I’ve recently added several new books to my library:
1. Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light: Wang Tai-yu’s Great Learning of the Pure and Real and Liu Chih’s Displaying the Concealment of the Real Realm by Sachiko Murata with a foreward by Tu Weiming and a new translation of Jami’s Lawa’ih from the Persian by William […]

I just came across a blog post from a couple of years ago asking why Muslims were not issuing fatawa condemning terrorists attacks on innocent people and other such injustices.
More than anything else, I think this shows how ignorant non-Muslims (and even some Muslims) are regarding fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). The purpose of a fatwa […]

Apparently people have misjudged the new Iranian President, Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
“Mr. Ahmadinejad will do his best to prevent the state from interfering in people’s private space,” Kalhor told the MITV channel in a telephone interview late on Monday.
“We demand the police do not pick on what boys and girls wear and how they […]

Although the US media is currently focused on the war in Iraq and the fresh elections in Iran, the untold story is the covert operations and strategic military build-up for an Iranian invasion that has already begun just outside of Iran in neighboring Azerbaijan. The CIA is also aiding the MEK in terrorist bombings […]

This summer, I plan to get back on my Arabic studies, insha’Allah. My original goal, a couple of years ago, had been to go through the entire Qur’an and study every word that I did not know. I would then eventually be able to read the Qur’an more fluently.
If I accomplish this goal, […]

I live in Indianapolis, and apparently, they will soon raise taxes (http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3469962) to pay for a new stadium that is being built for the Indianapolis Colts football team.
I also work for Indianapolis Public Schools and find it interesting how willing they are to hike the taxes for stadiums while continuing to cut funding for […]

I am currently living in exile. Taubah is having a hennah party for her sister, who is to be married tomorrow. I was sent away because of my male gender. I am thinking of filing some type of lawsuit.
In the meantime, I’m crashing over my brother-in-law’s house. You should […]

Bismihi Ta’ala,
I just returned from salatul-Juma’ah (Friday congregational prayer) at the masjid. The person giving the khutbah was someone I had never seen before. Masha’Allah, he was very well spoken in both English and Arabic. It was a very enlightening lecture about iman.
One point that he mentioned that has led me to […]

“O you who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when you are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, you cling heavily to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter.” (Qur’an 9:38)
The […]

I’m beginning to think that Iranian bloggers have delusions about democracy that only the inexperienced youth would contrive. They seem to think that it’s possible for the people to fairly elect a candidate, who will then go on to be an honest and just leader. Has this ever happened in any country? […]