Religion

Culture & Religion – Scattered Thoughts on the Book American Dervish

January 27, 2012

I went to a lecture last week on what Muslims think of evolution and the lecturer, a Muslim well versed on the subject, went on to say that what Muslims believe on that topic is dependent on the country and culture in which they grew up in. I thought it was a total cop-out. Aren’t [...]

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A Look Back on 2011 – Hajj Times

January 2, 2012

I realize today is the 2nd day of 2012 and that maybe I missed the window of time when one is allowed to reflect on 2011 but I’ll just ask for forgiveness and move on… Looking back on the year in which I turned 30, hands down the greatest, most awesomest thing that happened was [...]

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Faith Versus Foolishness

December 25, 2011

So in my last post I posed a really off the wall question: “To take one’s life is completely against Islam but what if it has to happen to prevent something horrible from occurring to others?”* Funny enough, I sort of got a response to my question. Well, as close as I could get anyways. [...]

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Hajj Bound, InshAllah

October 23, 2011

For those of you that don’t know, the Hajj is a pilgrimage in and around Mecca, Saudi Arabia and is a requirement for Muslims if one is financially and physically able to make the pilgrimage. The actual rituals of Hajj span a period of about 5 days that come around once a year in the [...]

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Interview: Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Creator of the Comic Book The 99

October 9, 2011

Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, creator of the comic book series The 99, which is also currently being produced as an animated series, is the subject of the upcoming documentary Wham! Bam! Islam!, to air on PBS on October 13th. From the website: Al-Mutawa came up with the concept of The 99: a team of superheroes, each [...]

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Ramadaning at a Wedding

August 24, 2011

I remember last October when my buddy Soerha told me she was getting married. I got pretty excited, like an “OMIGOD” kind of excited. And then she told me it was going to be in Toronto on August 20th. Me: “But that’s in Ramadan!” I didn’t say anything for a second and thought about it. [...]

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It’s Not Just About Me. Who Knew?!

August 22, 2011

Note: I wrote this entry like a week ago but didn’t have a chance to post ’cause I got a bit busy. I was walking with my Muslim coworker/prayer buddy to the prayer room* at work when I asked her how her roza was going. It didn’t occur to me until after I said it [...]

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Fasting Realizations – Necesito Qahwa

August 8, 2011

I’m going tell you all something that I figured out while fasting. Some of you may have already realized this on my behalf. My entire life revolves around coffee. Okay, okay, maybe I’m exaggerating (I”m a big fan of hyperbole, which is like the coolest, awesomest thing ever!) but it kind of sort of does. [...]

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Ramadan – Thoughts for 2011

July 31, 2011

It’s that time again*! Ramadan is most likely going to start tomorrow** and the days will be long this time around. We’re looking at more than 15 hours of fasting in Amreeka – no water, no food, and no *gasp* coffee. In order to fit in the extra prayers and wake up early enough in [...]

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On Norway, Muslims, and the Media

July 24, 2011

On Friday, when the explosion and shootings happened in Norway, a lot of journalists that are part of real, honest-to-God respected media outlets put the blame on Islamic extremists without anything to go on whatsoever. The Sun even had a front page article published that called the incident an “Al Qaeda massacre” and “Norways’ 9/11″. [...]

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