{"id":10111,"date":"2019-03-22T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2019-03-22T11:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:52:43","slug":"scarves-in-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/scarves-in-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarves in Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I am participating in the Scarves in Solidarity<\/a> project, which aims to show support for the Muslim community in NZ by wearing a head scarf. It’s a small gesture, but one that helps show that we’re all united in the face of terror and white supremacy. Several years ago, Quebec had a much smaller but similarly motivated attack<\/a>, so the attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, last Friday hit especially close to home here.<\/p>\n

Personally, I am an atheist. However, I firmly believe that a place of worship (be it a mosque, church, synagogue, temple, shrine, or any other) should always be a place of hope, faith, and safety. To attack people in during their prayers is the height of cowardice. I wanted to do something to show my support for the survivors of this attack and their families.<\/p>\n

Of course, I had to wear my beautiful mosque houmongi<\/a> for this project; I could think of no more appropriate piece in my collection. I could barely get it around my hips, but I was determined to make it work.<\/p>\n\n\t\t