The Burqa Experience: Getting Groceries

February 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Calulu January 13th, 2013 – Culpeper, Virginia Today I decided to venture out to my local favorite grocery store wearing a hijab. I’ve not gotten brave enough to wear one of my abayas along with a hijab, niqab or burqa yet. Based on the reaction

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Quoting Quiverfull: Friendships Like Water?

February 11, 2013 By 6 Comments
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Darlene Schacht at Time-Warp Wife – April 17, 2013 Nothing holds the power to negatively influence our faith more than the people we are close to. Friends can lift you up, while others drag you down faster than you ever thought possible. But when

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