February 2012
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“I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
– Thoreau
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December 2011
2 posts
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...”
– Ernest Hemingway
“Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the...”
– Arundhati Roy.
October 2011
14 posts
The Six Obligations Upon Muslims to Others.
The Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“A Muslim owes six obligations towards another Muslim:
when you meet him (or her), salute him (or her) saying ‘Assalamu Alaikum’;
when he (or she) invites you, accept his (or her) invitation;
when he (or she) solicits your advice, advise him (or her) sincerely;
when he (or she) sneezes and praises Allah,...
“Indeed what is to come will be better for you than what has gone by.”
– Qur’an (93:4) Surah Ad-Dhuha
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Making the Most of the Blessed Days of...
Allah’s sacred month of Dhul-Hijjah is upon us. It is a blessed and important month and one of the four sacred months in which the sin is more serious and good deeds bring a greater reward. Here’s a brief guide to help you to prepare for the best days of the year. 1. Read the Qur’an: Plan to complete the recitation of the Qur’an within these 10 days. If you read three juz a day, it can be...
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Just found out that Abu Hurairah, one of the great...
“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and...”
– Kahlil Gibran
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“I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you,...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
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“I cannot pray for you because of verse (9:84), but I must say, thank you SO MUCH...”
– Waleed Abdulhakeem
September 2011
33 posts
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“The arrogance that you feel against a non-hijabbi sister, walahi, this in and of...”
– Yasir Qadhi
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“Saudi women gained the right to vote a few days ago, too bad they can’t...”
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“People are often unreasonable and self centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you...”
“No great religious leader has been so maligned as Muhammad. Attacked in the past...”
– John L. Esposito
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Mecca for the rich: Islam's holiest site 'turning... →
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“You generalize and blindly label me a Sufi, a Neo-salafi, a Wahhabi, a Deobandi,...”
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“Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr., March 22, 1956
The Irvine 11 are heroes.
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“I am here to say on behalf of the Palestinian people and the Palestine...”
– President Mahmoud Abbas
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“Are there men who demand that their women wear a hijab? I am sure there are;...”
– Inge Rombaut in an IPS News interview about the Muslim headscarf.
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Casey Anthony possibly murdered her baby, left behind substantial evidence, and was acquitted. Troy Davis was accused of murder with no physical evidence, no DNA match, no murder weapon, and 7 of the 9 witnesses recanted or changed their statements..and he is scheduled to be murdered, I mean executed, within 30 minutes. We may never know if the man was innocent or not, but there was too much doubt...
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"Be like the flower that gives off a sweet...
Ali (rA)
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Interesting fact: you can say 'la ilaha ilal la'...
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Hamza Yusuf (along with Zaid Shakir, Suhaib Webb,...
This can’t come soon enough.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242877385734079
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In 2009, Obama declared: “America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.”
In 2010, Obama called on the UN, Arab states, Israel, and Palestinians to draw on traditions of tolerance shared by Christianity, Islam and Judaism. “When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the...
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كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَاللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا مَا لَا...
Most hateful it is with Allah that you say that which you do not do.
(As-Saff 61:3)
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“Don’t be a pessimist, pessimists suffer from sorrows that haven’t happened and...”
– AbdulBary Yahya
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“The planning of The Almighty (Allah) is better for you than your own planning,...”
– Imaam ibn Al-Jawzee
FB: Rally for Palestine! →
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"The backbiter distributes his good deeds amongst...
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The Muslims who burned an American flag in London...