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As-salamu alaykum,

This is not to say that muslimmatters.org is not a noble effort, but should muslimmatters be putting itself forward? Isn’t it for others to nominate and put it forward? After all, Muslim bloggers may indeed have the noble goal of “to spread the knowledge, love and understanding of Islam, for the sake of our Creator” but is that the basis one would nominate someone for the Awards? I would judge the quality of the writing or the thoroughness of the research or various other criteria, but getting into the intentions of the writer and whether he or she had fulfilled their own intentions is a much more difficult matter.

Just a thought. And Allah knows best.

Kind regards,

Your brother in faith,

Yahya Birt

Salam ‘alaikum Amad,

I just read the list on Tariq’s blog.

I also know who you’re talking about. I’ve been to their majalis, visited their Sheikh and sat with him, did business with them and “hung out” with quite a few of them.

It’s no cult Akhi. The only thing from the Tariqs list that even remotely applies is that a small number of them work together on a farm.
And many of the things that you and others might find strange are the way things have always been among religious people and their teachers.
See for example: love