December 2010
52 posts
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Allah's Tailors →
Our Turksih brothers and sisters make some dope clothes! I’m waiting on my own Turkish suit or some cashmere blazers one day, in sha’Allah.
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Getting Serious About Our Islam – More Thoughts on... →
If you want to return to “Qur’an and Sunnah”, you might want to pull your pants up first.
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“فان قيل امكان الوجود له من ذاته ووجوده من غيره فكيف يكون ما له من ذاته وما له من...”
– If it is then said, “The possibility of existence beongs to it from itself, whereas its existence derives from another; then how would that which belongs to it from itself and that which it has from another be the same?” We say, How can the necessity of existence be identical with...
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“كرم المرء دينه ، ومروءته عقله ، وحسبه خلقه”
– “The nobility of a man is his religion, while his manliness is his discernment, and his regard is his character.” Abu Hurayrah via al-Bayhaqi in his as-Sunan al-Kubra.
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An Ancient Middle Eastern Lamb Spice Rub Recipe...
1 onion Juice of a small lemon 8 cloves of garlic 1 Tbs of rice vinegar 1 Tbs of olive oil 1/2 tsp of pepper corn 1/2 tsp of pepper flakes 1/2 tsp of whole allspice 1 tbs of sea salt 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp of cinnamon 1 tsp of garlic powder 1 tsp of onion powder 1 1/2- 2 tsp of dried mint1 tsp of parsley.
Freshly grind the allspice, peppercorn and pepper flakes. Mix in the rest of the...
“The user of amorphous plastic words is much more likely to be a slave to the...”
– Uwe Poerksen, Plastic Words.
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“There are numerous important terms known in the Islamic languages for which the...”
– Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light, by Sachiko Murata.
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“In short, it should not be surprising that the Chinese Muslim authors avoided...”
– Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light, by Sachiko Murata.
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“It is worth remembering that the Chinese ulama were faced with a problem that...”
– Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light, by Sachiko Murata.
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The Decline of American Muslim Indigenous...
Imam Luqman, former Philadelphia Imam, has written an engaging post on his blog, The Lotus Tree Blog. Imam Luqman addresses a blight currently plaguing the indigenous Muslim community:
Here are the facts; 80% of American Muslim converts are African American, and African Americans are dead last in virtually every socio-economic category that measures wellbeing; unemployment, access to health...
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The Tradition of Tajdid in Western Bilad al-Sudan →
The Tradition of Tajdid in Western Bilad al-Sudan: A Study of the Genesis, Development and Patterns of Islamic Revivalism in the Region. Phd. Thesis by Dr. Usman Muhammad Bugaje [pdf]. A real worth while read.
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WatchDocumentary on Wikileaks. Hat tip to Yusuf.
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Article on Zakah in Colonial and Post-Colonial... →
The Madani Timbukti Traditions’ Blog is a great resouce. They have engaging articles [such as this one] and other useful posts. Highly recommended reading.
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“I’m the person that said the only difference between Detroit, in terms of the...”
– Sam Riddle, political consultant to incarcerated former Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. See the video interview here.
The Quba Institute →
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I Guess There Ain't No Black Muslim Artists... →
The New York Times, liberal bastion that it is, did a “wonderful job” of show casing Muslim artistic talent: Illume magazine, Zaytuna, Wajahat Ali’s plays; but no Black folks. I guess there aren’t many Blackamerican Muslim artists. Thanks, NYT’s for keeping all of us informed.
Gas Station Shooting →
A man is in stable condition, after getting shot in the neck during a robbery at a Philadelphia gas station. It happened at the Sunoco on the 3700 block of West Girard Avenue in the Mantua section…
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“In his new book, Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet,...”
– As appauling as the notion might seem at first blush, the term “branding” is worth taking a closer look at. Perhaps, if not re-branding, going back to the idea of narrative. Reader on.
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WatchThe Quba Institute. Please support us!
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“Fabian argued that the repression or denial of the real contemporaneity of...”
– John Rieder, Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction.
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“Ethnology could have been born as a science only at the moment when European...”
– Jaques Derrida, Writing and Difference, from John Rieder’s Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction.
Young Mother Innocent Victim of Gunbattle →
A mother loading her 2-year-old son into an SUV was killed Tuesday and five others were wounded in a gunbattle at a strip mall in south Sacramento, authorities said. Two men were inside a barber…
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The Ganymede Takeover
The Ganymede Takeover by Philip K. Dick My rating: 3 of 5 stars PKD’s universe is consistent to some extent. You can see him revisiting themes over and over: the idea of precognition; worm-like aliens; women as objects [yeah…]. I am intrigued at his inclusion of Black Muslims as a resistance group [in Tennessee of all places]. Philip K. Dick covers a lot of ground in this one: Black...
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“This isn’t ‘Nam, Smokey. It’s bowling. There are rules.”
– Walter Sobchak.
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Kincaid Reader
United States Authors Series - Jamaica Kincaid by Diane Simmons My rating: 1 of 5 stars Simply put, I don’t like Jamaica Kincaid or her writing. While she may make powerful critiques against the English and their former colonial power, she’s just as intolerant of Antiguans - an intolerance based on the same prejudices as the English she claims to abhor.
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Introspection Into Afghanistan
Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier by David B. Edwards Afghanistan’s troubles derive less from foreign forces and the ideological divisions between groups than from the moral incoherence of the nation state.
Clerk Beaten For Closing Early →
An 18-year-old man is charged with beating a Newark tobacco store clerk with an aluminum bat after he was told the business was closing for the night. Delaware State Police say the Marshall Demby II…
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Do you ever wonder how we...
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“The importance of [Cyrano de Bergerac’s] satire has far less to do with...”
– John Rieder - Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction.
What Our Mothers Taught Us
Hat tip to Titus.
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE .
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
“If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you...
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WatchAfrican American Muslims talk about their journey to Islam.
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“JUSTIN BIEBER is stunned at the lengths fans will go to in order to meet him -...”
– What would you do to meet your god?
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WatchIncentives will be offered to people living in seven to nine sparse neighborhoods of Detroit in an attempt to get them to relocate. More here.
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Utmost Savagery →
A new blog documenting violence in American society.
Not So Much of a Leak →
I hate to break it ot Assange, but this one isn’t really so much of a link. Most Muslims have known that the Royal Family and the wealthy in Saudi are far from pious, committed Muslims.
Stranger and Stranger →
Remember How Hard It Was To Build A Model? →
Hat tip to Tracy for this one.
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“We have learned that the secularist cave is neither the universal nor the...”
– Mary-Jane Rubenstein. Read on!
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“a great white light dawns across the
continent
as we fawn over our failed...”
– Something’s Knocking At the Door, by Charles Bukowski.