I haven’t heard the latest on the Muhammad Salah case, but here is an intriguing radio interview (MP3 format) of his lawyer.
After being imprisoned in Israel and tortured into giving a false confession, he is now standing trial for crimes based on the coerced confession, a clear violation of the U.S. constitution.
I taught his [...]

On the night that the Commander of the Faithful Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) died, after having been stabbed with a poison dagger by the wretched Ibn Muljum, Ali’s son, Imam Hasan (peace be upon him), rose to deliver a khutbah, saying:
“Tonight you have killed a man on a night in [...]

I was perusing a popular salafi site (just to see what type of information they had — and to check out their latest sufi-refutations), and I stumbled upon an intriguing fatwa, apparently from Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen, proving that the sun revolves around the earth.
His only argument is that the Qur’an mentions the sun moving, and thus [...]

“In your service I’m emptied, emptied of myself.
My soul is just the dust on your doorstep.
But I don’t offer my heart’s gold to just anyone—
The door to this treasure bears only your name.”
– Hafiz

Possibly one month to go, and she’s already 7lbs 9oz….(alhamdulillah, I’m glad I’m a man).

Wife is 9 months…baby is really big….special ultrasound today.
will report any news soon, inshaAllah.
Numbness in arm…shortness of breath…chest tightening…can’t go on describing symptoms…

It never ceases to amaze me. When reading the Qur’an, especially during Ramadan, it is always like reading it again for the first time. Of course, in years past, I always read translations. To now read the Arabic just adds to the multidimensional depth of what I receive from Allah’s book.
It is [...]

It is reported by the master of traditions, Al-Shaykh Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ya’qub ibn Ishaq al-Kulayni ar-Razi (may Allah make his grave fragrant) that the sixth Imam from the Prophet’s immaculate household, Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (peace be upon them) said:
“Whoever satiates a hungry believer so that he is satisfied fully, neither a human [...]

I’m hearing a lot of talk in the “open source community” about the BSD license (the new one) being more “free” than the GPL. One article in particular seems to state their case well.
Forcing the progress through a “forcefully viral” GPL is not freedom, it’s just that: FORCING the (supposed) progress.
The problem that [...]

Kaveh L Afrasiabi has written an enlightening article on AsiaTimes about the letter recently published by former Iranian President Rafsanjani. The letter highlights Ayatullah Khomeini’s decision to accept the UN-negotiated cease-fire with Iraq, effectively ending the Iran-Iraq war, despite Khomeini viewing it as a “poison pill.” He did it, his letter argues, for [...]