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Alhamdulillah, we are blessed with many great Islamic events in the upcoming weeks. I highly recommend that all of the following:
Friday, April 25, 2008
CAIR-NY & AMAL Present Justice in Motion: Supporting Civil Rights of Muslim Americans
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Fordham Law School, Rm 203
140 West 62nd Street New York, NY
The Stony Brook MSA Presents: [...]

Subhanallah, may Allah bless and increase Imam Suhaib Webb for his ability to reach out to the youth, as well as Outlandish for their beautiful music with lyrics that most of us actually relate to.
Source: Imam Suhaib Webb
…I wanted to share with you an activity I did with one of Outlandish’s songs and [...]

I only saw half an hour of one episode from the series (which I thought was great); however this article sheds some critical light as to the entire series as a whole. Very well written!
Source: Salon.com
“America at a Crossroads” veers to the right
The highly touted PBS series on Islam and terrorism casts a cold [...]

By Saad Omar
A revolution is brewing. Outlandish wants to cater to the Muslim community. Kareem Salama is re-defining lyrical and musical quality standards amongst “mainstream Muslim artists.” Dawud Wharnsby boldly stands at the ISNA Convention with his guitar proclaiming his right to express himself artistically. The chief lyricist of 786 (Zafar) has chosen to work on [...]

Source: Outlandish Video Blog

Salam peace paz fred aman
Aaaight y´all here it is We know many of you have been waiting for this video to arrive so enjoy……
In short the story is about this young couple. We follow them during a day of work school etc. They are expecting their first child. They have had a [...]

The most comprehensive source for all Outlandish related videos. Includes Music Videos, Live Performances, Interviews, and more: Outlandish Video Blog. Enjoy!

Source: Just Another Blog

Great interview on the origins of Outlandish, their musical influences, what motivates them, role of Music in Islam, advice for aspiring musicians, and much more [including how Isam and Waqas (Muslims) they deal with Lenny (the non-Muslim), lol]
Mashallah, many of Isam Bachiri’s responses seem like they have been quite influenced [...]

Source: Just Another Blog
OH MY GIDDY GIDDY GOSH!!
I’m still pinching myself!! Did I really sit in a seminar room in a hotel and interview Outlandish for like 35 minutes??
Hell yeah!
How? What? When? Why? Where?
Q-news are going to be featuring Outlandish in either the next issue or the one after it Inshallah, and so they [...]

Source: ElMoro4Life.com*
Check it out around the 1:53 mark:

I only ask of God
He won’t let me be indifferent to George BUSH
He is a big monster who treads hard
On the poor innocence of people
mad props to Isam Bachiri for that - haha!!
*ElMoro4Life.com - is a new website which is “a source of everything’s Outlandish on the net.” [...]

And that is the secret of this world, if you remove love of dunya from your heart - the dunya is yours for the taking. You can have the dunya because its in your hand and not in your heart - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (RIS 2004)

This winter break (week between christmas and new [...]

Here are the results from my latest poll. 218 visitors from across the world took part, and the track featuring Sami Yusuf, I’ve Seen, narrowly edged the first hit single, Look Into My Eyes, as your favorite track. (I’ve Seen is also my favorite track  )
Whats your favorite track on Outlandish’s Closer Than Veins [...]

I finally found a suitable flash audio player for my site where I uploaded both complete albums of Outlandish’s Closer Than Veins, as well as Sami Yusuf’s My Ummah. These are non-downloadable streaming audio files, and include all complete tracks of every song on both albums!

This should be [...]

After collecting 60 votes over a little more than a week, here are the results of my poll regarding your favorite track from Sami Yusuf’s My Ummah. Most of you agreed with me in choosing Hasbi Rabbi as your favorite. Sample it again here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
What is your favorite [...]

Track 12: I’ve Seen  [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
(reminder: this is only a 1 minute clip from the song, for the entire song and album, please buy the album yourself!)
This is currently favorite song on the album. I like it so much, that Ive decided to transcribe it and dedicate [...]

As promised, here is a review of Otlandish’s latest CD, Closer than Veins. Overall, its apparent that Outlandish has long since matured since their earlier albums. Many worried if Outlandish would continue to curse in their albums like they have on a couple of previous tracks, and a producer of Closer than Veins assured me [...]