Umar Lee forgot about AlMaghrib Institute and the Great Salafi Scholars

Author: MR
Filed under: Islam, Middle East, Palestine, Rant, Salafi, Tasawwuf, Traditional Islam
Date: Jan 18,2009 | 11:34 PM

Pretty much everyone in the Muslim blog world has heard or read the infamous post by Umar Lee on RAND Institute Muslims aka RIMS. Many bloggers have responded such as Ginny’s here & here, Yusuf Smith’s here, and Yursil here & here.

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The American Muslim Ummah, Zaytuna College and Fighting Zionism

Author: MR
Filed under: America, Culture, Education, Islam, Middle East, Politics, Rant, Take Action
Date: Jan 13,2009 | 01:40 AM

The injustice and atrocities in the Muslim world and around the world in general have been on the ummah’s mind since I ever started reading the news in my teens. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict existed before I was born and continues up to this second as I type this. I doubt anything will change anytime soon. I’ve been to protests, wrote letters, blog about it, submitted articles, argued, cried and reacted emotionally to every injustice the Muslim world has faced from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Palestine, Lebanon, Chechnya, Bosnia and all the other areas I have missed. Many of these wars are still going on and being fought even after the thousands of people marched in every major city in the world. Even after all the letters written to governments who possess the ability to establish justice. Even after all the articles written and all the forum threads that get closed. The injustice and state sponsored terrorism continues. The blood of innocent human beings continue to flow.

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The Return to Al-Maghrib: Breaking My Silence [Recovered]

Author: MR
Filed under: Islam, Rant
Date: Oct 30,2008 | 04:45 PM

IMPORTANT NOTE: This post was lost due to my former-host’s server crash. I recovered the content, but not the comments.

For almost two and half years I have not taken a class with the AlMaghrib Institute. When I stopped it was during the controversy which I will not mention nor will I link to it since it’s not worth it.

Beyond that incident and up until the 2008 ISNA convention, I personally had felt a grudge and animosity towards AlMaghrib (even after the Pledge of Mutual Respect and Cooperation). I didn’t have anything against the teachers nor the students (after all the students were my family by blood and by brotherhood), but it was against the idea and way of AlMaghrib. It was pure ignorance and stupidity. May Allah (swt) forgive me for the hardness of my heart. I guess you could say I was jealous, because there wasn’t an alternative choice that was similar in the method but pleasing to my opinions.