Switzerland no longer neutral- religious discrimination

I was saddened and a little surprised to hear of the Swiss ban on any mosque being constructed with minerets. The vote was passed by the government despite a low support from popular polls and that the higher courts will most likely overturn it- why send this message of anit-Islamic? Swiss is joining many other European countries with anti- Muslim actions and it is scary that they are so intimidated by the rising Islamic presence and of course this is not helped by terrorists who misuse Islam.

 I fear that these meaures will be copied in America and that I may have to choose between teaching or my hijab [as is the case in Germany currently] President Obama noted that America is better because we don't discriminate against hijab but who knows.

I pray for all Muslims who face difficulty due to discriminatory acts of others- may they remain strong in their faith.

Best Buy reaching out- and getting flack for it

There is an outrage from [of course] Fox news regarding Best Buy having an ad sending Eid Al Adha greetings but not Merry Christmas from the past few years. I find it very silly that this is an issue- why no 'merry christmas?' maybe because that holiday is not coming up until December and the Muslim Eid is occuring this week. 
Why are people so ignorant as to not realize that there are hundreds of thousands of Muslims in this country and a company spotlighting their holiday is part of advertising to a group of Americans. This is a business practice for a diverse country- if so many people have an issue with our wonderful diverse country, then their dislike for America is very sad

Good Character

I've come across some good videos on building a good character
-making good choices that follow God's laws
-not wasting time
-being honest
-doing the right thing even if you feel like doing differently
-doing the better thing even when you could just do the bare minimum

I have been struggling with some of these- I have chosen the minimum for so long and its hard to change but I am doing some things to build my character like doing more on my school work rather than the minimum and I plan to be more involved at work.

I pray for strength and guidance.

Not in the name of Islam- God Bless victims of Ford Hood, TX

I am so saddened right now
I am sad for those who automatically assume a person with a middle eastern name is a muslim
I am sad that a person who commits terrorism in the name is Islam is considered the 'typical muslim'
I am sad that when I hear of a shooting or bombing, I wonder "was it a person who claims to be muslim?"
I am sad that these people cause so much pain to muslims who follow Allah's word correctly and don't go against Islam
I am sad for those who die at the hands of others
I am sad for the souls of terrorists and how they lost their way
I am so saddened right now