Archive for February, 2008

The Essence of Dominant Economics: Andrew Bosso
The quality of modern media has been such that many obscene inequities of the globe have been brought to the starkest light. An essential part of this tale has been the failure of dominant economics to bring forth a just social order. Recently, the role of bankers – [...]


The Question:
Assalamu Alaykum. I have known a woman who was raised Muslim but does not necessarily believe in mainstream Islam. She believes in God in “her way” as she says. I have just told her this weekend that I cannot marry her as long as she does not accept the basic principals of Islam, believing [...]


Live an Extraordinary Life!
I was talking to one of my parent’s long life friend. She has always amused me with her positive and never-say-die attitude in life - an amazing woman whom, I think, has a determination like a steel. She has gone through many ups and downs but, if you talk to her, you [...]


Bismillaah
As Salaamu ‘alaykum and peace to all,
This is an introductory post for a brand new column at Suhaibwebb.com. I am Sister Zabrina A. Bakar, a Life Storyteller, the author of Life is an Open Secret (www.lifeopensecret.com) and also a motivational and inspirational writer/speaker, inshaAllaah.
This column is specially dedicated to Muslims who are looking for motivational [...]


Back pain. Neck Pain, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! Tests from Allah (swt).
Ust. Fred
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him [...]


Islamophobic Industrial Complex:
What are the Quasi Muslims Really Selling?
Every day newspapers, TV shows, radio programs, new books and lectures revolve around the topic of the ‘threat’ of Islam and its relation to the West. Islam has become a commodity, a business to be exploited. The list of super stars and ‘experts’ that are part of [...]


Notes on the Cartoon Controversy
A Call To Maturity and Self-Determination
So it’s happened again. They decided to republish the cartoons. Perhaps it is because they want to re-emphasize their opinions on the character and personality of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). Maybe because they wish to provoke more reactionary Muslims into random acts of violence or [...]


Read this first. Then read below. Then read this chapter again.
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab and Ali ibn Abi Talib and Uthman ibn Affan drank while standing.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that A’isha, umm al-muminin and Sad ibn Abi Waqqas did not [...]


Terrorism as a legal category in American law is quite recent in origin. The term itself did not come into popular usage until the 1960s.(FN2) In the 1970s, FBI Director William Webster changed the designation covering investigations into certain crimes from “domestic security” to “terrorism.”(FN3) Still, according to B.L. Smith, as late as 1994, no [...]


Sidi Ahmed al-Dardir wrote: 
“This grand text [is one which] I gathered from the condensed work of Imam Khalil,  regarding the school of Imam Malik [may Allah have mercy on him]. I restricted myself [in this texts] to the soundest opinions; replacing the unreliable opinions  [mentioned by Imam al-Khalil  with them, while restricting what he [Imam [...]