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Dubya Speaks!

Found these on a friend’s facebook profile. Hilarious! Check out more President George ‘Dubya’ Bush Quotes at DubyaSpeak.com (Click image to view larger pic)

Expoislamia 2006: A Call to Humanity

SunniPath Summer 2006: Registration Still Open!

Registration for the Summer 2006 semester at SunniPath Academy is still open. Live classes will start this Saturday, July 1st, and late registration is open until July 10, 2006. There are a number of new classes for the Summer, including Habib Ali al-Jifri’s inspiring Journey to Allah course, the fascinating Foundations of Islamic Law course [...]

Shadi Mubarak!

(Props to Faraz for the pic) Wow, subhanallah. Where has all the time gone… I have soo much love for soo many of the people in this picture. Who knows when I’ll get a chance to see so many of these people again. Anyways, alhamdulillah it was a beautiful wedding, and inshallah i ask that [...]

Making Every Moment Count – Shaykh Husain

Every single moment of time is an independent unit in the life of a human being… At every single moment is the potential to please or displease Allah … [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Source: Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar (Sacred Learning)

Islam & the Cultural Imperative

This article is quite old, and I probably have mentioned in before, yet in lieu of all of this debate over music, culture, etc. I thought it would be beneficial for you all if i reposted this excellent article by Dr. Umar Faruq Abdallah. Islam & The Cultural Imperative (PDF 332 KB) Here is an [...]

Azhar Usman Responds to Yvonne Ridley

I recently posted about brother Sami Yusuf responding to Sister Yvonne Ridleys article criticizing the “islamic pop culture scene”. Azhar Usman has also written a response to Ridley (and she replied to it as well – see end) Source: Amir’s Blog Azhar Usman writes:It is a rant written by a new convert (who saw the [...]

Imam Zaid Shakir – Functional or Dysfuntional Islam?

Here is the latest talk from the Zaytuna Podcast: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Source: Shoeb’s Blog “We fail to see Islam as a religion, and in the 20th century, we have a lot of these semantic gymnastics. So we say, for example, we don’t convert to Islam, we revert to Islam, without [...]

Softballers 12-4; Star 2B Farhan Quereshi injured

Softballers 12-4 (1st Place in SASL)What a crazy week of softball action in the SASL. In our first game, we unfortunately lost to the Shock in a close game 12-10. Although we had many defensive errors in the field, our offense picked up the slack and almost got the W. However, shock played a solid [...]

Sami Yusuf replies to Sister Yvonne Ridleys article

Back in April, 2006, Sister Yvonne Ridley (the British Journalist captured and released by the Taliban back in 2001, and then later converted to Islam) wrote an article for the ‘Daily Muslims’ newspaper/website criticizing brother Muslim musicians/singers for their ‘pop music culture’ that they apparently propagate. I chose not to publish this article because I [...]

NYTimes Article: American Muslim Clerics Seek a Modern Middle Ground

Excellent article (along with a short video [CLICK HERE TO VIEW]) featuring Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir. Subhanallah, its about time these two scholars in particular are being highlighted in the mainstream public media. A Must Read/Watch! Here are a couple of excerpts from the article: Sheik Hamza Yusuf, in a groomed goatee [...]

Contentions 10

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad has just posted his latest Contentions. (His last set of contentions were posted back in October, 2005). 10 series of 100 contentions each, wow mashallah thats 1,000 in total so far! Here are a few of this latest: I am my weakness; You are my strength. Our condition is ignorance of [...]

New Outlandish Video: “I Only Ask of God”

Here it is, Outlandish’s latest video, I Only Ask of God. What do you guys think? I Only Ask Of God High Bandwidth I Only Ask Of God Medium Bandwidth I Only Ask Of God Low Bandwidth Also, Outlandish has come out with a new and shorter ‘international version’ video for Look Into my Eyes. [...]

NY times Article on Employers’ use of Facebook and MySpace

This was forwarded to me by NYU Muslim Chaplain, Brother Khalid Latif. And just to add to this article, I would add personal websites and blogs to the same list. For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Résumé By ALAN FINDER When a small consulting company in Chicago was looking to hire a summer intern this [...]

The Simple Life: Paris & Nicole wear kamiz shalwar, pray salat, and cook Paki food

LOL, A friend linked me to this. Paris and Nicole wear kamiz shalwar, ‘pray salat’, and cook Pakistani Food.