Open Thread Sunday 5/11/2008 (17)

Share your useful suggestions, tips and tricks… OR share whatever else is on your mind. Here are some past ones:

Wondrous Cell Phones!
Muslim Man’s Guide to Style
Muslim Culture vs. Pop Culture: Halaal Alternatives
Observing the Sunnah in the Professional World

GUANTANAMO - We are not alone (36)

In blunt bold black, it read “CLOSE GUANTANAMO” over a blood red background. As I walked away from the sticker on the sign, I slowly realized something important in regards to our desire to shut down Guantanamo Bay: we are not alone.

Ibadah - Is More Always Better? (7)

Throughout my childhood, my family would visit my five uncles and grandmother in Michigan, making us well experienced in taking road trips and traveling. As a result, I was familiar with the practice of shortening one’s prayers while traveling, even in my youth.
At one point in my childhood, I started rethinking the practice altogether. I […]

Islam in America: Whither and Where by Yasir Qadhi (24)

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi gave this speech at IlmFest 2008 in New York hosted by AlMaghrib Institute’s Qabeelat Tayyabah. Those who attended in New York loved it! Check it out here.

Like what you see? Hit up www.Ilmcast.com and you’ll find more awesome speeches from AlMaghrib Institute instructors and the ability to subscribe to them via iTunes!

Grad Season = Fitnah Season (58)

It’s that time of the year again - sunshine, spring fever, allergies and oh yes, the hype of graduation for high school seniors! Few students can deny dreaming of the moment that they’ll walk across the stage in their graduation gowns and caps, ready to receive their diploma to the applause and pride of their family and friends. (Parents look forward to it too, although not so much when they get a whiff of how much tickets cost!) However, graduation also means something else - presents and parties! And we all know what the biggest party of all is… the (for Muslims) dreaded P-word. Prom.

Israeli Soldiers (IDF) Photograph Dead as Trophies - Oznik (6)

Oznik.com has exposed us to yet another example of inhuman behavior perpetrated by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Apparently, while occupying Lebanon during the Civil War it was all the rage to photograph the enemy dead as trophies with Israeli soldiers sporting broad self-congratulatory smiles and arms around shoulders which starkly contrast with grisly, […]

Sick Thugs Rob Bank in Islamic Ensembles (24)

More updates: I have adjusted the post a bit to give credit where credit’s due, and because it is being wrongly perceived by some.
Important Update via Tariq (a message from Philly mayor Mike Nutter– he deserves our props for this, you can send a thank you on his MySpace account):
Dear Muslim Faith Leaders,
As you know, […]