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
- 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!
We need to learn more about our history here.
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.
I wonder if the NYC public schools will follow the global moon sighting view or the local moon sighting view.
US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces.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.
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.
United Against Malaria – 9.5.09 – H. Yusuf, Y. Qadhi, S. Wahhaj, Z. Shakir, S. Webb, F. Rabbani, M. Ninowy and more!
- Filed under: Africa, America, Education, Events, Take Action
- Date: Jun 30,2009 | 12:15 AM
I saw this on Egyptian Gumbo’s blog and I had to post it. May Allah increase Mona Minkara and continue to bless her.
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf on the Death of Michael Jackson
- Filed under: America, Culture, Entertainment, Music
- Date: Jun 27,2009 | 10:54 PM
Shock Dead, Everybody’s Gone Mad: Reflections on the Death of Michael Jackson
By Hamza Yusuf
On the news
Everybody’s dog food
Bang bang
Shock dead
Everybody’s gone mad…
From “They Don’t Care About Us” by Michael Jackson
As a little boy, Michael Jackson had an extraordinary charisma — as well as an absolute innocence — that was disarmingly charming. It captivated millions of Americans and eventually people around the world.
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi commented on MuslimMatters here:
I gave a khutbah at a masjid yesterday, the second half of which was dedicated to the passing away of Michael Jackson. Before the rumors spread even more, let me clarify explicitly what I said:
The Angel of Death has come for the King of Pop.
Next stop: us.
Are we ready?
The sahabahs (companions of the Prophet – peace be upon him and his companions) are here:
We’re going there too!
Can’t fit much except for your body wrapped with cloth.
May Allah forgive us all and guide us all.
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