jazakallahu khair for your concern q8i and sr. Hawa, alhumdulillah, i am fine :)
I tend to get in for work at around 8am everyday so i was already in the office when the mayhem started.
I usually get off at Whitechapel and then walk 20 minutes to my office (so that i don't have to pay for a zone 1 travelcard) and on that route i walk past Aldgate & Aldgate East stations to the office.
Today i actually went in via Liverpool Street. So either way it could have been ka-blamow for me. But alhumdulillah, Allah spared me and my family from any grief, and we have nothing bad to report.
I did try to visit the scene during my lunch break but the police had cordoned off the area around Aldgate station and i couldn't get there.
It is a bad day for London, but i couldn't help but laugh when my brother told me that he was watching the afternoon news when the news presenter asked an expert "but could this have been the IRA?" and the expert replied, "oh no. This is too clever for the Irish." hahahaha
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kashif im glad ur ok and ur family is safe, its sad i think after the dust settles there will be a big backlash against the muslim community
I am so glad that you are safe and sound . It is amazing how many of our friends old and new have just phoned us to see if we are ok.
O alhamdulillah, brother! And thank you for letting us know =).
Thanks for your concern guys :)
Alhumdulillah, i guess we're feeling part of the blessing mentioned in the ayah in which Allah describes that He has united the hearts of the believers: "had you spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah united them; surely He is Mighty, Wise" [8:63]
In addition to the kind concern of my fellow bloggers and bloggerettes i received text messages from a revert brother who just left London for Nottingham yesterday, and friends from the US. It was nice to sense that feeling of brotherhood out there.
And i think that will be important in coming days. I really don't know what the mood of the British public will be in the coming days. At the moment there is a sense of determination to carry on with life as usual. But when the dust settles and the public analyse today's events ,what will that give way to? Fury against the Muslim community? Or will they hold hands with all communities and say 'we stand against the perpetrators of the bombings together'?
Allahu a'lam.
Noora, you're a revert - what do you think would be going through the mind of the public?
I think the sensible ones will not blame us enmasse but the uneducated sun reading type will have it in for use especially if the media stirs it up. I think we have to keep our heads down and condemm it loud and clearly with a united voice. I was thinking only yesterday its time we spoke with a united voice like the board of deputies .Most people will certainly not show open hostility but I think their will be alot of hidden islamaphobia .
I remember hearing a sister telling us that after the 9/11 attacks some youths were abusing this sister and the muslim guys just stood their in Ladbroke grove and did not assist her. I hope this does not happen this time
Alhumdullilah you and your family are fine. What a horrible event, insha'Allah I hope there isn't any backlash for the Muslims out there.
jazana wa eyak:))
prepare for a hijra :)
as-salaam alaikum,
Glad to hear you are fine, alhamdulillah.
To be honest, I don't think there will be a huge backlash against the Muslim community -- at least not from quarters where such a backlash hasn't appeared already. By that I mean, I doubt that people will suddenly 'convert' to hating Muslims after seeing what happened, but it will provide an excuse to people who already dislike Muslims to behave badly. This was certainly my perception of what happened here after the citizens of my country were subjected to a terrorist attack.
Anyway, keep well and insha'Allah I would love to read your observations as to how things are panning out in the weeks and months ahead.
w'salaam
Amir
wa alaikum us-salaam Amir and thanks for your concern.
I agree fully with you. There are some who will use the bombings as an excuse to show hatred that was already simmering within their hearts. The National Front are probably a good example of this.
But i think that the average Brit won't suddenly start hating Muslims just because of this event. Over two million marched against the Iraq war, and i'm sure they can see beyond the rhetoric of Blair. The average Brit has a lot more knowledge of world affairs than the average American, and there is a lot less jingoism here.
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