So I finally watched The Dark Knight and i thought it was very good. One thing that I noticed at the end of the movie was that the Joker, played by Heath Ledger who was recently visited by the Angel of Death (Malik-ul-Mawt), reminded me of how hard the Devil (Shaytan) tries to corrupt people. The Joker throughout the movie was trying to corrupt Batman and turning him evil. He didn’t want Batman to die, he just wanted him to become evil like him. He was the only criminal that wasn’t in it for the money. He wasn’t it for the power either. He was a “religious” criminal. His entire aim and goal was to corrupt people into following the path of evil.
Check the website for details on which theater it’s showing near your city. If this movie sells out in all the theaters around the country, we might see the media pay more attention to the Muslim community.
A powerful account of the graffiti mural created in the Bronx New York, a memorial for Mougasa and Soumare families, many of whom died in an apartment block fire in March 2007. Graffiti artist Mohammed Ali, from the UK works alongside the local Bronx community to create a tribute to the family.
Source: Azeem
Why start off Ramadan on day 1, when you can get a head start? Ramadan is like a race. A race to get blessings and forgiveness. Most people start the race on the 1st day of Ramadan, thus the day before they are still in there ready position. Ready to jump off and start running. With the start of the 2008 Olympics in China, I thought it would be appropiate to compare the two. Specifically the running races. If one was to get a head start running say 10-15 feet before the start line and begin running, as they pass the start line, the would already have a head start then those who jumped from there ready position. They would theoretically win the race since they were already running. Although this is illegal in the Olympics, it’s not illegal to get a head running start before Ramadan.
Start reading more of the Qur’an (practice for MR’s Online Quran Reading Contest coming up), fast a few days, and pray that extra sunnah and nafl prayers. This is your head start in the 2008 Ramadan Olympics. Why settle for bronce and silver when you can get gold? Have you ever seen how the participants of the Olympics cry and are extremely happy over a gold medal? Our gold medal is even greater and is ever lasting. Our gold medal is given to us by our creator and it is not man-made. Our gold medal is greater than all those gold medals the Olympics has. Our gold medal is heaven.
The month of Ramadan is the best month to increase your chances of winning the gold medal. So let us all try to get running start and beat the rest of the participants while they are still in the ready position.
So I got an email which linked to this blog post here on the WorkHalal.com blog saying Costco sells Halal lamb. At first, I didn’t believe it, because for some reason whenever I see emails/blog-posts without sourcing to any website makes it seem shady. So I consulted my Shaykh (Sh. Google) and he gave me wonderful responses, mashaAllah! I found the Australian Lamb Company‘s website and I contacted them myself. I received two responses from two different people:
Finally I’m going to blog something about marriage and the Muslim community in America. There have been many countless posts by many famous Muslim blogs such as MuslimMatters, HAhmed, Umar Lee, Tariq Nelson, and a whole bunch of Muslim sisters who blog about their complaints towards single Muslim men. I don’t know if many of you realized but I haven’t really touched upon the marriage topic on my blog. I actually stayed away from it. The reason being was that I was also part of the single Muslim brothers crowd and if I did share my opinion, I would feel like a hypocrite. Well obviously due to this post, it is clear that I can now share my own comments.
