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Generous… or wasteful?

Posted in Islam, my life, the ummah, tagged , , on June 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Assalamu alaikum,
I’m going to try to do this without gossiping, backbiting or making sweeping general statements insha’Allah. Wish me luck.
What really bothers me? Wasting food.

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Beauty and the blog

Posted in Beautiful Muslimah, tagged , , , , on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Assalamu alaikum,
You all know I keep my eyes peeled for anything dealing with beauty as fodder for my (someday insha’Allah!) book. I have a few treats for you:
Imam Zaid Shakir posts about our Beautiful Religion (part one and two); make sure to read them both. Also, Umm Yusuf reminds us what makes a beautiful character [...]

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How did I come to Islam?

Posted in Islam, my life, tagged , on June 26, 2007 | 9 Comments »

Assalamu alaikum,
Sunni Sister asks “How did you come to Islam?” This is my story.

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Whatever!

Posted in the ummah, tagged on June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Assalamu alaikum,
As I was looking for pics online of human embryos (because I think it’s fascinating), I accidentally clicked on a link to some right to life organization (that I refuse to link to; I bet you can find it if you have the inclination) that had an entire page devoted to the evils/terrorism/barbarism of [...]

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The Ignorance of the Learned

Posted in my life, the ummah, tagged , on June 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Assalamu ‘alaikum,
Recently I had an interesting conversation with a professor here. He was actually talking to my Somali co-worker about some situation (I came in in the middle of the conversation) in which there were rebels and people being killed. His assertion was that if a group of people are being persecuted and killed, they [...]

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