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Formerly Mujahideen Ryder (now retired), I'm a Muslim American born in Brooklyn, NY with Guyanese parents currently living in Maryland working full-time as a web developer.

Glenn Greenwald |The FBI again thwarts its own Terror plot

FBI

Salon.com The FBI has received substantial criticism over the past decade — much of it valid — but nobody can deny its record of excellence in thwarting its own Terrorist plots. Time and again, the FBI concocts a Terrorist attack, infiltrates Muslim communities in order to find recruits, persuades them ... Read More »

Pakistan Floods 2011 | This is the ground reality | The Friday Times

Floods

The devastation brought by the recent rains in the province of Sindh in Pakistan has brought major misery to its people already struggling to recover from last years mega flood that deluged Pakistan. The below piece from The Friday Times by blogger Faisal Kapadia who is member of SA Relief ... Read More »

Suicide bomber strikes Pakistani mosque during Friday prayers, killing 48 and wounding 85 | AP

As I was sat trying to come to terms with the ongoing violence in my city of Karachi, the news of another blast in the tribal areas of Pakistan hit the wires. Pakistan, a frontline state in the Global War of Terror, has lost almost 35000 citizens to bomb blasts ... Read More »

Ethnic gang war in Karachi Pakistan | Over 60 killed in 2 days | JUST IN: Police van ambushed 4 killed

August 20, 2011, Karachi, Pakistan: When the number of dead people goes up like the score at a NBA game, when lawlessness prevails, and when the sanctity of the holy month of Ramadan is ignore as the streets are painted with blood, you know there is something wrong. As I ... Read More »

The Ramadan Tafseer Series | Surah Yaseen Part 9 | AbdulNasir Jangda

Part 9 of the Ramadan Tafseer Series of Surah Yaseen By Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda Read More »

The Ramadan Tafseer Series | Surah Yaseen Part 8 | AbdulNasir Jangda

Part 8 of the Ramadan Tafseer Series of Surah Yaseen By Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda Read More »

The Ramadan Tafseer Series | Surah Yaseen Part 7 | AbdulNasir Jangda

Part 7 of the Ramadan Tafseer Series of Surah Yaseen By Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda Read More »

Deeper Than Any Translation: Reflecting on the Words of Allah in Tarawih

It was the first Ramadan that she felt like she was finally in a good place, a place that felt wholesome and clean. It was the qiyam at the local masjid, the masjid that she recently discovered with her sisters…the place she wished had come into her life a few years earlier. Read More »

Governor Christie Defends the Nomination of Sohail Mohammed to the Superior Court

Two things are noteworthy about this video: 1) The appointment of Sohail Muḥammad would mark not the first, but second time a Muslim jurist would serve on the bench in New Jersey – Hany Mawla being the trailblazer. This is in addition to Teaneck having a Muslim mayor in a ... Read More »

What you can do for Aafia this Ramadan

Link to Full Coverage of Dr. Aafia's Ordeal by Andrew Purcell Houston, Texas. Ramadan 2011 or 1432. Whichever calendar you prefer does not change the fact that the new moon has been sighted, and Ramadan has begun. My healthy Muslim friends will be spending the daylight hours refraining from food and ... Read More »