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.

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).

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. [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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)

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, [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]