Archive for January, 2008

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
As salamu alaykum,
Our brothers and sisters in Palestine are facing a very desperate situation right now. 
What can we do about it?


Hajj: A Life Altering Journey! Or Is It?
The birth of a new aristocrat heir ensured the union between the self claimed god and his official monks for one more generation, who fooled everyone into believing their pseudo-creed of human god. So superstitious were the masses that the dared not anger the human god or question [...]


For Immediate Release
January 22, 2008
COALITION CALLS FOR EMERGENCY PROTESTS FOR GAZA!
JOIN US!
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, the National Council of Arab Americans, Free
Palestine Alliance, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, Palestinian
American Women’s Association together with Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to
Return Coalition, and several other organizations are calling for emergency
protests demanding an immediate end to the Israeli blockade and [...]


Asalamu alaykum,
 What would you like to see on the site? How can we improve it and do you have any ideas that you would liked to see built on?
Akhuk Suhaib


Source: The New York Times
For Muslims the Koran stands as the Text of reference, the source and the essence of the message transmitted to humanity by the creator. It is the last of a lengthy series of revelations addressed to humans down through history. It is the Word of God — but it is not [...]


William Webb would never have had to hide in the men’s room at a convention, waiting for a gaggle of girls to lose interest. But Imam Suhaib Webb is a different story. Such is the Muslim community’s fascination with this American-born Azhari student that one day he had to do just that.


One of the important legal axioms related to the axiom of ‘ease’ is:
“If there are [scholarly] differences surrounding issues of contention, or issues involving independent judgement [ijtihad]; in the absence of a scholarly rebuke, such differences are excused.”


In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.
 
Living in the West, identity and knowing who you are is a big aspect, and how we express our identity plays a big role in interaction with others.
 
We as Muslims living under the pressure that we are can take this aspect to our advantage. Allah [...]


Asalamu alaykum,
I was asked to comment on the hadith of Aiesha [ra], related by al-Bukhari and Muslim, that mentions the singing of songs on ‘Eid day and the “Dancing” of the Ethiopians in the Prophet’s masjid.
A few comments:


“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, [...]