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Video shows Nigeria 'executions'
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Nigerian deputy to act as president
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Toyota issues global Prius recall
9 Feb 2010 | 5:54 amCar giant recalls another 437,000 cars as it battles to reassure consumers over safety.
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The Eminent Morality of the Last Prophet with Shaykh Afeefuddin Al-Jailani – Bay Area lecture series
27 Jan 2010 | 5:17 pmIslamCrunch presents The Eminent Morality of the Last Prophet with Shaykh Afeefuddin Al-Jailani Bay Area Lecture Series The final messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him), had excellent behavior with his congregation, his family, his community and those in his contemporary society. God describes the last Prophet in the Quran: “And indeed, you are of a great moral character” [68:4] Muslims and those of other faiths regard the Prophet with high esteem. His actions, speech, deeds and confirmations were precise and impeccable. Learn more about the… -
New Year, New Decade, New You. Making intentions and setting resolutions.
6 Jan 2010 | 5:43 amWith 2010 as well as 1431 upon us, Muslims have twice the motivation needed to set goals, resolutions and most importantly, intentions. Here’s a guideline for making resolutions for the new year, new decade, new you: http://bit.ly/2010_1430 -
Sidi Yahya Rhodus – The Family of the Prophet – Video
31 Dec 2009 | 1:20 amSidi Yahya Rhodus delivered a lecture about knowing, loving and following the noble family of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alayhi wasalam). See the video here – http://bit.ly/ahlalbayt -
Deen Intensive Workshop: Refuge in Revelation with Ustadh Yahya Rhodus
12 Dec 2009 | 12:29 amIn January 2010, the Deen Intensive organization will be conducting a weekend workshop with Ustadh Yahya Rhodus. This workshop, “Refuge In Revelation: Finding Guiding in the Book of God” will be held in Fremont at Ta’leef Collective during the weekend of January 9th and 10th, 2010. January also marks the return of Ustadh Yahya to the Bay Area. He will also be teaching a weekly class based on the text “The Book of Knowledge” by Imam Al-Ghazali. Watch this space for more information. Check out the full article here: http://bit.ly/syrrefuge This post was featured as… -
Flavors.me Gives You A Beautiful, Unique Online Presence (Invites Available)
8 Dec 2009 | 7:52 pmFrom Technorati: After joining every social network in the universe, posting dozens of photos as well as adding thousands of friends and strangers, you realized that your online presence needs consolidation. You need a one-stop place to show the world who you are and what you do. Even though there are quite a few build-it-yourself homepage solutions, Flavors.me gives you beauty, simplicity, flexibility and most of all: “tweet appeal.” Flavors.me has three features that makes your own page fun and cool. Besides pulling in your social feed, you can customize your main content.
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Gaza Freedom March: Looking for the human aspect
8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 amDecember 27th, 2009, marked the one-year anniversary since Israel began attacking and invading the Gaza strip. The invasion of Gaza lasted 23 days and killed over 1,400 Palestinians. The Gaza Freedom March, organized by the International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza, aimed to mark the anniversary by mobilizing hundreds to enter Gaza from Egypt to end the blockade of Gaza, and was part of a broader strategy to end the illegal Israeli occupation. Over 1,400 activists gathered in Cairo in late December from 43 countries to participate in the peaceful march. However, in… -
Book "Memories of Muhammad": What would Muhammad do?
5 Feb 2010 | 10:30 amOmid Safi is best known to many of us as being at the forefront of the Progressive Muslims movement, a movement that finds in Islamic spirituality a powerful voice for social justice and pluralism. In his latest book, Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters (Harper Collins), Safi explores the origins of that spirituality: the character and being of the Prophet Muhammad. For Muslims, the book is a refreshing call to return to our spiritual roots, an element of faith that these days seems to be lost in the constant social commentary we are forced to engage in about Islam. For non-Muslims,… -
Homegrown radicals: Complacency is not an option
3 Feb 2010 | 6:00 amAn army major at Fort Hood guns down fellow soldiers, five young men arrested after traveling to Pakistan to join radical elements, a coffee vendor charged in a New York terror plot and a terrorism suspect in North Carolina is arrested. Such headlines involving American Muslims ought to be a source of concern for the community. A recent scholarly report by researchers at Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill asserts that the number of American Muslims vulnerable to radicalization is small but not negligible. Since 9-11, 139 American Muslims have committed terrorist… -
British Muslims: The politics of Islamic governance
1 Feb 2010 | 10:00 amThe next 10 years does not seem to bode well for the British electorate. At the European elections this year, only 22% of eligible British voters bothered to cast a ballot. Parliamentary expense scandals have generated widespread disillusionment. The European Commission predicts that in just two years, Britain’s national debt will increase to 88.2 percent of GDP, and that by 2020 could rise to 140 percent. Meanwhile, the politics of the far-right are becoming increasingly mainstream, even prompting the governing Labour Party and opposition Conservative Party spokespeople to co-opt their… -
Haiti earthquake: The Muslim response to Haiti
29 Jan 2010 | 6:00 amHaiti is experiencing unimaginable suffering from its devastating earthquake, with more than 150,000 dead and one to three million individuals displaced. Individuals, groups and governments from around the world have stepped in to do what they can. United by their religious tradition of charity, Muslims have emerged as effective partners in aid and relief work. The international effort to aid Haiti by individuals, Islamic relief organizations and the governments of Muslim-majority countries reflects a proactive generosity and empathy espoused by the Prophet Muhammad and the teachings of the…
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Rickshaw Diaries
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Labor’s sacred secret
7 Feb 2010 | 2:52 pmDuring the many years we were told we couldn’t have children due to my auto-immune condition, at times I gave up on dua because resignation was easier than continually dashed hope. But my loved ones never stopped praying for me, even when I couldn’t do so for myself. Sometimes it was almost hurtful that they continued [...] -
Unleashing prayer
13 Jan 2010 | 12:09 pmToo many religious folk use natural disasters as a way of spouting off about God’s wrath and judgment on “those people” and are content to leave it at that. While the divine reasons behind a tragedy may be inscrutable, what is demanded of us as humans is clear as day. Prayer, yes. But the real power [...] -
Charter for Compassion
8 Dec 2009 | 10:39 amIn 2008, Karen Armstrong was selected as a TED Prize Winner. Her wish? “I wish that you would help with the creation, launch and propagation of a Charter for Compassion, crafted by a group of leading inspirational thinkers from the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and based on the fundamental principles of universal [...] -
On prayers answered
3 Dec 2009 | 2:46 pmI was randomly clicking through my Facebook friends and stumbled across one who had excerpted a letter I’d written to God for my friend Sima to read aloud in Mecca during Hajj two years ago. Written with all sincerity at the time, I had forgotten some of the details of my prayer until I found it [...] -
All things green and beautiful
2 Dec 2009 | 2:19 pmLiving in San Francisco is wonderful – fresh, local, seasonal produce; a city that cares enough to recycle and compost its waste; and beautiful people and weather year round. It’s so easy to be green here. A couple of dear friends of mine are planning a “green” baby shower (details in comments below) for me on [...]
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Mr Moo
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Four Lions and the right to offend
30 Jan 2010 | 9:45 am[This post first appeared on the Guardian Commentisfree site] Four Lions and the right to offend Some Muslims are gearing up to be offended by Chris Morris’ Four Lions. Others will be having a good old laugh “Muslim Protest at Jihadist Film” – I can see the headlines already. Despite no release date having been fixed, the predictions of a furore around Four Lions have already begun. For those that have not yet seen the clip or heard about the plot, Four Lions is a British farce about four suicide bombers from Sheffield. It isn’t surprising that one expects there to… -
Pigs may not fly in heaven
22 Jan 2010 | 8:04 pm[This post first appeared on the Guardian Cif Belief section, in answer to the question: Do animals have souls.] Muslims’ complex relationship with animals in this life makes for uncertainty in the next A cursory look at Islamic scriptures would indicate that the souls of animals do not carry on into the afterlife. Islam however, has plenty to say on animals and our relationships with them. Animals are viewed as creatures that are deemed to be in a state of constant worship. In terms of their place in the earthly hierarchy, they are mentioned with humans and jinn. (Jinn being creatures… -
Awaiting reply II: UKIP if you want to
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Three Things: Muslim Survival Guide For Christmas (Part 2)
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Muslim Survival Guide For Christmas (Part 1)
25 Dec 2009 | 7:13 amIt’s not easy being a Muslim at Christmas, so here is our handy guide to help. * Whenever the opportunity presents itself, eat mince pies, dawah works both ways, and most mince pies are now suitable for vegetablarians. Just to clarify, mince pies are fruit pies and not kheema pies (though come to think of it, kheema pies sound like a very good idea). * When carol singers come, why not give them your ‘foreign’ currency. We are sure they will appreciate the dirhams, riyals, rupees and dollars you have collected on your travels. The nice carol singers will be too busy…
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Simba’s Photo-Story
3 Feb 2010 | 3:02 pmMy neighbour got kittens last year and a month later let them live in the garden and started neglecting them. That’s when Caramella, the white Calico cat above started to visit my garden. Because of my love for cats, I noticed how hungry she was. I fed her and gave her something to drink and [...] -
Monday Muffins
2 Feb 2010 | 9:46 amWell, I just had to take one, large bite.
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Islam in China
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Transmission of the flamethrower from Greece to China
7 Feb 2010 | 10:40 amThe flame thrower was invented in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) who used it against the Arab Muslims. It was later adopted by the Muslims who transmitted it to China. The Chinese author Lin Yu explained in his book in 919 AD that it was acquired by the Chinese from their Arab maritime trade contacts in the Indian Ocean. Wujing Zongyao (武经总要) written by prominent scholars Zeng Gongliang (曾公亮), Ding Du (丁度), and Yang Weide (楊惟德), in 1044 has the oldest description of the flamethrower. It is interesting to not how technology from one part of the world was… -
Muslims and Chinese Rocket Technology in the time of Kublai Khan
8 Jan 2010 | 8:37 amWhile it is widely known that the Chinese were instrumental in inventing explosives and in advancing early rocket technology, it is less known that during the time of Kublai Khan Turkish Muslims were instrumental in helping the Mongols in conquering China and advancing this technology and building siege weapons. According to Muslim Heritage, between 1271 and 1273 Kublai Khan employed two Turkish Muslim engineers Alaadin and Ismail (I-ssu-ma-yin in Chinese sources). These two were instrumental in building ballistic weapons used in the siege and conquest of Hang-Chow and Hsiang-yang. The… -
Chinese pilgrims return home from Mecca
16 Dec 2009 | 2:56 pmFrom the Xinhua news agency. Chinese pilgrims return home from Mecca YINCHUAN, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — A plane carrying 323 Chinese pilgrims landed safely at Hedong Airport of Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Saturday afternoon. They are the first batch of Chinese Muslims to return home after completing their pilgrimage to Mecca this year. Ma Junji, a 75-year-old pilgrim, said the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia) is the most important religious task in his life. “Thanks to the government’s assistance, the pilgrimage went on quite well. As I… -
Rumi’s Masnavi in Chinese
8 Dec 2009 | 9:22 pmFinally Rumi’s Masnavi has been translated into Chinese. Work on other languages like Korean translation is still ongoing. The link is in Turkish, you can use a translation utility like Google Translation to view the page in English. -
Islam in China wins Brass Cresent Awards and Facebook
28 Nov 2009 | 6:13 pmThe Islam in China Blog won the Brass Crescent Award for the best Muslim blog in the East and South East Asian Blog category. Thank you to the readers and Jazak’Allah for voting for the Islam in China Blog. To connect more with the readers I have created a Fan Page for the blog. You can add yourself to the page at the following URL. We can start new conversations and connect on Facebook. Islam in China Fan Page on Facebook
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Muslim Malaysian court defends right of Christians to use the word "Allah"
7 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am(Plainfield, IN – January 4, 2010) The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) commends the landmark ruling by a Malaysian Court on December 31, 2009, that affirms the religious freedom of Malaysian Christians. The ruling asserts that Christians have the right to use the word “Allah” to translate “God” into Bahasa Melayu, the Malaysian language. It strikes down a government ban that was placed in 2007 on the use of the term in Christian literature.The opponents of the use of the word Allah in reference to God have argued that the term “God” is usually translated by Malaysians… -
Egypt restores world's oldest monastery
6 Feb 2010 | 6:51 amEgypt has completed the restoration of reputedly the world's oldest Christian monastery, called Saint Anthony's.The monastery is believed to be 1,600 years old. The government-sponsored restoration project cost over $14m (£8.9m) and took more than eight years.The monastery is a popular site for Coptic Christian pilgrims. Read the whole article at:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8500091.stm -
U.S. Muslim medical group sets up clinic in Haiti
24 Jan 2010 | 8:07 pm(Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 24, 2010) - The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) said today that it has helped convert the “Bojeux Parc” amusement park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to a health care facility. The facility is being operated through a partnership between IMANA, Comprehensive Disaster Response Services (CDRS) and AIMER Haiti volunteers.With existing hospitals in Port-Au-Prince overwhelmed with patients, IMANA said physicians at the facility are hoping to increase their capacity as quake victims continue to present with fractures, infected wounds and… -
Bangladesh's Muslim pilgrimage calls for peace, stability
24 Jan 2010 | 6:30 amDhaka - Millions of devotees prayed for global peace, prosperity and unity in Bangladesh as the world's second-largest Muslim congregation concluded Sunday.Indian scholar Moulana Jubayerul Hassan led the concluding prayers of the three-day Ijtema congregation on the banks of river Turag in Tongi, about 30 kilometres north of capital Dhaka.Organisers estimated more than 3 million devotees attended the mass prayer, which was aired live throughout the country.Read the whole article… -
Muslim Americans strive to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti
17 Jan 2010 | 7:53 pmAs governments and communities worldwide mobilize to help earthquake-stricken Haiti, Muslims in the United States are doing their part by raising funds and partnering with organizations — both religious and secular — to aid earthquake victims.This spirit of cooperation in Haiti’s greatest time of need is highlighted by Islamic Relief USA’s ongoing interfaith aid partnership with the Mormon Church.“We are partnering with the Mormon Church on shipments of aid including hygiene kits and temporary shelters,” Naeem Muhammad of Islamic Relief USA told America.gov of relief slated for…
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(Dis)honoring the 1979 Iranian Revolution
8 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pmFebruary 11 marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Ten years after the revolution, its leader — the Ayatollah Khomeini — issued a death warrant against the novelist, Salman Rushdie. I’m keeping both of these facts in mind as I begin to write a new chapter of my next book. A bit of background: Recently, I announced an experiment called “Notes From My Next Book.” With this experiment, I’m giving you a sneak peak at ideas being explored in my next book and inviting you to comment on them. Click here to learn more. This week, I’m… -
Are we ready to laugh about terrorism?
1 Feb 2010 | 5:32 amAfter Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab grilled his groin on Christmas Day, amateur satirists wasted no time in assigning him nicknames: the Jockstrap Jihadi, the Undie-Bomber and my personal favorite, Fruit of Ka-Boom. Does all the giggling, chuckling and outright satirizing mean that we, as a society, are ready to laugh about terrorism? Before you answer, watch this video clip from “Four Lions,” a new British movie about radicalized Muslims plotting an attack: When BBC Radio asked for my thoughts about the video clip, I replied, “Hilarious. But the brilliance of comedy, like… -
Debating race in “Obama’s America,” part one
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Debating race in “Obama’s America,” part two
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Thumb-suckers or truth-tellers? Racial politics in Obama’s America
24 Jan 2010 | 7:38 amFrederick Douglass (Wikimedia Commons) Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century African-American visionary, had a warning: “Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without the thunder and lightening; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters.” In the 21st century, those who seek equality without the honest and painful discussion that goes with it might well fall into this category. On Martin Luther King’s birthday, MSNBC aired “Obama’s America,”a two-hour…
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Maharashtra Mess: Blame Congress' Politics, Not Just Shiv Sena-MNS
3 Feb 2010 | 8:33 pmWhile Shiv Sena has been criticised from all quarters for dividing the society on linguistic and regionalistic lines, the role of the supposedly responsible Congress and its strategy hasn't got enough attention. In fact, the party is again back to its old style of dangerous politics: Procrastinate, panic and pander. Congress is at the helm at the Centre and in Maharashtra and no where elections are due in near future. But still, it has chosen to remain inactive. Threats to Hindi speakers, North Indians, letters to cinema hall owners and… -
'Ishqiya' movie review: An Engaging and Entertaining Film
30 Jan 2010 | 2:34 amComing straight to the point, Ishqiya is a gripping movie that entertains, excites and keeps you engaged till the very end. The cast doesn't boast of superstars but the story of small-time thugs Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi falling for the serene-yet-coquettish young 'widow' Vidya Balan whose gangster husband has died, is not a run of the mill Bollywood potboiler. Still, it has all the ingredients that are needed to sizzle and surprise you. Set in the heartland, Ishqiya goes out of the morality mode that was typical of Indian movies. Iftikhar alias Khalu Jan… -
'Thakur' Amar Singh for Rajput resurgence in Indian Politics!
27 Jan 2010 | 12:46 pmThe decline in influence of Thakur leaders in Indian politics has been a cause of concern among the once-dominant Rajput community. And Amar Singh's visible haste in moving away from Samajwadi Party and Mulayam Singh, is an indication that the suave-socialite now wants to play the pivotal role for Rajput resurgence. He is already one of the most prominent faces of the community in the country. The fact that major North Indian states where Thakurs earlier used to hold political clout, have undergone a sea change in post-mandal politics, and there is a void in the leadership of… -
Salman Khan's Veer: A Movie Review & The History of Pindaris
24 Jan 2010 | 11:47 amI had no great expectations when I entered the cinema hall to watch Salman Khan-starrer Veer, as most of the reviews had already trashed the movie. After nearly 2-1/2 hrs, the film had ended but I was still sitting, dazed, in the cinema hall rather than getting up to leave the theatre. Even the Salman Khan fan sitting on my left seemed stupedified to speak. Veer [Salman], the Pindari, who was uniting princely states to revolt against the imperialist British, had been killed soon after winning over his beloved, princess Yashodhara, from the swayamvara, and conquering her… -
Hindu saints' solidarity for man fasting for Batla House judicial inquiry
17 Jan 2010 | 10:59 amA large number of Hindu saints, sadhus and mahants are expressing solidarity with Ahsan Khan, who has been on a fast unto death demanding institution of a judicial probe into the Batla House encounter case. Khan, whose condition is now critical, on the 25th day of his fast, has got support from all cross-sections of society. Religious figures of both the communities, Hindu and Muslim leaders, intellectuals and writers have expressed their solidarity with him. Strangely, it seems that such news get lost somewhere on way from Azamgarh to Delhi. It fails to reach even Lucknow. Khan has…
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Boston Review — John R. Bowen: Nothing To Fear
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The meaning of minarets
3 Feb 2010 | 1:07 amThis article was published in the latest issue of EMEL Magazine. What is the difference between a church spire and a mosque minaret? This is a question that has pre-occupied me since late 2009, when the Swiss voted in a referendum to ban minarets, carrying the motion by 57.5%. The ban has provoked controversy, and it is likely to be taken to appeal on the grounds of being a violation of religious freedom and expression. Church spires are remarkably similar in size and shape to minarets, and Switzerland has plenty of the former. Yet the population invests different interpretations to the two,… -
1001 Inventions exhibition: discover Muslim heritage and re-discover the excitement of science
25 Jan 2010 | 3:40 amOver the weekend I went to the see the "1001 Inventions - Muslim heritage in our world" exhibition at the Science Museum, which is based on the website and book of the same name. The exhibition consists of a number of stands like the one in the picture, under different themes like medecine, market and town. There are intriguing exhibits like Al-Jazari's elephant clock, model wind-turbines pre-dating Dutch windmills, in Afghanistan to harness renewable energy (a lesson for today's green energy activists?) as well as plenty of information like Muslim scholars predicted the world's circumference… -
Haiti - this report from the front line...
25 Jan 2010 | 2:35 amHaiti continues to break our hearts. I received this email from Irfan Akram, the Director of the Muslim Writers Awards and part of Muslim Hands, a UK charity that focuses on development and aid. He's been out in Haiti for ten days. Here are his words from the front line: "Haiti, it's impossible to exaggerate the horror. Animals eating bodies on the streets, bodies wrapped in rugs or stuffed suitcases and left to rot. The stench is unbearable. The camps are made up of survivors who will most likely die as soon as there is no water. Even if they get past that, then disease will kill many more… -
Asian Women of Achievement awards - nominate now
18 Jan 2010 | 2:46 amThe Asian Women of Achievement awards are now in their eleventh year, aiming to honour the vibrant contributions of Asian women across all aspects of life and unearth inspiring and humbling stories of achievement. Nominations for the 2010 event are now open and you can nominate someone you know, or even yourself! Categories are: Art and Culture, Public Sector, Social and Humanitarian, Business Woman, Entrepreneur, Media, Professional, Young Achiever and the Asian Woman of the Year Award.Nominations close on Friday March 5, 2010. You can see more info here, and download the nomination forms. -
The many faces behind the veil - in today's Independent
13 Jan 2010 | 2:09 pmThe Independent published this double page spread today, with stories from 5 different Muslim women about why they wear the hijab, niqab or not at all, including yours truly. It's a colourful and varied piece of coverage. The opening introduction runs as below.The many faces behind the veilA symbol of female subjugation? These women believe their Islamic headwear is aliberating way of expressing their identities.Jilbab. Niqab. Al Amira. Dupatta. Burqa. Chador. Even the language used to describe the various kinds of clothing worn by Muslim women can seem as complicated and muddied as the issue…
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Israel urges "crippling" sanctions now against Iran
9 Feb 2010 | 10:28 amIsrael urges “crippling” sanctions now against Iran 09 Feb 2010 11:41:24 GMT Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for immediate and crippling sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, on the day it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel. “Iran is rushing forward to produce nuclear weapons…I believe that what is required right now is tough action by the international community,” Netanyahu told European diplomats. “This means crippling sanctions and these sanctions must be applied right now.”… -
The Next Possible Global Conflict
9 Feb 2010 | 10:13 amWe have a nuclear armed Israel itching to attack Iran. We have Iran engaged in a defense pact with Syria against Israel. We have Syria with Russian navy bases and weapons on its soil, and we have the U.S. rampaging through the Middle East encroaching on the borders of Pakistan and Yemen, essentially pissing off everyone. What we have is a Globalist made recipe for disaster, using the same ingredients they have used for the last several major wars. By Giordano Bruno: World War III is the most iconic event in American culture that never happened. Since the early 1950’s, generations have been… -
More from the Religion of "Peace":Turkish girl, 16, buried alive for talking to boys
9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 amfrom The Guardian: Death reopens debate over ‘honour’ killings in Turkey, which account for half of all the country’s murders. Turkish police have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl they say was buried alive by relatives in an “honour” killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys. The girl, who has been identified only by the initials MM, was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen outside her home in Kahta, in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman. Police made the discovery in December after a… -
Christianity vs. Islam debates in Ottawa from 2/11/10 through 2/14/10
9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 amFrom Answering Muslims: These debates will be held at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. Here’s the info: Friday February 12th – 6:30PM Why Should I Embrace Christianity or Islam? Tony Costa and Nabeel Qureshi vs. Farhan Qureshi and Osama Abdallah Saturday February 13th – 10:00AM Did Jesus Die on the Cross for Others? Nabeel Qureshi vs. Osama Abdallah Saturday February 13th – 12:45PM Is the Qur’an Divine? Osama Abdallah vs. Nabeel Qureshi Saturday February 13th – 3:00PM Did Paul Distort the Christian Faith? Farhan Qureshi vs. Tony Costa Saturday…
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Conference: Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice: Strategies for Inclusion
4 Feb 2010 | 2:28 amNext month, I’ll be presenting a paper at the “Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice: Strategies for Inclusion” conference held at London South Bank University on Thursday 18th March. As the blurb for the event goes: The University of Southampton (School of Education, Pedagogy and Curriculum Research Centre) and London South Bank University (Gender Research Forum, Department [...] -
EHRC’s Religion or Belief E-Newsletter
18 Jan 2010 | 7:18 amThe Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have today published the first edition of its ‘Religion or Belief E-Newsletter’. Included in this is a short review of the Islamophobia and religious discrimination symposium held at the University of Birmingham last December. The review is pasted below: Islamophobia & Religious Discrimination: new perspectives, policies and practices A symposium [...] -
Interview for Voice of America (United States): “Radical Islamic Group Banned in Britain”
12 Jan 2010 | 2:52 pmFollowing an interview with the American journalist Selah Hennessy earlier today on the banning of Islam4UK under anti-terror legislation, some of my comments have been published as part of an article for Voice of America entitled, “Radical Islamic Group Banned in Britain”. The full article is reproduced below but you can also listen to it [...] -
Spot the difference: Islam4UK & the Westboro Baptist Church
5 Jan 2010 | 11:08 amThe Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a ‘Christian’ church based in Kansas, United States. It was established in 1952 by one Fred Phelps. The church is essentially a ‘platform’ for the views and teachings of Fred Phelps. Islam4UK is a ‘Muslim’ organisation based in the United Kingdom. It was established circa 2005/6 by – amongst others [...] -
Beyond the norm…? “17-year-old sentenced for raping 12-year-old Tottenham ‘wife’ “
4 Jan 2010 | 7:28 amBack in September ‘08, I posted about the conviction of Syed Mustafa Zaidi who was found guilty of child cruelty for forcing two boys to beat themselves with a bladed whip during a Shia Muslim ceremony. Today the story of a 12 year old girl forced into illegally marrying her 16 year old cousin and then [...]
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Islamophobia Watch
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The neo-Nazi who works for Richard Barnbrook
9 Feb 2010 | 10:42 amBy a guest contributor This is a crosspost from Socialist Unity Under the headline "'Neo-Nazi gran' hired as aide to BNP member on London Assembly", the London Evening Standard has exposed the fact that the notorious far-right activist Tess Culnane is working at City Hall as a PA to Richard Barnbrook. There is also good coverage of the case by Adam Bienkov at Liberal Conspiracy. It is however worth examining Culnane's political record in more detail, since the employment of such an individual in the office of the BNP's most prominent London politician tells us a lot about the BNP's claim that… -
Siddique released after terror conviction quashed
9 Feb 2010 | 4:20 amA man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" by prosecutors will not face a retrial on terrorism charges.The Crown Office has said it does not wish to seek a fresh prosecution. Siddique has now been released. BBC Scotland news story -
Migrants must renounce veil if they want to live in France, says minister
9 Feb 2010 | 3:19 amImmigrants should sign a "no burka" contract before being allowed to live in France, the country's families minister has said. It would be added to an "integration agreement" that all newcomers already have to commit to, which also bans forced marriages and polygamy. Nadine Morano said: "Equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of French society. "This applies to polygamy, forced marriages, female mutilation and the full-face veil." Her proposal came at a government conference yesterday following a three-month debate on national identity. Last month a government committee… -
The government and the MCB
8 Feb 2010 | 11:51 pmInayat Bunglawala reports on John Denham's move to restore links between the government and the Muslim Council of Britain, and the backlash against that decision. Islam Online, 8 February 2010 -
Attacks on City University Muslim students will not result in prosecutions
8 Feb 2010 | 10:32 amThe three men arrested last November after attacks on City University Muslim students will not face court proceedings. According to a police spokesperson, charges have been dropped "due to insufficient evidence and a lack of witnesses coming forward." The three men, aged 17, 18 and 19, were arrested and released on bail until 4 January. The conditions of bail, stating the men were not to go within 100 metres of the university or to contact any City students or prosecution witnesses, are no longer enforceable as they have expired. At the time the police said that they were treating the attacks…
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Comments for Abdur Rahman's Corner
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Comment on Bawa Muhaiyadeen by Abdur Rahman
7 Feb 2010 | 4:01 amal salamu alaikum seeker of the sacred, Welcome to my online home. Thank you for stopping by and for sharing your views. -
Comment on Bawa Muhaiyadeen by Abdur Rahman
7 Feb 2010 | 3:59 amWa alaikum salam Burhan Ma sha Allah. It sounds a lovely place. -
Comment on Bawa Muhaiyadeen by seekerofthesacred
6 Feb 2010 | 10:48 amBismillah… What are his views on incarnation? Is his creed in line with that of Imam al-Ash`ari and Imam al-Maturidi? In order to be a Sufi, one has to be from the Ahl as-Sunnah, as Imam al-Ghazali, Imam Abu Talib al-Makki, Imam al-Qushayri, Imam al-Junayd, Imam al-Muhasibi, Imam al-Haddad and the rest of the CLASSCIAL Sufis. Was-Salam -
Comment on Bawa Muhaiyadeen by burhan
4 Feb 2010 | 8:01 amAssalaamu alaikum, His maqam is outside of Philly and is a beautiful and peaceful place to visit. We were there and performed salat ul-’asr, and afterwards noticed that all the birds in the small cemetery plot of his followers outside were all facing towards qibla. -
Comment on Where Do We Go in the Face of Horror? by Abdur Rahman
4 Feb 2010 | 2:17 amWa alaikum salam Katib You make the larger, necessary point here. We are all to blame….as together we constitute society. We could all do with such a murshid. Ya Allah!
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Indian Muslims
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Shahzad’s Arrest And Goebbels’ Lies
9 Feb 2010 | 7:19 amBy Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association, Goebbels, the Nazi propagandist, believed that a lie repeated several times over would soon acquire the legitimacy of truth. The Delhi Police has surpassed Goebbels’ strategy. By deluging the press and the public with one lie after another, it hopes that the truth will never be extricated. Who killed Inspector Sharma? Shahzad Ahmed (not ‘urf Pappu’ as he has never borne that name), the most recent prize catch of the Delhi Police is being charged with the murder of Inspector Sharma. Till now, we had been told that it were the two slain boys,… -
Milli Gazette: Ten Years Of A Community Newspaper
7 Feb 2010 | 6:32 amVery quietly, with their January 2010 issue the Milli Gazette has completed its ten years of publication. The Milli Gazette is a fortnightly publication published from Delhi under the editorship of Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan. It is surprising that a community that complains about media bias has not celebrated this important occasion of their own media. Publishing a community magazine for ten years and that too without much community support and advertising is no mean achievement. First issue of the MG Milli Gazette is published in tabloid format every fortnight. Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan want to… -
No Country For Women
5 Feb 2010 | 7:28 pmBy Dr. Shah Alam Khan, I am a man because I have the right and power to molest a teenager and abet her to commit suicide. I am a man because I have the courage to throw acid on any girl who refuses to marry me. I am a man because I have the audacity of ripping apart the modesty of the girl next door. Finally, I am a man because I was born in India, the land which gives unconditional supremacy to its masculine gender right from inception of life. In fact I was allowed to be born because I was a man! India is not short of such men of substance, SPS Rathore, Manu Sharma, KPS Gill, Vikas Yadav,… -
Religion As I View It
3 Feb 2010 | 7:30 amI am now about to complete 70 years of my life. I have faced many challenges and have gone through much turmoil in life. However, on the whole I am quite satisfied with my life and my modest achievements. I initially gave up my engagement with philosophy and theology in favour of engineering for better material prospects. But with hindsight I feel that it was not a correct decision that I had taken. I came back to this intellectual arena when I decided to resign my job as a civil engineer in 1981 to re-engage with these subjects. I feel I would have hardly achieved any thing as a civil… -
Women Who Dared
1 Feb 2010 | 11:09 pmWomen generally are considered weak in our patriarchal society and men feel they need to be protected. Is it true? Well it may be true in some contexts but there are instances where women have dared where men chicken out or ‘weaker’ women have proved to be morally much stronger. Here it also needs to be stressed that only physical strength or strength of arms is not real strength, it is moral values which make really strong. Those who have moral superiority need not fear anyone and cannot be defeated. Though no one can say women are inherently morally stronger but women tend to have…
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Planet Grenada
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even meghan mccain calls out the tea party on its "innate racism" and palin on hypocrisy over "retard"
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tom tancredo starts off the tea party convention by looking back to the good old days of literacy tests
7 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pmHuffington Post: Tom Tancredo: Obama Elected Because 'We Do Not Have A Civics, Literacy Test' To Votesee also:latino and islamic groups want tancredo to quit -
mami el negro (el africano) part two
7 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pmOut of historical interest and a desire for completeness, here is THE ORIGINAL version of "El Africano" (which is the only one I've heard with a female vocalist)And an interview with Calixto Ochoa about the story behind the song:See also:mami el negro esta rabioso (el africano) -
all terrorists are muslims... except the 94% that aren't
7 Feb 2010 | 12:25 pmTerrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil by Group,From 1980 to 2005, According to FBI databaseA couple of interesting links:From Loonwatch: All Terrorists are Muslims... Except the 94% that Aren't summarizes an updated FBI report of terrorist acts on US soil. As you can see for yourself from the above pie graph, among the counter-stereotypical results are: 1) Only 6% of the terrorist acts on US soil in the period covered were committed by Muslims. 2) In fact, slightly more terrorist acts were committed by Jewish groups. And finally, 3) the largest category of groups associated with acts of terrorism in… -
imam luqman had been hadcuffed and shot 21 times
31 Jan 2010 | 9:01 pmJanuary 30, 2010. Late last night Fox news of southeastern Michigan reported they had uncovered confidential information into the autopsy report of Imam Luqman. After ninety-days of requests by the community, appeals by politicians and community leaders and many articles and press, the community gets some answers.Fox revealed that the Imam was shot 21 times including the chest and the back. Most of the shots were below the waist and even in the groin area. They reported he was handcuffed.There are some speculations by Fox as to why he might have been shot in the back, but also to what really…
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a wayfarer's journey...
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Prayers
7 Feb 2010 | 6:24 amI broke BOTH of my arms so will be offline for about six weeks. Please send some prayers my way... -
When?
26 Jan 2010 | 12:02 pmWhen did she begin looking like such a big girl?I think it may be the jeans. I don't like my kids in jeans until they are walking. Seems constricting. Dresses too. But i just unpacked the dresses i've been squirreling away. Hurry up spring! -
Winter Sandbox
25 Jan 2010 | 4:44 pmThis box has been a lifesaver this winter. With it being so cold here and one outdoor day in the last 3 months, i made this for my sandbox loving boy a few weeks ago. I tried to let the girl play with it but after repeated fistfuls of rice being flung about, she has been exiled from the rice box. She tries to scale the kitchen table to get to it but so far there has been no mishaps (except by the boy). When he gets bored with one thing (trucks were first, then snow plows, and now dinosaurs) i change it out. I can usually get a good hour (and on a good day twice) with this thing. I made it… -
Easy DIY project
22 Jan 2010 | 6:12 pmA friend of mine has this cool framed bulletin board thing that i really like. She told me where to get one but i didn't like the $125 price tag so went about making one. I did this way back in September, right about when i fell off the blogging bandwagon. Anyhow, everytime i go to my sewing room (these days it's about bimonthly to dump stuff off rather than stick around) i love it hanging there. Now we have two. One for the kid's artwork and one for my sewing room. It's not perfect because my saw stinks and I did it in all of 5 minutes (thinking and planning time not included).Take a cool… -
Randomness
22 Jan 2010 | 10:37 amSo....i said i was going to be on here more but haven't. Sigh. I just can't seem to stay on top of things anymore. One of my good friends here realized it and demanded (in a friendly albeit demanding way) that i need time to myself and i need to let go of my overprotecting nature so she took my son for the late morning/ early afternoon so i can get some things done. I took a shower while baby was sleeping then ate breakfast without anyone grabbing stuff off my plate, i had coffee while i checked my email and i folded AND put away ALL of the laundry. All in an hour. This usually takes me most…
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Borges Blogue
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Senate Reform: Elect of Abolish?
9 Feb 2010 | 8:59 amA recent opinion poll reveals a sharp divide between the ROC and Québec over their views for the future of the Senate. Most of the Rest of Canada wants to see the Senate elected, with figures at around 60 percent, and higher in the Western Provinces, while the people of Québec seem to mostly want to see it done away with completely, with 46 percent favouring this option.Besides the gap of opinion between what is the best option, there is also a difference of views over how any of these options would be implemented. Most Québécois are arguing that any change to the Senate would need some… -
Liberal-NDP coalition back in sight
5 Feb 2010 | 9:47 amLast year, when the Canadian public reacted with outrage at the proposed Liberal-NDP coalition, many thought such an idea would be dead in the water for years to come. Yet the idea seems to be back on the table, based on a new EKOS poll showing that no party will have a majority in Parliament. The latest survey shows that the Liberals would win only 122 seats, leaving them 32 MPs short of forming a government, which the NDP could help to make up with their projected 31 Parliamentarians.What would be the Canadian opinion of such a coalition? Well after two prorogations of Parliament, a tepid… -
Prorogation leads to Tory fall in polls
2 Feb 2010 | 7:46 amThe long-held Tory lead among the Canadian public has dropped considerably and now the Conservative and Liberal Parties of Canada are at a parity in the polls, at 32 percent each, according to a Harris-Decima poll conducted recently. While at the same level of popularity, it is the Liberal Party which has made significant inroads with the Canadian people, slashing Tory leads especially in Ontario and Québec.The lead is especially strong in the Toronto area ridings, where previously the Conservatives had made significant headway among ethnic minorities and women, but where they have now… -
Liberals make a play for the future of Canada
7 Jan 2010 | 11:51 amThe Liberal Party has opened a progressive debate concerning the future of Canada's identity as a nation, where it's headed, and what it wants. The conversation will culminate on 26-28 March in Montréal, with nearly a dozen town hall meetings leading up to it, being held all over the breadth and width of the Canadian nation.This is a poignant move by the party, who has yet to position itself in the political debate. The Party is making a play for the progressive, forward thinking voters that make up in large part this country. In framing the debate towards the future, the Liberals can put… -
A general election looms
3 Jan 2010 | 8:42 amPolitical insiders in the House of Commons in Ottawa have hinted strongly at a Spring or Autumn election, as the Conservatives try to capitalise on the economic recovery that the nation is experienced (managing 0.1% growth in the third quarter of 2009). The Conservatives are hoping to finally come out the doldrums of minority government and achieve a long-term goal, that of a definite majority in the lower house.The question remains, do the Canadian people want an election any time soon? Are they ready, do they see a need, or is the current political situation amenable to the population? Have…
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Ginny's Thoughts & Things
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Writer’s Block
8 Feb 2010 | 4:45 amAssalamu alaikum/greetings, yep, the title pretty much says it all, and to add to that, even though I do have some topics floating around in my head, I’ve just not had the motivation to sit down and write. And then when I start to write, it just doesn’t come out the way I want it to. So, instead of pulling out the posts I was previously working on, I’ll try to roll the three things I’ve currently got on my mind into one post and just leave it at that. Superbowl XLIV Of course I’m disappointed that the Colts lost, however I can’t be mad at the Saints either. -
Headed Off to Orlando
29 Jan 2010 | 4:44 amGreetings all, I have a couple posts in the works that Inshallah I’ll get posted up during the weekend. But Just writing to say that I’m heading off to Orlando for the day to attend the ATIA conference at the Caribe Royale in Orlando. Aside from those that I already know are going, wish some of my other readers were attending as well, perhaps we could meet up. And if I could find a few Muslim sisters along the way too, well, that would be even better! Assistive technology and Muslim sister/brotherhood might just be too much for me to handle all in one day (in a good way lol). And… -
Tuesday, January 26
26 Jan 2010 | 5:39 amYesterday was an incredibly busy day at work, and there’s no indication that today will be any different. I was so tired when I got home last night that I fell asleep on the couch, sitting with an empty plate (where pizza once was) on my lap! So I got up and went to bed, and when I looked at the time it was 8:54! Not even 9 o’clock! I have no idea when I actually fell asleep, I know it had to be before 10, and at some point, I woke up and looked at the time and it was 12-something, and then I went back to sleep. Now I’d love to get to the point where I can go to bed early… -
Ginny Is Shutting Down
24 Jan 2010 | 1:19 pmAssalamu alaikum, haven’t felt much like blogging lately. I’ve been thinking a lot about Haiti: about the devastation,the destruction, whether or not perhaps maybe in the long-run things’ll get better for Haiti or if they’ll just continue to be the pawns of “the international community” and its interests. I’ve been thinking a lot about charity, whether I should or shouldn’t give, who should I give to if I decide to give, and why it’s OK for the big “donor organizations” to be doing dirt and we mostly overlook it or make… -
Moon Bits for Safar
23 Jan 2010 | 11:46 amUpdate: Assalamu alaikum, I know I’m about a week late in updating this post but here are the “moon bits” results for the month of Safar, 1431. Per moonsighting.com, the Ummul Qura/calculated start of Safar was 01/16/2010. Per actual sighting (for the US), Safar begins on 01/17/2010, see islamicmoon.com, crescentwatch.org, and hilalsighting.org, and chicagohilal.com, as well as the sighting reports for Safar via moonsighting.com. hilalcommittee.com has not updated since the start of Muharram. From Moonsighting.com: The Astronomical New Moon is on 15 January 2010 (Friday) at…
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Inspirations and Creative Thoughts
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Visit to Rumi's Tomb in Konya, Turkey
8 Feb 2010 | 9:59 amThe minute I heard my first love story, ... I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other .... all along. - Rumi Visiting the tomb of elect souls, those who have attained the Nearness is a living source of blessings. In Sufi tradition particularly, the final resting place of the great masters and guides have always been -
Vehrhe aa varh mere | Come to my courtyard
7 Feb 2010 | 6:33 amWhether you know me or not Come into my courtyard To you I am sacrificed Come into my courtyard Other than you there is none for me I have searched the jungles and the wilderness The whole world I have searched Come into my courtyard To you I am sacrificed Come into my courtyard People take Ranjha to be goatherd In truth, Ranjha is amongst them Saying, such is my belief and my faith Come into -
God Maker and Prophet's Ascension | From Omid Safi's Speech
5 Feb 2010 | 12:04 pm1. Omid Safi, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he specializes on Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought, and medieval Islamic history, gave an interesting introduction speech on the theme of Revelation at Seven Pillars' Inauguration' Opening Ceremony. It carries special inspiration and also beauty of mysticism. Thanks -
We Appear One Day and Disappear the Next
4 Feb 2010 | 10:47 am1. Look at the birds flying in the sky, soaring above the trees and over the rooftops. They are searching for food. All day long they fly about in order to satisfy the hunger of their stomachs, but at twilight they must return to their nests. Man also searches for food to satisfy his one-span stomach. Even the ant has a one-span stomach which he must fill with food. Our life lasts for but one day -
Returning, Going Back and The Journey Home
3 Feb 2010 | 10:17 amTravel one way. The return to God. Single-minded pursuit of divine truth. This means banishing and dispelling every thought, good or bad, that comes to mind involuntarily during the dhikr. When performing the remembrance the heart is required to attain the calm contentment of: “Oh Allah, my goal is You and Your good pleasure; it is nothing else!” So long as there is any space left in the
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islamicate
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How To Talk To A Jihadist - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
3 Feb 2010 | 9:09 amHow To Talk To A Jihadist - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan .To see political leaders in the West have such a low view of the American judicial system and such an elevated view of the world-historical significance of these pathetic, twisted, religious nutjobs…well, they look like a bunch of scaredy cats to me. -
Star Trek and Moral Judgment
31 Jan 2010 | 3:15 pmBut surely the proper conclusion to be drawn, then, is that being an ethically upright and generally virtuous person is, however surprising this result may be, consistent with being tolerant, peace-loving, even with upholding due process. And there is no particular difficulty to the trick of being in favor of progress while being skeptical about human perfectibility. I say this is a semi-serious point because I think, for some conservatives, the main objection to a somewhat vaguely conceived set of liberal values really is a strong sense that they are inconsistent with a certain sort of… -
Media fuels Hatred of Muslims
28 Jan 2010 | 6:14 amvia Talk Islam, I found this article: A rise in the number of hate crimes against Muslims in London is being encouraged by mainstream politicians and sections of the media, a study written by a former Scotland Yard counter-terrorism officer, published yesterday, says. Attacks ranging from death threats and murder to persistent low-level assaults, such as spitting and name-calling, are in part whipped up by extremists and sections of mainstream society, the study says. -
My daughters on the no-fly list wr
28 Jan 2010 | 6:12 am‘My daughter’s on the no-fly list’ writes Chris Kelly. She’s 12 years old. So I should hate the No Fly List. Besides the personal inconvenience, it runs counter to a solid third of the Bill of Rights. But I’m conflicted. Because I have a pretty good idea why my daughter’s on the list. It’s because she has the same name as this guy: In 1993 this IRA thug walked into a fish shop in Belfast with a bomb that went off prematurely (of course) injuring 57 people, including a 79-year-old woman and two two-year-old boys. It also killed ten people, including a thirteen-year-old girl named… -
Letter from America - Givin' It to the Man, Islamic Style - NYTimes.com
28 Jan 2010 | 6:07 amLetter from America - Givin' It to the Man, Islamic Style - NYTimes.com.No doubt for many — probably most — Americans, Islam is associated these days at the very least with ultraconservative social mores — the lesser status of women, for example — not to mention the practices of the radical extreme — the cult of death, suicide bombings, acid thrown in the faces of girls going to school.So how about Muslims who embrace feminism, play in punk rock bands, and castigate orthodox, official Saudi Arabian-supported Islam as “Islamofascism?”Yes, it starts with some clichés, but we will…
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Jamerican Muslimah's Veranda
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My Covenant with Allah
8 Feb 2010 | 2:27 pmO Prophet! When the believing women come to you to take the oath of allegiance, take their pledge; that they will not commit shirk with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not commit fornication, that they will not kill their children, that they will not give any cause for scandal which they may invent between either their hands or legs (a woman accusing another woman of an illicit relationship with a man and spreads such stories – or – a woman carrying an illegitimate child and makes her husband believe that it is his), and that they will not disobey you in any just… -
Okay ladies, I have changed my mind (again)
21 Jan 2010 | 6:54 pmSo, that thing about not wanting to have kids…well, it’s gone. I want to have a baby. More specifically a little girl (if Allah so wills). I want a sweet, cute, little [chocolate] dark brown girl. A child prodigy. What has changed? I don’t know. Allah has put it in my heart. Also, the love a good man can change many things. Yes, indeed… Posted in Self-Development -
10 Things I learned this past year
8 Jan 2010 | 7:30 pmThis past year has been a blessing in more ways than one. Allah (s.w.t.) has put in a position where I have not only been able to have certain experiences but I have been able to observe the experiences of others and learn from them. As we enter into a new year, I am excited to see what else Allah has in store for me, insha’allah. Here is a list of 10 things I learned last year (in no particular order): 1) Watch the friends you keep. My grandmother always said this to me. It was drilled in me since I was a child. Yet, I have found myself in a position where I’ve had to question the… -
An Obituary
6 Jan 2010 | 10:12 amAn Obituary printed in the London Times – Interesting and sadly rather true. Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: - Knowing when to come in out of the rain; - Why the early bird gets the worm; - Life isn’t always fair; - and maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn)… -
Coping with slander and backbiting
21 Nov 2009 | 9:06 amCharacter assassination is an attempt to tarnish a person’s reputation. It may involve exaggeration or manipulation of facts to present an untrue picture of the targeted person. It is a form of defamation and can be a form of ad hominem argument. For living individuals targeted by character assassination attempts, this may result in being rejected by his community, family, or members of his or her living or work environment. Such acts are often difficult to reverse or rectify, and the process is likened to a literal assassination of a human life. The damage sustained can last a lifetime…
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Muslim Thought
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The Concept of Martydom in Islamic Thought - Ammar Nakshawani Ramadhan 2009 4/6
8 Feb 2010 | 5:54 amsource: www.mksileicester.org Tags: Islamic, concept, Ammar, Ramadhan, 2009 Related posts:The Concept of Martydom in Islamic......click here to continue reading Related posts:The Concept of Martydom in Islamic Thought - Ammar Nakshawani Ramadhan 2009 3/6The Concept of Martydom in Islamic Thought - Ammar Nakshawani Ramadhan 2009 6/6The Concept of Martydom in Islamic Thought - Ammar Nakshawani Ramadhan 2009 5/6 -
Does God exist? Theist vs. Atheist(Ses.3 part1)
8 Feb 2010 | 4:57 amDebate on the existence of God between a theist/ Muslim (Furkan) and an humanist/atheist (Gary/Thomas). Tags: Theist, AtheistSes.3, ......click here to continue reading Related posts:DOES GOD REALLY EXIST ?Atheist!!!! Whats your view on masturbation??? Traditional Islamic thought regards masturbation as haram,?Dr. Gary Miller - Basis for Muslim Beliefs (Part 6/6) -
The Mahdi - Sources of our Beliefs (Part 1)
8 Feb 2010 | 1:19 amThis series of lectures by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi is being uploaded to youtube to help dispel many of the false allegations about the Islamic belief in t......click here to continue reading Related posts:The Mahdi - Between Fact and Fiction (Part 2)The Mahdi is a Subject Needing to be Widely Broadcast Rather Than Kept HiddenLearn Islam in 10 minutes. All you have to know about ISLAM, ALLAH, KORAN, MUHAMMAD, MAHDI. Part 1/2 -
Blasphemy and Apostasy in Islamic History - II
7 Feb 2010 | 12:50 amHasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds Apostasy constitutes a politico-religious rebellion, these politico-religious in Islam are explained as: The sayings and doing o......click here to continue reading Related posts:The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the PresentExamples Of Thought Provoking Questions From Islamic History?Immortality: A History And How To Guide. -
What Muslim Matchmaking is All About
6 Feb 2010 | 7:57 pmThe holy Qur’an states it very clearly that, Allah created men and women to find rest in each other. For this reason, Muslim brothers and sister......click here to continue reading Related posts:Insights Into Dating Muslim MenThe Online Muslim Community: Islam on the InternetJoining a Muslim Chatroom in an Islamic Chat Site
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MR's Blog
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Not quite done yet…
25 Jan 2010 | 8:44 amClick here to view the embedded video. Not here but here. Related posts:The Immigration Debate Syndication Updates and Get MR Posts in your E-Mail! Video Blogging at Pearls of the Quran with Al-Madina Institute -
The End – Mujahideen Ryder’s Blog (2000 to 2009) [UPDATED]
31 Dec 2009 | 9:37 amIt’s been a long time with lots of fun, educational, spiritual, controversial and outrageous posts over an entire decade. The blog was bound to come to an end as do everything. I ask Allah to forgive me for anything wrong I have said. I ask anyone who may have been hurt by my blog to forgive me. Anything good that I have written is from Allah. Anything bad is from myself and the whispers of the shaytan. May Allah take away any suffering from any Muslim. May Allah remove the injustice around the world. May Allah bring peace to war infested lands. May Allah forgive all the wrong doers. -
My father’s favorite ayat or the ones most often repeated to me
29 Dec 2009 | 10:30 pmMy father loved to repeat the following ayat to me almost every week or month. I’d thought I’d share them. Basically these ayat were his answer to almost anything happening to Islam, Muslims or the world in the news or in the masjid or in the family. Looking at the ayat now I can see how it gives the simple answer to almost any problem. “And hold firmly to the rope of Allah (His covenant and the Qur’an) all together and do not become divided.”Quran 3:103 “And indeed this, your nation, is one nation (in having a unified collective way of life and course of… -
FOX News guest forgot about 9/11
29 Dec 2009 | 8:22 amClick here to view the embedded video. Dana Perino said: ‘We Did Not Have a Terrorist Attack on Our Country During President Bush’s Term’ LOL Of course we didn’t because 9/11 was an inside job organized by the CIA and Mossad to bring America into two unnecessary wars in order to crush the economy so all the wall street executives can get free money from the government to help them “bail out” without repaying it back. Related posts:FOX News is almost as good as Comedy Central FOX News: Al-Qaeda Started The California Wildfires FOX News on Zaytuna College -
“Niggers don’t expel Jews! This isn’t what we brought you to Israel_for!”
28 Dec 2009 | 9:21 amBorder Guard officers of Ethiopian descent report rising number of racially motivated verbal attacks from Hebron_youths; Druze officers also suffer racist remarks Not only do they serve long and tiring hours in the reserve forces, and not only are they forced to deal with violent clashes with settlers, but now, Border Guard officers of Ethiopian descent are also faced with rising racism. “Niggers don’t expel Jews! This isn’t what we brought you to Israel_for!” are just some of the degrading slurs Border Guard officers reported hearing from masked settlers. During the…
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Sol Power Network
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Go Support the God A-Sun!
29 Jan 2010 | 11:02 amThe God ASun Truth's business Twiketer has been featured on Killerstartups today. Please go and show the God support by casting your vote. -
Two Horizons Press
27 Jan 2010 | 10:05 amThis is the other publishing endeavor that I am involved with, Two Horizons Press. Two Horizons Press is an international publishing company focused on providing quality educational literature to groups traditionally neglected by other publishers. Two Horizons publishes children’s literature, handbooks for parents and educators, and reprints of classic works in history, philosophy and educational pedagogy. Our mission is to provide disadvantaged groups with books that are practical, informative, empowering, and sensitive to the specific needs of the communities they address. … -
Supreme Design Publishing
26 Jan 2010 | 10:47 amAs many of you know one of the businesses that I am involved with is Supreme Design Publishing.To find out more about it just go straight to the site. Don't be shocked at me promoting some of our good books through the blog. Also check out the whole Supreme Design Publishing world also by checking out the Supreme Design Publishing Blog and also the Supreme Design Publishing Podcasts. Also you can follow us on Twitter. -
Keeping your cookies down, learning how to walk tightropes....
25 Jan 2010 | 10:30 amThis jewel is Equality.Equilibrium is a crazy thing. Sea sickness is all about your equilibrium being off. It makes you dizzy, sick to the stomach, unable to focus. Now if your physical equilibrium can being off can mess you up like that imagine what your emotional, mental, social, etc equilibirium being off will do to you. It will kcuf you up that’s what it’ll do. When you mental equilibrium is off you are likely to get physically sick and depressed. When your physical equilibrium is off you are likely to be sluggish in your thinking and making a lot of wrong choices. Working on the boat… -
Indigenous Math exercises
14 Jan 2010 | 9:14 amMath exercises utilizing indigenous designs, patterns, and architecture.Check it out.
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Margari Aziza
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Ghosts of the Congo
7 Feb 2010 | 3:37 pmSome places haunt you. They haunt with disturbing tales, tragedies, injustice, and outrage. They leave you with a sinking feeling, doubting humanity. Some places make you wonder how do people have faith and hope, how do they still strive to live dignified lives in the face of a long legacy of atrocities? Although I’ve never been there, ghost tales from the Democratic Republic of the Congo haunt me. I tread lightly on this subject, with full knowledge of the Western tendency to pathologize Africa. The Congo is by no means the portrait that Joseph Conrad paints in the Heart of Darkness. -
Hey Kids! Love will destroy you!
1 Jan 2010 | 7:43 amGreat Article by Mark Morford from the SF Gate Chronicle Hey kids! Love will destroy you! By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist Wednesday, December 30, 2009 I’m guessing 17. Maybe 16. Although I must admit I’m finding it very hard to tell anymore because the older I get the more I notice this odd, unstoppable inversion taking place in my wayward perceptions, rendering my ability to accurately assess the ages of members of Generation Facebook wickedly futile. MARK MORFORD Anyway. There they were, the pair of them, right next to me on Muni recently, two loud, gum-snapping, shamelessly… -
Never let
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Better Left Unsaid
24 Dec 2009 | 12:58 pmI used to hate it when people would advise me to take my problems to my Lord. I was a bit confounded when a friend told me that my problems would work themselves out if I prayed tahajjud some more. Muslims aren’t the only ones who give that advice; Christians and even New Agey folks do it too. Christians take it to Jesus and if you’ve read the Secret basically everything is your fault because you attract negative energy. The pop psychology approach tells us that we fall into certain patterns due to some past trauma. There is some lesson in our problems, one that we fail to see. -
The Apocalypse and beyond
22 Dec 2009 | 5:04 pmParts of Philadelphia are so blighted that there is really little hope for rebuilding. Those parts that are being rebuilt have become enclaves for the bourgeoisie and their re-gentrification projects. In Philadelphia blight is often just around the corner from affluence. The shift is dramatic and can best be illustrated on certain bus lines such as the 57 going from Penn’s Landing, through Northern Liberties, into North Philly. Some blocks of Philly are are just crumbling shells with just a few row homes suitable for habitation. I’ve passed by blocks where two row homes stood like…
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kameelahwrites
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12/2010: blissful friday.
30 Jan 2010 | 9:06 am(29) 365/2010: creation space.this was a tough week. long and stagnant. somber. wet and messy. but...friday was beautiful. visitors from all over south africa came to visit my class. they sang, danced, and spoke about their lives. i wanted to cry, but was hesitant to display such a level of vulnerability in front of my students. i smiled a lot. my students noticed my happiness and asked if i missed south africa. last year, i didn't have time and money to go to south africa last year and as a consequence, i have felt a bit sad and displaced. having these visitors in my classroom--in the space… -
11/2010: photo a day.
30 Jan 2010 | 8:35 ami am playing catch up...(18) 365/2010: 'each pause a clock inside stone...'title from yusef komunyakaa's poem 'translating footsteps' from his 'neon vernacular' collection.(19) 365/2010: 'i could almost walk on air/ the first time i couldn't get enough/ of something & in that embrace...'title from yusef komunyakaa's poem 'a good memory' from his 'neon vernacular' collection.(19a)(20) 365/2010: yellow curtain.(21) 365/2010: leading.(22) 365/2010: rainy day reflections.(23) 365/2010: picket fence.(24) 365/2010: white lines.(25) 365/2010: new hobby.(26) 365/2010: puddle trees.(27) 365/2010:… -
10/2010: back/memory lane/risks.
27 Jan 2010 | 6:26 ami am on my way to work, so i did not have a chance to edit this. sorry for any typos, but i wanted to get this out...now.i know i have been away from this blog for now 10 days. i am not gone, but horribly busy and hopefully productive. things have been rough as i am figuring out a couple of things about my life and direction. i have been spending a lot of time in the east bay...which has been nice minus the crazy and persistent men on the street. i have the tendency to believe everyone's life is going swell and i am the only person who feels stuck. we are all stuck. and the more i realize how… -
9/2010: haiti--'broke illusion's hymen.'
17 Jan 2010 | 3:54 pmhaiti. i have reserved most commentary up until this point. there is a lot of discourse floating about these here internets and i do not have the energy to scour the www. to find every comment. i will say a few things. i find it unfortunate and perverse that the only moments haiti garners any international attention is when there is a disaster. and even with this disaster, it presents itself as an opportunity for to perpetuate more myths about haiti, black bodies, and savior narratives.re narratives and illusion: 'blasphemy' by yusef komunyakaare haiti as spectacle: there is someone deriving… -
8/2010: magical internets & information overload.
17 Jan 2010 | 2:42 pmthere is too much input. there is so much information coming from every corner of the world and these here magical internets. beautiful things, but overwhelming. some days i think about going completely analog. disconnect. i know it wont last long, but i want to try disconnected weekends or hours. my phone is always on, always checking my email, always responding to texts. and tumblr. i believe that tumblr induces my anxiety and worsens my attention span. it encourages the illusion that everything in the world, at some determined point, can be reduced to knowable, possessable objects of…
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Laila Lalami
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Reading at UCR Writers’ Week
9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 amThis Thursday, I’ll be reading from my novel, Secret Son, at the 33rd annual Writers’ Week, hosted by the University of California, Riverside. Below are the details: Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:00 PM Reading and Discussion Writers’ Week CHASS INTS 1128 University of California, Riverside Riverside, California Later that evening, Lawrence Wright, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, will be delivering the Hays Lecture. If you haven’t read The Looming Tower, I highly recommend that you do. That book will not only educate you about Osama bin Laden and… -
Quotable: Joan Didion
5 Feb 2010 | 3:00 amI’m working on a new essay this week, so in order to put myself in the right mood I went back to one of Joan Didion’s older essay collections, After Henry. Here is a brief excerpt from “In The Realm of the Fisher King”: This was the world from which Nancy Reagan went in 1966 to Sacramento and in 1980 to Washington, and it is in many ways the world, although it was vanishing in situ even before Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California, she never left. My Turn did not document a life radically altered by later experience. Eight years in Sacramento left so little… -
Race and Disgrace
3 Feb 2010 | 3:00 amAt a dinner party in London a few years ago, I was once again professing my admiration for the work of Coetzee when a writer I had just met interrupted to say that he thought Disgrace was a racist novel. When I asked him what could have led to such a bleak assessment, he replied that no black character in the book is complex and that the novel gives a pessimistic view of the new, post-apartheid South Africa. To bolster his claim, he cited Coetzee’s self-imposed exile from the country as a clear indicator of lack of faith in its future. This was the first time I had heard that argument,… -
Upcoming Events
2 Feb 2010 | 3:00 amI’m desperately trying to make some progress on my new book before I have to travel. Next week, for instance, I’ll be taking part in Writers’ Week at UCR. The week after that, the UK edition of my novel, Secret Son, comes out and I will be traveling to London for some promotion. In March, I’ll start the paperback tour for Secret Son in the US. You can find out more about all the events here. If you happen to be in one of the cities I’ll be visiting, please stop by and say hello. I’ll also make sure to post more details as the dates get closer. -
Quotable: Toni Morrison
29 Jan 2010 | 3:00 amI mentioned last week that I was teaching Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, so I thought I’d share a very short passage that I’ve always liked, because of how the author explores the idea of beauty in physical surroundings and then connects it to the stories we tell ourselves: There is nothing more to say about the furnishings. They were anything but describable, having been conceived, manufactured, shipped, and sold in various states of thoughtlessness, greed and indifference. The furniture had aged without ever becoming familiar. People had owned it, but never known it. No…
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Eye on 'Gay Muslims'
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IslamOnline.net Special Coverage
26 Jan 2010 | 5:28 amIslam Online, probably the biggest Islamic website out there, has a special page discussing issues relevant to this blog, under the title: Unveiling Homosexuality While we don’t necessarily agree with all the content, it is a good thing to see the issue taken seriously, and we hope it will lead to further in-depth analysis of this pressing issue, which affects society as a whole, in addition to the people affected by same-sex attractions. -
Georgetown symposium ‘08
4 Jan 2010 | 4:03 amHere’s a slightly old post from “Muslim Apple” that’s worth drawing attention to, as the sister has made a good summary of a symposium featuring mainstream scholars as well as the charlatan Daayiee Abdullah aka Sid Thompson. The words of Imam Johari Abdul-Malik seem to have been particularly wise, in that he defended the correct Islamic view while emphasising understanding and compassion, and condemning violence and persecution. The following point is a particularly unusual one to hear from a Muslim scholar: Imam Johari used the analogy of pork and how he knew from… -
The caller to Allah is not an oppressor
19 Dec 2009 | 4:24 amIn striving to clarify the teachings of Islam regarding sexuality, and inviting the creation to obey their Creator in what He commanded them and prohibited them from, while responding to false claims and misconceptions, we hope to be counted among the callers to Allah, of whom the Qur’an says: And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah, works righteousness, and says: “I am of the Muslims”? [41:33] Name-calling does not hurt us, but it is sad to see how readily the people towards whom this sincere advice and invitation is directed turn against those who –… -
Faisal Alam fighting Islam
17 Dec 2009 | 7:06 amIslamic etiquettes of debate dictate that you should think the best of the intentions of those with whom you disagree, but sometimes they have no redeeming qualities. Such is the case with Faisal Alam, founder of Al-Fahisha and therefore one on whom the hadith of our Prophet (peace be on him) applies: “Whoever establishes an evil pattern of conduct (sunnah sayyi’ah), then upon him is the sin of it and everyone who acts upon it until the Day of Judgement.” If the People of Lut (peace be on him) were the first humans to indulge in the base sin of sodomy, then Alam and his… -
Support “gay Muslims” with proper concepts!
1 Dec 2009 | 3:01 pmInayat Bunglawala is a British activist who is not afraid to express opinions that upset enemies of Islam and Muslims, or sometimes fellow Muslims. I appreciate his efforts, even if I disagree with some things he says. Recently he has supposedly opened debates on the place of ”homosexuals” (by which we mean here: people who identify as such, or same-sex attracted people who don’t) among the Muslim community - debates we have been advocating on this blog for a long time, alhamdu lillah. The title of his recent Guardian blog post (probably added by an editor) was: Gay…
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Soliloquies of A Stranger
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Facebook Is a Fitnah!
4 Feb 2010 | 2:11 amI considered myself late getting in on the Facebook action. I was hesitant to join, because there are so many of these social networks and I am constantly getting invited to join one or another. A couple of years ago I reconnected with many people from back in the day on Ning. These were all classmates. I am now in touch with classmates from every level of my education. After, that I gave in and joined FB. FB is what destroyed my blog! After FB I didn’t have the need to blog as much. In addition to being reunited with my classmates, FB has hooked me up with my old homeys. This group… -
Saudi Family’s Experience With The Mamlaka Bomb Scare
2 Feb 2010 | 12:23 pmMy Saudi friend, Ghada just left my house and related to me her experience last week while in *The Kingdom Mall during the evacuation after a bomb threat. She said that after her family finished shopping (4 kids, hubby, maid) they went to McDonald’s in the Food Court and had just sat down to eat when cops rushed in and told everyone to get out quickly. She said some were saying it was a fire and others said it was a bomb. Children were crying, and the police were even panicked and not sure what to do. She said that because of her weight problem and trouble with walking, she begged… -
Post Removed
2 Feb 2010 | 4:07 amAnd remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.[51:55] Repentance dua Whenever a person commits any sin, he/she should immediately offer repentance to Allah, saying the following dua. Allahumma In-nee a-toobu ilayka minha la ar-ji-u ilayhaa abada. Translation: O Allah, I repent before You for all my sins and I promise never to return to the same (again). I posted the lyrics and an acapella version of a song here, in hopes that it would cheer up some of my readers after a recent discussion. I did not see the harm in it, but you know what I was uncomfortable with it. I… -
Staying In An Unhappy Marriage For The Sake of Kids
1 Feb 2010 | 4:31 amAs Salaam Alaikum Umm Adam, I am so frustrated. I have been married for several years. My husband and I have 6 children. Even though motherhood makes me happy, I am so miserable with him. If it weren’t for us having a family together, I honestly don’t think my husband and I would have anything in common. We are both committed to the marriage, there is no physical abuse. We are both good people, but not a good match. My major concern is that I hate having sex with him. I avoid it as much as possible. I stay married to him for practicle reasons, and wish the relationship was strictly… -
Muslim Infiltration Lesson One: Be A Hypocrite
30 Jan 2010 | 3:21 pm“They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out…”(Quran, 9:74) A Self Proclaimed *Minority “Moderate” Muslim’s advice to an Apostate: I realise you come from a Muslim background but are no longer Muslim. What I am trying to point out to you is that the way you approach the issue isnt helpful. Almost every side in this issue, liberal, moderate or extremist is going to reject your continual attack against Islamic theology and…
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The Manrilla Blog | Exploring Islam In America Through the Social Sciences
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Religion and Secularism: A Conversation with Robert Bellah
20 Jan 2010 | 12:12 pmThe following are a series of Youtube videos which feature famed sociologist Robert Bellah in conversation with Mark Juergensmeyer, professor of global and international studies as well as sociology and religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In it, professor Bellah provides an number of worthwhile insights on the topics of secularism, religion, [...] -
Emergency Funds For Haiti
14 Jan 2010 | 2:18 pmHaitians are in desperate need for support after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked their island nation on Tuesday. An estimated 3 million people were affected by the quake, which was the worst in the region in 200 years. “More than 100,000 are dead,” the Haitian Consul General to the United Nations, Felix Augustin, estimated on Wednesday. [...] -
American Muslims and American Civic Religion
12 Jan 2010 | 9:27 amCivil Religion as defined by Robert Bellah: a set of rituals, symbols and beliefs which were institutionally separate, but partly derived, nevertheless, from organized religion. According to Bellah, American civil religion had two main origins: one religious in nature, the other secular. To be more precise, Bellah based his understanding on the theological leanings [...] -
The Crisis of the American Muslim Part 2
9 Jan 2010 | 8:57 pmNavigating American Individualism As was stated earlier, Cruse brings to light for us one of the primary underlining social tenants of Americanism, that is to say, individualism. Islam as a religion certainly engages the individual on his or her place in the cosmos as well as other social themes, yet it would a far leap indeed to [...] -
The Crisis of the American Muslim Part 1
6 Jan 2010 | 1:41 pmThe following post is the first in a new post-series which will look at current conditions of Muslim thought, process, and social development in the American context, through the reading of a number of texts. The first of which is The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, by Harold Cruse. I believe Dr. Cruse’s work to [...]
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Umar Lee
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Haitian Muslims, Imam Luqman Killing, Super Bowl
3 Feb 2010 | 5:35 pmMasjid al-Tauheed in Haiti Hat Tip to Brother Bilaal in NC for sending me info on Masjid at-Tauhid in Haiti. Could not cut and paste the email but would encourage all Muslim readers to research this issue and help the Muslims of Haiti. For those who do not now there are thousands of Muslims in Haiti and thousands more Haitian-American Muslims [...] -
My Legal Situation: Umar Lee “Defender of the First Ammendment”
16 Jan 2010 | 4:30 pmFor those of you who do not know Michael ” Uncle Blake” Knight has went to the FBI and filed a criminal complaint against me for allegedly threatening him? Let me say that I appreciate all of the emails of encouragement and love from the Muslims in St. Louis I have received in the last [...] -
Pray For Haiti, Muslim Brother Robbed After Fajir, and MMK Clarification
13 Jan 2010 | 5:20 pmI would encourage all of my readers to do what they can to help the suffering people of Haiti at this time. As many of you may know a massive earthquake hit Haiti yesterday leaving thousands dead and thousands more missing A guy I work with is from Haiti and he has taken off work [...] -
Big Mac Not The Only One Juiced
12 Jan 2010 | 8:07 amMany of my readers will know that I am a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. I listened to Jack Buck and Mike Shannon call games on the radio as a kid ( when it was a rare treat to get a game on TV) and remember the joy of the victory in the [...] -
NFL Playoff Predictions Week Two
11 Jan 2010 | 4:24 amFor those who followed I went 3-1 over the weekend with my predictions ( only the Packers let me down and they came very close to winning). Now for next week. NFC Dallas over Minnesota ( I expect the Cowboys to go up North and roll over the Vikings who have not been playing that well. It [...]
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askMuslims.com
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I don't know where Prophet Jesus (PBUH) makes it c...
31 Jan 2010 | 8:45 amI don't know where Prophet Jesus (PBUH) makes it clear that he is God but I have shown the verse were Holy Quran shows were Allah says "He is One". As matter of fact till today no one has proven who are all the authors of Bible to me but then again there is no expedience so I don't expect to get the answer. NO! I am not interested in talking about this topic with you because you have previously admitted that you have no clue on that topic either so that is the end of discussion. So what I have to say to you I hope one day you are guided inshaAllah, till then Say, "O… -
abdullah, Yes, I understand that Jesus makes it v...
30 Jan 2010 | 8:33 amabdullah,Yes, I understand that Jesus makes it very clear that He is God, just as the Qur'an tells you to say that Allah is One. However, born again is looking for exact words. Statements that are self-explanatory, but not an exact match, are not enough for him. I am just asking him to confirm whether or not this is his position. -
Read this "Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;" Su...
30 Jan 2010 | 8:25 amRead this "Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;" Surah 112If you can't understand this then I don't know what you will understand. Born again calm down brother. -
born again, It is easy to understand. Your conte...
29 Jan 2010 | 9:14 pmborn again,It is easy to understand. Your contention is that because Jesus never utters the exact words "I am God", that He isn't God. By your own logic, because Allah never says the exact words "I am one", he must not be one God. I am just asking you if your logic is valid or invalid. -
You are bull crap. You don't have any clue what y...
29 Jan 2010 | 2:38 pmYou are bull crap. You don't have any clue what you say, you are waste of time.I still don't get why you are brought up Quran when i didn't even ask you.
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Bradford Muslim
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Douglas Murray said what?
3 Feb 2010 | 2:35 pmDouglas Murray, a regular on the BBC, was invited on to Question Time last week. One of the questions was: 'Was David Cameron's 'Broken Society' claim in the wake of the Edlington case a sign of blatant electioneering?'This is about the case of two young children who had subjected two other young children to an extremely violent attack. Douglas Murray gave the following response: 'I think the swift answer to the question is of course he is electioneering that is his job this year and we have got to be very careful as a public not to fall for the kind of procedural issues which the government… -
What kind of religion?
27 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pmLarge parts of the third generation are finding religion in a way that few predicted. Some have attempted to explain it all away as something foreign and dangerous. I have understood it as something familiar, once one gets behind the veneer of difference. Is it strange that spiritual discipline should be attractive to those who were raised in the same North that welcomed Methodism? Is marching for social justice so foreign in a place that gave rise to the labour movement? Is believing in more than the material really that problematic in ‘Wuthering Heights’ country? Behind the veneer of… -
Another big mistake by pursue
23 Nov 2009 | 2:44 pmYesterday, Greater Manchester Police released Shaykh Asif Hussain Farooqui after he had been arrested on counter-terrorism related offences the week before. Four others who were arrested at the same time have been charged. The police have been in their words investigating this case for the last fifteen months. There is a lot of anger in the community about the arrest of the respected Sufi Shaykh. Years ago, when there was no prevent, and hardly any linkages between the community and the police - this kind of mistake could have been explained away. Today, when prevent is anywhere and… -
Four Stages of Prevent
1 Nov 2009 | 3:24 amThe Guardian's recent reporting of examples of bad practice in the implementation of prevent are currently being investigated by the Home Office. Before I write about what I consider to be the core problems at present, I'd like to provide some context. There are four stages in the development of the prevent strategy as it is currently in place. The first stage was pre-prevent, if you like. If we take 9/11 as the beginning (this could be disputed, because there was some activity in this area in the 90s), then there was a period which I find most astonishing upto July 7 2005 in which there was… -
J'Accuse le BBC
20 Oct 2009 | 1:26 amNick Griffin, if you haven't noticed already, is due to appear on this week's BBC's flagship political programme 'Question Time'. There is much concern and commentary across the media about this as a key moment in the growing acceptability of the BNP. It is their moment of arrival. The first point that I'd make is that the narrative of the steady upward climb of the far-right is (like the fear of the Muslim take-over) exaggerated and complicated. Many places have seen the rise and fall of the BNP vote already. Other places are still experiencing a rise, but for different reasons - mostly to…
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City of Brass
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Republicans: It's a trap!
9 Feb 2010 | 6:53 amAll along, the Republicans have insisted that they are not merely obstructionists seeking to derail health care for purely political purposes ("It's Obama's Waterloo", etc), but rather that they have genuine ideas on reform to contribute, but have been excluded by Democrats from the process. The reform bill is an ultra-leftist socialist agenda in disguise, they argue, rammed through Congress by a partisan majority uninterested in compromise. This is, of course, total nonsense. The Republicans have not offered any ideas of their own beyond the same formula of tort reform, tax cuts, and… -
Lancet retracts vaccine/autism study
3 Feb 2010 | 10:41 amThis is great news for public health - esteemed medical journal The Lancet has formally retracted a contentious 1998 paper that asserted a link between vaccines and autism: The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between autism and the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. The paper, written by British doctor Andrew Wakefield, suggests that the combined shot might be linked to autism and bowel disease. His assertion, now widely discredited, caused one of the biggest medical rows in a generation and led to… -
Obama crosses forward; Republicans in Retreat
3 Feb 2010 | 5:35 amLast week, President Obama attended the House Republican retreat in Baltimore by invitation to interact with the opposition caucus and try to seek some common ground. It's a remarkable event because he also directly answered questions from the Representatives. He gives an incredible defense of his genuine intentions for bipartisanship, scolds the Republicans for their extremist rhetoric, and defended the stimulus bill and the economic recovery of his Administration in a clear and compelling way. I'm embedding the video below and you can read the full transcript at the White House blog. It's… -
Groundhog Day, Daniel Pipes, and Bombing Iran
2 Feb 2010 | 9:24 amAh, it must be Groundhog Day. In the movie, Bill Murray wakes up every day to the same day, where everything happens over and over again. In real life, conservatives argue for bombing Iran as if the Iraq war or the Green revolution never happened. It's fitting that today is the day Daniel Pipes is arguing at National Review that it's time to "destroy Iran's nuclear weapon capacity" - for Obama's own sake, of course: Fourth, if the U.S.limited its strike to taking out Iran's nuclear facilities and did not attempt any regime change, it would require few "boots on the ground" and entail… -
Republican tactics vs strategy
30 Jan 2010 | 9:22 amDaniel Larison - no admirer of liberalism or Obama or Democrats, mind you - has been running against the tide of late by arguing that the Republicans do not stand to gain as much in the mid term elections this year as conventional wisdom woud dictate. His analysis of Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts in particular and GOP prospects in general have been data-driven instead of media-narrative driven. And I don't fundamentally disagree with his latest argument that Republicans are scoring tactical victories but lack a cohesive strategy. However, I think he underestimates the way in which…
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Darvish
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Purple Hijab Day Against Domestic Violence
6 Feb 2010 | 6:59 amSalaam and Greetings of Peace: International Purple Hijab Day, Saturday, February 13, 2010 is a day to reflect on the deaths which have resulted from domestic violence. A purple hijab is an apt reference for this phenomenon. The hijab—or head scarf, is a symbol of the modesty and piety associated with Muslim womanhood. Purple is a color associated with mourning. Hopefully, a purple hijab will bring to mind what is important for us to remember. Remember Aasiya Zubair Hassan whose decapitated body was found by upstate New York police after they were told by her husband where to find it. -
The Prophet (pbuh) and His Granddaughter
31 Jan 2010 | 7:27 amSalaam and Greetings of Peace: The Prophet (peace be upon him) once offered prayer while carrying his granddaughter on his shoulder. “The Prophet (peach be unto him) led the people in prayer while she was on his shoulder. When he bowed he put her down and picked her up when he got up. He kept on doing so until he finished his prayer.” - Sunan of Abu-Dawoud One commentator wrote: “The purpose behind the action of the Prophet (peace be unto him) of carrying his granddaughter in the prayer was to set an example before the Arabs who considered having daughters and carrying them around… -
A Woman’s Heart
24 Jan 2010 | 7:09 amSalaam and Greetings of Peace: “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man should have to seek Him first to find her” - Maya Angelou “The word shams (sun) is feminine, and qamar (moon) is masculine. The sun burns itself out to give light and life to everything around, and the moon is muneer, meaning it reflects the light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of the sun. So when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the glorious light of our women. May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’aala be pleased with them.” … -
Book Review – Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz
20 Jan 2010 | 7:28 pmSalaam and Greetings of Peace: Ali Eteraz is a thoughtful, intelligent, and at times, bitingly funny writer. His very popular, now defunct blog, in which he wrote both comic and serious essays about Pakistani politics, Islamic sexuality, and extremist militancy, led to his eventually becoming a contributor to The Guardian UK and writing articles for such mainstream venues as Dissent, Foreign Policy, and The Huffington Post. In Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan, Eteraz reveals his true gifts as a storyteller. It is a delight to read and utterly charming, lyrically written with exuberant… -
Sufi Comics – The Blind Astronomer
7 Jan 2010 | 8:32 amSalaam and Greetings of Peace: From Arif and Ali Vakil’s Sufi Comics blog. Reposted with permission. Indeed, within us is the greatest universe, a fountain of surprises :) Ya Haqq! Posted in Books & writing, Commentary, Current Affairs, Islam, Islamic Artists, Religion, Spirituality & Religion, Sufi, Sufism, Uncategorized Tagged: Arif and Ali Vakil's blog, astronomy, greetings, Imam Ali, path of wisdom, peace, Salaam, Sufi, Sufi Comics, Sufi path, Sufism, the blind astronomer, universe, Ya Haqq
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Dunner's
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Cafeteria Muslim
9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 amThis is the second post in a series on several questions asked by the husband of one of my readers. The first post was "Human-Made" Rules in Islam. This post will focus on the husband's next comment: "Some [rules in Islam] are not necessary in this modern world."To which I would first say that much of the next-to-last paragraph in my previous post is just as applicable here as it was before: All these men over the centuries - the scholars, jurists and imams - who created the rules that Muslims follow, the vast majority of them have significant credentials in terms of their ability to render a… -
Star Wars vs. Star Trek
2 Feb 2010 | 4:22 amA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, giant yellow letters float off into space at the beginning of each Star Wars movie. But what ultimately happened to those letters? Thank goodness the U.S.S. Enterprise shows up to the rescue! ;) Love the last line of the vid! :) My thought exactly. -
"Human-Made" Rules in Islam
28 Jan 2010 | 8:26 amRecently, one of my readers has asked me to answer some questions her husband has asked of her. Based on the questions she submitted and several other e-mails she has sent to me, her husband, a European convert to Islam, appears to be a lukewarm Muslim at best. (I do realize that I'm only hearing from one-half of this couple; in fact, this woman has asked me to meet her husband face-to-face, but my schedule in the evenings and on the weekends at this time makes such a meeting very difficult to arrange.) She has asked me, instead, if I would post my answers to her questions on my blog, so I'm… -
The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes
26 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pmAmusing. Some of these are not quite so cheesy, but many are. As noted elsewhere, Arnold Schwarznegger and Keanu Reeves seem to have a disproportionate number of appearances here. ;) For me, the surprise was that there are only two Bond quotes here (from Goldfinger and The World is Not Enough); Bond movies usually have at least two or three CHEESY quotes in each film but, then again, that's part of their charm.Be warned: while there's no nudity, some of the language is NSFW!The movies, in order of appearance:--0m-- American Beauty, Batman & Robin, Gigli, Batman & Robin, Showgirls, Troy, Star… -
Tycho Crater by LRO
23 Jan 2010 | 8:25 amTycho Crater is an one of the most prominent craters on the moon. It appears as a bright spot in the southern highlands with rays of bright material that stretch across much of the nearside. Its prominence is not due to its size: at 85 km in diameter, it's just one among thousands of this size or larger. What really makes Tycho stand out is its relative youth. It formed recently enough that its beautiful rays, material ejected during the impact event, are still visible as bright streaks. All craters start out looking like this after they form, but their rays gradually fade away as they sit on…
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8 Feb 2010 | 5:13 am
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5 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am
5 Feb 2010 | 7:11 amBright sun and a light sprinkle of rain = a pwetty rainbow. If I didn’t know the date, I’d say spring was here! -
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3 Feb 2010 | 11:10 amThe problem with interfaith events is that there are lots of good ideas proposed. But very few proofs. I wonder if anyone benefits?
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Indigo Jo Blogs
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Attempt to link Islamic societies to terrorism
9 Feb 2010 | 1:11 amLast Thursday BBC Radio 4 broadcast a Report programme in which they attempted to “investigate” the links between British university Islamic societies (or ISocs) with terrorism, on the basis that Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalib, who attempted to blow up a plane near Detroit last Christmas, had been president of the ISoc at University College London. In doing this they turn to some of the familiar talking heads, Ed Husain among them, giving the societies themselves a voice only at the beginning. (Available on iPlayer apparently permanently.) Among those they first interview are Hamza… -
The real value of online friendships (Hadley Freeman revisited)
8 Feb 2010 | 3:37 amAt the end of December there was an article by Hadley Freeman in the Guardian, characterising the past decade as a decade of fakery: fake science, fake politics and fake friendships connected only by Facebook. At the time, I criticised the article, but things I’ve learned over the past couple of weeks have put the issue of online friendships into sharper relief as there are people to whom this could be the only means of having any social life. Last Tuesday, the Guardian published on its website an article by Emily Levick, who suffered from severe ME for some time and was part of the… -
The nasty party begins to re-emerge
4 Feb 2010 | 4:25 pmIn 2002 Teresa May, the chairwoman of the Tory party appointed by Iain Duncan Smith, told the party’s conference that people called her party the “nasty party” and that their base was too narrow as were their sympathies on occasion. Norman Tebbit noted that this “nasty party” won three general elections but that it was never really a nasty party but a party which “took some very hard decisions”. However, besides its reputation (particularly towards the end) of a party which closed hospitals and taxed the poor, it also became widely associated with the… -
Early 1990s Kilroy flashback
3 Feb 2010 | 3:21 pmDoes anyone remember what Robert Kilroy-Silk was like before he wrote that column in the Daily Express — AKA Daily Spew — saying that the West owes Muslims nothing, being as we are all limb-choppers and women-repressers etc., and then tried to make a name for himself by getting involved with UKIP? A YouTuber who suffers from ME has published a recording of his chat show from the early 1990s, in which ME is discussed over 40 minutes with various medical professionals including a neurologist, a psychiatrist, Dr Anne Macintyre (who interviewed the Gilderdale family for a separate… -
Panorama and other media coverage of the Gilderdale affair
2 Feb 2010 | 3:34 pmI’ve been following the media coverage of the Lynn Gilderdale attempted murder trial with some interest as I found it quite emotionally affecting, and have found most of the coverage to be sympathetic to Lynn’s mother, Kay Gilderdale, who was acquitted last Tuesday. It now turns out that Panorama, the BBC documentary series, had been following Kay Gilderdale on and off for about a year, as well as interviewing others associated with the drive to liberalise Britain’s assisted suicide laws, such as Jane Campbell (AKA Baroness Cambpell of Surbiton, a title I find quite amusing)…
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Islamic Homeschool Diary
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Duxford :: Pictures
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Bugger off and let me read this book about child-centred learning
3 Feb 2010 | 11:45 amSome questions I ask myself:1. Do I homeschool because I can't be arsed getting out of bed in the morning, every morning to do a school run?Quite possibly.2. Do we unschool because I can't be arsed getting organised?Quite possibly3. Do I read lots of books to avoid the inevitable of actually implementing anything?Quite possibly.ANYWAY, enough inner angst. We bombed down to Duxford Air Museum today. Kids are loopy about planes at the moment and so this was a surprise day out. I think they liked it. I think they liked it a lot. I'm knackered but the boys want to go back. And live there. They… -
The Final Frontier :: or :: I Have no Idea What Day It Is
23 Jan 2010 | 11:00 amI knew it was only a matter of time before Space with all those facts and figures and sizes and dimensions and distances got to Boss. He had only shown mild interest in space and universe stuff before, and given that it wasn't a dinosaur or a monster truck it wasn't long before the interest waned.Yesterday I snuck on a planet dvd by the History Chanel because a) I was fed up with them trashing my house, b) we had watched The Incredibles for the zillioneth time and were now quoting it in lip sync, c) David Attenborough stuff bores the Midget who just nuts the table and makes 'help me' wimpers,… -
Crap, I'm cold
5 Jan 2010 | 6:26 amI know Poland has entire RIVERS frozen and is experiencing -25*C, but I'd say -5*C is healthy enough thankyouverymuch and I'm done with snow. I'm sitting wrapped up with wool from head to toe and my toes are still cold. Kids are playing online games with DH. It's OK - it's snooker so I'm sure geometry is involved somehow. Next step I'd say would be a field trip to a local pool parlour to get them some real pool going on ... Hmmm...Reading Montessori things and stuff like that.Now if you'll excuse me I have some excellent Brazilian coffee brewing and some feet to warm. ... -
Homeschooling Q&A
29 Dec 2009 | 4:53 amPeople regularly email me asking questions about homeschooling; there was a question a while back and I forgot to answer it (and forgot what the question was, sorry) so if you are out there please remind me what it is! I think I will try to get all the Q&A on this one page and have a FAQ thing going on to see if it helps new homeschoolers.So recent questions:1. How do you decide what you are going to teach the children?I follow their interests and try to get the curriculum going on around that. My boys are currently seven and four years old. There isn't really a lot for them to get their…
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The Laughing Muslim
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1 Feb 2010 | 4:12 pm
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10 Jan 2010 | 2:56 pm6-year-old Hamza was asked where his grandma lived. "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport." -
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4 Dec 2009 | 10:06 am
4 Dec 2009 | 10:06 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQXh20OuhIc&feature=video_response#watch-main-area
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Muslim Apple
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The Penalty Box: Muslim Women’s Prayer Spaces
8 Feb 2010 | 7:15 amCheck out my new post over at Muslim Matters, we’re having a lively discussion in the comments. Ruth Nasrullah, a former MM writer expressed similar sentiments two years ago in her Women and the Wall post. From the Storehouse: Modern Muslim Chivarly Praying on Mountaintops in New Zealand Second Class Believers: An Unfortunate Sign at the Masjid Women’s Jihad: -
Snowmaggedon & the Day of Judgment
7 Feb 2010 | 7:33 pmOne of my coworkers and I were discussing all of the talk and preparation in the lead up to this past weekend’s blizzard, which blanketed much of the Northeast. She remarked that, the people here (in the Washington DC Metro area) were acting crazy, clearing out store shelves grabbing everything and anything they could lay -
Isolation to Integration: Befriending our America – Part II
15 Jan 2010 | 8:16 amYasir Qadhi, Dean of Academic Affairs for AlMaghrib Institute spoke on July 4th at the ISNA convention about his belief and vision for the American Muslim community and the need for renewed ijtihad in the area of Muslim loyalties to a nation-state. As a specialist in Islamic theology, Qadhi’s talk revolved around what he believes to -
Lions, and Tigers, and Muslims at the Gate! Oh, my!
6 Jan 2010 | 5:22 pmIn light of recent events, I thought it might be timely to rerun these posts, which include some insider tips on how to ease through the airport security screening process, in sha Allah. Despite privacy concerns, I’m in favor of the backscatter imaging machines. I went through one on my way to Ilm Summit this -
Getting Gas: When change equals $9.11
1 Jan 2010 | 8:54 pmYesterday, I was using one of our company vehicles and the orange low fuel warning light came on as soon as I started the van so I went to a gas station to fill it up. I handed the cashier a $50 bill and went to pump the gas. When I returned for my change, the
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The Muslimah
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A Friend
24 Jan 2010 | 11:51 amBismillah A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself. A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears. A simple friend doesn’t know your parents’ first names. A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book. A simple friend comes to attend your party. A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean. A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed. A real friend asks you why you took so long to call. A simple friend seeks to… -
Lista de cosas para hacer
23 Jan 2010 | 8:52 pmBismillah Tengo una lista de cosas que tengo que hacer en las próximas semanas. - Estudiar árabe y español. Tengo una clase de español que comienza en Marzo y tengo, insha’Allah, que prepararme para Fawakih en el verano. Recomiendo este programa! - Hacer un plan para mi jardín. Ya es el final de Enero y es tiempo para prepararme. Quiero que el jardín de este año sea mejor que el anterior, de este año pasado. Bismillah! - Voy a tomar parte en el reto para mejorar nuestra salud con Nourished Mama. Comienza este Lunes, insha’Allah! Vamos a evitar el azúcar y el trigo por un… -
Un creyente es el espejo de otro creyente
22 Jan 2010 | 10:17 pmBismillah Ahora tuve un tiempo maravilloso con una de mis amigas mas cercanas. Mi amiga y yo comimos juntas, tuvimos una lección de costura con los niños, compartimos pensamientos y consejos. Tambien tuvimos una discusión sobre la fabricación de jabón. : ) Admito que no tengo muchas amigas cercanas. Considero esto una bendicion por la cual tengo que darle gracias a Allah porque me ha dado calidad y no cantidad. Cada vez que nos reunimos me beneficia de muchas maneras. Una visita durante la semana es suficiente para motivarme a mejorar mi vida. Alhamdulillah Amistades como éstas son las… -
Allah is Merciful
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Late night thoughts
18 Jan 2010 | 11:15 pmBismillah Rhonda Jean, from Down to Earth, has started a series called Simple Living Series – Making the life you want. I finally sat down to write in my journal about the life I want the other day while at a dear friends house. I didn’t get to finish because as I started writing I realized just how much it is going to take to get to have the life I want. I don’t know why it is so hard to attain a life of simplicity, outdoor living, and dhikr. Allah bestows His Mercy on whom He wills. It’s not easy to stop shopping at a grocery store except for necessities, growing our…
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MasudBlog
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Chickens!
9 Feb 2010 | 3:12 amWe just ordered an Eglu Go with three chickens from Omlet, we’ll receive the order on Friday 5th March (insha’Allah): [Image from omlet.co.uk] We’ve been thinking about having some egg laying chickens for a while now and decided to take the plunge. The Omlet Eglu range seems easy to maintain and look after and we’ll get on average 18-20 fresh eggs per week from organic, free range chickens. Chicken droppings will also be a great addition for our composter! The cost was £295 for the Eglu and run, £11 each for the chickens (£33) and a couple of bags of chicken… -
Swiss MP converts to Islam amid his party’s anti-Minaret stance
8 Feb 2010 | 3:57 amDaniel Streich once a devout Christian and who was a member of the The Swiss People’s Party, noted for their anti-Islam and anti-Minaret stance, converted to Islam over two years ago but kept his conversion secret. The story was picked up by Pakistan’s “The Nation” newspaper but weaved fact with fiction, which seems to be typical Pakistani journalism, either they over-embellish the truth or they have a slap-dash and lazy approach to journalism. A generalisation? Perhaps, but as someone from Pakistani extraction, having been exposed to The Daily Jang, Nawa-e-Waqt, the… -
Sayyidi Habib Ali Jifri – website
14 Dec 2009 | 1:30 amFrom the site: Praise belongs to God, The all Knowing, the Giver, the Generous, may the blessings and peace of God be upon the best of those who gave thanks for God’s gift and gave praise, the one who gave the gifts of God their due, our master Mohammad, who was sent as a mercy to creation and a guide, and upon his family and all his companions. By the success only God gives and by His help, the new website of Habib Ali Aljifri has been launched in its new format, including new parts, and additions. Enjoy! Related posts:Donate a Song Book – daw’ah opportunity Moosighting… -
Sacred Caravan 2010 with Shaykh Hamza!
10 Dec 2009 | 2:09 amSacred Caravan now registering for Umrah 2010… A slideshow of photographs from previous years is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjxnnSwbb2s Related posts:Hajj: Video of our Hotel in Makkah Zaytuna Videocast:: Broadening the Scope of the Pope Hajj: The Yearning Made Clear -
Schwartz Again with Dr. Irfan this time!
7 Dec 2009 | 4:58 amEveryone’s “favourite” neo-con Muslim and self-styled sufi and protector of Muslims against “radicalism”, Stephen Schwartz is at it again in another attack on Shaykh Hamza and Zaytuna College with a swipe at Imam Zaid. This is becoming tiresome and boring. Disappointingly, he is joined this time by Dr. Irfan Alawi (not the same as the Marifa.net webmaster who is a different person entirely) who had previously denied, on a number of occasions, any slandering and maligning of Shaykh Hamza and of any direct association with Schwartz. However this time he has…
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Naeem's Blog
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Cutting Off Cartoons
2 Feb 2010 | 9:33 pmIn my constant struggle to raise my children in this very chaotic world, I have found myself consistently battling the fitnah of the television. I simply haven't had the fortitude to throw it away. Pathetic, I know.When we were in the US and my two older kids were younger, we didn't have cable, so they would only watch PBS cartoons and animated movies (I am scarred for life after watching 'Spirit' 10,000 times).Then we moved to our compound here in KSA where Cartoon Network and Disney Channel were freely available. So the kids began watching a variety of cartoon shows (without those dreaded… -
Getting Rid of Credit Cards
26 Jan 2010 | 9:09 pmThere are no coincidences in life. None whatsoever. Every single event takes place for a reason.A few days ago, I posted about the unfortunate loss of my wife's purse, which contained, among other items, her two credit cards.Then today, I was listening to a lecturer talking on Riba (Interest/Usury) present his argument against keeping credit cards. And I must admit, to date, his argument has been the most effective one I've heard:When signing up for a credit card, we all agree to pay the interest fees in case the full balance is not paid off after the first month. Many Muslims (including… -
Connecting the Dots
25 Jan 2010 | 12:51 amLife is a series of dots, each one representing an event, each one representing a special moment. Memories are made up of these dots, be they blissful, heartbreaking, or both.Special is the one capable of connecting some of these dots. Like when a child barely capable of holding a pencil accomplishes the feat, connecting two or three dots results in pure joy.What then of the select few who are able to make complete pictures from these dots and glean true meanings of life? Ya Allah!Here, then, is my humble tale of connecting a few dots in my life. Maybe one day I shall be able to make… -
Obama:Bush = Xe:Blackwater
19 Jan 2010 | 9:09 pmIt's all about rebranding.According to this excellent piece by Naomi Klein, the American corporatocracy, after taking a major global PR beating during the Bush years, rebranded itself with Obama.Just like Blackwater renamed itself Xe after the numerous scandals in Iraq, the sole imperial power in the world decided it too needed a major face lift. And Obama was exactly what the plastic surgeon ordered."When Obama was sworn in as president, the American brand could scarcely have been more battered - Bush was to his country what New Coke was to Coca-Cola, what cyanide in the bottles had been to… -
Cleaning the Haram in Mecca
18 Jan 2010 | 1:42 amI recorded this short clip as I was walking out of the Haram this past weekend. I couldn't pass up the shot of these workers washing the floor of the Haram with the Ka'aba in the background.(I tried embedding the video directly here, but no go. Will keep trying. In the meanwhile, sorry for that extra click.)
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Children Make Life Normal
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When a Man Decides for a Woman
30 Jan 2010 | 12:12 amSo many times I've said on this blog that women driving is a minor issue to me. That it is in the front lines of women's rights in Saudi Arabia simply ignores a much larger issue regarding the rights and choices of women in this country. It is sort of like trying to put a band aid on a gushing wound and thinking it will heal someone. A much larger issue needs to be tackled before any woman in Saudi can claim independent rights for herself.As an American woman I have enjoyed the freedoms of my own choices since my adulthood. This isn't saying that I've made all the right decisions, but every… -
Flying With A Saudi
12 Jan 2010 | 7:30 pmAfter watching this clip (thank you Umm Omar) I had to wonder what if more regular folk got to sit next to and talk with total strangers on a plane. How much more understanding might we have about each other? How much better off might the world be in regards to tolerance and sympathy -
Speaking Of Airline Security
9 Jan 2010 | 12:56 amWith the latest idiot who tried to blow himself up and an entire plane full of people there comes new security procedures for certain (99% Muslim) countries, Saudi being one of them. This is on top of the procedures that have already been in place since shortly after 9/11. And not surprisingly many Saudis and those within Saudi are not so happy about being placed on that list that requires extra security checks.However I question if extra security screening for some is the best reaction to the latest security blunder. Sure I understand it may be what people want to hear but in reality is it… -
Back In Bahrain
3 Jan 2010 | 11:07 pmSeems like we just arrived and than we had to leave again I do wish we could have stayed longer. The flights were relatively uneventful considering our flight to the US. Security is always an interesting ordeal especially considering the latest in security failures I was expecting to have a difficult time but as usual things were a bit inconsistent.The last time I flew out of St. Louis it was the first time ever I was told that they needed to pat my scarf down. I was in shock. You want to what? I kept asking because I was confused over this new security measure. What exactly do they expect to… -
Is There A Doctor On Board?
27 Dec 2009 | 3:21 pmWe left for the US on Tuesday night or Wednesday considering it was a 2am flight. I should have known things wouldn't go so easy considering that I kept two out of school that day for not feeling well. Mariam had a fever on Saturday, stayed home from school on Sunday but seemed fine and no more fevers so she went to school on Monday. When I picked her up the teacher told me that Mariam started to cough in the class "it sounded croupy" she said.I went home did a search on croup and didn't hear the distinctive ''seal bark" just a cough that I have become accustomed to this time a year with her.
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Outlines
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Won’t you take me to the Queen of Hearts?
1 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pmIt has been faaaaar too long. I write this in the hope that someone, somewhere is still reading, but I know that ultimately, I blog for myself. I want to write more. I do. But then I want to write about so much that I don’t know where to start and so I write nothing. Little has changed outside of this blog. The poor are being asked to pay for the mistakes of the made men and material worn by Muslimah mesmerises and disgusts in equal measure. So as much as it irritates the nostrils off me, the way someone Muslims get more worked up about a Muslimah’s right to wear niqab then… -
Back From the S.A.R
26 Nov 2009 | 8:53 pmAn even stranger trip home then usual. I always have a head swimmy feeling as I leave due to mutual sobbing with Umm Mr Outlines. I do not like goodbyes. This is made worse on the way to the airport with the big, blue sign above the motorway which reads ‘GOOD BYE’, in big capitals. At this point I’m ready to shout out, “Let me stay! My Mum can post out Prawn Cocktails crisps and I’ll be fine!” On to the plane and Oreo is immaculately behaved for 95% of the journey and deeply unhappy for the final ten percent. More grim emotions at the baggage carousel where… -
Calling Moon and Moon
31 Oct 2009 | 9:46 pmIs anyone still there? Anyway, after an unintended break , I shall be taking another one.Alhamdulilah for planes, as insha Allah, I’ll be in Syria later today. So no internetry until I get back. *shakes*. A summary of things I could have written about before, but didn’t: Nick Griffin on Question Time: Tosser. And No Platform for Fascists. People voting for the BNP despite not being racist. If you vote for a party that believes that one race, namely the white race is superior and seeks to discriminate on those ground, then you are racist and Jerry Dammers would be… -
A Summary of Recent Stoniness
28 Sep 2009 | 5:16 pmA belated Ramadan and Eid Mubarak to you all. I have recently moved and had no internet, hence my delay in moderating and blogging. Two recent posts here have discussed spiritual abuse within Islam, particularly the abuse meted out to women. The most recent post provoked a detailed discussion. Here is a summary of my thoughts as a conclusion. 1)Despite it being the blessed month of Ramadan, several people that I linked to have been receiving death threats and other harassment both on and offline. Yes, really. So when people wonder why more people have not spoken out, please bear this in… -
Stone Hearts Don’t Bleed
6 Aug 2009 | 2:43 amSo Salafi Burnout’s website has been taken down. While the comments were full of trollery, there were a lot of people able to finally talk about the abuse they had suffered at the hands of so called ’scholars’. Naively, I had hoped that from revelations there and elsewhere, there would be a movement towards eliminating such cults. But no, because power protects power and when most of the people hurt are women and children, who cares? It’s the truly pious MEN and the knowledgeable MEN who are far more important. Seriously, don’t pretend to be all pious and…
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Peace Through Understanding
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Grand National Peace Jubilee (1869)
31 Jan 2010 | 3:58 amOdd that it seems to take the end of a war to get people to celebrate peace. The following is from:http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/nema.htm Illustrations show the announcement and the interior of the huge Coliseum for the five day National Peace Jubilee, held in Boston in June of 1869, from Patrick S. Gilmore's History of the National Peace Jubilee and Great Musical Festival (Boston, 1871). This first Peace Jubilee was organized by band leader, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, to commemorate the end of the Civil War, and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant attended the opening ceremonies. The… -
Tyrannosaurus Rex
15 Nov 2009 | 2:53 amTyrannosaurus Rex Beneath dark spathes and fantail fronds Love was a hard striving In those most delicate of times When suspicions and lusts were easily aroused, Volcanic eruptions were as common as parasites, And patience was sought from old stories. Under the oversized crescent moon hung sky Hunting was hard and meat was scarce. What scant prey there was would scamper away, As a black marble eye scanned the horizon, And reflected the luster of the lune lit firmament, But love was ever yet stronger than the trial. Below globular clusters of heavenly bodies The horrible horny claw removed… -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
12 Oct 2009 | 5:38 amAfter searching and trying to find the source of my own personal motto, one I learned at the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York, and after going learning that the motto of the Fair was adopted in meetings with various lawyers and Robert Moses, I have finally come across what might have been the direct inspiration, the motto of Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower needed a coat of arms due to his being awarded the Order of the Elephant from the Danish royalty after the war, 1945. The coat of arms was not finished until after 1954 as indicated in the following… -
Yusef Lateef
12 Oct 2009 | 12:19 amA SYLOGISMBy Yusef LateefFlowers, beautiful flowers, children, humanity, lovely, love, life, embrace all – please! Don’t let evil subdue us. Take from our minds the thornlike thoughts that torture us like bloodsucking leeches and demons of disenchantment. Free us of withering, despairing thoughts that inhabit our minds like the dull buzzing of dragonflies. Take from our hearts the veils of ignorance that we may walk in peace. Come soon – please!Love opens the gates of truth and justice and the lips of flowers – yes, love while there is time, while the heart still struggles within, to… -
Lester B. Pearson
11 Oct 2009 | 10:52 pmThere is a college prep high school in Canada with the motto, "Peace through Understanding": Lester B. ("Mike") Pearson was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. Here is the Nobel Foundation's bio: Lester Bowles Pearson The Nobel Peace Prize 1957 Biography For four decades Lester Bowles Pearson (April 23, 1897-1972) has been noted for his diplomatic sensitivity, his political acumen, and his personal popularity. He is affectionately called «Mike», a nickname given to him by his flying instructor in World War I, who discarded «Lester» as being insufficiently bellicose. Born in Toronto…
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Rolled-up Trousers
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Fancy some lunch?
8 Feb 2010 | 12:52 amThat Glasgow Central is within reach of the SNP at this General Election has been devastatingly demonstrated this week. The party is throwing itself behind this campaign and the public are responding. As has been widely reported, there was a fundraiser for the Glasgow Central campaign held this week which was packed out and raised much needed funds given we're up against multi-millionaire opponents. The event sent shockwaves through the Labour ranks. The natural order of things was troubled. It is Labour who are meant to organise big dinners with the Asian community. There was a layer of… -
Labour's commitment to GARL
5 Feb 2010 | 1:17 amLabour in the Scottish Parliament have been complaining for months about the Glasgow Airport Rail Link not going ahead.The uncomfortable fact for them though is that their manifesto back in 2003 promised us a Glasgow Airport Rail Link and they didn't produce it in the next four years. After the election, "delivering" the rail link was also in their coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.It followed the previous parliamentary session where Iain Gray, then transport minister, announced in the Scottish Parliament on 9 October 2002 that it was one of the then Scottish… -
Can war criminals be arrested in Scotland?
1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 amWhile the London government makes preparations to curtail the ability of courts to pursue war criminals, there has been no discussion of what this means to the Scottish legal system.On first glance it may appear relatively simple. It is the UK government which has signed up to the relevant international treaties, so theoretically they run the show. They are not likely to be advocating withdrawing from international treaties though.What the proposal from London is expected to be is that magistrates can no longer issue arrest warrants, and instead the Attorney General has veto, so that he can… -
It was never about WMD
31 Jan 2010 | 11:03 amAnyone expecting a Frost-Nixon moment when Tony Blair appeared in front of the Iraq Inquiry was sorely disappointed, and an unfeasible optimist. It's not just because the inquiry's panel have all the forensic questioning ability of Frost in his latter days at the BBC. It seems Nixon had a heart that at least eventually confessed, in a way that Blair's is entirely black.If Iraq was about WMD, there is precedent for this kind of action. During Blair's own reign, he was involved in a previous bombing of Iraq, Operation Desert Fox, which was ostensibly about weakening Saddam's… -
Ending the Scotland Office
31 Jan 2010 | 9:53 amThe First Minister recently refreshed calls for the Scotland Office to be abolished.Certainly it is struggling to explain its relevance. As the FM said:"I think that it is better if departmental contact that the Scottish Government and its officials contact directly the relevant department. I don't think that an intermediary is particularly helpful on many occasions, and I think that would be more effective."The Scotland Office's budget is said to be £7m. It increases bureaucracy. Labour might want Jim Murphy to continue using it as a platform to get on the media and attack…
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ReflectOnThis
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New A.L.I.America Website and Classes!
24 Jan 2010 | 12:32 amBismillah. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh . . . I am very pleased and happy to announce the launching of A.L.I.America's new website! It took many days and very long hours to set up, but alas, here it is! http://www.aliamerica.com/ We humbly ask that you kindly promote this effort, through Twitter, Facebook, your personal blogs, etc. Although this is... -
"The Monthly Word" of Habib Umar bin Hafiz for Muharram 1431
17 Jan 2010 | 7:55 amThe Monthly Word for Muḥarram 1431: On the Importance and Methodology of Giving By the Erudite Spiritual Master: Ḥabīb ʿUmar bin Ḥafīẓ (may Allah be pleased with him) Translated by: Khalil Abu Asmaa (Christopher J. Moore) In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Praise be to Allāh, Lord of the Worlds, the one who has honored us with... -
"The Monthly Word" of Habib Umar bin Hafiz for Dhul-Hijjah 1430
30 Nov 2009 | 10:47 amThe Monthly Word for Dhul-Ḥijjah 1430 By the Erudite Spiritual Master: Ḥabīb ʿUmar bin Ḥafīẓ (may Allah be pleased with him) Translated by: Khalil Abu Asmaa (Christopher J. Moore) In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Praise be to Allāh, Lord of the Worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon his Chosen Servant, the Trustworthy (al-Amīn), our... -
Amusing Ourselves to Death & The Tyranny of Email
25 Nov 2009 | 9:03 pmAh, yes, with 140 unfinished email responses in my Drafts folder I figured it was now time to revisit and reread one of my all-time favorite books originally published back in 1985: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business While stimulating my cerebral cortex and innermost being with that exquisitely profound and deeply reflective piece... -
Signing on Behalf of the Lord of the Worlds
15 Nov 2009 | 10:30 pmIbn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah al-Hanbalī (d. 751 A.H./1350 C.E.), may Allāh have mercy on him, said something very telling for us all to reflect on in this crazy (and interesting) age that we live in. He said the follow in his famous book entitled Notifying Those Who Sign on Behalf of the Lord of the Worlds (إعلام الموقِّعِين عن رب العالمين),...
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MWA Director Receives Honorary Invitation to Bridges Foundation 'Objective Thinking' Workshop in Cairo, Egypt
8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pmWASHINGTON, D.C. (MWANET) Jan. 30, 2010 - Muslimah Writers Alliance Director, Aishah Schwartz, has been extended an honorary invitation to attend the February 11-13, 2010 Bridges Foundation workshop,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Standing in Defiance of International Law; Israel Continues Construction of Apartheid Wall
8 Feb 2010 | 9:35 amPalestinians and Israeli dissenters are getting together to fight Israel's plan to build another section of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank. According to environmentalists, the wall... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
VIDEO: Follow-Up to Announcement of Congressional Support on Behalf of Gaza
7 Feb 2010 | 10:07 pmA large number of US Congressmen have petitioned to lift the crippling Siege of Gaza by the Israelis and the Egyptians. In a scathing letter, they have said in no uncertain terms that the Siege is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Facebook Wouldn't Bring it to You, but I Can! Introducing the 'DISLIKE' Option!
7 Feb 2010 | 9:52 amKudos to Blogger for offering customizable "reactions" on blog posts! That means, even though FACEBOOK won't provide an alternate to the "Like" option, I can! Introducing DISLIKE! Visit my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
GAZA: What you didn't know...
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Bryan Turner at Hofstra
7 Feb 2010 | 10:33 pmOn Tuesday, Feb. 9 and Wednesday, Feb. 10, internationally known sociologist Bryan Turner will be delivering two guest lectures at Hofstra, and also will be available for smaller meetings with interested students and faculty. Dr. Turner, currently a visiting professor at Wellesley College, was a sociology professor at National University in Singapore and the University of Cambridge. He will become a ‘presidential professor’ at CUNY in September. He has edited or written more than 60 books on a wide range of topics, and his research interests include globalization and religion,… -
Reforming the Arab League
7 Feb 2010 | 2:44 amYemen proposal to reform Arab League SABA, Yemen News Agency, February 6, 2010 CAIRO. Feb. 06 (Saba) - Yemen has put forward a proposal for the establishment of an Arab Union as a replacement for the Arab League that would be discussed by Arab Foreign Ministers in an early March meeting as a prelude to sending it to the Arab Leaders’ Summit in late March. The proposal was drafted in an initiative form to reform the Arab League. In the initiative, Yemen suggested a draft constitution for the union that should contain 37 articles based on principles such as respecting sovereignty and… -
More Travels with Kitto
6 Feb 2010 | 6:55 amFollowing up on an earlier post, here is another illustration from John Kitto’s An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible (Social Circle, Georgia: E. Nebhut, 1871). The illustration above of a contemporary Arab scene illustrates the discussion of the patriarch Isaac receiving King Abimelech, “whom, with his attendants, he entertained with great liberality. The articles for a treaty of friendship were agreed on that same evening, and the next morning confirmed by a solemn and mutual oath; after which Abimelech took his leave, and returned home (pp. 118-119). Now, if only Mahmoud… -
Know Your Customers First
5 Feb 2010 | 7:40 amA disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment. A friend asks him: “Why weren’t you successful in Saudi Arabia? The salesman explained, with a sigh: “When I got posted in the Middle East, I was very confident that I would make a good sales pitch as our cola is virtually unknown there. But, I had a problem. I didn’t know how to speak Arabic. So, I planned to convey the message through three posters, like this: -
Islamic Folk Astronomy #2
4 Feb 2010 | 5:54 amTime Reckoning Era means a definite space of time, reckoned from the beginning of some past year, in which either a prophet, with signs and wonders, and with a proof of his divine mission, was sent, or a great and powerful king rose, or in which a nation perished by a universal destructive deluge, or by a violent earthquake and the sinking of the earth, or a sweeping pestilence, or by intense drought, or in which a change of dynasty or religion took place, or any grand event of the celestial and the famous tellurian miraculous occurrences, which do not happen save at long intervals and at…
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When it isn't for you, and when it isn't for you: Building a bridge
7 Feb 2010 | 3:48 pmassalamu alaikum,So, my Brother from Another Mother (BAM) is getting married. He clearly is happy about it but also would be just as happy not to get married. To be writing this mere months after our conversations online and here in person on marriage is... wow. Life: The Great Unexpected Adventure.I, well, I acted all girly (sue me, it's not my norm) and squeed and such. Now, let me tell you -
That's why
1 Jan 2010 | 12:59 pmassalamu Alaikum,(My friend Isa sent me a card! I was so happy to hear from her mashaAllah. That sparked this conversation. Just a reminder... everyone has someone who loves them.)Sister: Aww! Your friends love you!Me: I dunno why. I can remember some times when I acted very unloveable.Sister: But you're so endearing when you do it!InshaAllah blessings of self-awareness and love in 2010. -
Last I've heard from it...
31 Dec 2009 | 7:43 pmassalamu alaikum, Alhamdulillah. InshaAllah in about 2 hours, I'll be able to say I made it safely to 1431 AND 2010. WOW. 2010. No more zero in front of that last number. The people who were born in 1990 are about to be 20 years old! I REMEMBER 1990! How'd that happen? Seriously? 2009 has not been my best year. Every day that I"m breathing is a good day, alhamdulillah, and another -
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29 Nov 2009 | 6:48 amassalamu alaikum, Eid Sa'eed! Eid Mubarak! To tell the truth, I didn't do much for Eid. The holiday isn't as fascinating and fun for me this year; probably because I don't have the little kids to pull me into the enthusiasm. I wasn't at home either; my parents left for the weekend, so I came to my sister's house. Last night I fell asleep on her couch; we'd had visitors earlier so I was -
5 Things I love
27 Oct 2009 | 8:57 amassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah bismillah Who can't take time to think about just five things they love? Well, I got the flu, so now I really WANT to. Priorities...! So, in no order at all... 1. Sunshine. This year I feel as if I'm almost caught up on my sunshine quota. Just sitting in sunlight makes me happy, and I have always been so. These days the light right after Asr time (late
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A Moment Of Life
25 Jan 2010 | 7:06 pmIt's a sin to let a dieing sun go without being watched. Every sunset should be whispered to. Should be given a sweet goodbye as it leaves to reach the greener side, the other side of the world. Leaving to meet my loved ones. Going to the deserts of the Middle East and specifically shining on my beautiful Damascus. Finally leaving me to submit myself to unconsciousness for some while.I wore a white dress that reached to my knees. The ruffles around the neckline spoke a thousand words of femininity. Strands of dark brown hair danced with the soft breeze that caused my anklet to sing a chime. -
My Lover, Artist.
3 Jan 2010 | 11:58 amI'm not sure when I began to sense the possibility of the kind of relationship I had always sought but in the past had eluded me. I am a lover of an exciting man, an artist whose work I believe in. I find myself more of a soul intuned with thinkers and artists who express my tragic romantic free-thinking view of life.Side by side, my artist and I shared the world. We came so close to perfection, him and I. We are too alike and to add to our wild emotional ways, I took more from him than I'd like to admit. Adopted his vision as my own. His whole style and way of seeing. He was no more… -
Destination Dubai
3 Dec 2009 | 8:14 pmMid-October, I flew into a city that welcomed me with a strong embrace of heat. Like her harsh sun, she was blunt in presenting herself. She had nothing to hide, showed me her strengths and weaknesses in no time and left me to my contemplations of how I could survive the motion. The race in such a city.Dubai didn't know though that I wasn't disappointed. She lived up to my expectations and impressed me to say the least. I loved the thrill instilled in every project/event. I loved how the city encouraged and involved its residence. It seemed as I was driven through the city and the capital… -
Le Vin De La Vie, Syrie.
5 Nov 2009 | 6:14 amThe wine of Life, Syria.Like fine wine; the more she ages, the more elegant and spiritual she becomes. That wine that puts me out of my misery. The single moment of forgetfulness surrounded in endless memories. That silent and meaningful love deep in my heart.I time-travel in the old streets of Damascus. I live the moment as part of many others. Ones I've missed on and ones I'm living momentarily.In the most ancient city, where one detects it's special meaning, colour, and distinguished voice, I sat on the veranda sipping unsweetened thick coffee. Pondering about a country with culture… -
Happiness is....
22 Sep 2009 | 8:27 pmThe secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.Define your happiness.
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Knocking From Inside
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Drowning Sestina
8 Feb 2010 | 1:24 pmA fogbank swallows the nail-paringmoon. Seagulls line the frosty wiresshifting from webbed orange foot to foot.The path is muddied by the many feetthat came and went from the riverbank.They dragged the water with tight-woven websand finally went away, despairing.The body was trapped in a tangle of wirebeneath the outwash from Sullivan's Gulch.Other search teams had gone up the gullyscanning for clues, every square footunder the menacing hum of the light-rail wiresand the blank earth stare of the steep banks.Meanwhile the fence crew was repairingthe hole that was slashed in the steel… -
Like This Leaf
5 Feb 2010 | 4:33 pmBefore the flesh was put onI was a line drawingin the mind of my Creator.You could see right through melike this leaf.Now the flesh recedes and leavesveins, tendons, and bonesstanding above skin.Obscuring tissues dissolveand I become transparent againlike this leaf.Will I remember the tree from which I felllike this leaf?--image credit Hilton Pond CenterCollection available! Knocking from Inside -
An Argument of Trains
5 Feb 2010 | 8:52 amIn a late-night dialect of shrill whistleswe debate the tracks' declining qualityand the weight of brakemen's hands.We crouch and drowse in February drizzle,slow freights dreaming in the dark and gritty.We're not up to this century's demandsnot like the overseas futuristic missilesthat hurtle supersonic from city to city,silver trains leaping across silver spans.Collection available! Knocking from Inside -
Bamboo
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Orchids
3 Feb 2010 | 10:20 am3 Word Wednesday: Frantic. Lurch. Odor.frantically seekingsource of bogus sex odorswasps lurch toward orchidsCollection available! Knocking from Inside
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Story of Yusuf Part 5: A Diamond in the Making
26 Jan 2010 | 6:40 pmContinuation of the Story of Yusuf (alayhis salaam), Verses 19 – 21 from Surah Yusuf: Any mistake or error in explanation is on my part, may Allah forgive me And there came a caravan of travellers; they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket. He said: “What good news! Here is a boy.” So they concealed him as merchandise. And Allâh was the All-Knower of what they did (Verse 19) In the previous verses, the brothers of Yusuf (alayhis salaam) threw him into a well and came back to their father with crocodile tears while Yaqub (alayhis salaam), the father, displayed… -
Help Haiti
26 Jan 2010 | 5:44 amI find it quite sad that Pakistanis are not doing much for Haiti…others did so much for us in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. May Allah help us to help the destitute, the homeless, the hungry, the damaged, the bereaved and every victim of this terrible earthquake. If we feel there is nothing we can do, we can at least make du’a for them after every salah. Allah listens. A letter from a Haitian Muslim published by MuslimMatters here SubhanAllah that all the masajid are standing, and acting as shelter for the people. Posted in Reminders Tagged: Allah, donate, dua, earthquake, Haiti,… -
webcast on time management by Muhammad Alshareef
13 Jan 2010 | 2:14 amJourney’s End: by Muhammad Alshareef webcast on 12th January 2010 Click here to listen to or download the replay: (Download by clicking on ‘Listen-In’ on the sidebar) mashaAllah fantastic lecture…I am so motivated right now, I hope it lasts inshaAllah! Posted in Must-Read Articles, Reminders Tagged: lecture, listen, motivation, Muhammad Alshareef, time, time management, webcast -
Story of Yusuf Part 4: A Beautiful Patience
3 Jan 2010 | 6:45 amContinuation of the Story of Yusuf (alayhis salaam), Verses 11 – 18 from Surah Yusuf: Any mistake or error in explanation is on my part, may Allah forgive me They said: “O our father! Why do you not trust us with Yûsuf though we are indeed his well-wishers?” (Verse 11) In the last post, we ended on Yusuf’s (alayhis salaam) eldest brother, Yahuda suggesting that they should leave him in a well rather than killing him. Now to put their plot into action, the brothers go to their father, Yaqub (alayhis salaam) and try to persuade him to let them take Yusuf (alayhis… -
Story of Yusuf Part 3: Relationship with Parents
22 Dec 2009 | 2:05 amAlhamdulillah, here is the next part of the story of Yusuf (alayhis salaam), after 3 months! And this time with Arabic text, as my wordpress has decided to be kind to me :) Today, I will attempt to explain the next 3 verses (8 – 10). When they said: “Truly, Yûsuf and his brother (BinYamin) are dearer to our father than we, but we are a strong group. Indeed, our father is in clear error. (Verse 8) This is the first appearance of the step-brothers of Yusuf (alayhis salaam) in the story. They are having a discussion amongst themselves, without Yusuf (alayhis salaam) and BinYamin,…
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11 Jan 2010 | 9:06 amI’m absolutely amazed at myself. I almost lost everything on this site! Everything! Over a years worth of my mind, nearly lost to the depths of the interwebs. Thankfully after a little bit of pondering, I managed to recover the entire site. I’ll be posting something reader worthy VERY soon! I promise! -
Written With You in Mind
11 Nov 2009 | 1:11 amTo whom it may concern, Thank you. Through the days that have passed, you’ve listened to every bit of my troubles. You’ve not once complained. You’ve not made me feel as though I have burdened you with my problems. Rather, you’ve taken them as your own. For this, I cannot thank you enough. I write you in hopes of showing just a fraction of my appreciation for all that you’ve done. Your modesty and humble style may provoke you to think that you haven’t done anything at all. That’s just a small part of what makes you so wonderful. Again, for this, I… -
#102
20 Oct 2009 | 10:59 pmI didn’t even notice this until now, but I’ve got 101 posts, not counting this one! That’s a bit surprising, and I don’t know why.. But it’s nice. My life has never been an easy one to live. I have seen and done many things in what years I’ve been alive.. Through all the challenges I’ve faced, I can only wish that I’d have come on top every time. I’ve never allowed failure to discourage me completely. I’d be lying if I said that it didn’t discourage me at all, but then it’s only natural to be disappointed. Instead of… -
To: You.
19 Oct 2009 | 10:48 pmhttpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjezmgc_II -double k
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Indonesian Muslim Women Reject Fatwa on Hairstyles
18 Jan 2010 | 6:45 pmby Mathias Hariyadi Fancy perms and photo albums made before marriage are ‘haram’, i.e. contrary to Islamic religion and morality. Two East Java educational institutions issue the ruling in order to preserve the “purity” of customs. Indonesia’s Ulema Council describes the fatwa as “exaggerated”. Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Wearing elaborate hairdos and being photographed before one’s wedding are haram, against the Islamic religion and morality. Two all-female educational institutions (pesantren) issued a fatwa to that effect. In doing so, they add more fuel to an already heated… -
Muslim group Minhaj-ul-Quran issues fatwa against terrorists
18 Jan 2010 | 6:35 pmdiv#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } A leading Muslim organisation in Britain has issued a fatwa against suicide bombings and terrorism, declaring them un-Islamic. Minhaj-ul-Quran, a Sufi organisation based in East London which advises the Government on how to combat radicalisation of Muslim youth, will launch the 600-page religious verdict tomorrow. It condemns the perpetrators of terrorist explosions and suicide bombings. The document, written by Dr Muhammed Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former minister of Pakistan and friend of Benazir Bhutto, declares… -
Mauritania fatwa bans female genital mutilation
18 Jan 2010 | 6:31 pmThirty four Islamic scholars in Mauritania have signed a fatwa, or religious opinion, banning the practice of female genital mutilation. The fatwa, signed in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, states that the procedure has been proven to be harmful either at the time or subsequently. Many Mauritanian women have welcomed the move. Female genital mutilation has been recognised globally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. But that message has been slow to filter down in parts of north, east and west Africa where the practice is still widespread. Health campaigners estimate… -
'Include all Muslims in BPL'
18 Jan 2010 | 6:18 pmNew Delhi : In a move that could stir the political pot, the Rural Development Ministry, under Congress leader C P Joshi, has proposed “automatic inclusion” of Muslims in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) list of families along with Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Aware of the political sensitivities involved, the Ministry plans to replace the word “Muslim” with “Minority” to pre-empt opposition, especially from BJP-ruled states. Inaugurating a conference of Social Editors, Rural Development Minister Joshi said that to simplify the process and ensure that vulnerable… -
About theIndianMuslims.com
4 Oct 2009 | 3:30 amWelcome to theIndianMuslims.com. The site aims to be a credible one-stop reference on Muslims of India, Muslim Achievers and eminent Indian Muslims from the historical times to the present. You can see updated news of interest for Indian Muslims, including features, articles and editorials. A complete data-bank on Muslim achievers, Muslim organisations and institutions would also be available on the site. TheIndianMuslims.Com would also illustrate the contribution of Indian Muslims towards India's Freedom Struggle, besides in various other fields like Art Culture, Architecture, Cinema,…
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Landmark Advisory's Developer Rating indicates deficit of Grade A developers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
9 Feb 2010 | 5:10 amToday, Landmark Advisory released its latest quarterly report which focuses on the 'Developer Rating' of the top developers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The quantitative evaluation carried out by a panel of industry revealed a deficit of Grade A developers in both cities. Low ranking developers will contribute to the ongoing price divergence within the asset classes in both markets. -
Huge growth opportunities for local content in the Arab media industry starting from 2010
9 Feb 2010 | 4:59 amDevelopments in the region's local production industry for all media platforms could help drive growth in the value of local Arabic content over the next five years, revealed 'Arab Media Outlook 2009-2013: Inspiring Local Content,' the third and latest edition of the ground-breaking report on the current status and future of the Arab media industry. -
Gulf Bank inaugurates its branch in Yarmouk
9 Feb 2010 | 4:57 amGulf Bank inaugurates its branch in Yarmouk, as part of its continued focus on client service. This branch extends the Gulf Bank offer of premium financial services to a new part of the city and will offer Yarmouk residents the chance to experience the difference of banking with Gulf Bank for themselves. -
Tadawul dips 0.34%
9 Feb 2010 | 4:52 amSaudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share Index fell 0.34% to 6,200, with 100 stocks falling and 24 rising. All sectors ended lower except real estate development and agriculture and food industries. Market heavyweight Alinma Bank dipped 0.40 to SR12.55. -
Qtel Group and Nokia Siemens Networks sign framework agreement to support global network operations
9 Feb 2010 | 4:28 amQtel International has concluded a major framework agreement (FA) with Nokia Siemens Networks to support its long-term development strategy across international markets.
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Muslimness – shifting boundaries
9 Feb 2010 | 10:24 amMuslimness is an elusive state of being. There are watertight strictures of the theological identity defined by men, interpreted as the Sharia, on the one hand; and the broad political and cultural sense of the self, on the other. Identity, in any case, is a messy affair: shifty, shifting and eventually, imagined. While 9/11 placed [...] -
How instability is garnered
8 Feb 2010 | 4:17 amMy latest analysis published by The News We continue to bemoan the failure of democratic norms to take root in our governance culture. True, that the repeated extra-constitutional interventions and direct or indirect military rule have rendered democratic governance as a distant and seemingly unattainable goal. In addition, the emergence of non-state actors, sometimes more powerful [...] -
Chal Way Bullehya Chal O’thay Chaliyay – Let’s go where everyone is blind
7 Feb 2010 | 2:21 amChal Way Bullehya Chal O’thay Chaliyay Jithay Saaray Annay Na Koi Saadee Zaat PichHanay Tay Na Koi Saanu Mannay *** O’ Bulleh Shah let’s go there Where everyone is blind Where no one recognizes our caste (or race, or family name) And where no one believes in us *** Ab to jaag Musaffir pyare Raeen gayi latke taare Kar le aj karni da weera Mod na ho si [...] -
Eighteen years later…
5 Feb 2010 | 12:28 pmIt took eighteen years to locate a friend. Much like a star, the moon, a constellation and an ancient river my friend R has been mercurial, moody and elusive. Hiding one day and emerging the other week, and missing for years. It is for the technology that enabled me to get reconnected. There is so [...] -
Rakhshanda Jalil – Panchlight and other stories
5 Feb 2010 | 1:46 amMy friend Rakhshanda Jalil is singlemindedly pursuing her interests and dreams. Her latest book of translation has attracted attention from critics as well as high profile media persons such as Khushwant Singh. In his latest column he talks about RJ and her new book. Bihar in translation One of my lasting regrets is that when I migrated [...]
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Medina Safe Havens
9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 amGuest article by Amer Haider (Feedback from Muslim Matters Senior Associate J. Hashmi follows the article) When the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and his early followers were faced with immense persecution in the city of Mecca, Muhammad instructed his followers to escape from this persecution rather than continue to suffer under it. Under the Prophet’s instruction, his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina in AD 622, thus leaving the birthplace of the Prophet and of the religion of Islam. The Prophet was soon to follow, traveling under the cover of darkness and hiding along the… -
The Penalty Box: Muslim Women’s Prayer Spaces
7 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pmBy Ify Okoye One bitterly cold and windy weekend here in Washington DC, a friend and I decided to visit the U.S. Botanic Garden, which is located indoors. We left the garden shortly before the time for maghrib and decided to head over to a local restaurant to get a bite to eat. On our way, we could tell from the sky that the time for maghrib was near. As I began to wonder where we would pray, I happened to see the iconic minaret of the Islamic Center of Washington, DC just down the road. Alhamdulillah, I thought, we can stop and pray there. In warmer weather I do not mind finding a spot to… -
Sunday Open Thread – 2/7/2010 – The Most Unusual Places You’ve Prayed
7 Feb 2010 | 5:52 amWe’ve all had this happen to us before: A meeting runs late, or you were caught in traffic, or perhaps you were taking a finals exam when all of a sudden you realize that you haven’t prayed yet and time is running out. But where to go – there’s no masjid near you…or is there? The Prophet (SAW) said, “I have been given five things which were not given to anyone else before me” Among these things… “The Earth has been made a place of prayer (Masjid) for me, and pure. Therefore, anyone from my community who is overtaken by the time of prayer, let them pray [wherever… -
“How Islam Perfected Thanks Giving” with Imam Siraj Wahhaj with Queens College MSA
7 Feb 2010 | 12:01 amThe recap is a bit dated now. We apologize to the writers for the delay in this article’s posting. -MM The Muslim Students Association of Queens College had planned determinedly for months to bring Imam Siraj Wahhaj for an event on being grateful. It was scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 19, 2009. A week prior to the event, Imam Siraj Wahhaj was in two newspapers after a meeting he had with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Other Muslim leaders and Imams from New York were also present. This was an outreach effort the Mayor organized to help ensure the well being and concerns of… -
Six C’s of Good Character, Part 3
6 Feb 2010 | 4:57 amGuest post by Tamim Popalzai Please make sure to first read Part 1 and Part 2. Part III – Consideration & Courage Start: Video #5 - 4:31 Click here to view the embedded video. … We have conscience, we have compassion, and now we have consideration. Being considerate. What does that mean? It means that you are deliberate. You think before you act and before speak, how is my action and how are my words going to impact those around me. Is it going to bring them up or is it going to crush their spirits. Is what I am about to say nice that I need to share with people,…
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Republicans have been whining about not …
9 Feb 2010 | 7:07 amRepublicans have been whining about not getting a seat at the table and being excluded from giving their ideas on health care reform. So, the President has invited the Republicans to join him at a health care summit on Feb 25th, which will be televised, so that they can offer their ideas to the American people and work with Democrats to publicly discuss the reform issues. What’s the GOP response? “It’s a TRAP!“ This post: "Republicans have been whining about not …" was originally posted at Talk Islam - a crescent waxing eloquent. The RSS feed may not be used at… -
Hijaabified Beauty takes on child abuse …
9 Feb 2010 | 2:14 amHijaabified Beauty takes on child abuse in the Muslim community: A while ago, I wrote a very personal post which was deleted very soon after I published it. You see, I have a dark secret that I have kept to myself for much of my life. A secret that I wish I had the courage to share with someone close to me. One that has, in my mind robbed me of the innocence of childhood. I was a victim of sexual abuse. I am not writing this post to gain some sort of pity, or to be encouraged by my readers to tell someone I know, or even to confront my abusers. I am writing this post to alert parents. Most… -
Love in Jordan: ‘Dress Western act Orie…
9 Feb 2010 | 1:56 amLove in Jordan: ‘Dress Western act Oriental.’ In the corridors of the University of Jordan, young women sway their hips in tight jeans, embracing the latest fashion trend the West has to offer. Their male counterparts seem no less committed to showing off their looks, nor to a deeply rooted urge to catch the attention of flashy girls. This is one of the few places where young people can mix in a country built on strict gender segregation. Despite the superficially Western influenced culture, many young people express exasperation with the traditional mentality governing most… -
Taliban confirm Hakeemullah’s death. Th…
9 Feb 2010 | 1:35 amTaliban confirm Hakeemullah’s death. The Taliban based in Orakzai Agency confirmed on Tuesday that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is dead. However, Alam Tariq the offiicial Taliban spokesman has not yet made a statement. Sources said that Maulvi Noor Jamal has been nominated as Mehsud’s succesor. …. Maulvi Noor Jamal is a native of the Orakzai Agency and rose to power as the leader of the Taliban in the Kurram tribal area. He was also given responsibilities for Orakzai when the military began the Waziristan offensive in October. Jamal is in his late… -
There aren’t enough good targets in Som…
8 Feb 2010 | 10:11 pmThere aren’t enough good targets in Somalia… A senior leader of al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia has declared jihad against neighboring Kenya for supporting the weak Somali Transitional Federal Government. This post: "There aren’t enough good targets in Som…" was originally posted at Talk Islam - a crescent waxing eloquent. The RSS feed may not be used at other sites without permission. You can subscribe to this RSS feed for Talk Islam at http://talkislam.info/feed/
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ArabCrunch
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SourceForge Simi Unblocks Syria, Sudan,Iran, N.Korea & Cuba- Freedom Loving Admins: Unblock Now
8 Feb 2010 | 2:41 pmWe waited for few days and nobody wrote about it, so we moved on and broke the news with a guest post from Abdulrahman Idlbi as we were upset when SourceForge the world’s largest open source software hosting website, blocked around 171 million people from Syria, Sudan, Iran, N. Korea & Cuba: from downloading open source software, a complete breach to the open source definition section 5 and 6: 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons. 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor And a direct… -
Apple iTunes Store Soon in Jordan, Tunisia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Niger and 8 other Counties
8 Feb 2010 | 2:29 amApple recently posted an updated Terms of Agreement for publishing applications to the App Store, and among the changes are newly added countries in which Apple’s iTunes Store is set to expand, these countries are: Jordan, Tunisia, Armenia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Kenya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal and Uganda. In the Arab world iTunes is currently available in Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. While iTunes Store (and hence an App Store) still not available in these countries, this means it should open pretty soon. It took about… -
The Winner The First ArabCrunch Twitter 100 $ Contest- #ArabCrunch24.
4 Feb 2010 | 7:41 amAs a thank you to our loyal readers we launched our first twitter contest, celebrating the #24 worldwide blog rank ArabCrunch achieved in 2009 under the hashtag label of #ArabCrunch24. And today I am glad to announce the winner of first ArabCrunch Twitter contest is Nouha Mahmoud (ArabCrunch.NET profile @nohaMahmoud, who was selected randomly from the 149 RTweets the post received. Noha works as a software developer and research assistant at Nile University in Management of Technology (MOT) Program. As per the terms of the contest , the winner should choose a book, a software or an… -
Don’t Know What to Eat for Dinner? tasree3.com Helps You With Speed.
3 Feb 2010 | 11:18 amToday i was hungry, and did not know what to eat, I was tired of junk food and pizza, so i hit this website called tasree3 to help me find something to eat. And it did it, in a fast way. tasree3 which means speed in Arabic is build in a simple concept that is similar to goole search. As It has only one search bar where you enter the restaurant name that you want to buy from, in case you do not remember the restaurant name, it helps you with a auto complete. Then hit lookup number, and the site looks up the number for you, moreover you can get to see the menu of that restaurant and add your… -
ArabCrunch is Hiring: Online Ad Sales/Business Development Executive.
1 Feb 2010 | 2:22 pmAs you might know we achieved unprecedented Arab rank in the blogs scene, as ArabCrunch earned the first rank in the Arab World and the 24th rank worldwide, beating both The Wall Street Journal and Forbes Blogs in the startup category. We also have ArabCrunch.NET the first and largest social platform to empower Arab entrepreneurs and techies. And we organized last year the largest DEMO event in the region: ArabCrunch DEMO. We have 10s of thousands of impressions across all our sites every month, so we need someone who can drive and close ad campaigns from key advertisers ( classical and…
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Inside Islam
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Helping or Hurting Muslims?
4 Feb 2010 | 3:59 pmOn Tuesday night, I attended Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s talk “Refuse to be Silenced: Feminism Today” as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Distinguished Lecture Series. This series aims to generate constructive dialogue around controversial issues. I was hesitant to go to the lecture because I was aware of her story and her attitudes towards Islam; however, [...] -
American Perceptions of Muslims
3 Feb 2010 | 1:45 pmEven though two thirds of Americans (63%) admit that they have little or no knowledge about Islam, according to a recent Gallup poll, almost half of Americans acknowledge some level of prejudice against Islam (53%) and Muslims (43%). Furthermore, “personal affiliation with a Muslim may help to soften extreme prejudice, but is not enough to [...] -
Student Reporter on UW Campus Muslims
1 Feb 2010 | 12:21 pmThis is a guest post by Clare Milliken, a UW-Madison undergraduate majoring in journalism. She recently published a story about the Muslim student community on campus in the Isthmus newspaper. Working as a reporter opens your eyes to the world, allowing you an intimate look into others’ lives, cultures, and experiences. Never have I appreciated this [...] -
More on Religion and Violence: Jesus Guns?
28 Jan 2010 | 1:03 pmLast Thursday, Trijicon, a Michigan based company announced that it would stop inscribing Biblical references on gun sights for the military. This came after many groups, including the Interfaith Alliance and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, condemned the practice. These inscriptions gained attention after ABC News aired a story about the weapons, referred to by some as [...] -
Violence in Nigeria
26 Jan 2010 | 8:49 pmIn last week’s post about Muslim-Christian tensions in Egypt, I highlighted that I am troubled by the way that two connected faiths that call for tolerance are often manipulated for specific purposes. As a follow up to that post, I wanted to write about the violence last week between Christians and Muslims in Jos, which stands [...]
