The pillow that I made :)

[Meggers]

For the past few months, Ive been coming up with ideas for home decorations or crafts that would tie both my religion in with my heritage. All Islamic things tend to have an Arab/Desi look to them (lots of gold, arabic caligraphy, etc.) and while those things are beautiful, they really dont speak to me since I am not Arab or Indian/Pakistani. I decided to take Islamic symbols and words, write them using English letters or even translate them into Gaelic, and then put them on a Celtic looking background. That way, I can show off my religion AND my heritage instead of feeling like they have to be seperate!

This pillow was my first of many projects. I finished it in a day or so and I went to the store and found a "tartan" that matches the colors in my room and then put the Arabic word "Bismillah" on it which means "in the name of God". Bismillah is something we say before we eat, or drive, or pray...it just basically means that everything you do, you do for God. I decided to put it on my pillow

I hope you guys like it.



My next idea is to make a home decoration that has the crescent and star made out of celtic knots. I was thinking of doing it on a tapestry looking thing with celtic knots around the boarder and "God Bless This Home" written underneith it. Actually, whats really cool is that Islamic art and Celtic art look very similar. Check out some of these designs on mosques:

[New World Czech]

Megan you little vixen, starting a pillow talk thread.

[Meggers]

Megan you little vixen, starting a pillow talk thread.

What?! I dont understand!

*frantically finds her halo*

(but for real, I dont understand. haha. Was there once a pillow thread that was on the PG-13 side? haha.)

[Ian_G]

Meghan,

You may like to take a look at http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/knots/index.htm
It also has examples of Islamic interlacing patterns.

Ian

[New World Czech]

Meghan is so confusseeddd!

I liked the original reply:
what!? I dont understand!
*frantically finds her halo*

I also realize my post puts me awful close to "dirty old man" territory, since your are younger than all three of my daughters.

I do love your craft work.

[Thomas H]

Celtic and Islamic ????????? Tartan and Arabic ???????

OK

[Meggers]

Celtic and Islamic ????????? Tartan and Arabic ???????

OK

???

Yeah. Celtic and Islamic. lol. Im a Muslim with Scottish-Irish heritage so I want to make things that reflect that not all Muslims are from the Middle East.

[Joshua]

Celtic and Islamic ????????? Tartan and Arabic ???????

OK

Since you asked...

The Celts were an Indo-European and ethno-linguistically diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.

Islam is the monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله‎ Allāh), and by the teachings and normative example (called the Sunnah and composed of Hadith) of Muhammad, considered by them to be the last prophet of God.

Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials.

Arab people, also known as Arabs (Arabic: عرب‎, ʿarab), are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing an important part of Arab identity.



The important part to remember is that none of these things are mutually exclusive.

[Meggers]

I liked the original reply:
what!? I dont understand!
*frantically finds her halo*

I also realize my post puts me awful close to "dirty old man" territory, since your are younger than all three of my daughters.

I do love your craft work.

All fixed!

and thanks!!

(you dirty old man! )

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

Megan you little vixen, starting a pillow talk thread.

LOL

@Meghan
Looks great! Nice job. I like the celtic knot/star idea too.