Domestic Crusaders – Win 2 tickets to Saturday’s Sold Out Show

Ponn Sabra | September 11, 2009 | Comments (0)

Honoring September 11th with Muslim American Off-Broadway Show – Win 2 tickets for Sold Out Saturday Show: THE DOMESTIC CRUSADERS is a landmark Muslim American play premiering today, September 11, 2009 in honor of the anniversary of September 11, at the the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City. It is a two-act drama written by acclaimed Pakistani-American playwright, Wajahat Ali.

When: Friday, September 11, 2009 through Sunday, October 11, 2009
Final Preview, Thursday, September 10, 7:00 pm
Curtain times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7:00 pm and Sunday, 3:00 pm

Where:

The Nuyorican Poets Café
236 E. 3rd St. (between B & C Avenues)
New York, NY 10009
212-465-3167

Tickets:

$20 general admission;
$15 for advance ticket purchases, students and senior citizens.

For reservations call: (212) 465-3167 or (212) 780-9386

Purchase tickets online through the Nuyorican Poets Café: GET TICKETS

NBC Weekend Today feature with Wajahat Ali (playwright) and Pat Battle

Just based on the Today Show interview, a few things stand out that are not based on the Qur’an and Sunnah, which we feel is pertinent to bring to your attention as unacceptable in Islam:

Dear Brother Wajahat, I pray that you take my below critiques as modest recommendations intended only to please our Creator and Him Alone, as a means to make your play closer to the Qur’an and Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Mushammad (peace & blessings be upon him). They are not meant to criticize. By staying straight in our paths, we will help each other and all our brothers & sisters (those witnessing your written words) reach furdose, the highest heaven. Ameen.

Hand-shaking between opposite sex is not acceptable. While I have no problem politely declining a handshake with a male, saying “I’m sorry, I don’t shake hands with any men”. Only once in my 10 years did a man asked why. But, a colleague shared a wonderful experience she had with a male Muslim, who said (paraphased), “Since I don’t shake hands with the opposite sex, I’ll shake my hand for you”, and he firmly shaked his own hand; and they both shared a pleasant lasting moment.
Dancing Women & Music. Now, I know thousands of Muslim American moms and grandmas (foreign and native-born) and don’t know a single one who listens or dances to Tom Jones. Since Muslim women (especially hijabis) should be acting and speaking modestly (which includes not dancing) in front of men; the whole scene can/could be “implied” by having the daughter speaking to her dancing mom, listening to acceptable non-instrumental (without strings) music in the background, unseen by the audience.
Hijab tight clothes. Acceptable modest hijabi attire does not include form-fitted outfits that shows one’s figure–otherwise it defeats the purpose of “covering or veiling” oneself the true definition on hijab.

These are just a few observations made by the short interview above.

How-To Win Two Tickets to Domestic Crusader’s Sold-Out Saturday Show:

The only requests that you have in entering this contest is that you:

All entries to be submitted by 12 midnight tonight, Friday, September 11, 2009,
Are available Saturday night,
Due to the time limitation, please comment below and email contact<at>americanmuslimmom.com your cell phone number, and full names of the 2 people who are available to attend–to make sure I can reach you,
You will write a full review and critique of Saturday’s show no later than Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12 noon EST, to be posted here on AmericanMuslimMom.com with full byline and bio; or on your blog (if you have one).

Look forward to your responses below.