Waving Goodbye to the Muslim Bushido :(
Monday, September 21, 2009 at 10:36PM The Blogmother I went over to one of my daily blogstops only to find that Khadija is shutting down her blog
I've said all along that there was a deadline with this blog, and that I wasn't going to do it indefinitely. Well, I've reached that point after a year of blogging. To manage the blog in the manner that I prefer to do so takes up a significant amount of time. Time that I now need to invest into other endeavors. And since I don't like to do "half-stepping," I've decided that now would be a good time to shut down the blog. Muslim Bushido
I COMPLETELY understand. The irony of blogging is that it opens up so many possibilities and ignites all kinds of creative thoughts. It also is a time thief.
This summer one of the speakers at Blogging While Brown said something to the effect that if you are the smartest one of your friends, you need to find some more friends. I messed that up, but the point it that you should have people in your life that challenge you and push your growth and I can say that Khadija was one of those people. We didn't always agree, but she always made me think and she definitely pushed me WAAAY ahead in some of my future endeavors. Her posts were always thorough and thought provoking and she knew her own mind!
She had so many amazing post series. So many of them CONVICTED me. Made me stop in my tracks. Unflinching! It was such a great blog because it was part strategy, part empowerment, and part CHURCH! The comments section was just amazing. I don't know which I am going to miss the most, the posts or the comments. Imma have to go back and read the whole blog all over again.
I'd say I will miss her, but I KNOW she'll be back in one form or another. I hope she converts her blog into a book. So I can run around handing it out :)
All the best!
PPS. No, seriously Khadija, when is your book coming out? Sign me up for ten copies.
So what were your Muslim Bushido all time greatest hits?
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I was skinned alive/assisted/helped/scolded/embraced/disciplined for most of the year, Muslim Bushido was writing. But I am all the better for it.
To have been in the midst of such intelligent, passionate, and concerned women was a first for me. So it took a while for me to get used to the tough love being offered.
I think what I really appreciated about her blog was the way she defended African American women and their daughters -from anyone. Many people were tore new booty holes after a confrontation with Khadijah, including myself.
And the other thing was that she gave many women their power back. She simply laid things out as she saw them and then would urge you to take your power back.
Speaking from a religious stand point, it really helped me that she was not a Christian, but in fact, a Muslim. I noticed that this difference played an instrumental part in confirming my "justified" anger with many people in my family. Anger that when openly discussed in a small room of Christians, would be immediately dismissed.
I know I jumped around quite a bit, and that is because I wrote a great deal about her farewell in my journal last night. And I mentioned there, many of her lessons remain deeply ingrained in my heart, where they should.
Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge her farewell, Gina.
Latasha
Khadija and her blog will be greatly missed. I looked forward to reading each and every one of her posts. Her blog truly made a difference in my life and thought processes. I do hope the blogsite continues as a reference point.
Khadija may you be blessed in your future endeavors and thank you for Muslim Bushido!
Oh I'm still learning so much from reading Khadija's blog. I have to go back and reread the posts from last Sept-Nov. The posts that stood out the most: warning us about cross-over politicians with no loyalty to blacks, divesting - specifically the "move to Kansas" post and the defense of African-American black women and warning us against giving away our crowns . It was a definitive line in the sand that no one else had specifically addressed with such fire. I definitely changed my viewpoints about quite a few things - often months after the fact when I'd recall a blog post that I may have disagreed with initially but saw the issue manifest itself later. The posts were that powerful that I could still remember them and put two and two together and had my Oprah-esque AHA moment. She was respectful but tough and we were able to challenge each other in numerous ways. I grew a lot reading her blog and her voice will be greatly missed.
Indeed, Khadija had a powerful spot over there, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, as a reader and as a participant. I too like re-reading certain posts, just so that I can recall the important life lessons.
On my own blog, she is listed prominently among the "ministerial women" whose words inspire....
The Way of the Sojourner, The Black Underclass, Gaslighting, Black Women must Get Out of the Helping Profession
It just feels good to know that I haven't lost my damn mind...that there are some real problems out there that I cannot change...that they are not my responsibility to change. I always felt that I was being a pessimist, when I was merely observing what was right in front of me.
Her blog was full of sooo much unadulterated wisdom. Tere are so many things re: the BC and BW that I couldn't put into words that she elucidated perfectly. The way she wrote made it seem so obvious that i wondered why I wasn't able to put it together. I wish that I had been reading from the beginning.
I'm still working through the archives, so I don't have a "Best of" yet. I only discovered Muslim Bushido after reading here at WAOD. I can say that I've enjoyed her work so much that I've referred my sisters (my biological sisters, that is) to her site; and I'm as protective of them as a mother.
We will miss you, Khadijah. Thank you for your space!
My fave was "Flawless". Totally changed my presentation game. The second faves are too numerous to mention.
I read that blog every day and also shared it with many sistas who needed to be uplifted by it.
Some took heed, others could barely get thru a few paragraphs.
Can't save everyone, but it sure did expand my mindset.
Huge "THANKS" to Khadija!!
JJ
ps. ZooPath, I've never heard the word "elucidate" before!
=( indeed. I wil definately miss Khadija and her blo. i learned so much and it really made me think. I really liked the posts about African American women and dating and how she really put a boundary around AA women and our specific history and interest.
Thanks for the space to comment about Khadija's blog, and for being one of the blogs where I learned of Muslim Bushido.
Sorry, I meant that I would miss her blog.
I went to her site but never heard about it until now. I looked at some of the topics she covered and they were some good ones and good commentary but who does Fatima represent? lol From looking at her site and the things she covers, she should write a book.
"It was such a great blog because it was part strategy, part empowerment, and part CHURCH!"
True words indeed! I discovered Khadija's blog just recently, but I found myself practically screaming "Amen" when reading it. Really eye-opening.
I already said my goodbye comments on her last post, but I wanted to do that again here. I think it's so important that sistas like you and Khadija know that your words are not in vain, that your thoughts are sincerely appreciated, that you are being read, that you are being listened to, that you are inspiring, and, most importantly, that you are succeeding in empowering and calling women to actively improve their lives.
To both of you I say THANK YOU.
Thank you Khadija. You will be missed.