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  • Imam leads campaign against forced marriages

    Positive Muslim News
    Samana Siddiqui
    3 May 2012 | 7:42 am
    A Muslim scholar has launched a groundbreaking campaign against forced marriage in Scotland. Shaykh Amer Jamil says the practice has no place in Islam. During the next few weeks leaflets and sermons are being given in mosques as part of an initiative to educate the community. "In the Muslim community there's a misconception amongst some people that religion allows this, that parents have an Islamic right to choose partner of their children, and that they don't have a choice in this," says the Glasgow-based Imam. [...] "The only thing that can break a cultural norm for Muslims is the…

  • Colombia blast targets former minister

    AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
    16 May 2012 | 5:26 am
    President says two dead and several others, including ex-interior minister Fernando Londono, injured in explosion.

  • Islam in China on Twitter!

    Islam in China
    Wang Daiyu
    2 May 2012 | 2:39 am
    I have been MIA for the late few months. That is mainly because I started working and working has been taking up majority of my time but now that things are getting manageable I am finally getting back to the project. There have been a number of interesting developments in the recent past which I shall announce soon. Also Islam in China is also on twitter so that you can interact with us through another medium. You can follow us at @wangdaiyu Here is the URL of our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/#!/WangDaiyu And just in case you havent seen us on Facebook, here is the URL of the Facebook…

  • Summer Vacation and Kids: Teach Children an Extra Language, Make Use of Holidays

    An Indian Muslim's Blog: News, Views & Urdu Poetry Website
    12 May 2012 | 1:50 pm
    Whichever language you want the kids to learn, first get attractive, colorful books Summer vacations have just begun and it's a wonderful opportunity for you to teach your kids an extra language. If the children learn an additional language its a big advantage for them. That's not just an additional skill but it opens mind, and gives exposure to an entirely new culture. Frankly, it's not too tough, because kids have great ability to pick up things, quite fast, at that age. For example, if you are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam speaker living in North India, there are chances that your…

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  • Islam in China on Twitter!

    Wang Daiyu
    2 May 2012 | 2:39 am
    I have been MIA for the late few months. That is mainly because I started working and working has been taking up majority of my time but now that things are getting manageable I am finally getting back to the project. There have been a number of interesting developments in the recent past which I shall announce soon. Also Islam in China is also on twitter so that you can interact with us through another medium. You can follow us at @wangdaiyu Here is the URL of our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/#!/WangDaiyu And just in case you havent seen us on Facebook, here is the URL of the Facebook…

  • Atlantic Article on Islam and China

    Wang Daiyu
    29 Apr 2012 | 4:14 pm
    I have been meaning to post this some time ago but work kept on coming up,The Atlantic has an article on Islam in China. Here is an except: Beijing has gotten so very good at Islamic diplomacy that everything from traditional Muslim headdresses to prayer beads and rugs are available for purchase on China’s Ministry of Foreign Commerce Web site. These products are mainly manufactured at Chinese-owned factories in Yiwu, an industrial town in Zhejiang Province that has become a hub of Arab and Muslim commerce in the People’s Republic. The U.S. may have a tough time catching up with…

  • Introducing a New Contributor: Brendan Newlon

    Wang Daiyu
    15 Jan 2012 | 4:53 pm
    I would like to welcome a new contributor to this project, to the blog and the website, Brendan Newlon whose area focus is on the study of Buddhism and Islam in China. He is in the MA/PhD program at the UCSB Religious Studies department. I would like to very enthusiastically welcome Brendan and I think his contributions would help make this a more comprehensive project and a better place for both public as well as academic discourse.

  • Earlist Copy of the Complete Translation of the Quran Discovered

    Wang Daiyu
    31 Dec 2011 | 9:06 pm
    Source: Asian Age ‘Earliest’ Quran in Chinese, from 1912, found Dec 18, 2011 – K.J.M. Varma | PTI | Beijing Researchers in China’s north-western Gansu prov-ince have found a hand-written copy of the Quran completed in 1912, which is said to be the earliest Chinese language version of the Muslim holy book. The Quran, found among old archives by researchers with the Muslim Culture Institute of Lanzhou University, is believed to have been translated into Chinese by Sha Zhong and Ma Fulu, two noted imams and Arabic calligraphers in Lanzhou, Ding Shiren, head of the institute said. Sha…

  • Eid Mubarak, Vote for Islam in China and the Future

    Wang Daiyu
    7 Nov 2011 | 10:32 am
    (Image Source: http://www.coolfreeimages.net/eid_mubarak_10.php) First of all Eid Mubrak from Wang Daiyu. Secondly, I would like to thank all the loyal readers of this blog. It would not have been the success that it is without your support. Today is the last day to vote for the Brass Crescent Awards, just in case you have not already voted, be sure to vote for Islam in China in the Best Blog and the Best Regional Blog category: http://brasscrescent.org/ Thirdly, over the last year or so the pace of posts on this blog has changed because of my schedule. That is mainly because I am in the last…
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    Positive Muslim News

  • Imam leads campaign against forced marriages

    Samana Siddiqui
    3 May 2012 | 7:42 am
    A Muslim scholar has launched a groundbreaking campaign against forced marriage in Scotland. Shaykh Amer Jamil says the practice has no place in Islam. During the next few weeks leaflets and sermons are being given in mosques as part of an initiative to educate the community. "In the Muslim community there's a misconception amongst some people that religion allows this, that parents have an Islamic right to choose partner of their children, and that they don't have a choice in this," says the Glasgow-based Imam. [...] "The only thing that can break a cultural norm for Muslims is the…

  • Bangladeshi Muslim Rickshaw Driver Builds Hospital

    Samana Siddiqui
    20 Feb 2012 | 7:55 am
    One rickshaw driver, who saved for 30 years on $6 per day, founded a small hospital in the remote village of Tanhashadia. His efforts have made him a national celebrity and his clinic now treats 300 patients each day.Watch the video at:http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2012/02/2012219114012469822.html

  • Jewish, Muslim volunteers join to help out during Christmas

    Samana Siddiqui
    27 Dec 2011 | 12:25 pm
    Ari Goldberg filled Styrofoam cup after Styrofoam cup with lemonade from a giant jug cooler in soup kitchen at the St. Leo Catholic Church's on Detroit's west side on Christmas morning.The 13-year-old West Bloomfield resident was one of about two dozen volunteers from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit who helped prepare and serve a festive holiday meal to less-fortunate people.It was part of the organization's annual Mitzvah Day program, the largest single day of volunteering by the region's Jewish community, which enables Christians to spend the holiday at home with their loved…

  • Windsor Islamic Center to produce solar power

    Samana Siddiqui
    10 Oct 2011 | 8:47 am
    WINDSOR, Ont. -- A new solar project on the roof the Rose City Islamic Centre has the potential to produce enough electricity to power 250 homes in the surrounding neighbourhood.Located on Empress Street in partnership with Solgate Solar, the project will result in the installation of solar panels on about 55,000 square feet of the building's roof.[...]It's expected that the project will generate 250 kilowatts of power, reduce carbon monoxide emissions by 371,000 kilograms per year, save more than 500,000 acres of forest and displace more than 4,000 barrels of oil.Read more:…

  • Ugandan Muslim Religious Organization Launches Safe Motherhood Project

    Samana Siddiqui
    29 Jul 2011 | 4:50 pm
    A sh10.5b programme to sensitise Muslim women on safe motherhood and reduce the school drop-out rate among children has been launched in Kabarole district.The programme was launched on Monday at Toro Main Mosque in Fort Portal town by the Mufti, Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubajje.The four-year project worth sh10.5b was named "Keeping Mothers and Children Alive, Safe and Learning." It is funded by the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).Read the whole article at:http://allafrica.com/stories/201107281382.html
 
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    An Indian Muslim's Blog: News, Views & Urdu Poetry Website

  • Summer Vacation and Kids: Teach Children an Extra Language, Make Use of Holidays

    12 May 2012 | 1:50 pm
    Whichever language you want the kids to learn, first get attractive, colorful books Summer vacations have just begun and it's a wonderful opportunity for you to teach your kids an extra language. If the children learn an additional language its a big advantage for them. That's not just an additional skill but it opens mind, and gives exposure to an entirely new culture. Frankly, it's not too tough, because kids have great ability to pick up things, quite fast, at that age. For example, if you are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam speaker living in North India, there are chances that your…

  • Board in Bhopal: Tells how to say Salam, the Islamic greeting, correctly

    7 May 2012 | 2:42 pm
    A board that instructs how to say Salaam correctly Passing by one of the lanes in the old part of town I spotted this board. The hoarding installed in front of one of the oldest talkies in the city, tells how to say the Salam [Salaam] correctly. The scripts reads, 'Salam ka sahih tariiqa' or the 'Right way of greeting the other person'. It is 'Assalam-o-Alaikum' or 'Assalamu-Alaikum', not Salam Alaikum. And the reply is Walaikum Assalam. As the words are in Arabic, it is possible that people may not know the exact pronunciation. I've commonly heard 'Assalam-Walaikum' also. It can be a…

  • Did you know Donyi Polo is the major traditional religion of Arunachal Pradesh?

    29 Apr 2012 | 7:01 pm
    Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh is quite a big state--just a bit smaller than West Bengal and more than twice the size of Kerala. Still, how little we know about this state that borders China. How many among us are aware that the main traditional religion of Arunachal Pradesh (AP) is Donyi Polo. Have you heard of that? In the last couple of decades, followers of Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism have grown at the expense of Donyi Polo. It is commonly referred to as the 'faith of the Sun and the Moon'. Interestingly, here Sun is regarded as Mother while Moon is father. Symbol But…

  • Community Concerned: Kayastha groups worried over fall in political representation in Parliament and Assemblies apart from decline in influence

    19 Apr 2012 | 5:12 pm
    Rajendra Prasad Jyotsana Srivastava's victory from a constituency in Varanasi in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) election may not seem significant to you unless you are a Kayastha. After all, when results for the 403 member UP house were declared, she was among the few [three or four] Kayasthas who managed to win. Another contestant, Mukesh Srivastava won from Payagpur while one, Mr Nigam, got elected from Kalyanpur. Now compare this to 1952, when 52 Kayasthas were elected to UP Assembly. And there were leaders like Rajendra Prasad [President of India], Sampurnanand [UP chief…

  • Great Indian Heroes: Do Muslims have a place in RSS' vision of India?

    13 Apr 2012 | 10:21 am
    Sometime back I went to a friend's place and saw a calendar on the wall. The friend saw me looking at it and sheepishly said that someone in his family had brought it. "You know I don't have a Sangh [RSS] link", he tried to explain. Of course, there was no need for him to explain or feel embarrassed over it. But the calendar was interesting. It shows great Indian figures over the ages in a Saffron background. In this map, there are many personalities about whom there can not be any dispute about their contribution to the country. There are some exceptions though but the remaining ones are…
 
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  • The Olympics are coming to London: along with traffic, warzones and pandemics. No wonder I feel grumpy

    shelina
    12 May 2012 | 8:53 am
    My weekly newspaper column for The National published today. The Olympics are almost upon us. The correct response should be “Hurrah!” but that’s not how I feel at all. I am unexcited, despondent and frankly just a teeny bit scared. Last weekend, 40,000 people attended an opening ceremony at Olympic Stadium, where the Games will begin on July 27. The day before the weekend event, a newspaper smuggled a fake bomb into the Olympic site. I was driving past the stadium going to a wedding, and through the gaps in the glorious infrastructure I glimpsed London’s beautiful…

  • Stop this drip feed of hatred in Europe

    shelina
    11 May 2012 | 2:40 am
    A little belatedly, one of my ‘Her Say‘ columns for The National newspaper Europe is once again in confusion over how to deal with European Muslims. In Germany, a small Muslim group, identified as extreme Salafi by the government, wants to distribute 25 million free copies of the Quran in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The authorities believe the Quran campaign is a cover for jihadist recruitment. The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s parliamentary group “strongly condemns” the campaign. Equating free Qurans with recruitment for terrorism is a rather…

  • The West appreciates Islamic art – so why don’t Muslims?

    shelina
    7 May 2012 | 11:03 am
    My op-ed published in The National newspaper last week. Last week, an unprecedented exhibition about the Haj finally closed at the British Museum in London, having gathered praise around the world. The coverage focused on how this was the first known exhibition of its kind about the Haj anywhere in the world, let alone in the West; and how it moved audiences away from the political discourse about Islam and into the human experience of being Muslim. Showcasing Islamic art has become a widespread trend in the West, a movement that can be traced to the aftermath of the events of September 11,…

  • Dear men, time to support us women…

    shelina
    7 May 2012 | 10:23 am
    My weekly column ‘Her Say’ for The National newspaper, published on Saturday… More than a year on from the start of the Arab uprisings, it’s time to ask: are things getting better for the Arab world? More specifically: are things getting better for Arab women? War, social upheaval and often a low starting point for women’s rights have made us hopeful of radical transformation. But this fundamental question – are things getting better for women? – can be applied to any country, any ethnicity and any religion. In fact it must be applied to all, because women everywhere…

  • The burden of gold jewellery must be removed from weddings

    shelina
    15 Apr 2012 | 4:39 am
    This is my weekly column published in The National yesterday. The wedding season is upon us. Young people might be thinking about love, but for families this can be a time of great anxiety as weddings mean hefty bills. And this year they have one additional worry: the eye-wateringly high price of gold. From a young age, my family and wider community would talk with concern about building up wedding trousseaus for their daughters, made up of fancy frocks and gold jewellery. During wedding festivities, jewellery and clothes would be put on display for in-laws to inspect. The purpose was never…
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    Islamophobia Watch

  • Class materials from military's anti-Islam class repeatedly cite Islamophobic authors

    Bob Pitt
    15 May 2012 | 6:14 am
    Slide from a presentation titled 'Sharia and the Constitution'A class taught by the military to officers at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, came under fire when a report on Wired's Danger Room blog last week exposed it for teaching soldiers to engage in a "total war" on Islam and taking a war on Islam "to the civilian population wherever necessary." The full set of course materials, hundreds of documents and slide shows obtained by ThinkProgress, reveal just how deep Islamophobia ran through the military instruction. The material contained dozens of citations to the work…

  • Legislation to ban veil is sweeping Europe like 'political Swine Flu', researchers claim

    Bob Pitt
    15 May 2012 | 5:57 am
    Banning and criminalising the Muslim face veil tests the very foundations of modern liberal society, warn researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Sussex. The paper 'Reasons to Ban? The Anti-Burqa Movement in Western Europe' examines the move to legislate against, and to criminalise face-veiling which has swept across the EU recently. The European movement against face-veiling is now widespread, with calls to implement a ban, or a ban being in place, in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Germany. This move from country to country…

  • MP urges EDL march ban on Bristol's day of Pride

    Bob Pitt
    14 May 2012 | 5:39 pm
    A Bristol MP has written to police and the council urging them to scrap plans to allow a march by right-wing extremists to go ahead on the same day as the city's Pride march. The English Defence League (EDL) is allegedly planning on holding a march in Bristol on Saturday, July 14 – the same day as the city's annual Pride celebrations. Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, has said "many LGBT people will feel intimated by the proposed march and people will inevitably stay away from what is suppose to be a family friendly event".

  • Children as young as 10 being groomed in Northern Ireland

    Bob Pitt
    14 May 2012 | 5:26 pm
    This is the headline to an article in the Belfast Telegraph, which reports that girls in the North of Ireland "are being sexually exploited in the same way as the girls in the notorious Rochdale grooming case, a leading charity has said". It quotes Jacqui Montgomery-Devlin of Barnardo's Safe Choices as saying that sexual exploitation is happening in "every town and city across Northern Ireland". However, given that Muslims number only 1,943 out of a total population of 1,685,267 in the North, 97% of whom are Christians, I rather doubt that the commentators who saw the religious affiliation of…

  • 'The crusade begins': EDL's US chapter launches website

    Bob Pitt
    14 May 2012 | 3:10 pm
    The English Defence League's US franchise is now open for business. Its leader, one Bill Turner (aka "Jihadihunter"), announced the launch of the USADL's new website last week under the headline "The crusade begins". Loonwatch has the details. See also the report by the Anti-Defamation League.
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  • In praise of paan

    Kashif
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:02 pm
    dekhna ai “Zauq” honge aaj phir laakhoN ke khooN phir jamaaya us ne laal-e-lab pe laakha paan kaa — Zauq Paan is almost as old as India itself. Ameer Khusro in his book...

  • Jaan hai to jahaan hai – Urdu expressions

    Kashif
    17 Apr 2012 | 7:57 pm
    There are some expressions that have become part of our language, so much so that very few of us know the origin or even the full couplet where they come from. Muhammad Ramzan Abdul Shakoor has made...

  • Begum Roquia: the first Indian woman sci-fi writer

    Kashif
    29 Mar 2012 | 9:57 pm
    Sultana’s Dream a science-fiction was first published in 1905 making it probably the first Indian sci-fi work. It is a short story written by Roquia Sakhawat Hussain. Begum Roquia was born in...

  • Whose Urdu is it anyway?

    Kashif
    25 Mar 2012 | 1:35 pm
    Urdu has an identity crisis in India -is it an Indian language or just a Muslim language? Liberals will claim that it is a secular language and list names of non-Muslim writers and poets who are...

  • Wali Gujarati: Father of Urdu poetry

    Kashif
    15 Mar 2012 | 9:12 pm
    Wali Gujarati [1667-1707] is considered father of Urdu poetry. While we all know the respect Ghalib paid to Meer few of us know what Meer Taqi Meer said about Wali: Khugar nahin kuch yun hi hum...
 
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    Planet Grenada

  • blackface, brownface, yellowface, arabface, jewface and purpleface

    Abdul-Halim V.
    8 May 2012 | 10:23 pm
    Loonwatch: Blackface, Brownface, Yellowface, Arabface, Jewface, and Purpleface

  • "on a quiet day i can hear her breathing"

    Abdul-Halim V.
    13 Apr 2012 | 2:54 pm
    Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness : and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling : their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than…

  • tedx ramallah - mark gonzalez: wage beauty

    Abdul-Halim V.
    3 Apr 2012 | 10:26 am
    Poet. Scholar. Lover of Life. Mark Gonzales is an HBO Def Poet with a Master's in Education, a Mexican and a Muslim, a Khalil Gibran meets Pablo Neruda in a lyrical break dance cypher, Mark lives in the center of intersections. From Palestinian refugee camps, universities in Beirut, foster homes in Portugal, to cities across the Americas, he transcends citizenship identity to break borders and wage beauty across continents through culture. He is respected internationally for his creative approaches to suicide prevention, human rights and human development via performance, photojournalism, and…

  • sherman jackson on trayvon martin

    Abdul-Halim V.
    3 Apr 2012 | 9:21 am
    Huffington Post: Trayvon Martin: Between 'Whitening' and Bad Law

  • ten muslim women every person should know

    Abdul-Halim V.
    24 Mar 2012 | 5:09 pm
    Huffington Post: 10 Muslim Women Every Person Should Know
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    Afrocentric Muslimah

  • Me, the twit

    Saaleha
    9 May 2012 | 8:06 am
    I keep promising myself that that next post will be fiction. And then life happens. And yet again, I find myself furiously penning a blog post about another little thing that happened. This morning twas The Moonface with his tweet about religion. Needless to say I responded (do you blame me?) and was drawn into a conversation which ended in me being called chica :pBut it made me think, along with reminding me of this blog post from some years ago. If you're not going to click on the link, I might as well explain that it was a post on the…

  • For the Record

    Saaleha
    13 Apr 2012 | 3:08 am
    SO, he asked, What are you aiming for? Hits? Cos if it's hits you're after you'll have to write about her article. Cos this Ijtima piece, it's not saying anything that wasn't said before. I've been saying it to my father for years.This is a loosely worded snippet from a conversation I had with a friend when he read the half finished draft of the Ijtima piece (that has since been forever immortalised as a BBM BC).But I went with that piece because I believed what I was saying. It was sincere. It stemmed in some part from my deep ire at the horribly sexist 'If Ijtima was for Ladies' joke that…

  • It's a Guy Thang

    Saaleha
    7 Apr 2012 | 10:08 am
      I remember quite well, as a child, the ‘Istima’ of old. The annual Tableegh Jamaat ‘Show’ , that I always thought was designed to keep everyone away from the that other ‘Show’ – aka Shaitaan’s Headquarters.  And then as I grew into the girl who ended up at Daarul Uloom, I remember making dua for the success of the Ijtima, being behind the effort 100%.  Even now, I still consider it a noble effort. But this me wonders, especially after the year the Ijtima was held in Benoni, the year that I was drawn  into the enormity of operation and got to witness…

  • THAT Broadcast

    Saaleha
    7 Mar 2012 | 5:37 am
    When the initial broadcast first reached me, yes, that ugly one. The one that named seven Muslim boys as rapists, I was not sure what to feel. Shock registered strongly on my emotional seismograph. Strong aftershocks of disgust and horror, sheer disbelief soon followed. The liberal, pragmatic me, went to lengths to drive home what I’ve always known to be true. That people are just people. Regardless of race or creed.  But the Muslim in me screamed about how NO MUSLIM BOY WOULD EVER defile his ‘sister’ thus. How NO MUSLIM BOY who understands the value of a mother or sister WOULD…

  • Movie inspired writing exercise

    Saaleha
    20 Dec 2011 | 4:45 pm
    I want to write about the way your lip curled. The way it cradled those words. I love you…The way it gave me a world I’d never dreamed possible in that instant. I want to write about the light. How it gilded the leaves, danced in a shimmering sheet, those ribbons of light, bathing my feet in their glow, glinting off children’s gleaming heads. I want to write about the curve of your brow whose every nuance I’d come to understand. Whose line I'd traced a zillion times in every dream. I want to write about your laughter, its music. Your voice like my heartbeat.  Your breath…
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    Bin Gregory Productions

  • Kekasih by Usman Awang

    bingregory
    26 Apr 2012 | 8:25 am
    Beloved I would spin the sea-spray fashioning a belt for you I would braid the rolling waves to spread a sleeping mat for you I would weave of the clouds a shawl to cover the hair of you I would stitch the mountain breeze into an evening-gown for you I would pluck from the eastern star a brooch to adorn the breast of you I would peirce the eclipsed moon for a lamp to light my longing I would fell the sun into a sea of night for you breathing the honeyed sweetness of you Beloved, Count the dreams That slew the truth With their false paradise Kekasih Akan kupintal buih-buih menjadi tali…

  • Commercialization of Sacred Space

    bingregory
    18 Apr 2012 | 9:41 pm
    There is no call as important as the summons of the LordThe masjid is a sacred place, a house of God, and among the ways that sacredness is respected is by refraining from idle talk while inside. Handphones have been a terrible scourge in this regard, with phones ringing, even being answered, in the middle of congregational prayer. No doubt this is why signs have proliferated all over the country bearing the message Tiada Panggilan Sepenting Seruan Ilahi: There Is No Call as Important as the Summons of the Lord. A lovely thought well expressed. But the moment I saw this sign, I became…

  • Read the Books Your Father Read

    bingregory
    17 Apr 2012 | 10:04 pm
    Ivan IllichIvan Illich was an influential theorist in the decade I was born. I had heard of his most famous work, Deschooling Society, and it had been recommended to me more than once I’m sure, no doubt because I homeschooled in the 6th and 12th grades. But I had only a passing awareness of the man and his work when I stumbled across Medical Nemesis, his critique of modern medicine and its role in society. I was thunderstruck. Reading Medical Nemesis I discovered a scholarly explanation and defense of the values I was raised with, ideas that I accepted and took for granted as just the…

  • Minnows Nipped My Flesh

    bingregory
    15 Apr 2012 | 11:54 pm
    Mount Kinabalu Took a trip to Sabah around the turn of last year. Mount Kinabalu, the tallest mountain in Malaysia, was impressive: you can see the rocky top with two spurs sticking up like horns on a giant beast. The top of the mountain is above the tree line, and was glaciated long ago. It isn’t cold enough to get ice nowadays, although there are mountains with glaciers in the tropics even now, in nearby New Guinea. I didn’t realize how thin my blood had grown; I was shivering and blue on the trip into the mountains although the temperature was probably not much below 50F. We…

  • New Stumps

    bingregory
    13 Apr 2012 | 1:04 am
    My students and I dug up several promising new Duranta stumps from the same failing hedge I got my last one. Here they are, freshly dug. They’ve all leafed out by now but you can see the character of the gnarled wood better when they are bare like this. I have only the faintest idea what to do with them after this, but at least I have a year to think about it while they put on some growth.
 
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    Technology of the Heart

  • On Love, Devotion and Mercy

    Sadiq Alam
    16 May 2012 | 1:04 am
    Devotion is the highest form of love. It is possible you may love one person, and love becomes so deep that slowly slowly the very quality of love changes into devotion. Then that person becomes only a window for you to take a jump into existence. ~ O.S.H.O via Osho quotes 1. The mystic Osho unveils an open secret of our existence. This is also the unveiled mystery of why every spiritual movement is centered around a single person. It has to be so because if you look closely you will see that towards that single person unconditional love and devotion came to manifest by those…

  • Quranic Illuminations on Spiritual Heart and it's Realities

    Sadiq M. Alam
    12 May 2012 | 1:19 pm
    IDENTITY OF THE HEART Qalb, Joumana Medlej (credit) About the Heart, Allah, Glorious is Hu, says in the Quran: For surely eyes do not become blind, but it is the heart in the breasts that grow blind. - Surah Hajj, 22:46 Similarly the Prophet, may our love for him be made perfect, has said: Indeed Allah does not look at your appearance or form, but rather Allah looks at your Heart. And while saying this with his blessed finger he pointed to his chest to indicate this is where the Heart is. (from Muslim collection of hadith) Thus it is clear that the inner Heart or the Spiritual Heart…

  • Heart is the strongest generator of both electrical and magnetic fields

    Sadiq Alam
    10 May 2012 | 2:13 am
    1. HEART IS THE STRONGEST ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR IN THE BODY The human Heart is now documented as the strongest generator of both electrical and magnetic fields in the body. Important, because we've always been taught that the brain is where all of the action is. While the brain does have an electrical & a magnetic field, they are both relatively weak compared to the Heart. The Heart is about 100,000 times stronger electrically & up to 5,000 times stronger magnetically than the brain. Important, because the physical world - as we know it - is made of those 2 fields:…

  • Mano Chalo Nija Niketane | O heart lets return to the real abode

    Sadiq M. Alam
    7 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    1. The Famous Meeting It was the year 1881. When Sri Ramakrishna, the God intoxicated mystic of Bengal requested a young visitor by the name Naren to sing a song for him, something extra ordinary happened there. The young visitor was a sincere seeker who happen to visit him for the first time that day and who was looking for a true Master. After slight hesitation when Naren started to sing, the words of the song had such profound effect on the heart of the mystic that it immediately drowned Sri Ramakrishna in a state of absorption. Such state of absorption in Divine…

  • Supermoon of 2012

    Sadiq Alam
    5 May 2012 | 4:07 am
    At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won't use the door tonight, only the window. ~ Jalaluddin Rumi 1. Please don't miss gazing at the full moon, which will be a supermoon these nights (Saturday and Sunday, 5th and 6th of May 2012). This is also coinciding with the auspicious Buddha Purnima as well, the full moon night which is marked by both the appearing (birth), enlightenment and passing (death) of Gautama Buddha. It also happens to be the Celtic celebration of…
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    islamicate

  • #NYC Event: Our Journey Towards Excellence

    islamoyankee
    7 May 2012 | 2:56 pm
    Our Journey Towards Excellence. On that day, two blessed leaders, Imam W. D. Mohammed (religious and spiritual leader of the largest constituency of Muslims in America), and Chiara Lubich (president and spiritual leader of the Focolare Movement worldwide), held a joint meeting at the Mosque to formalize a “pact” illustrating their commitment to work together to promote unity. This collaboration was not only between their own communities, but also with people of faith from all religions, based on common principles and values.

  • Terrorist Plots, Helped Along by the F.B.I. - NYTimes.com

    islamoyankee
    4 May 2012 | 9:03 pm
    Terrorist Plots, Helped Along by the F.B.I. - NYTimes.com. THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years — or so it has seemed.

  • Islam in Mexico – Inside Islam

    islamoyankee
    4 May 2012 | 8:51 pm
    Islam in Mexico – Inside Islam. Although traditionally known for its strong Catholic community, Mexico is also home to a small yet diverse community of Muslims.

  • FlyRights Reports Profiling and Harassment by Airport Security Right From Your Phone

    islamoyankee
    2 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    I hate the security theater that is TSA. Having said that, I would like an option in an update to the app to recognize those who do their job with professionalism and respect. I think we need to point out problems, but also praise whatever good we can.FlyRights Reports Profiling and Harassment by Airport Security Right From Your Phone. Not every encounter with the TSA results in harassment or an uncomfortable "enhanced" screening, but if you feel you've been unjustly targeted by airport security for searches or other invasive procedures, now you can file a report directly from your mobile…

  • RavelUnravel @ProjectIntrf8th

    islamoyankee
    2 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Very excited to see this project launch on May 17.RavelUnravel. RavelUnravel, an exploration of the tapestry of religious and spiritual identities that make up our community and world. Watch video interviews with people of diverse faiths, beliefs and cultures talk about their identity and experiences and upload your own to add to the movement.
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  • Fareed Zakaria, America’s Most Notable Muslim

    admin
    13 May 2012 | 7:39 pm
    (The first part of this article is an excerpt from my book, “An Immodest Proposal for Ending and Winning the War on Terror.” It directly relates to recent comments and actions by Fareed Zakaria.) “An immigrant from Mumbai, India, Fareed   ... Read moreThe Original Post is Located Here: Fareed Zakaria, America’s Most Notable Muslim Related posts: New York Rabbi Teams Up With Muslim Scholar to Teach Islam in a Christian Church Teens Not Terrorists: Muslim Girls Get a Voice in Muslim Girl Magazine What are the ramifications of the Muslim belief that kafirs…

  • Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.3, Part4)

    admin
    13 May 2012 | 11:06 am
    Debate on the existence of God between a theist/ Muslim (Furkan) and an humanist/atheist (Gary/Thomas). Related posts: Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.5, Part4) Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.4, Part4) Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.3, Part5)   ... Read moreThe Original Post is Located Here: Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.3, Part4) Related posts: Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.5, Part4) Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.4, Part4) Theist vs atheist:Does God exist?(Ses.3, Part5)

  • The Glory of Muslim Names – Past and Future

    admin
    12 May 2012 | 9:39 pm
    The Muslim world is one where intellect and the quest for knowledge are looked upon as one of the most important qualities a man can posses. For this reason, a wide range of given names represent aspects of wisdom: Zamir,   ... Read moreThe Original Post is Located Here: The Glory of Muslim Names – Past and Future Related posts: Good Muslim Names Muslim Demographics (future predictions) Biblical names in the Quran

  • David Horowitz: Obama, the Muslim Brotherhood & ‘Rules for Revolution’

    admin
    11 May 2012 | 1:38 am
    A segment of Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney with the great David Horowitz on the Left-Islamist alliance. The latest instance is Obamas appointment of Rashad Hussain, a very strongly-connected Muslim Brotherhood type to be Special Envoy to the Organization   ... Read moreThe Original Post is Located Here: David Horowitz: Obama, the Muslim Brotherhood & ‘Rules for Revolution’ Related posts: Brotherhood of Terror The universal brotherhood and relegion , Part 5 ,the Tabligie Jammat,a missionery muslim group Islam on Brotherhood and Equality of All Human Beings

  • what do you think of most islamic countries that have multicultural citizens?

    admin
    10 May 2012 | 9:28 am
    countries like Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia are some of the wellknown islamic countries that have almost as many non-muslim as they do muslims. do you think it’s possible to be an islamic country and still practice “normal” democracy? by normal   ... Read moreThe Original Post is Located Here: what do you think of most islamic countries that have multicultural citizens? Related posts: Do India Hindu think that Pakistan is a alone country all Islamic countries with Pakistan? If Obama Become The President Will His Islamic Belief Destroy America. All The Other Middle…
 
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    Laila Lalami

  • Who Should Have Won the Pulitzer?

    Laila Lalami
    9 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    On April 16, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced that there were three finalists for the award in fiction, but no winner—a decision that sparked an outcry in some parts of the literary community. The three finalists were The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace; Swamplandia! by Karen Russell; and Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson. Each book had many vocal supporters, who were understandably upset at seeing their favorite be passed over—and not for another book, but for no book at all. So the New York Times Magazine asked eight critics and writers, including me, to write about the books they…

  • I Want Your Vote

    Laila Lalami
    24 Apr 2012 | 9:50 pm
    I want your vote! And the best part is this: I won’t make you, the voter, any promises I can’t keep. Actually, I won’t make you any promises at all. The editors of World Literature Today have chosen my essay “So to Speak” as one of their five favorites of the past decade. Here is how it begins: Not long ago, while cleaning out my bedroom closet, I came across a box of old family photographs. I had tied the black-and-white snapshots, dog-eared color photos, and scratched Polaroids in small bundles before moving from Morocco to the United States. There I was at age…

  • Event: L.A. Times Festival of Books

    Laila Lalami
    20 Apr 2012 | 11:42 am
    The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is this weekend. It’s one of my favorite weekends of the year—there’s something for every kind of reader, plus lots of great food and music. I’ll also be doing a panel on Sunday; here are the details: 3:30 pm Fiction: Conflicting Identities Panel with Dana Johnson, Laila Lalami, Nina Revoyr, and Antoine Wilson Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Annenberg Auditorium University of Southern California Los Angeles, California So come on by and say hello. And don’t forget to wear sunscreen. Share/Bookmark

  • On Annawadi

    Laila Lalami
    19 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am
    My review of Katherine Boo’s amazing book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, appears in the latest issue of The Nation. Here is an excerpt: During the year I spent in Casablanca, I noticed that slums were discussed in the press almost exclusively with the vocabulary of pathology. The karian were “dangerous.” They were places that “tainted” the city and had to be “eradicated.” One journalist called them “a gangrene”; another urged a “hunt for the slums.” The language became even more antagonistic after a failed terrorist…

  • Event: Chicago

    Laila Lalami
    14 Apr 2012 | 9:00 am
    Hello, readers! I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago on Monday. I’ll be talking about protest movements in Morocco. Details are pasted below: 6:00 PM Arab Spring: Unfoldings, Refoldings Panel discussion with Laila Lalami and Ahmed El Shamsy Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois This will be my first time doing an event in Chicago. If you’re in the area, please come by and say hello! Share/Bookmark
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  • How Do you Like Your Diversity? Unravelling Multiculturalism, Interculturalism and Cosmopolitanism

    tabularasa
    4 May 2012 | 4:11 pm
          22nd May 2012 at   6:30pm – 8:30pm @ Rivington Place, London Panel discussion led by Handel Kashope Wright, with respondents Mica Nava, Roshini Kempadoo and Ashwani Sharma. Date: 22nd May 2012 from 6:30 – 8:30pm Location: Rivington Place, London … Continue reading →

  • Then and Now: The changing context of debate?

    tabularasa
    5 Nov 2011 | 5:49 am
    Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts)                                                      Wednesday 9 November, 6:30pm £5 (£3 concessions) Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA The current exhibition Entanglement: The Ambivalence of Identity (14th September – 19th November 2011) curated by Iniva provides an opportunity to explore a … Continue reading →

  • Race forum, Birkbeck College – 16th Feb 2011

    tabularasa
    27 Jan 2011 | 5:19 am
    An invitation to an evening of talks and discussion on Wednesday 16th February, 6-9pm: ‘Is this England: Who do we think we are? Culture, memory and identity in London as a ‘post-racial’ city’. In the age of Obama, notions of ‘post-race’ are … Continue reading →

  • Post-racial Imaginaries – darkmatter Journal CFP

    tabularasa
    29 Nov 2010 | 5:24 am
    darkmatter Journal – http://www.darkmatter101.org/ Special Issue – Call for Papers: Post-racial Imaginaries Increasing reference to the notion of ‘post-race’ is suggestive of an emergent discursive framework in critical approaches to race and racism. ‘Post-race’, ‘post-racial’, ‘post-black’, and associated ideas, are … Continue reading →

  • Challenging Italian Racism – New Issue: darkmatter Journal

    tabularasa
    26 Nov 2010 | 8:55 am
    http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/category/journal/issues/6-challenging-italian-racism/ Filed under: darkmatter journal, racism Tagged: Italy
 
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  • Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a Child is born, Unto us ...

    8 May 2012 | 6:47 pm
    Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Revelation 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches.”(opinion) What has crossed the tongue of God, can be altered by the tongue of Man when pen comes to paper.

  • Not an expert, but I think Riba refers mainly to t...

    8 May 2012 | 12:19 pm
    Not an expert, but I think Riba refers mainly to those charging great amounts of money for loans. I have seen Muslims and Christians that set out very concrete terms like loaning out 100 dollars and make a deal for an extra five which goes to their church or mosque. Most of them don't even worry if the five is in the payment or not, just something to entice charity. But that might also be against the holy books, again not an expert on it.

  • More or less, the scripture concerning correcting ...

    8 May 2012 | 8:33 am
    More or less, the scripture concerning correcting of wives and husbands have been twisted and corrupted. Many times if you find older and older copies of religious texts, you will find they have different wordings that are more in tune with the message. This is only theory as I don't speak Arabic, but the 'wife beating' passage might of had a few more words such as "if the actions of the husband or wife run counter to the teachings" that might have been removed when cleaning the texts up. The Quran means Recitation or telling by mouth as Muhammad had the teaching recited…

  • once again caught lying

    10 Apr 2012 | 5:49 pm
    once again caught lying

  • Wahalakum As Salaamu Sk. Nisaar, Please e-mail us...

    10 Apr 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Wahalakum As Salaamu Sk. Nisaar,Please e-mail us at askmuslims1@yahoo.com
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    City of Brass

  • Islam and Star Wars Day: Allah is the Force

    Aziz Poonawalla
    4 May 2012 | 7:57 am
    Jumah Mubarak, and May the 4th be with you! Today is Star Wars day, the day we remember with fondness the three greatest movies of our childhood and tolerate three others that were loosely related. The Jedi order has always had a special resonance for geeky muslim youth in the West. Every muslim kid knows that green is the color of Islam as well as the color of the coolest Jedi (Obi-wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker). But for more substantive parallels, look no further than my friend...Read the full post here »

  • the post-Osama world, Year One

    Aziz Poonawalla
    1 May 2012 | 7:49 am
    It's the one-year anniversary of the successful killing of Osama bin Laden. Having gone through the requisite 5 stages of emotion over the act long ago, I find that looking back at it now, it feels as though little has changed. Al Qaeda remains a distributed...Read the full post here »

  • the new Exodus: Christians flee the occupation of the Holy Land

    Aziz Poonawalla
    27 Apr 2012 | 7:27 am
    The narrative among Islamophobes and other partisans is that Islamic intolerance and Palestinian terrorism has forced Christians out of the Holy Land, but the reality is quite different, as reported by CBS' 60 Minutes: The report is only 15 minutes long and is absolutely worth watching (or reading the show script). In a nutshell,

  • FBI’s PATCON investigations and relevance to muslim surveillance

    Aziz Poonawalla
    20 Apr 2012 | 9:45 am
    Yesterday I posted about the anniversary of the OKC bombing, and had some comment about the relevance to today's investigations and surveillance of muslims. There's a lengthy article in Foreign Policy that talks about the PATCON investigations by the FBI in the 80's, which failed to detect McVeigh, which also touches...Read the full post here »

  • Captain Jack Sparrow was (based on a real) muslim pirate

    Aziz Poonawalla
    20 Apr 2012 | 5:15 am
    Earlier I'd linked to an amusing graphic making the case that Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean fame was possibly a crypto-muslim. As it turns out, though, Suhaib Webb has a much more indepth analysis of the real historical inspiration for Jack Sparrow:
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    Darvish

  • Master of the Jinn in Indonesia – Sang Raja Jin Published!

    darvish
    14 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Salaam and Greetings of Peace: Alhamdulillah! Praise God!  Sang Raja Jin, the Indonesian translation of Master of the Jinn, had been republished by Mizan Publishing, one of the largest book publishers in Indonesia.   Look for it at your local bookstore, or buy it online HERE. Ya Haqq! Filed under: Books & writing, Commentary, Current Affairs, Islam, Islamic Artists, My Poetry, My writing, Religion, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism, Uncategorized Tagged: Alhamdulillah, Indonesian Translation of Master of the Jinn, Mizan Publishing, praise God, sang raja jin, Ya Haqq

  • The Women in Our Lives – Happy Mother’s Day 2012 :)

    darvish
    12 May 2012 | 2:01 pm
    Salaam and Greetings of Peace: Everything I know of love, I’ve learned from women -  my mother, my daughter, and my wife. This is absolutely true. And more, all that I comprehend of God’s love and mercy, I have learned from their love; and even that small fraction of His infinite bounty has its root within my heart in the endless kindness and patience and endurance and generosity of these women. My mother was the kindest, gentlest soul I have even known. I cannot think of even one instance where she considered her own needs before that of her children. I wish I could say the same for…

  • The Four Wives

    darvish
    8 May 2012 | 8:41 am
    Salaam and Greetings of Peace: There was once a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He’s very proud of her and always wanted to show her off to his friends. However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run away with some other man. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant’s confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some…

  • Rumi Advises the Sultan

    darvish
    1 May 2012 | 8:40 am
    Salaam and Greetings of Peace: One day the Seljuq Sultan, ‘Ezz al-Din Kay Kaus, may God make him a shining proof, came to visit Mowlana. He did not pay befitting attention to him and did not engage in any discourse or sermon. The Sultan of Islam humbled himself like a servant and said, “May his holiness Mowlana advise me.” Rumi replied, “What advice should I give? They have made you a shepherd and you act like a wolf. They have made you a watchman and you act like a thief. The Merciful made you a sultan, but you follow the teachings of Satan.” Thereupon the Sultan came outside…

  • Master of the Jinn – The Russian Translation: Повелитель джиннов

    darvish
    27 Apr 2012 | 10:59 am
    Salaam and Greetings of Peace: Alhamdulillah! Master of the Jinn has been released in a new Russian language edition. The title on the bottom of the cover, , translates to Povelitel dzhinnov.  at the top of the cover, is the author’s name.  For a list of walk-in and online bookstores where it is for sale, click HERE :) I will post the Ebook link when it is available. Ya Haqq! Filed under: Books & writing, Commentary, Current Affairs, Islam, Islamic Artists, My Poetry, My writing, Religion, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism, Uncategorized Tagged: Ирвинг…
 
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  • Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

    JDsg
    18 Apr 2012 | 7:16 pm
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  • Chomsky on Climate Change and Nixonian Environmentalism

    JDsg
    2 Apr 2012 | 12:22 pm
    Noam Chomsky interview, on Slate:"Sticking with social and political change, what is going on with climate-change denial in the United States?""The Republican party now has its catechism of things you have to repeat in lockstep, kind of like the old Communist party. One of them is denying climate change.""Why is it happening?""It happens that there's a huge propaganda offensive carried out by the major business lobbies, the energy associations, and so on. It's no secret, they're trying to convince people that the science is unreliable, that it's a liberal hoax. Those who want to be funded by…

  • Star Wars: The Backstroke of the West

    JDsg
    28 Mar 2012 | 10:17 am
    Oh, this is funny! Someone had given subtitles (in English for an English-language film!) for Star Wars III (Revenge of the Sith). It's almost as if someone got more and more stoned as they wrote out the "subtitles." The last few lines are almost complete gibberish.Long time ago in the faraway galaxyStar warThe third gathersThe backstroke of the westThe war came! The republic encounteredTwo squares fight the vehemenceThe improbity fills the worldThe space general of the alliance is skillfulKidnap the D the speaker the conductThe proper abruption alliance troops triesratio prosperous drive…

  • Top Secret Alti Garde (TSAG) am Charivari 2012

    JJTM
    27 Feb 2012 | 8:31 am
    Drummer humor. Funny stuff! :)

  • Silent Era Star Wars

    JJTM
    25 Feb 2012 | 8:25 am
    Classic! Love the solitary piano playing the soundtrack.
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  • A law unto themselves

    Indigo Jo
    14 May 2012 | 5:23 pm
    What do medical staff and airline staff have in common? What separates them is that airline staff do not train for their jobs for five years, yet have the safety of dozens, if not hundreds, of passengers in their hands. Doctors train for five years in medical school, then go through several years in junior positions which are essentially learning-on-the-job roles. And whatever they do wrong, 300 people will not get blown out of the sky. What joins them is that they act like a law unto themselves, and feel entitled to disregard written agreements and assurances. Musicians are told they can…

  • ME Awareness Day 2012: some links

    Indigo Jo
    12 May 2012 | 10:20 am
    Because of the pressure of work, I’ve been unable to write anything for ME Awareness Day (or even week) this year. I’ve written a few articles over the past year, the two most important events of which have been the release of Voices from the Shadows and the sad death of Emily Collingridge. Danni Brennand (who has severe ME as well as autism) has posted some links of her own, as well as four articles about how ME affects her, at Dannilion.com. Some articles I’ve written: Fear-free Healthcare — an idea for a campaign to make healthcare safe for people with ME and other…

  • Review: Acer Aspire 5733Z

    Indigo Jo
    7 May 2012 | 10:29 am
    Last Saturday I bought a new laptop, a purchase made necessary by the fact that my old laptop had given up the ghost after just over four years. I had been using that for a mixture of web browsing, blogging and software development, with the occasional bit of Word document writing. I had replaced the hard drive after a drop on the floor corrupted part of the old one (which was after bigger drives had become cheaper and before the Thai floods made them much more expensive) and, only a few months ago, upgraded Windows from Vista to 7, which has proved to be an enormous waste of money given how…

  • Why I believe Ken Livingstone lost

    Indigo Jo
    5 May 2012 | 10:49 am
    Last night, we discovered that Boris Johnson, the Tory mayor of London elected in 2008, had been re-elected: he gained 44% of first-preference votes against Livingstone’s 40.3%; when second-preference votes were counted, his vote rose to 51.5%. Livingstone has since announced that he will retire rather than fight another election in 2016. According to this BBC report he blamed a slanted media and an unpleasant campaign and called Johnson a “do-nothing mayor” whose achievements over the past four years consisted of opening things he had started, and that it would be the mayor…

  • It’s not news, and it’s not fit to print

    Indigo Jo
    3 May 2012 | 3:42 pm
    This was originally going to be a BADD post and I was writing it in my head on Tuesday intending to type and post it that evening after work, but work dragged on longer than expected, Lisa Egan posted my article on Katie Hopkins at Where’s the Benefit? and I had another idea for a post for that, and it’s not really focussed enough on disability to justify a BADD inclusion anyway. It just so happens that it was triggered by an attack by a rent-a-gob guest on a radio show who was talking about disability benefits (among other kinds of state benefits), but this issue affects other…
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  • When Heresiologists Turn Bad…

    Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
    1 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    Heresiology, whilst necessary, is dangerous. Rebuttals of erroneous aqida (tenets of faith) positions are necessary. The danger lies in the approach, the means and manner in which such things are conducted. There is also a major danger in the heresiologists own limited reading and understanding of the the issue at hand or the person they are investigating. Such things as context and situation are disregarded. They first start with sincere intentions and apply themselves to issues that need clarifying and make rebuttals of the positions of the heretical and deviant sects and this is of immense…

  • Salafi Foot Jamming – updated

    Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
    22 Apr 2012 | 12:00 pm
    UPDATE 4: Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf analyses the evidence – http://www.zamzamacademy.com/2010/09/feet-to-feet-toe-to-toe/ UPDATE 3: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf explaining the “feet to feet” – the narrator for the hadith was an 8 year old boy as elucidated by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani. See http://youtu.be/Q8AdSuKKrwY UPDATE 2: al-Talib’s blog has an excerpt from the 3rd edition of Fiqh al-Imam [published by White Thread Press] by Mufti AbdurRahman ibn Yusuf “Feet to Feet, Toe to Toe?” which discusses the hadith that the Salafis rely on to push their position.

  • Sexualisation of Society

    Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
    30 Mar 2012 | 6:09 pm
    A while back, on a Facebook thread, the poster said: “Never really thought or even realized how much haram there is in Bollywood music videos. Just as much objectification of women as most hiphop videos. It probably aint a good idea to have those videos playing in family restaurants either…My God!!!” The poster was not an Indo-Pak but I thought that this was a good starting point for a discussion on the issue of sexualisation of society and sexualising media and entertainment. We know that the sexualiation of society has been going on in the West for decades now, so much so…

  • Denigrating the Indian Flag.

    Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
    16 Mar 2012 | 1:42 pm
    I Just saw a pic on someone’s Facebook wall of a dog taking a poo on an Indian flag, I was so angered by this and wrote the following comment on the person’s picture: Absolutely disgraceful. There is no reason to abuse or denigrate the symbols of other peoples and other nations. How would you feel if they made the same picture with the Saudi flag or the Quran or something dear to us? Why do people do this? What insecurities are they trying to make up for? Anyone who finds this funny, or finds it amusing should not then get foam mouthed and offended when our symbols sacred and…

  • Qur’anic Ringtones … don’t!

    Mas'ud Ahmed Khan
    9 Mar 2012 | 5:50 am
    I was in the company of an acquaintance and his mobile went off. The ringtone was a Quranic recitation. This is not the first time that I have heard verses of the Quran used as ringtones and I feel that this trivialises the Quran and is perhaps against the adab (etiquette) and manners one must show towards the Quran. The Quran is not there to alert you to the fact that someone is trying to contact you to discuss worldly matters. With the above in mind, I advised my acquaintance that perhaps he should select an alternative ringtone. To his credit, the young man gave the matter some thought and…
 
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  • The Dangers of Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and the like

    13 May 2012 | 4:10 pm
    A while back, MuslimMatters had an interesting article about some beneficial teachings that could be gleaned from the Harry Potter books. Although the author did a commendable job in extracting positive lessons found throughout the series, it was nonetheless quite an unnecessary stretch, especially when there are countless more appropriate, less controversial sources for these same teachings. To make matters worse, the ensuing comment thread found the proto-typical overly-simplistic Muslim approach of condemning the Harry Potter series as completely Haram based on its ‘glamorization’ of…

  • Ghannouchi on Islam and Secularism

    28 Mar 2012 | 9:36 pm
    I recently came across this interesting presentation on Islam and Secularism by Tunisian intellectual Rashid Ghannouchi.  Tunisia is at a critical juncture, having just elected an Islamically-inclined party, Ennehda, to power after having successfully staged their revolution that went on to spark the Arab Spring. And Ghannouchi is the intellectual head of this movement. I have read some of his works written in years past when he was in exile and so I was looking forward to his perspective after having finally achieved a platform for implementing his vision. Unfortunately, I came away…

  • Dr. Israr vs Sh. Mokhtar

    14 Mar 2012 | 10:36 pm
    During my college days, back in the early 90’s, I had the very fortunate opportunity to attend a weekend conference featuring both Dr. Israr Ahmed and Sh. Mokhtar Moghraoui.  It was organized by TINA (Tanzimi-Islam of North America), a branch of Dr. Israr’s Pakistan-based Tanzimi-Islam movement. The 3-day conference was very small (around 20 attendees) and offered an extremely intimate environment whereby serious discussions and exchanges could be had.  The organizers had Dr. Israr presenting his political philosophies while Sh. Mokhtar was asked to focus on the spiritual aspect…

  • You Don't Know Squat

    23 Feb 2012 | 8:25 pm
    Recently I'm becoming more and more convinced of the wisdom behind squatting.  No, I'm not referring to the tactic used by the underprivileged where they occupy a piece of land or property, refusing to move until their demands are met. I'm talking about the more primitive form, referring to position when going to the bathroom. I kept procrastinating on writing about this topic until I was reminded of it with this article from Slate. You see, I've never regularly practiced squatting (I only used the flat toilets during long road trips here in Saudi) as I was raised using the standard…

  • Dangerous Deliberations and Dandy Discoveries

    6 Feb 2012 | 9:19 pm
    I find myself sitting in the hospital’s expansive lobby outside their waiting room, looking upon little Sarah recklessly stumbling around the open area. At first I’m amusing myself by watching Sarah amuse herself. Quite a boisterous character that little 2-yr old, I think to myself.  Just a few weeks ago, an elderly Pakistani lady, unable to resist temptations to squeeze her, snatched Sarah up as my wife was walking in the mall.  She continued to kiss her chubby cheeks until her twenty-something son, embarrassed by his mother’s antics, pleaded for her to stop.  And when…
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    Organica

  • A Real Voice from the Egyptian Streets: Sexual Harassment in Egypt is Reality

    Organica
    29 Apr 2012 | 4:35 pm
    By Hana ElhattabI am writing about my everyday experiences as a single woman living in Cairo, Egypt. I travel independently, run my own life and refuse to allow harassment or male behavior hinder my life. I am writing about the price I pay for braving the road, the protests, the streets, and the sit-ins. I am writing about how my feminism feels helpless and often afraid.  Here it goes: my name is Hana and I am an empowered victim. When I lived in the United States between 2006 and 2011, I used to dream about the day I’d move back to Egypt so that I could yell and shame every man…

  • Polygamy Feels Like Cheating: A True Story

    Organica
    24 Apr 2012 | 6:14 pm
    By Anonymous**Where do I start?  This is all still fresh and raw for me but I thought since writing always helps me sort my feelings, I could try to put into words, the jumble of emotions I carry now.  Just over a week ago, my husband informed me that he’s taken a second wife. This news hit me like a ton of bricks. At first, I was shocked and couldn’t believe it was true.The manner in which he told me was quite insulting. He told me in an email. Yes an email. To add insult to injury, this email reached me while he was not in town and he would not answer any calls, messages, or…

  • Confessions of a Muslim Teen

    Organica
    12 Mar 2012 | 7:41 pm
    Guest post**On a semi consistent basis I hear the questions "Khalini ashim nafasik wa idik kaman." This is translated to: "Have you been drinking? Smoking?" For those who don't speak Arabic it's actual translation is "Let me smell your breath, and your hands as well." What all of this really translates to is the balancing act of my transparent double life and how I can achieve maximum utility.I was once a religious Muslim girl.I started to wear my hijab back in the Summer of 2009. I scheduled my life around my prayers. I only ate halal and attended as many lectures as…

  • Bracelet Giveaway and Review

    Organica
    6 Feb 2012 | 12:59 pm
    If anyone knows me, they know I have a serious Etsy addiction. I avoid looking at the site because I want to buy EVERYTHING when I do visit. I like the idea of supporting small businesses grow, too. It empowers so many women who wish to start small or market their talent to the masses. Zainab is one of these many small business owners at Etsy. Her shop, "Made with Sweetness," offers a variety of crocheted items like pins and bracelets. I received these bracelets beautifully wrapped in handmade personalized packaging with fun tags last week. It was everything I expected from an…

  • Longwood Gardens

    Organica
    31 Jan 2012 | 8:59 pm
    It's been an exhausting 6 months of my life, and on Saturday I decided to return to what I love to do: photography and nature. I hope you enjoy some beauty through my lens. Peace.'
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    Sister Aishah's Islamic Journey

  • Jinns and the Sea

    14 May 2012 | 10:58 am
    Muslim man reciting Quran in the Red Sea. (Click image for larger view.) I snapped this photo (click to view larger size) of a man and woman sitting behind one another in the sea on a visit to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Thank-you Indonesia! Mualaf Aishah Schwartz, Pembela Hak-Hak Muslimah

    8 May 2012 | 8:37 pm
    Click image to view full size right-click on image to open in a new tab or window, then click on the image once to enlarge. Converts Aishah Schwartz, Muslim Rights Defenders English... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Blast from the past...ten years ago

    8 May 2012 | 6:14 pm
    Click on image to view full size. Attending a convention in Washington, D.C., autumn 2002; with my friend (also a new Muslimah at the time), Cyndi Lucas. This photo was taken ten years from when I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Please support the release of Palestinian prisoners

    2 May 2012 | 6:33 pm
    Click on image to view full size. Please visit www.gopetition.com/petitions/actionalert-palhunger.html and join me in supporting the release of Palestinian prisoners who are victims of the illegally... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Please join me in thanking CBS's 60 Minutes for Telling the truth about the occupation of Palestine

    29 Apr 2012 | 6:41 pm
    Click on image to view full size. Please visit http://www.thankyou60minutes.org to say thanks for standing up for real reporting on the occupation of Palestine. You will be among the more than... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
 
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  • Picturing Yemen #8

    dvarisco
    15 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Thula’, May, 2005; Photo by Daniel Martin Varisco

  • The Barbarian Has to Keep It Real

    tabsir
    14 May 2012 | 3:14 am
    Sinan Antoon (far right) near the Symbolic Tomb at the Martyr’s Monument in Baghdad (2003). Image from Encounter Productions. The Barbarian Has to Keep It Real: Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon Interview with Nahrain Al-Musawi, al-Jadaliya, May 03 2012 [The following interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon was conducted by Nahrain Al-Musawi and originally published in Al-Akhbar English on 2 May 2012.] Sinan Antoon is an Iraqi-born novelist, poet, translator, filmmaker, and professor. His 2003 widely translated novel I’jaam is a fictional prison memoir. The book…

  • A Poem for Mother’s Day

    gelhage
    13 May 2012 | 1:29 am
    Art by Kahlil Gibran by George N. El-Hage, May 13, 212 You are mother to the universe and to the stars. The trees and the flowers are your children. You are a symbol of eternity, for you are immortal Like the oceans, the lakes and the rivers. The sun and the seasons are your children. You give all and take nothing. You are nature in its diversity and bounty. You are fire, the eternal flame. You are the lava and the volcano. You are Mary, the Blessed One, mother of the Crucified, Yet mother to no one, for she remained a virgin. You are mother to all humanity, And all creations are your…

  • With Baldensperger in Palestine #3

    tabsir
    12 May 2012 | 7:18 am
    As begun in a previous post, here is another excerpt from Philip J. Baldensperger’s The Immovable East, published in 1913, and available for free as a pdf at archive.org.

  • On Islam, Romney Doesn’t Have the Slightest Idea What He’s Talking About

    tabsir
    11 May 2012 | 1:46 am
    by Juan Cole, History News Network, May 7, 2012 Mitt Romney said Monday that of course he would have taken out Osama bin Laden and that “even Jimmy Carter would have made that call.” Since Jimmy Carter ordered a brave and risky but failed military mission into Iran, that was a cheap shot on the part of someone who has never had anything to do with the military. Moreover, Jimmy Carter made peace between Egypt and Israel and played a major role in reducing the number of Africans stricken by the Guinea worm from 3.5 million to 1,100. So Romney, who has mainly been sending our jobs…
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    Knocking From Inside

  • Walking in my Barefoot Shoes

    Tiel Aisha Ansari
    12 May 2012 | 5:04 pm
    each footfall is organic and precisemelding to the pavement underfoot, wet or dry,dead moss or sodden leavesor last year's fir needles. Each hillside speaksthe labored rhythm of my breath, my bellows-lungs,the pistons of my thighs-- Down. Up. Down. Up.These hills will know my feet, but not as shoes,one pair among ten million trampling pastin haste. These sidewalks will remember toesthat like fingers gripped, caressed,lifted reluctant from a loving clasp. Toes that scannedthe Braille message in the pebbled pavement and said yes,yes! I know youand now you know me.Collection available! Knocking…

  • If I Don't Get It

    Tiel Aisha Ansari
    10 May 2012 | 2:44 pm
    If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it? -- Zen sayingIf I don't have water I can go to the wellIf I have no tongue I can go to the bellIf I need some salt I'll get it from a shellThe Lord's got everything I need.If I'm sick of mountains I can go to the plainIf I cry some tears I can mix them with the rainGet tired of being happy, I can always find some painThe Lord's got everything I need.If you don't get it from yourselfwhere will you go for it?If you don't get it from yourselfwho would you ask for it?If you don't get it from yourselfhow would you find itwhat would you…

  • Steel Bridge at High Water

    Tiel Aisha Ansari
    9 May 2012 | 9:41 am
    They've raised the bottom deck, but not the top.A dredging barge is waiting at the bendfor bridge to rise, or water level drop.A heavy rain, a sudden thaw to sendthe rivers rising, all across the state.A dredging barge is waiting at the bendfor trains to cross. Commuters won't be latebut barge crews know that time is hard to keepwith rivers rising all across the state.He idles back. His engines rumble deepand churn the water, turning jade to milk.These barge crews know that time is hard to keepand sow ears rarely turn to purple silk.They're burning fuel just to stay in place,and churning…

  • Chapbook!

    Tiel Aisha Ansari
    8 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    Check out the announcement from Barefoot Muse. High voltage!Collection available! Knocking from Inside

  • Potential for Action

    Tiel Aisha Ansari
    7 May 2012 | 2:13 pm
    embedded in eartha pebble meditates onstarting a landslideCollection available! Knocking from Inside
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  • RTA runs 13 initiatives to foster, share knowledge culture between employees

    16 May 2012 | 5:36 am
    His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), says that the RTA attaches special attention to disseminating knowledge and maximizing the benefits from the existing knowledge & expertise of the RTA, considering it a key component of upgrading the qualifications of employees, enhancing the production quality, and contributing to the Educated Institution concept.

  • Citi launches new Wealth Management Service Centre in Qatar

    16 May 2012 | 5:33 am
    Citi launched its International Personal Bank Europe, Middle East and Africa (Citi IPB EMEA) Service Centre in Qatar with an event held at the Four Seasons, Doha on May 14th 2012.

  • Dubai Chamber study expects strong performance for the UAE cement industry

    16 May 2012 | 5:28 am
    Long-term prospects for the UAE cement industry are bright due to growth in investment in infrastructure in the UAE, GCC and key foreign markets, the latest study by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry finds.

  • Axis introduces robust cabinet for easy installation of critical system equipment

    16 May 2012 | 5:28 am
    Axis Communications introduces a unique, outdoor-ready cabinet, specially designed for Axis outdoor network cameras. The cabinet blends in together with the camera and can be installed on wall, pole or corner.

  • ADNEC launches new smartphone applications

    16 May 2012 | 5:25 am
    Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC) launched its new smartphone applications. These expand the company's digital communication channels allowing it to reach a wide range of audiences and stakeholders interested in keeping up with the latest developments in the MICE sector.
 
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    ArabCrunch

  • Cairo Based Startup Accelerator Flat6Labs Joins Global Accelerator Net

    news
    14 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    Flat6Lab’s most recent demo Day l was highlighted by an array of announcements one of which was their official induction into the Global Accelerator Network (GAN). GAN is the largest and most prominent network of accelerators in the world. Championed by TechStars, the Global Accelerator Network was created in 2010 under the management of some of the top accelerator programs and alongside the White House’s Startup America Initiative. With that, Flat6Labs becomes the first accelerator in Africa to join GAN. By joining GAN, Flat6Labs would have expanded its network and reach from a regional…

  • Saudi Arabia Plans $109 Billion Investment in Solar Power

    news
    13 May 2012 | 1:36 pm
    Saudi Arabia is looking for investors for a $109 billion plan to create a solar industry that generates a third of the nation’s electricity by 2032 according to bloomberg. The plan is to have 41,000 megawatts of solar capacity within two decades, nuclear, wind and geothermal would contribute 21,000 megawatts. The government is targeting 25,000 megawatts from solar thermal plants, which use mirrors to focus the sun’s rays on heating fluids that turns a power turbine. Another 16,000 megawatts would come from photovoltaic panels Ka-care a government agency set up in April 2010 to oversee the…

  • Queen Rania Center For Entrepreneurship Launches its 5th Business Plan Competition

    news
    6 May 2012 | 7:54 am
    Queen Rania Center for entrepreneurship (QRCE) a not for profit organization based in Amman, Jordan and aims to spread entrepreneurship in Jordan has announced yesterday that it launched its 5th business plan competition: Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC.) Unlike last year this year competition is aimed at students at universities and not open for non students except if they were teachers and applying teams have members who are students. Application submission is open now till mid-may 2012. QRNEC awards amount to over $30,000, awarded to projects in the fields of ICT,…

  • (infographic) Startups exposed: What does the typical startup look like?

    news
    3 May 2012 | 8:56 am
    Focus.com has made an informative infographic about startups and how they look like in 2011 and how startup form and grow. The infogrpahic answers questions about : who the startups are? What are they doing? What are they spending? How old are they? What are they doing? Who will break even? What problems are they facing? Here the infographic and its details you can leave a comment if you found something interesting.

  • The End of Cycle 1: Cairo Startup Accelerator Flat6Labs’ Second Demo Day Presents 7 Startups

    news
    1 May 2012 | 6:45 am
    In the presence of representatives from Sawari Ventures and the American University of Cairo, School of Business, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP), Flat6Labs Cairo based startup accelerator celebrated the end of its second cycle with its teams’ Demo Day. In line with the startup accelerator’s aims, the event was a final opportunity for its cycle’s seven teams to present and demonstrate the potential of their respective projects to an audience of entrepreneurs and investors. In attendance at the Demo Day were the Flat6Labs mentors and staff, reputed IT figures…
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    Inside Islam

  • Indigenous Mexican Converts

    Nayantara
    15 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Imam Salvador Lopez Lopez (a.k.a. Muhammad Amin) performs zikhr, or remembrance of God, in a San Cristóbal mosque. Photo: Radio Netherlands Worldwide In my recent post about the history of Islam in Mexico, I mentioned that Muslims in the country are generally concentrated in four cities: Tequesquitengo in Morelos, Torreón in Coahuila, San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, and Mexico City. While Muslims in Mexico represent diverse Islamic denominations, Muslims in San Cristóbal de las Casas are different from the other groups in the country. For one thing, they’re all converts.

  • The Importance of the Mother in Islam

    Reem
    14 May 2012 | 2:10 pm
    Yesterday, many parts of the world celebrated Mother’s Day, focusing on mothers and their contributions to their families. Since there is a negative stereotype of how Islam views women, many people may not know that mothers specifically and parents in general are held in very high esteem in the faith. There are verses in the Qur’an and hadith that emphasize the burdens that a mother carries and the respect that should be accorded to her. In this post, I will focus on the importance of mothers in Islam. The verses of the Qur’an that address the mother emphasize the…

  • Muslim-American Fencer Rises Above Tough Competition

    Colin
    10 May 2012 | 7:12 pm
    Photo: Natalie Keyssar/WSJ Maplewood, New Jersey, fencing star Ibtihaj Muhammad was recently named International Sportswoman of the Year by the Muslim Women’s Sports Foundation. In an interview, Muhammad, the third of five children in an athletic family, said that she initially began fencing because it easily allowed her to be fiercely competitive while maintaining her ability to wear hijab and present herself in modest dress. If her upcoming Olympic trial performance matches her world ranking, she’ll be one of two American women to fence in the London Olympic Games this summer.

  • The Debate Over Music

    Reem
    9 May 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Duff/Daff (Source: chandrakantha.com) One of the controversial topics that Muslim scholars have debated throughout Islam’s history is whether music and singing are halal (permissible) or haraam (forbidden). As I mentioned in an earlier post on the singer and songwriter Maher Zain, Muslims vary in their opinions on music. Since this topic has been extensively discussed and most of the opinions either way can be very lengthy, in this post I will just summarize some of the key points on the contention over the issue of music and singing. There are two parts to this discussion that are…

  • Happy 500th, Inside Islam!

    Colin
    8 May 2012 | 3:50 pm
    The Inside Islam Team Thanks to your loyal support, Inside Islam has made it to this, our 500th blog post! Inside Islam has been funded since 2008 as part of the Social Science Research Council’s Academia in the Public Sphere program, perfectly in line with the Wisconsin Idea that drives much of the teaching and research here at the UW-Madison. As the only project funded for the duration of the Academia in the Public Sphere initiative, Inside Islam has matched the vision of linking academia, media, and the public. In addition to the blog posts and dozens of articles on our regional…
 
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    Indian American Muslim Council

  • IAMC Weekly News Roundup – May 14th, 2012

    newsdigest
    15 May 2012 | 11:48 am
    Categories: News DigestTags: Amicus Curiae, Gujarat riots, honour killing, Madannapet riots, Mecca Masjid Blast, Narendra Modi, Naxals, Nirmal Baba, wakf propertyIn this issue of IAMC News Roundup Announcements Coalition Against Genocide condemns SIT’s shoddy report on Gujarat violence News Headlines Gujarat riots: Amicus curiae says Modi can be prosecuted A long legal battle ahead Former Guj DGP’s SIT statement belies his amnesia claim Modi throws ‘sadbhavana’ in dustbin, moves SC against HC order Mecca Masjid [...](Read more...)

  • Coalition Against Genocide condemns SIT’s shoddy report on Gujarat violence

    newsdigest
    11 May 2012 | 12:31 pm
    Categories: Press releaseTags: Amicus Curiae, clean chit to Narendra Modi, Gujarat riots, Gujarat SIT, Narendra Modi, Raju Ramachandran, Sanjiv Bhatt, SIT Gujarat ReportMay 11, 2012 Coalition Against Genocide (CAG – http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/), a broad coalition of over 40 organizations dedicated to the cause of justice and accountability, condemns the report filed by the Special Investigations Team (SIT) as shoddy investigation and a deliberate distortion of evidence. The Supreme Court appointed SIT’s closure report, on the complaint brought forth [...](

  • IAMC Weekly News Roundup – May 7th, 2012

    newsdigest
    7 May 2012 | 8:07 am
    Categories: News DigestTags: Anna Hazare, Babri Masjid demolition, L.K. Advani, Maharashtra blasts, Malegaon blasts, Maoist conflict, Modi's development propaganda, Modi's visa, Ode massacre, Ode riots case, Police Atrocities, Rajasthan mosque demolitionIn this issue of IAMC News Roundup News Headlines Modi NOT eligible for diplomatic visa: US embassy 9 get life term in Ode riots case ’4 Maharashtra blasts, Malegaon linked’ Advani must be tried for Babri Masjid conspiracy: CBI to SC Staged shootout: Charges framed against Rajasthan IPS officer BJP MLA booked for inciting communal…

  • IAMC Weekly News Roundup – April 30th, 2012

    newsdigest
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:46 am
    Categories: News DigestTags: 10th anniversary of 2002 Gujarat riots, Bangaru Laxman, Bathani Tola massacre, BJP, freedom of speech, Gujarat encounters, Maoist, Narendra Modi, Nirmal Baba, RSS, visa policy on Narendra ModiIn this issue of IAMC News Roundup Announcements US’ reaffirmation of visa denial to Modi welcomed by IAMC News Headlines A dead CM’s account of his 2002 encounter with Modi, now with rights panel NO change in US stand on denial of visa to Modi Gujarat riots: Witnesses want convicts to be tried for conspiracy [...](Read more...)

  • US reaffirmation of visa denial to Modi welcomed by IAMC

    newsdigest
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:28 pm
    Categories: Press releaseTags: Gujarat, Gujarat 2002, Gujarat pogrom, Gujarat riots, Modi, Narendra Modi, US State Department on visa to Modi, visa denial to Modi, visa policy on Narendra Modi, We have no orders to save you, Zakia JafriTuesday April 26, 2012 The Indian American Muslim Council (http://www.iamc.com) an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos today welcomed the US State Department’s reiteration of its position on the issue of a US visa for Chief Minister Narendra Modi. In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,…
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    TwoCircles.net - Muslim World News

  • Stand up for the law, Pakistani daily tells speaker

    admin4
    16 May 2012 | 3:04 am
    By IANS, Islamabad : Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's fate was dependent on Pakistan speaker Fehmida Mirza's course of action, said a daily Wednesday, exhorting her to "stand up for the law and not for parochial loyalties". An editorial in the News International said the Supreme Court's detailed judgment in the contempt of court case against Gilani has "opened the question of whether the premier's fate rests in the hands of one woman - Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza". It said that as things now stand, the speaker has three options: let the reference simply pass on to the…

  • Chisty delighted to be back in Pakistan

    admin4
    16 May 2012 | 3:02 am
    By IANS, Islamabad : Virologist Mohammed Khalil Chisty, who was in an Indian jail for a 1992 murder and reached here on a plane sent by President Asif Ali Zardari, said it felt great to be back in Pakistan from "a point of virtually no return". Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday night received 80-year-old Chisty, permitted by the Indian Supreme Court May 10 to visit Pakistan during the pendency of his appeal against his conviction in a murder case and life imprisonment in Ajmer. Chisty said at the Islamabad airport that he had almost lost hope, but by the grace of Allah this miracle took…

  • Russia seeks return of citizens held in Libya

    admin4
    15 May 2012 | 11:29 pm
    By IANS, Moscow : Russia will continue to try to secure the return of its citizens held in Libya and also continue to insist that the rights are observed, a foreign ministry official said. "Russia will strive for the soonest return of our citizens," the ministry's spokesman for human rights Konstantin Dolgov was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. "We are counting on them having an objective hearing with full observance of international standards... we are not interfering in the judicial process, and we will continue to insist that their rights are fully observed," he said. Vladimir Dolgov and…

  • UAE, Kazakhstan sign customs pact

    admin4
    15 May 2012 | 11:27 pm
    By IANS/WAM, Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kazakhstan have signed a customs cooperation agreement. The Co-operation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters Agreement was signed by the United Arab Emirates's Federal Customs Authority (FCA) and Kazakhstan's Customs Control Committee (CCC). "The signing of this agreement is a part of the FCA's plan to expand the scope of cooperation with the outside world through bilateral customs agreements", said Khaled Ali Al Bustani, FCA's acting director general. The pact was signed during the visit of Kazakh Customs delegation, led by…

  • UAE, Indonesia hold talks

    admin4
    15 May 2012 | 11:27 pm
    By IANS/WAM, Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Indonesia have held discussions to enhance bilateral relations in various sectors that could benefit both the countries. Ahmed Abdullah Al Musali, director of the Asian Affairs Department at the UAE's ministry of foreign affairs, held talks at his office with Indonesian Ambassador Salman Al Farisi.
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    Muslim Youth Musings

  • The Ephemeral

    Basiratulann Shahid
    20 Apr 2012 | 12:23 am
    I used to be perfect: Untouched, unblemished, undisturbed. Yes, I was beautiful before you Came and changed me. You seem to forget that I was made for you But you were never made for me. You broke me The rain leaked Down. You started this. You sent wire missiles, bullets of bricks, Glass armies, cavalries of concrete . And you say that I am yours. The angels are healing me at dawn. While you sleep, I lie awake And remember what I was. Perfect were the days before you, Beautiful was the seed, the grass, the flower. Soon enough, the sun sends me a ribbon And you awake, as you always have,…

  • Haunting Past

    Sumaiyah Khan
    4 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Intisar shut down her laptop, picked up her jacket and tucked a stray wisp of curly brown hair into her scarf. Picking up her bag, she walked to the door of her office and shut the light as she left. “Leaving for the day, boss?” said a young writer Intisar recognized as Julia. “Yes, Julia. When are you heading home?” “Oh, not for a while. You assigned me that that story about the Richardson house, remember? Deadline’s next week.” “Oh, yes! How is that coming?” “Pretty good, actually. I just wanted to edit it a little more.” “Glad to see you’re putting in the extra…

  • Labyrinth of the Lovestruck

    Hanaa
    16 Mar 2012 | 2:19 am
    It’s quaint, old-fashioned. Almost like a rite of passage, I suppose, to have this insatiable need for the “fairytale ending,” the classic one where a beautiful girl is riding in a pretty horse-drawn carriage, accompanied by none other than her handsome prince. They’re both smiling – rigidly in that quintessential 50’s fashion – as they ride off into the sunset. Then, from what seems like thin air, two soaring birds trace words into the sky, leaving beautifully scripted letters, which read, “The End.”Sound familiar? Now, before you admonish and tell me I’ve…

  • Deathly Reminders

    Nadia Farooqi
    29 Feb 2012 | 3:19 am
    I saw death coming right in front of me, and all I felt was fear. What will happen when it comes for me? Or you? She lay there, weak, taking the last breaths of her life. Her lungs were suffering to exchange oxygen, her body emaciated due to weight loss. Her hair was gone, leaving only a few strands, and her eyes were shut, as she escaped in her own mind. I was thinking of how her soul would rise from her body, and prayed it would do so with ease. As she lay there, I started to wonder what she could see – perhaps the Angel of Death? I asked myself, “Is she scared?” Even though her eyes…

  • Basket of Moonlight

    Sumaira
    22 Feb 2012 | 3:22 am
    I was no longer sure about the time of day. Not a ray of sunlight was apparent to signify the morning, nor was there a sliver of moonlight to signify the night. All I was certain about was the opacity that engulfed the atmosphere I was trudging through. The air felt moist against my forehead as I blindly roamed on, and made me wonder if I was passing through a dark, dense fog. I wandered and wandered. The surface beneath my feet was rough and uneven. At one point I felt something sharp scratch the skin of my toes. The searing sensation was long gone, but the stickiness of the blood remained.
 
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  • Thevisualantes Video Unboxing: Max Payne 3

    spam@1millioneyes.com (The Muslim Gamer)
    15 May 2012 | 9:14 pm
    Our resident Youtuber Thevisualante has just posted a new video of the unboxing of Max Payne 3. Soon there will also be a review incoming so check back soon inshAllah. As soon as Thevisualantes new review is up we will post that up too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGN1byp_6EI Other recent articles: Thevisualantes Video Review: Army of Two New [...] Other recent articles: Thevisualantes Video Review: Army of Two New Trine 2 Making of Video Nuclear Dawn : New Training Video

  • Swordigo – free for IOS for a limited time!

    spam@1millioneyes.com (The Muslim Gamer)
    14 May 2012 | 4:11 am
    I feel like the site is turning into a free bargain bin warehouse! But I am thinking you guys would rather know about free games then not know hey? Well here is another free game for your iphone or other ios device. Seems to be getting good reviews too so it might just be worth [...] Other recent articles: Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum Free for Iphone Death Rally for iPhone Free – Multiplayer Game Free Co-Pilot GPS , minus voice for Android. Offline Maps and GPS for FREE!

  • Free Co-Pilot GPS , minus voice for Android. Offline Maps and GPS for FREE!

    spam@1millioneyes.com (The Muslim Gamer)
    14 May 2012 | 4:02 am
    With all the free iPhone stuff I have been finding, here is one for Android. Its not a game but it is handy. A free GPS app with the catch being there is no voice. It is free though!! Whats the difference between this and Google Maps? While Google Maps is great, if you dont [...] Other recent articles: GTA III Birthday Celebrations – Coming to Iphone and Android Free Microsoft Ebooks Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows Phone 7 and more Free DLC for Sniper Elite V2 post Launch

  • Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 – Platinum Edition – DRM Free and only $5

    spam@1millioneyes.com (The Muslim Gamer)
    14 May 2012 | 3:26 am
    If you like your city builder games then this one might appeal to you. Amazon have been great lately trying to catch up on the digital game sales market. To out do the competitors out there they have been doing something different to get our attention. Not only have they got decent prices, but they are also [...] Other recent articles: Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum Free for Iphone Minecraft Mobile Edition – Available to Almost Everyone

  • Death Rally for iPhone Free – Multiplayer Game

    spam@1millioneyes.com (The Muslim Gamer)
    14 May 2012 | 3:07 am
    Seems like a bunch of thee are popping up lately, or im just noticing them more than usual. Death Rally which is normally $4.99 is free on all your ios devices for a limited time. Normally I see a lot of the single player games go free so seeing a multiplayer one is good for [...] Other recent articles: Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum Free for Iphone New Iphone Game “Eliminator” by Perspicacity GTA III Birthday Celebrations – Coming to Iphone and Android
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