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The Defending SASL Champions are ready to defend their title during the 2009 SASL Season. We have started this season 3-1 thus far and have put up dominating offensive numbers (averaging 14 runs per game). Week 1 vs. Hitmen Game 1 (WIN): Softballers 16 – Hitmen 1  Game 2 (LOSS): Softballers 15 – Hitmen 16 [...]

Yusuf - Thinking ‘Bout You (Roadsinger) httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQyo3F8ugmQ What a beautiful song…!

Update: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf has been confirmed for the Online Fundraiser for Imam Siraj Wahaj tonight! MANA and HelpImamSiraj.com are holding an online fundraiser for Imam Siraj Wahhaj on Saturday  April 25th, 2009 at 7PM Eastern Standard Time. The speakers are Hamza Yusuf, Yasir Qadhi, Suhaib Webb, Zaid Shakir, and Faraz Rabbani.  Imam Siraj Wahhaj has made an impact on our [...]

As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu! It was reported by Imam Ahmed that the Prophet Muhammad (saws) said, “whoever shares in building a masjid for Allah (swt), even if its as small as a bird’s nest, Allah (swt) will build for him a house in paradise.” Sr. Sanaa and the MSA are in urgent [...]

Source: The Daily Star By Amany Al-Sayyed [Canada2Beirut]   BEIRUT: If you’re tired of arguing with your pals about whether culture-clash between down-home America and the Muslim Middle East is inevitable, you need look no further than Kareem Salama. The 31-year-old Salama is known as America’s first Muslim country-and-western singer-songwriter. Born in Ponca City, Oklahoma to [...]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOle1AnPOc4 And here’s the original in case you haven’t seen it:  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

Reminder: The Online Fundraiser to Support Imam Siraj Wahaj is this Saturday!  A Letter From The Eminent Scholar ‘Abdullah bin Bayyah to the Muslims in America For the Assistance of Imam Siraj Wahhaj Translated by Imam Zaid Shakir ————————————————— All Praise is for Allah , the Lord of the Worlds, He says: “Cooperate towards righteousness [...]

Source: The Onion   FLUSHING, NEW YORK—After dozing off between innings in front of more than 41,000 cheering fans Monday night, an exhausted Mr. Met informed team officials that he has not slept since the Mets moved from Shea Stadium to Citi Field. According to Mets GM Omar Minaya, Mr. Met entered his office and [...]

Source: Al Jazeera English As the US government moves to shutdown its detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, stories are emerging of the way it affected those inside. Former inmates have talked about the deprivation and pressures they faced. But Terry Holdbrooks was on the other side. He was a US soldier and he says he [...]

What happens when you combine top Harvard educational consultants with some of the top Arabic experts from around the world? A true once in a lifetime opportunity… The Fawakih Quranic Arabic Summer Program is a groundbreaking Arabic intensive that brings top Arabic experts from Jordan, Syria, Harvard University, etc. Finally, students eager to study the [...]

My good friend MR has come up with another amazingly practical website that is sure to benefit all Muslims across the world: Halal Tunes Halal Tunes “offers the fastest and easiest way to listen to [The Quran by] your favorite reciters without having to download [anything]” Please spread the word about Halal Tunes so that [...]

Raef’s Cover of Zain Bhikha’s Never Alone httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybc7Ffc7-r0

Raef Singing Tala al Badru with Naeem Muhammad (from Native Deen) at the recent Poetic Vision Tour httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruKqausGQY Thanks for sharing Saad!

After yet another disappointing season ending in a historic collapse in ’07 & ’08, the New York Mets hope to reverse their back to back season ending curses to finally reaching their potential this upcoming season! With a brand new state of the art home stadium (Citi Field), and a huge upgrade to the bullpen, [...]

Source: NY Daily News NYC’s ‘Obama fried chicken’ restaurants ruffle feathers BY SARAH R. KAUFMAN, BENJAMIN PEIM AND CARRIE MELAGO  DAILY NEWS WRITERS Friday, April 3rd 2009, 2:43 PM Two city fast-food joints are calling themselves Obama Fried Chicken – and the new names are ruffling some feathers. Eateries in Brooklyn and Manhattan plastered the new President’s last name on their awnings recently. [...]