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By the way, yes i did volunteer at this past weekend’s Islamic Relief Concert with Sami Yusuf. I got to chill backstage during Sami’s performace and even got to shake his hand!!! Inshallah ill write a post about this experience (along with post pictures from the event!!!) later this week inshallah.
Meanwhile check out this article […]

Softballers 19-7 (2nd Place in SASL)
In another scorcher of SASL action, the Softballers prevailed going 2-0, winning our 18th and 19th games of the year. In our first game, we went on to beating the dynasty by 12 runs. After they took an early lead, and argued over a play in which i CLEARLY SCORED […]

I got this email earlier today and though it would best to post it on my site:
Assalamu alaikum…
I was contacted by the producer of the Tyra Banks Show today. They are doing a show on race relations - and would like audience members and participants from all across the board. They need at least 10-15 […]

Source: Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar (Sacred Learning)

With all due respect to IslamQ&A, Islamonline, and especially Sunnipath Q&A (who I deeply respect and have nothing but the highest regards for, especially Shaykh Faraz Rabbani [may Allah continue to protect and increase him in knowledge and blessings]), I have yet to come across any Muslim scholar with the knowledge and wisdom that […]

Today Newsday featured an article on brother Wisam’s arabic classes. This article features a brief background of brother Wisam Sharief, and his unique style of teaching:

Sharieff speaks in a manner his Long Island students can relate to. He switches from reciting Quranic verses in his deep Arabic accent to using American slang.
When he explained that […]

According to a recent study by Arthur A. Stone, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, the belief that high income is associated with good mood is widespread but mostly illusory,” and that “people with above average income are relatively satisfied with their lives but are […]

Part of Sami Yusuf’s increase in popularity may have to do with marketing, said Haroon Naderi, 23, of Long Island, who was listening to everything from Mariah Carey to DMX when his uncle gave him a Sami Yusuf compact disc as a birthday gift in 2003….
“America’s culture is a popular/pop culture,” Naderi said.
“It’s very hard […]

While many parents at George Washington Elementary School next door have greeted the (new Islamic) center’s arrival with a shrug, some said they were uncomfortable.
“I’m scared,” said Beka Brucaj, 48, who has two children in the school.
“It’s a stupid thing to put the mosque next to the school,” added Mr. Brucaj, who said he fears […]

Another week of softballers’ action, another week of .500 ball.
Game 1: Softballers vs. Shock
Another SASL Classic between the top two teams of the SASL. We exchanged leads back and forth several times in this game, yet down 8-7 in the bottom of the 7th, Farhan Quereshi, in his first game back from injury, hit a […]

Here’s the first edition of the monthly Zaytuna VideoCast with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (and featuring a short intro by Imam Zaid Shakir)

Great Daily Show Segment with Jon Stewart at his finest: Exposing the hypocrisy of Bush and company on the value of human life.

Regarding Bush’s veto of stem cell research:

“The simple answer is that he (President Bush) thinks murder is wrong… What the president said is that he does not want human life destroyed - […]

By Patrick J. Buchanan (Link)
When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert unleashed his navy and air force on Lebanon, accusing that tiny nation of an “act of war,” the last pillar of Bush’s Middle East policy collapsed.
First came capitulation on the Bush Doctrine, as Pyongyang and Tehran defied Bush’s dictum: The world’s worst regimes will not […]

Yesterday ALL but 1 State in the Continental United States (Maine) Reached 90 Degrees, and 21 states reached 100!
Its now 98 here in Queens, NY!
and now im going out to play tennis… lets see how long i can survive…
Here was today’s weather:

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, July 17 (Reuters) - A microphone picked up an unaware U.S. President George W. Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hizbollah to “stop doing this shit” and that his secretary of state may go to the Middle East soon.
Bush was talking privately to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a lunch […]