ISNA Day 1 – Friday July 3, 2009

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Events
• Date: Jul 4,2009 | 08:07 AM

I arrived safely at the ISNA convention after a tedious 20 minute metro (subway) ride into DC. Went straight to Jummah which Imam Mohammed Magid gave. He basically discussed the importance of working for Islam in this country by various different means is the ultimate pursuit of happiness (the theme of ISNA this year) since that is jannah. If we dedicate ourselves to Islamic work we will, inshaAllah, be on our way to jannah.

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Muslims United for Change – Fight Against Malaria – Imam Zaid Shakir

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Africa, America, Education, Take Action
• Date: Jul 2,2009 | 03:40 PM

Details can be found on the MuslimsUnitedForChange.com website.

This is the best project I have ever seen in a long time. May God make it successful. Ameen!

The History of Islam in Pittsburgh and America

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Culture, Dawah, Documentary, Education, History, Islam, Video
• Date: Jul 2,2009 | 01:49 AM

We need to learn more about our history here.

MAS Youth – Summer Nights with Imam Suhaib Webb and others – Starts in July

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Events, Islam
• Date: Jul 1,2009 | 08:30 PM

Details here.

New Jersey Muslims: Disconnected from Allah? – Divine Link comes to NJ – 7/10-12,17-19 – Sh. Yaser Birjas

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Events, Islam
• Date: Jul 1,2009 | 08:24 PM

Divine Link: Fiqh of Salah
Taught by Shaykh Yaser Birjas
July 10-12 & 17-19

Crowne Plaza Hotel
2 Harmon Plaza
Secaucus, NJ 07094

Details here.

New York City Public Schools may get two more holidays: Eid-ul-Adha and Eid-ul-Fitr!

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Islam, New York, News
• Date: Jul 1,2009 | 10:09 AM

Spurred by a broad coalition of religious, labor and immigrant groups, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday to add two of the most important Muslim holy days to the public schools’ holiday calendar.

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Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, a leader of the campaign to add the holidays, said that if the mayor continued to oppose the move, the results for him at the voting booth could be “catastrophic” among the city’s roughly 600,000 Muslims.

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The resolution’s advocates said that since about 12 percent, or more than 100,000, of the city’s public school students are Muslim, they deserved recognition. The two holidays have already been adopted by school districts including Dearborn, Mich., and several municipalities in New Jersey.

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I wonder if the NYC public schools will follow the global moon sighting view or the local moon sighting view.

The same day US soldiers leave Iraqi cities, the same day Iraqi oil is sold to ExxonMobil, BP and Chevron

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Iraq, Politics, Sad, Terrorism
• Date: Jun 30,2009 | 12:21 PM

US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday – National Sovereignty Day – has been declared, and the capital, Baghdad, threw a giant party to mark the eve of the changeover. Hours before the Monday night deadline, four US soldiers were killed in combat. US-led combat operations are due to end by September 2010, with all troops gone from Iraq by the end of 2011.

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It is fitting that today’s deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq’s cities coincides with a meeting in Baghdad to auction off some of the country’s largest oil fields to companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and British Petroleum. It is a reminder of the real motives for the 2003 invasion and in whose interests over one million Iraqis and 4,634 American and other Western troops have been killed. The Iraq war was, and continues to be, an imperialist war waged by the American ruling elite for control of oil and geo-strategic advantage.

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Canadians: Go to JOF!

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Canada, Dawah, Events, Islam
• Date: Jun 30,2009 | 11:38 AM

ISNA is the same weekend as JOF but it’s in DC which is much closer for me (and I already planned to go before I knew of JOF), but for all the brothers and sisters in Canada, JOF is in your country, meaning you won’t have to cross the border and face our lovely homeland security check points.

United Against Malaria – 9.5.09 – H. Yusuf, Y. Qadhi, S. Wahhaj, Z. Shakir, S. Webb, F. Rabbani, M. Ninowy and more!

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Africa, America, Education, Events, Take Action
• Date: Jun 30,2009 | 12:15 AM

The website for the event appears to be still under construction.

Source: IslamCrunch post here.

Olives, Hummus, Pita and some Cheese are a threat to the Security of Israel

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Food, Israel, Palestine, Sad, Terrorism
• Date: Jun 29,2009 | 03:59 PM

Hummus can be very dangerous to Israelis. They are afraid of its killer taste.

A West Bank checkpoint managed by a private security company is not allowing Palestinians to pass through with large water bottles and some food items, Haaretz has learned.

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The security company also dictates the quantity of items allowed: Five pitas, one container of hummus and canned tuna, one small bottle or can of beverage, one or two slices of cheese, a few spoonfuls of sugar, and 5 to 10 olives. Workers are also not allowed to carry cooking utensils and work tools.

Eat more here.

May God bring justice to the innocent people under an oppressive regime unchecked by “Free and Democratic” world.