Archive for July, 2005

US continues to kill innocent people

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

This is, of course, not well reported in the mass media, but isn’t that to be expected. Here is a report of more killings of civilians by US troops in Iraq.

The Mystery, The Suspense!

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

Something very special is arriving today, insha’Allah. You can probably read more about it on the wife’s blog, after it arrives. That’s all I’m telling for now. (grins a maniacal grin; the kind that gets people locked up).

Why the Qur’an is Special

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

Lately, many non-Muslims have attempted to interpret the Qur’an to suit their needs. This, of course, has always been done by a minority of Muslims who seek to distort the true understanding of Islam. To some people, it might seem strange to think that there are not “different interpretations” of the Qur’an. [...]

Why do they hate “our way of life”?

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

We’ve been receiving a lot of hateful and rude posts on Muslim Message. It’s gotten to the point where we have to close off the forum to guests and only allow posting from registered members. I am amazed at the number of non-Muslims who are so antagonistic towards Islam since these attacks in [...]

Latest Stuff

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

There are some new pictures in the gallery and a new video of Zahra at her grandmother’s house. She apparently has some musical talent. You’ll need some type of player that can play QuickTime .mov files. I recommend the free Mplayer.

The Family Guy

Friday, July 8th, 2005

I just finished putting together a bookcase. We outgrew our original one and now need two to hold all of our books. Putting it together was not my idea of fun, but I suppose it’s one of those things that husbands/fathers have to do. Anyway, we visited the Zoo yesterday, and I’ve [...]

New Innovations for Unix-like desktops

Friday, July 8th, 2005

There are some exciting things on the horizon for X.org (http://www.x.org), KDE (http://www.kde.org), and Gnome (http://www.gnome.org):
Xgl (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fXgl)
Plasma for KDE (http://plasma.bddf.ca/)
Luminocity for Gnome (http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/xshots)

When Animals Attack

Friday, July 8th, 2005

It’s difficult for any “normal” person to understand why other people kill. How can a person take another person’s life? And moreover, how can they kill someone they’ve never even met? The western world is again asking this question, yet Muslims have been asking this question ceaselessly for several years and particularly, [...]

My Heart in London

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

I’ve just received word of the horrific attacks on innocent people in London. My prayers go out to the families and friends of victims, and I ask Allah to bring justice on those who perpetrated these horrible crimes.
“On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person [...]

Stephen Schwartz: Pseudologist

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

Pseudologist \Pseu*dol”o*gist\, n. [Gr. ?.]
1. One who utters falsehoods; a liar.
2. Stephen Schwartz.
First, let me say that, before today, I had never heard of Stephen Schwartz. Perhaps Allah had blessed me. Today, I happened to stumble upon an article of his declaring Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) [...]