Celebrating the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad Last night I included a request in my evening prayer: "Please let me experience something completely random tomorrow." Boredom is always my arch enemy. This afternoon, I received a text from my friend Mohamed Elhassan. "Tonight 8 p.m. to dawn. Birthday of our prophet. You are invited." It seemed random enough. Prayer answered. smile Just arrived home from the banquet hall. I was able to mingle with many Muslims from our community whom I have known for years. The food was good, but I have a headache from two solid hours of listening to Nasheed offered up by the men. And if I hear "Muhammad Rasool, Muhammad... Allahu Akbar..." one more time I will need to be medicated. It was an honor to be the only non-Muslim woman invited to this event; the only woman not wearing a hijab; and undoubtedly, the only Christian within the space. Even so, I had to smile pleasantly as the...