I haven’t posted anything about the last couple of versions of KDE. For those who don’t know, KDE 4 is on a considerably longer release schedule than previous versions. As a result, KDE 3.5 has had much more time to mature and develop. I am currently running 3.5.4, which is stable, fast, […]

Imam Husayn ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, the second son of Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, was the grandson of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him and his family peace) and the Imam of the Muslims after his brother, Hassan ibn Ali.
He was born on the 3rd of Sha’ban in the year 4 […]

Very interesting:
A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferenccz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam […]

OK, so here it is with the driveway.

It’s almost done. InshaAllah, our closing date will be on September 7th.

I finally ordered some SuSE 10.1 CDs and upgraded (read completely wiped out and reinstalled) the patron stations, and I truly upgraded the circ desk. It was just easier to wipe the other workstations clean. I mean, who knows what kids have downloaded on them?
I also installed Xubuntu Dapper release on my iMac […]

Here is an interesting article about the Jewish dissenters and how Jewish people are often wrongly accused of unanimously supporting Israeli policies.
“Many believe that American Jews unanimously and unconditionally support the Israeli government. That what we learned from the Holocaust is to shoot first and ask questions later. That our commitment to justice and equal […]

Many people, Muslim and non-Muslim, have often asked me, “Why are there so many rules in Islam?” Of course, my answer is, “There aren’t.” But what would satisfy the soul of someone seeking such mysteries is to know the philosophy or purpose behind the shari’ah. According to the ‘aqidah (formula of beliefs) […]

Shaykh al-Mufid (may Allah shower him with mercy) recorded that Abu Sa’id al-Khudri related that he heard the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him and his family peace) talking to Fatimah (peace be upon her), who had come to him that day crying and saying, “O Messenger of Allah, the women of […]

The ninth Imam from the Prophet’s immaculate household was the son of the one known as Al-Ridha, Ali ibn Musa (peace be upon them). When his father died, he was still a child, yet he demonstrated knowledge and wisdom far beyond any other scholar of his time. The caliph al-Mamun, used to bring […]