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Inshallah ill be taking a little break from blogging for a couple of weeks. I’ll be back sometime in mid- June Inshallah. Alhamdulillah, Ive written alot over the past two years. If you are new to the site, feel free to browse through the archives meanwhile until I start posting again. Please keep this struggling [...]

Softballers 8-2 (1st Place in SASL) Like I have been telling you guys all along, The Softballers are indeed the best team in the South Asian Softball League. This week we faced the 2nd and 3rd power-ranked SASL teams (Who’s 1st? – we are of course , and what did we do – we won [...]

A Groundbreaking Initiative has been started at Georgetown University and is spreading quickly across the country and is now being promoted by leading scholars like Imam Zaid Shakir and Dr. Ingrid Mattson. The Project can be described as a “Muslim Sparknotes,” as important books, articles, and multimedia related to Islam and Muslims are being summarized [...]

Source: The Hill (but found on Jenn Baji’s Blog) Keith Ellison, a Black Muslim (who converted to Islam at age 19 while at Wayne State University) recently won the Democratic endorsement for the seat of retiring Rep. Martin Sabo (D-Minn.) in one of the safest Democratic districts in the country. He would be both the [...]

Source: Media Matters Download Link Islam essentially is a Christian heresy. They picked up snippets of the Gospels, picked up snippets of the Ten Commandments, the Pentateuch, writings of Moses, Abraham. You go back, you find many, many references to Moses, many references to Abraham, many references to the true Christian message. And here you’ve [...]

Earlier this afternoon, my New York Mets acquired champion pitcher Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for relief pitcher Jorge Julio. Although Julio had a rough start to the season, he picked it up and pitched well as of late. Nonetheless, the Mets are were in desparate need of pitching help [...]

Faraaz Shah sent me the following article by Mubashar Khan (See Right: both are First-Year Med Students at Mt. Sinai Med School). It’s an excellent read. Personally, I have always refrained from smoking sheesha or anything for that matter. It truly is a shame how popular ‘sheesha’ has become. The Silent but Dangerous New Fad [...]

Here again is my weekly report on my baseball and softball teams… Softballers 6-2 (1st Place in SASL) The Good News: We beat the Co-League Leaders, Shock in Game 1 of our weekly double header 11-8 in a well fought game to take sole posession of 1st place. The Bad News: We lost in our [...]

The Sunnah and Health By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson Source: Alhambra Productions Forum [This following article is based on a lecture given by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson in London, England. It was previously published in the Muslim Word—a monthly newsletter in Toronto—in the May, 1998 issue. This current version includes a new introduction, several additions, [...]

Lol, Ali G doing what he does best! Hilarious! Interviews with Shaq & D.Wade, Kobe Bryant, Richard Jefferson, Ben Wallace, and the TNT Studio Team (Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Ernie Johnson)

Wallahi I love this guy. Happy 23rd Bro! I’m sorry I cant be up there in person to celebrate this with you. Wow, I cant believe its been… almost 15 years since I first met this guy… May Allah continue to bless you and grant you everything you both deserve and desire, and even more, [...]

Shaykh Muhammad Yaqoubi has requested everyone to link their websites to the tribute he has written to his wife. Subhanallah, very beautiful yet sad. A Must Read! Click on the images below to view larger, legibile images, or download a PDF version HERE.

What We Should Be Teaching Our Children By Imam Zaid Shakir Source: Zaytuna.org When we talk about Islamic education and our children, the discussion usually revolves around strictly academic issues related to technical aspects of curriculum development, testing standards and methodologies, balancing between secular and religious education, and similar concerns. Sometimes we miss the greater [...]

Source: Media Matters Download Link Fox News’ John Gibson responded to criticism of his remarks that advised his (white) viewers to “do your duty” and “make more babies.” My concern was simply that I didn’t want America to become Europe, where the birth rate is so low the continent is fast being populated by immigrants, [...]

Haroon linked me to this last night… As a practicing Muslim, Sheeraz is determined to create a positive image of Muslims in America. He sees it as his mission to build bridges between cultures… hmm… i’m a little skeptical about all this. Nonetheless, this is quite impressive … but why have i never heard of [...]