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Source: NYTimes (October 29, 2007) In America’s darkest hour, Franklin Delano Roosevelt urged the nation not to succumb to “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror.” But that was then. Today, many of the men who hope to be the next president — including all of the candidates with a significant chance of receiving the Republican nomination — [...]

15 laterals – the football only ONCE hit the floor. Unbelievable. some would argue that this was even better than “The Play”:

Source: New Islamic Directions When George W. Bush began making poignant references to what he termed “Islamic Fascists,” he shed more light on the nature of the ideology driving the neoconservative movement than he did on the ideology driving militant Islamic groups in various parts of the world–for reasons we will soon examine. Although the [...]

Source: Washington Post: On Faith Religions Oppressive? Look to the Sources By Shaykh Abdallah Adhami From the Code of Hammurabi to the Code of Maimonides, most major systems of law have affirmed that apostasy must be punished. In the renowned code of the Roman emperor Justinian (483-565 CE), corpus juris civilis – the basis of [...]

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Source: The Guardian (found on Lalla Mona) Check out this brief interview with Kareem Salama, where he discusses his musical influences, his new album, and the role of religion in his music, among other issues. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Interviewer: Does religion come into [your music]? Kareem Salama: Yes, it certainly does [...]

Check out this post at MuslimMatters and the following CAIR Press Release: (NEW YORK, NY, 10/17/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) yesterday participated in a press conference at City Hall in support of Khalil Gibran International Academy’s (KGIA) founding principal Debbie Almontaser. “The defamatory attacks on Debbie [...]

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Fasting is not just about giving up food, but trying to be a better person for it, writes Hamza Yusuf The Guardian (Source: Zaytuna) Hunger can bring out the worst in us. In a wonderful scene in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, a desperate and hungry Orlando comes upon Duke Senior and his exiled court [...]

Regardless of where in the world you are, and when you are officially celebrating it , EID MUBARAK to all! . Dawud Wharnsby Ali – Takbir (Days of Eid) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Ahmed Bukhatir – Ya Eid [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Sami Yusuf – Eid Song [Audio clip: [...]

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Source: Yahoo News NEW YORK (AFP) – New York’s iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said. “This is the first time that the Empire State Building will be [...]

MeccaOne TV: The Fast of Ramadan & the Furious Shaitan “Realize the blessing you have been given by Allah , and take advantage of it because you … may never experience another Ramadan. So take advantage of this one” -Imam Zaid Shakir “Every listener out there should make an objective for this month. … maybe [...]

Source: USInfo.State.Gov Washington – A resolution recognizing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and expressing the “deepest respect to Muslims in the United States and throughout the world” was adopted in the U.S. House of Representatives October 2 by a vote of 376-0. The resolution acknowledging the importance of Muslims in America, the first of [...]

Jon Stewart, a fellow Mets fan, shares my pain… And poor Mr. Met is so depressed that he’s even contemplating suicide: And heres a related article from TIME Magazine: Mental Help for Mets Fans (link courtesy of fellow Mets fan, Tariq Subhani) Children in tears. Women with hands over their faces. Grown men holding their [...]