Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things

Former NPR analyst Juan Williams, among other ignorant people, has an irrational fear of Muslims, and thinks you can identify them based on what they look like. Here I will post pictures of Muslims wearing all sorts of things in an attempt to refute that there is such a thing as "Muslim garb" or a Muslim look.

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This is Wafa Dabbagh. Wafa is a Muslim, Zumba lover, cancer survivor, and Lieutenant Commander of the Canadian Armed Forces. [article]

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US Army reservist Shareda Hosein proudly wears her uniform. Even as the Army continually turns down her application to be the first female Muslim chaplain in the military, Shareda has no regrets about the 20+ years she's dedicated to her service. [article]

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Aden didn't choose these labels - he has been forced to pay the price of wearing labels that somebody else put upon him.

[Credit: ridzdesign]

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Thai poet Zakariya Amatiya's garb is a throwback to the cool Muslim beatnik cats of back in the day.

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Ali Ardekani (left) plays for Team Muslim, but he also got a "plays well with others" comment on his report card.

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Marko Keselj made an ignorant comment about Semih Erden's Muslim garb, and Semih got a little bit upset.

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Alaskan Muslim sisters Ayesha Malik and Faryal Malik, who may or may not run for public office one day, took this photo as proof of their foreign policy qualifications--for they too can see Russia from their dock.

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2010 MTV Spring Break Challenge champion Jamil Khan showcases his Muslim "Team Susie" garb.

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Saudi businesswoman, educator, and United Nations Development Program Goodwill Ambadassador Muna AbuSulayman is ready for her closeup. 

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"Axis of Evil" Syrian first lady Asma Al-Assad wears an axis of regal accessories.

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Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Buddhists -- all dressed in their best folk singing garb -- sing Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" at an interfaith Thanksgiving ceremony held at the Pleasantville Community Synagogue in New York. [NYT article]

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In Baghdad, a Muslim woman (in black hair covering and holding a copy of the Quran) stands in solidarity with a Christian woman (in white hair covering and holding a copy of the Bible), to show solidarity with the dwindling number of Iraqi Christians and their right to live freely and peacefully side-by-side with their Muslim sisters and brothers.

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Muslim Sufi Jedi Francis Brabazon is pictured without his lightsaber.

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Australian boxer and Muslim Billy "The Kid" Dib wears a patriotic mouth-guard to protect his pearly white teeth (all 6 of them).

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Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan, center, wears a long-sleeved embroidered tunic, cargo khaki pants, white sneakers, salt and pepper curls, while practicing her "jazz hands" with Kenyan schoolchildren.

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Muslims in the United States have been popping their collars for quite some time.

Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori [1762-1829],  a "prince among slaves," was captured at the age of 26 from present-day Guinea, and enslaved in the US state of Mississippi. In 1828, he was finally freed  by the order of President John Quincy Adams, after being enslaved for 40 years - during which he lost neither his Muslim faith nor his dignity - both of which finally led to his freedom.

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This is Australian footballer Bachar Houli. He's Muslim and his garb of choice is short shorts.