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Earlier this week, I wrote about the tragic killing of Alia Ansari, an Afghan mother of 6 from the Fremont Area. Thus far, it seems like that this was no more than a horrific hate crime.
Imam Zaid Shakir (May Allah reward & increase him) has recently written a touching obituary on Mrs. Ansari: Defender […]

Khalid Elmasry is a top 10 finalist to be given his own national radio show. He entered a Clear Channel contest for a new “progressive talk radio star” and has made it to the final round, masha Allah .
I’m requesting that everyone go to the website and vote for him. Please go to http://www.talkprogress.com/contestants/ and […]

Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC News Program “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” has been recently ending his shows with “Special Comments”. These comments are quite riveting; he is ’straight up’ in exposing the outrageous actions of our current administration (or other politicians in power or seeking power).
Here are a few of these “Special Comments”. I […]

Hamzah is back at it again, here’s a hilarious excerpt from his latest ‘column’, Ask the Maniac: Gender Problems
Salaaaaam maniac bhai,
I realized u can help me… I always talk to this girl from my msa online cuz I need to plan stuff for Islamic awareness week but she keeps on changing the topic […]

Subhanallah, we are all finally celebrating Eid again on the same day. A moonsighting was finally confirmed in California and Eid ul Fitr will be today, Monday, October 23, 2006
Sources: Toronto Hilal Committee, Chicago Hilal Committee, and others…
Inshallah I hope you all have made the most of Ramadan and that Allah […]

Innalillahi wa inna ilayhi rajihoun
Subhanallah… why?… how?… i just dont get it
Religious hate seen as motive in killing
Fremont slaying: Muslim leaders and relatives of Afghan American mother shot at point-blank range say only motive they can imagine for anyone wanting her dead was the garment of her faith, her head scarf
Local Muslim […]

Back in September, a copy of the Quran was foud desecrated, in a toilet of a mens’ bathroom at Pace University. After much deliberation between the Muslim Students’ Association with the school’s administration, the university finally agreed to define this as a hate crime and investigated the issue.
A few weeks later, another Quran was found […]

Yusuf Islam’s first music CD in almost 30 years, “An Other Cup” is scheduled to be released in early November. ( You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com: An Other Cup)
The first single, Heaven/Where True Love Goes was just released (along with a video). From my understanding, This song (as clearly evidenced in the video) […]

Source: Sulayman’s Blog

:(
… Alhamdulillah, its been a great season
and at least we got to see this amazing play:

O yea, i thought id share this as well: (Jon Stewart throwing out the first pitch at Shea last Friday)

Hamzah Moin has revamped the Maniac Muslim website, and its better than ever before. In addition to his own hilarious work, he has transformed the site to make it more interactive. Inshallah I believe he hopes this will encourage other Muslims in America to get their creative juices flowing and share their articles/cartoons/videos, etc.
Here is […]

Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite?
By JEFF STEIN
Washington
FOR the past several months, I’ve been wrapping up lengthy interviews with Washington counterterrorism officials with a fundamental question: “Do you know the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite?”
A “gotcha” question? Perhaps. But if knowing your enemy is the most basic rule of war, I […]

Earlier this week, A senior British Cabinet minister has sparked fury by saying that Muslim women who wore full veils made community relations more difficult. In response, many Muslim organizations and leaders were offended by the statements and expressed discomfort with them.
Were these Muslims overly sensitivie to the ministers remarks? Maybe, maybe not.
And […]

From the Zaytuna Podcast:
Reflections on Surah Al-’Asr by Imam Zaid

Reflections on Surah Ar-Rahman by Shaykh Hamza

Imam Zaid is thought-provoking as usual, and Shaykh Hamza is hilarious as usual (SERIOUSLY! (lol))
May Allah protect and increase Imam Zaid and Shaykh Hamza.
Update
The following has also been posted recently on the Zaytuna Podcast:
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf: Achieving […]

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