Each year, Shaykh Yasir adds a new wrinkle to Ilm Summit to “raise the bar” so to speak. This year was no different, except instead of inviting speakers that could tell us all about speaking to the media if in the unlikely event it were to happen or how to speak in a of roundtable discussion that the media was watching and the FBI would be a part of, we were now in the midst of it.
MuslimMatters.org on CNN. The day “keyboard jihadist” was mainstreamed.
Haytham & MM in Houston Chronicle.
This was the day, the moment I had been waiting for all my life. I had read his books, listened to him on CD and cassette, and finally, it was time to learn directly from Shaykh Jamaal Zarabozo, alhamdulillaah. Shaykh Yasir introduced his teacher and when I heard him speak, with the gentleness that he had in his voice, I knew I seriously loved him for the sake of Allah.
Recap for Saturday, July 24th, 2010 – Sunday, July 25th, 2010: Phonetics, Not Fanatics: Tajweed 102, Simple Life & More…
I arrived at my hotel after a peaceful and surprisingly enjoyable 27 hour bus ride from Chicago to Houston. I’ve had mixed feelings about this year’s Ilm Summit – one week less, Shaykh Yaser Birjas on paternity leave, and Wisam Sharieff MIA until Monday. Would Ilm Summit III captivate me the way the previous two had?