Comments on: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arif http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-44292 Arif Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:35:46 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-44292 Masha'Allah - I had read this book many months earlier and it was refreshing to read this to recall the key concepts of the book supplemented with Islamic anecdotes. JazaakumAllahu Khayran! Masha’Allah – I had read this book many months earlier and it was refreshing to read this to recall the key concepts of the book supplemented with Islamic anecdotes. JazaakumAllahu Khayran!

]]> By: Open Thread Sunday 5/4/2008 | MuslimMatters.org http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-19330 Open Thread Sunday 5/4/2008 | MuslimMatters.org Sun, 04 May 2008 15:04:02 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-19330 [...] Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die [...] [...] Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die [...]

]]> By: muslimmatters.org » A Blue Ocean Strategy for Islamic Organizations http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-16007 muslimmatters.org » A Blue Ocean Strategy for Islamic Organizations Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:53:41 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-16007 [...] Please see my related post on Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. [...] [...] Please see my related post on Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. [...]

]]> By: muslimmatters.org » And One Year Ago, MM was Born http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-15353 muslimmatters.org » And One Year Ago, MM was Born Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:51:17 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-15353 [...] Complained, but women aren’t far behind. 4. Tips on saving yourself from Banks, Media and Dead Ideas. 3. Waking people up to Islamophobia (many times) and talking about homegrown (what?). 2. Hitting [...] [...] Complained, but women aren’t far behind. 4. Tips on saving yourself from Banks, Media and Dead Ideas. 3. Waking people up to Islamophobia (many times) and talking about homegrown (what?). 2. Hitting [...]

]]> By: muslimmatters.org » Tipping Point - How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-3592 muslimmatters.org » Tipping Point - How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:34:31 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-3592 [...] was perhaps one of the more interesting points. Messages need to be contagious, and ‘sticky‘.  The contagiousness of an idea is largely a function of the messenger and the stickiness a [...] [...] was perhaps one of the more interesting points. Messages need to be contagious, and ‘sticky‘.  The contagiousness of an idea is largely a function of the messenger and the stickiness a [...]

]]> By: nuqtah http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1131 nuqtah Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:18:21 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1131 awesome post. awesome post.

]]> By: Yasir Qadhi http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1127 Yasir Qadhi Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:07:17 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1127 Ma sha Allah, great!! Make sure you continue to summarize such works as many of us wouldn't be able to read them otheerwise. Ma sha Allah, great!! Make sure you continue to summarize such works as many of us wouldn’t be able to read them otheerwise.

]]> By: AnonyMouse http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1126 AnonyMouse Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:41:40 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1126 Masha'Allah, great post! I love the stories bit... my dad does that a lot - in his duroos and khutbas, he throws in a lot of stories: Qur'anic, from the Hadeeth, from later in Islamic history... even personal anecdotes! People love them, too... :P Masha’Allah, great post!
I love the stories bit… my dad does that a lot – in his duroos and khutbas, he throws in a lot of stories: Qur’anic, from the Hadeeth, from later in Islamic history… even personal anecdotes! People love them, too… :P

]]> By: ِAbu Bakr http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1119 ِAbu Bakr Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:36:11 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1119 assalaamu alaykum i really loved this post... one thing that really stuck out for me was the point about CONCRETE goals... this is a huge ingredient for successful projects (da'wah, ilmi, social, or otherwise) that we are too often missing... jazakallahu khayran for the great advices assalaamu alaykum

i really loved this post… one thing that really stuck out for me was the point about CONCRETE goals… this is a huge ingredient for successful projects (da’wah, ilmi, social, or otherwise) that we are too often missing…

jazakallahu khayran for the great advices

]]> By: Amad http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1115 Amad Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:15:10 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2007/03/31/why-some-ideas-survive-and-others-die/#comment-1115 This is a "WOW" post... almost something that Muhammad AlShareef would put together... 5 stars! Stories... reminds me of Sh. Waleed Basyouni... he loves to interject with stories, and it is those stories that really stick. Consider <a href="http://muslimapple.com/2007/03/28/waiting-for-a-sign/" rel="nofollow">this review of Sh. Waleed's AlMaghrib class</a>... the review revolves mostly just stories, even though they did not represent half the class, let alone a bulk of it, and still the essence of the Islamic message came through shining and clear. jazakAllahkhair Omar. This is a “WOW” post… almost something that Muhammad AlShareef would put together… 5 stars!

Stories… reminds me of Sh. Waleed Basyouni… he loves to interject with stories, and it is those stories that really stick. Consider this review of Sh. Waleed’s AlMaghrib class… the review revolves mostly just stories, even though they did not represent half the class, let alone a bulk of it, and still the essence of the Islamic message came through shining and clear.
jazakAllahkhair Omar.

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