Isibheno sakhe siwela imigca yobuhlanga ngokunjalo. UNks Basir wenza zonke iintlobo zemodeli, ukusuka kwintengiso zikamabonwakude zaseNike ukuya kwimisebenzi yeenqwelo-moya zikaMacy, kodwa eyona gig yakhe iphambili yenye yeemodeli zendlu zemigca emibini yeempahla zokudada, iXOXO kunye neBabyPhat. I-XOXO ubukhulu becala yeyabantu baseCaucasus, utshilo uJuanita Reid, umyili oselula waseJamaican-American. Umntwana uPhat ngowentengiso yasezidolophini. UMaryam uyinqabile enqabileyo. Uyalingana, kodwa uneempundu. Oko kuyasebenza kuzo zombini ezi ntlanga. Kwaye uyakwazi ukunxiba impahla kwaye ayenze ibonakale ilungile. Ezo mpahla zinde kwisitayile kwaye zimfutshane kwilaphu. UMaryam Basir kuphela kwemodeli yebhikini yamaSilamsi kwishishini. Uninzi lwamaSilamsi lukujonga oku njengokuphikisana. IKoran icacile ngesidingo sokuthozama kwabasetyhini. I-Sura 24:31 icebisa amakholwa akholwayo ukuba athobe amehlo kwaye alinde ukuthozama kwabo; ukuba bangabonakalisi ubuhle babo nezihombiso zabo ngaphandle kwento (ekufuneka ivele) kuyo; ukuba batyele izigqubuthelo zabo ezifubeni zabo kwaye bangabonakalisi ubuhle babo. Le mfuno isebenza kuye wonke umntu ngaphandle kwezihlobo ezisondeleyo, abakhonzi abangamadoda ngaphandle kweemfuno zesondo kunye nabantwana abancinci. Okwangoku, njengayo yonke imigaqo yezibhalo, kuxhomekeke kutoliko. IKoran ayitsho ngokungqalileyo ukuba kufuneka ugqunywe, utshilo uNjingalwazi Asma Afsaruddin, ingcali kwezomthetho wamaSilamsi kwiYunivesithi yaseIndiana. Ithetha ngokuthozama. Kwaye ukuthozama yingcinga yenkcubeko. Oko kuthathwa njengokuthozama kwezinye iindawo zamaSilamsi ayisiyiyo le nto ithathwa njengendilisekileyo eUnited States. Kwimpikiswano phakathi kwamaSilamsi emveli kunye nabahlaziyi, ukugutyungelwa kwabasetyhini ngumba ophambili. Iinkqubo zolawulo zase-Mpuma Mpuma ezifana ne-Saudi Arabia kunye ne-Iran zisebenzisa amandla ombuso ukumisela iikhowudi zokunxiba. Kwamanye amazwe amaSilamsi, ukuthozama kudla ngokunyanzelwa zizihlobo zamadoda ezijonga njengombeko wosapho. ENtshona, nangona kunjalo, i-hijab ihlala ithathwa njengophawu lokucinezelwa kwabasetyhini okanye umqondiso wezenkcubeko. Abanye abantu basetyhini bayazigquma njengesazisi, ukuxelela umhlaba ukuba bangamaSilamsi, utshilo uNjingalwazi Afsaruddin. Abanye abaziva isidingo senkcazo. Isimo sabo sengqondo sithi, ‘Ndiqinisekile ukuba ndingubani njengomSilamsi, andifuni ukunxiba i-hijab ukuyazisa.’ Ukugcina ilungelo lokutolika inkolo kuya kuba yinto ye-Islam yama-Muslim aseMelika aselula. Imam Isa Abdul Basir ucela ukwahluka. Awunakho nje ukwenza eyakho imithetho, utshilo. AyisiSilamsi ukuba umntu obhinqileyo abonise umzimba wakhe. Oko akunakuphikiswa. Nokuba umzimba ekuthethwa ngawo ngowentombi yakhe. UMaryam uyintombazana enobubele nenothando, utshilo. Oko kubalulekile kum njengotata. Kwaye ndiyayibulela into yokuba uye walandela le nto ebeyifuna. Kodwa ndinqwenela ukuba amandla ebezinikele ekusebenzeni kwe-Islam. U-Imam Basir wazalelwa kwaye wakhulela ePontiac, eMich. Igama lakhe ngelo xesha yayinguSpurgeon Graves. Ukhulele kwiiprojekthi, inkwenkwe enesidima kwaye ebalasele esikolweni nakwidayimani ye-baseball kwaye wayecula kwikwayala kwiTrinity Baptist Church. Kwikholeji waba nomdla kubuSilamsi, waguqula kwiminyaka yakhe yokuzalwa engama-23 waba ngu-Isa Abdul Basir. Unxibe ingubo ebalekayo kunye ne-kufi skullcap, ekulingiseni uMprofeti u-Mohammed, kwaye ungutata wabantwana abahlanu; UMaryam yintombi yakhe yesibini. U-Imam Basir kunye nam sasihleli kwigumbi lokuhlala lomlingani wakhe othobekileyo entshona yeLansing, eMich., Ukuhamba iyure ukusuka eJackson, apho akhonza khona njengenye yeemam ezimbini zaseMichigan. SingamaSilamsi singcwaba ukuzalwa kweentsana zethu, ukhumbula njalo. Kwimeko kaMaryam, i-placenta yakhe yayikwimo entle yentliziyo. Ngaba oko kunentsingiselo? Ndibuzile. Andazi ukuba inentsingiselo, utshilo. Kodwa yinto endingasoze ndiyilibale. UMaryam wayehlala engumntwana omhle. Ebethetha enosizi. Yena kunye nentombi yakhe baye bahlukana okoko wemka waya eNew York kwaye waqalisa umsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumzekelo. Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika benza malunga nesinye kwisithathu sabantu abangamaSilamsi eUnited States. Thina maSilamsi amatsha besingenazo izizukulwana zookhokho ukusikhokela, utshilo. Ndandifuna abantwana bam ukuba bathande uThixo kwaye babe nolwazi. Kodwa inye kuphela yeentombi zam enxibe i-hijab. Ekugqibeleni, udibana no-Allah kwaye ugwetywe. Akukho mntu ufuna ukubona umntwana wakhe esohlwaywa. Ewe ewe, kubuhlungu entliziyweni yam ukubona lento yenziwe nguMaryam. Ndiyamoyika.