Archive for December, 2006
Who is Tariq Ramadan? Tariq Ramadan is an individual who attracts both criticism and appreciation from Muslims and non-Muslims alike. For some, he is looked upon as the forefront amongst modern Islamic thinkers, while for others, he is considered a dangerous man. Whatever the case may be, Tariq Ramadan has become renown for his independant views, [...]
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Yusuf Islam says….
Browsing through Yusuf Islam’s website, I came across a really nice quote and thought I would share it with you all:
“I don’t think that God sent us prophets and books to fight about these books and these prophets. But they were telling us, actually, how to live together. If we ignore those teachings…whichever faith you [...]
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What’s in a Name?
A name that we hear alot these days is Barack Hussein Obama. Who is Barack Obama? He is a junior U.S. Senator from Illinois, who despite his young age, and relative inexperience in the senate, may run in the next presidential election. Rumor has it that he may very well be the first black american [...]
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Credibility at Stake?
A little disagreement has ensued over the mention of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Mamoon Chowdry’s article titled “The Fruit We Bear On Being Judged By What We Do.”
In his opinion piece, Chowdry states: Today those that seem to wave the flag of Islam the most, and should ‘Allahu Akbar’ the loudest, are so often those who do [...]
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And the Winner is……
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance banker and economist from Bangladesh. When this was announced, the headlines read: Economist awarded Nobel Peace Prize, or Nobel Prize awarded to economist from Bangladesh, but nowhere did it mention that he is a Muslim.
Yeah you could say “well his name is [...]
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Opening weekend…
After many months of hard work and numerous setbacks, we finally launched our site this past weekend. I have to say it was a great experience! I learned a lot and made lots of great contacts.
I remember when I first undertook this project, I thought I would have the site up and running within a [...]
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A funny story…well kind of…
For today’s blog posting, I thought I’d share a little anecdote with you….
A couple of months ago, I was at a dinner party with some friends. During the course of the evening one of the other dinner guests came up to me and asked me if I’d like a drink. Before I could even answer the [...]
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To Drink or Not to Drink
Ok, so we all know that drinking alcohol is prohibited in Islam. Whether you choose to drink or not to drink is your own perogative, I’m not here to judge. What I would like to discuss however, is the issue of drinking in order to fit in or to get ahead in the corporate world.
I’ve [...]
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This was circulated by the Montreal Muslim News a while ago. I thought this was really good, so I thought to share it with you all…
My Take on Fundamentalists and Fundamentalism – Yahya Abdul Rahman
Fundamentalism has nothing to do with religion.
In fact, one does not have to believe in God or any religion to be a fundamentalist.
Fundamentalism is [...]
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