America’s own experts say we should get out of Afghanistan

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Afghanistan, America, News, Politics, Video
• Date: Nov 6,2009 | 12:22 AM

Excellent interview.

Pearls of the Quran Retreat Limited Live Webcast this Weekend

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Events, Islam
• Date: Nov 5,2009 | 09:05 PM

Salamu Alaikum From Madina Institute.

We are excited to announce a limited (live) webcast from our upcoming Pearls of the Quran Retreat. We will webcast sessions from : Shaykh Hamza, Shaykh Ninowy & Shaykh Mokhtar on Nov 7th along with a special message from Zaytuna College. To reserve your online spot – Sign up here:

http://almadina.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/pearls-webcast/

Makkah safe from 2012 Apocalypse Movie

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Article, Culture, Dawah, Entertainment, Islam
• Date: Nov 5,2009 | 02:45 AM

But Emmerich was thinking of something even more explosive: the Kaaba, the cube-shaped building at the heart of Mecca, the focus of prayers and the Islamic pilgrimage called the Hajj; it is one of Islam’s holiest sites.

Really?

“Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit,” Emmerich says. “But my co-writer Harald said I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie. And he was right. … We have to all … in the Western world … think about this. You can actually … let … Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have … a fatwa, and that sounds a little bit like what the state of this world is. So it’s just something which I kind of didn’t [think] was [an] important element, anyway, in the film, so I kind of left it out.”

Source

No offense, but I wouldn’t care if the movie portrayed it. It’s not real. And even if something like that was to happen, Muslims don’t have to protect it. God protects it. We also don’t worship it. We worship God. Also the article forgot about Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and all non-Christian holy sites. The movie doesn’t attack any of those.

Italy: 23 Americans convicted of kidnapping in the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Europe, News, Terrorism
• Date: Nov 4,2009 | 06:14 PM

Thank you Judge Oscar Magi. Unfortunately the 23 Americans are now fugitives so they are still yet to be in prison.

MILAN — In a landmark ruling, an Italian judge on Wednesday convicted a base chief for the Central Intelligence Agency and 22 other American C.I.A. operatives of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003.

The case was a huge symbolic victory for Italian prosecutors, the first convictions involving the American practice of rendition, in which terrorism suspects are captured in one country and taken for questioning in another, often one more open to coercive interrogation techniques.

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Italian prosecutors had charged the Americans and seven members of the Italian military intelligence agency in the abduction of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, on Feb. 17, 2003. Prosecutors said he was snatched in broad daylight, flown from an American air base in Italy to a base in Germany and then on to Egypt, where he claims he was tortured.

Source: New York Times

Niqabi Sister Help Police Arrest Gunman by Convincing Him to Surrender

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Dawah, Mainstream Media, News, Video
• Date: Nov 4,2009 | 02:07 AM

Gangsta! I thought it was Philly but this was in Deleware.

Source

Muslim Justice Initiative Online Fundraiser – Mon. Nov. 9, ’09 – 8:00 PM – Sh. Yasir Qadhi and others

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Events, Take Action
• Date: Nov 4,2009 | 01:34 AM

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UPDATE: Qaradawi to oversee – Producer of Movies, “The Matrix” and “The Lord of the Rings” in discussions for a movie about Prophet Muhammad (s)

• Author: MR
• Filed under: Culture, Dawah, Entertainment, General, Islam
• Date: Nov 2,2009 | 12:37 AM

UPDATE: Sh. Yusuf al-Qaradawi will be overseeing the filming. (source)

Here is a list of Barrie Osborne’s movies he was part of.

The only other movie I can think of was the old school 70s movie, “The Message” (or “Muhammad: The Messenger of God”) by Moustapha Akkad. I liked it and it does a good job with respecting the teachings of Islam as well as the historical accounts. I hope this one goes in to a bit more detail

A film about the Prophet Mohammad backed by the producer of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Matrix” is under discussion, a Qatar media firm said on Sunday, aiming to create an English-language blockbuster for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims.

Filming of the $150 million movie is set to start in 2011, with Barrie Osborne as its producer, Alnoor Holdings said.

Alnoor said the film – in which the Prophet would not be depicted, in accordance with Islamic strictures – was in development and talks were being held with studios, talent agencies and distributors in the United States and Britain.

The company launched a $200-million international film fund on Oct. 31 to invest in film projects amid tight financing in the wake of the financial crisis and plans to focus on Hollywood.

Alnoor said it aimed to attract the “best international talent” to star in the motion picture.

The company was set up this year to take advantage of economic opportunities in the entertainment industry, focusing on international film production, Arabic production and animation.

Source

10 Things Muslims Think Are Scarier than Halloween

• Author: MR
• Filed under: America, Culture, Funny, Video
• Date: Nov 1,2009 | 07:03 PM

Some of them are weird, but I thought the parking lot one was funny. It would be scarry to see Muslims parking correctly, hahaha. Although if that happened it probably isn’t the masjid parking lot, haha. I would have add “not having anything to break your fast with” as one of the items.