf rocks Denver Nuggets garb and a prayer before a game.
I wonder if the other players are aware that they too, are donning Muslim garb…

Pilot Mazin Shalabi, shown here with his family, wears a uniform and ID card that allows him to get on a commercial airliner — and then fly it safely to its destination. He is a highly qualified pilot, that just so happens to be Muslim.

Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan’s Muslim garb consists of wearing an 18th-century military uniform and a three-corner hat with some very, very long feathers.