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Note: This has been written in direct response to something that happened locally, but which I think is general enough to apply to everyone and everywhere (aside from the annoyance that's evidence in certain places!). People are always talking about unity, and how we Muslims need to unite. These words ... Read More »

Update: Please check this new article in the NYT defending Sr. Debbie and spread the word on your blogs (hat tip to br. Tariq and muslimmetthod). Sign up to support CAIR and other organizations here. DIGG the story here [link fixed]… DIGG is a very EFFECTIVE marketing tool to get ... Read More »

AlMaghrib Radio on Demand is back. Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:00pm – 10:00pm (EST) This time with one of AlMaghrib's newest instructors – Shaykh Riad Ouarzazi (you can see his personal website here). Read More »

Updated: Formatting/links fixed Online porn addiction is a serious problem, not just for Muslims. See this article: Two in five Internet users visited an online adult site in August 2005 63.4 million unique visitors visited adult websites in December of 2005 reaching 37.2 percent of the internet audience The previous ... Read More »

As Muslims we have a problem of getting over-emotional when discussing issues of politics, especially with those who disagree. I want to bring to light an example of journalism in this country that shows how to make an anti-war point in a calm and respectful way. It is in a ... Read More »

Cross-posted on Daily Kos here. UPDATE: The “ardent Zionist” interim Principal is now the PERMANENT Principal. Why am I not surprised? Just  read the way the story is written in this right-wing newspaper… even these guys are shocked that something like this can happen in America. SHAME on New York. ... Read More »

  In many religions and cultures, children go through an important rite of passage to mark their transition from child to adult. In Christianity, Roman Catholics have Confirmation; Jews have a Bar Mitzvah (for boys) and a Bat Mitzvah (for girls), celebrated at ages 13 and 12 respectively. Latino girls ... Read More »

masjid administration has approached you in hopes that you can single-handedly do something to revive youth participation in the masjid. The youth in this particular masjid are almost as a group not practicing at all. Many are involved in the same vices as the rest of the youth in the ... Read More »

The video below (you MUST see it) refreshed my memories of the Gujarat massacre that occurred in Spring 2002. On the pretext of a “Muslim attack on Hindus” that later turned out to be an accident, extremist Hindus went on the rampage… killing, burning and raping any Muslim in sight ... Read More »

Alhamdulilah, it seems that the UK police have declared that Channel 4 distorted the speeches of Muslim preachers in UK. This really makes me so much more respectful of UK law enforcement versus American law enforcement, who would not even raise a finger against the media here (consider Fox Noise ... Read More »