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Supernatural selection – The Boston Globe I know alot of you dont care about this topic, and think it shouldnt be a concern or worry for Muslims, but I would argue otherwise. Materialism, scientism, however you want to put it, is very prominent in today’s pop-culture. And many of our Muslim brothers and sisters are [...]

Yup, its Muharram the 1st, 1427! Happy Islamic New Year! Oh wait i just committed a bid’ah, didnt I? Speaking of the Islamic calendar, check this out: Gregorian-Hijri Dates Converter So my Islamic birthday is: Friday, 26 Jumaada al-awal 1403.

Someone sent this out on the listserve on Friday. I thought it was cool and worth sharing. As a resident physician working in a large academic medical centre, I am in frequent contact with medical students, many of whom feel apprehensive about choosing their future medical specialty. Students complain that they need balanced career guidance [...]

Sakeenah: Celebrating Goodness: Imam Siraj Wahaj This has been up on Sakeenah (Shaykh Abdullah Adhami’s site) for a while. Its really worth checking out for those of you who havent yet done so. Imam Siraj Wahhaj is the first in the Celebrating Our Elders series. He was selected not simply because of his devoted leadership [...]

WWE: Inside WWE News; Shaq attack Last night at the American Airlines Arena, RAW Superstar Carlito verbally abused Jason Williams after the Miami Heat suffered a disappointing 107-98 loss to the Phoenix Suns. While the cocky Superstar was berating Williams, Shaquille O’Neal walked up behind Carlito and smashed him with a chair. SEE VIDEO HERE!! [...]

Reza Aslan on The Daily Show (If link doesnt work, click on Reza Aslan here: The Daily Show: Celebrity Interviews) Reza Aslan (Iranian-American scholar, author and journalist) gives a great interview. I liked how he expalined that people untrained in well-established institutions (such as Bin Laden, Zarqawi) have no authority to issue fatwas and Islamic [...]

ESPN.com – NBA – Pacers want to talk to Artest; Stojakovic ‘disrespected’ What a turn of events. In December, Ron Artest demanded to be traded, now 6+ weeks later, he finally gets what he wants. A trade to Sacramento for (one of my favorite NBA players) Peja Stojakovic. But Ron apparently doesnt want to play [...]

So now we have been evolutionarily adapted to “believe in religion”. This is where science is heading… Questions for Daniel C. Dennett – Interview by Deborah Solomon – New York Times How could you, as a longtime professor of philosophy at Tufts University, write a book that promotes the idea that religious devotion is a [...]

Inshallah this is a continuation, (and hopefully a conclusion) to my last post. But this time I wont say anything. Again Im just a student, and I dont have any real knowledge. I will just quote a great scholar, Shaykh Abdullah Adhami (may Allah mercifully bless and reward him), who briefly spoke about this very [...]

After writing a post advertising an Al-Maghrib course last week, i was surprised at the comments and emails i got. The major point was: Al-Maghrib is salafi – how could u recommend it? I wanted to address this for a while, but before I do I wanted to comment on a greater issue I have [...]

Yesterday I saw Glory Road with a couple of good friends (picked by Sadiya Muniruddin bhabi). I really hadnt heard of the movie before seeing it but I was told I would like it if i liked Remember the Titans (which i loved). And i did love this movie too! Glory Road is the story [...]

The Fiqh of Love (notes) (Link Updated (it works now!) These are complete notes from a student who attended one of these sessions in the past. Its supposed to be good. (Note: These are only the interpretation of the note-takers understanding of the instructors notes.) You can take this class for yourself in the tri-state [...]

TIME.com: Updating the Stethoscope with an iPod Dr. Michael Barrett of Temple University in Philadelphia thinks he has the solution. In a study published today in the American Journal of Medicine, Barrett concluded that medical students improved their stethoscope skills dramatically if they listened to certain digitally recorded soundtracks that mimic the distinctive vibrations produced [...]

CNN.com – Pakistan protests airstrike – Jan 14, 2006 So our troops bombed a remote village in Pakistan yesterday to try to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri, the #2 Al-Qaeda guy (after Osama, of course). Did the United States kill him? Nope – but we did kill (at least) 18 other innocent Pakistanis, including 5 women and [...]

Many followers of Religions, including us Muslims are often troubled with issues relating science and religion. The worldviews of scientism and religion in general are quite contrary, and I personally feel that generally, many students of higher science and medicine, without firm faith (Iman) in the fundamentals of Islamic theology and beliefs, can easily have [...]