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On Caffeine

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0000

http://www.naturalnews.com/012352.html

Democracy Now: Spying On Camps: NYPD Caught Monitoring Muslim Student Groups Throughout Northeast

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znbj8edzd0E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Daily Show Aasif Mandvi: Surround Fox with Million Muslim March

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptNljib8uWU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Aasif Mandvi on NYPD Surveillance and Third Jihad at Justice in Action Awards

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:29:00 +0000

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQJrsyZymGI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

On the Exaggerated Threat of Terrorism

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:26:00 +0000

There is legitimate concern over future terrorism, but there is also plenty of reason to be skeptical of the claim of widespread terrorist sympathies in the United States. The Justice Department's own internal investigator basically stated as much. In a report released in February 2007, the Department of Justice's inspector general sharply criticized the FBI and other branches of the department for the gross inaccuracies it found in its reporting of terrorism statistics as well as the far too frequent overstatements made regarding terrorism-related cases. (See "The Department of Justice's Internal Controls Over Terrorism Reporting," U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Feb. 2007). A few months earlier, New York University's Law and Society Program reached very similar findings. They also cataloged the Justice Department's claim of fighting terrorism and, after their thorough investigation, found that there are in fact "few, if any, prevalent terrorist threats currently within the U.S." ("Terrorist Trial Report Card, US Edition," New York University Center of Law and Security, Dec. 2006, p. 3). The Washington Post had deduced the same thing previously, that the vast majority of prosecution that are loudly touted as "terrorism-related" are in reality relatively mundane matters of immigration violations, credit-card fraud, or lying to a government official. (Dan Eggen and Julie Tate, "U.S. Campaign Produces Few Convictions on Terrorism Charges: Statistics Often Count Lesser Crimes," Washington Post, June 12, 2005.) The inflation of these figures clearly serves other ends, as political gain is being made on the backs of U.S. Muslims. David Cole and James Lobel have argued that virtually all of those who in fact have been convicted of "material support" for terrorism in the United States (around fifty people) have been convicted of "a crime that requires no proof that the defendant ever intended to further a terrorist act." Cole and Lobel also point out that "prosecutors have obtained a handful of convictions for conspiracy to engage in terrorism, [yet] several of those convictions rest of extremely broad statutes that don't require proof of any specific plan or act, or on questionable entrapment tactics by government informants." David Cole and James Lobel, "Why We're Losing the War on Terror," Nation, Sept. 24, 2007.

-pg. 288-239, fn. 267 of Moustafa Bayoumi's excellent How Does It Feel to be a Problem?

NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast – USATODAY.com

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:47:00 +0000

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-18/NYPD-Intelligence/53143776/1

Times of Wisdom with Imam Dawood Yasin in Canton, Michigan

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:12:00 +0000

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Times of Wisdom

Lessons from the Prophet's Life

For generations of scholars and laypersons, the wisdom of the Quran has been brought to life by reflective study of the biography of the Beloved of God. His life story has served as a means for education, transformation and the cultivation of love for the Chosen One, Muhammad (upon him be peace).

In this course, students will examine the chronological events of the life of the Final Prophet with an emphasis on the wisdom and lessons contained therein. From his personal relationships and interactions, to his position as leader of a community, to his relationship with his Lord, to his mission of calling others to the faith, the course will cover all major aspects, phases, and events of his blessed life.



Teacher:

Imam Dawood Yasin

When & Where:

Fri - Sun (Mar 2-4, 2012)

Free Friday: Angels Circle @ 8pm at MCWS Mosque

(babysitting is available $5 donation suggested)

Parallel Children's Program:

Sat & Sun Only - $15/day/child

Children will engage in lessons and activities focused on the Life of the Prophet (S). This will complement lessons learned in the main session.

MCWS Mosque

40440 Palmer Road

Canton, MI 48188




Questions? Email us: programs@deenintensive.com

Thank you,

Deen Intensive Foundation

Deen Intensive Foundation: Rihla Summer Program 2012 in Istanbul

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:11:00 +0000

http://deenintensive.com/rihla-20111432.html

https://www.facebook.com/deenintensivefoundation

http://vimeo.com/36852837

Interdisciplinary research

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000

Interdisciplinary research isn't a process of linear transfer. You can't say, 'Well, here I've done my work in siesmology' and hand it to the theologian and say, 'Will you make something sensible out of this from your perspective?' Things have to be conceived and executed at the nexus between the two disciplines. You have to start at the very beginning and frame the problem in a way that is valuable to both at once.

John Mutter, Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies and Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

-Quoted as the epigraph in the Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Volume 63: 1&2

[Stumbled upon this just now at the NYU library on the 3rd floor collection of periodicals. It has a 19 page article called "Islamic Environmental Stewardship: Nature and Science in the Light of Islamic Philosophy" by Munjed M. Murad.

Apparently, you can read the entire review here]

Blessings

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Yazid b. Abu Habib from Marthad b. 'Abdullah al-Yazani from Abu Ruhm al-Sama'i [who] told me that Abu Ayyub told him: 'When the apostle came to lodge with me in my house he occupied the ground floor, while I and Umm Ayyub were above. I said to him, "O prophet of God, you are dear to me as my parents, and I am distressed that I should be above and you below me. So leave your present quarters and exchange places with us." He replied: "O Abu Ayyub, it is more convenient for me and my guests that we should be on the ground floor of the house." So we remained as we were. Once we broke a jar of water and Umm Ayyub and I took one of our garments to mop up the water in fear that it would drop on the apostle and came him annoyance. We had no cloth which we could use.

'We used to prepare his evening meal and send it to him. When he returned what was left, Umm Ayyub and I used to touch the spot where his hand had rested and eat from that in the hope of gaining a blessing.'

-pgs. 229-230 of The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah by A. Guillaume

60% of Obama's 2012 budget for the military....

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:20:00 +0000

http://marcmanley.tumblr.com/post/17552707197/this-seems-fair

Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.: Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Lurid Picture of Nigeria’s Muslims in Newsweek

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:13:00 +0000

Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, has spent about half his life as a Jesuit priest working mostly in Nigeria and Ghana.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5671/ayaan_hirsi_ali%E2%80%99s_lurid_picture_of_nigeria%E2%80%99s_muslims_in_newsweek/

On Heroes

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:09:00 +0000

"Why'd you come-the first time?"
She rubbed her cigarette into the dirt. "Because I hate to see a hero fail. There are so few of them."
She said it seriously and he felt she meant it.
"Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
"You mean the big guys set the records and the little buggers try and bust them?"
"Yes, it's their function to be the best and for the rest of us to understand what they represent and guide ourselves accordingly."
He hadn't thought of it that way but it sounded all right.
"There are so many young boys you influence."
"That's right," said Roy.
"You've got to give them your best."
"I try to do that."
"I mean as a man too."
He nodded.

-pg. 148 of The Natural by Bernard Malamud

Winter Song - Sara Bareilles/Ingrid Michaelson- Music Video

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67xr_KKPTHE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The Narcicyst featuring Shadia Mansour "Hamdulillah" Official Music Video

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:48:00 +0000

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ISHZQJdeSw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Five for Fighting "100 Years"

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:40:00 +0000

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJN9YIOl1xE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dustin Craun: Breaking the Chains of Modernity | Adbusters

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:10:00 +0000

http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/100/breaking-chains-modernity.html

Similar to Gloria Anzaldua’s concept La Facultad, a form of inner knowledge, is the Islamic concept of Al Basira, the eye of the heart, which is the center of spiritual perception if properly developed. As the great Mystic philosopher Al-Ghazali put it in his masterwork of the inner sciences of Islam, Ihya’ ulum al-din, “Creation refers to the external, and character to the internal, form. Now, the human is composed of a body which perceives with ocular vision (basar) and a spirit (ruh) and a soul (nafs) which perceive with inner sight (basira). Each of these things has an aspect and a form which is either ugly or beautiful. Furthermore, the soul which perceives with inner sight (basira) is of greater worth than the body which sees with ocular vision.” In seeing with the eye of our heart we can begin to differentiate between form and meaning, as the outward forms of things are not always their internal and spiritual reality.
The vision of our hearts has become blinded by the poison of base materialism. In the verse poetry of the early female Sufi saint, Rabi’a al-Adawiyya: “O children of Nothing! Truth can’t come in through your eyes, Nor can speech go out through your mouth to find [God], Hearing leads the speaker down the road to anxiety, And if you follow your hands and feet you will arrive at confusion. The real work is in the Heart: Wake up your Heart! Because when the Heart is completely awake, Then it needs no Friend.”

Freedom from cycle of violence - Tariq Ramadan

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:04:00 +0000

http://www.tariqramadan.com/Freedom-from-cycle-of-violence,11863.html?lang=fr

Syria: Who is Right, Who is Wrong? - Tariq Ramadan

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

http://www.tariqramadan.com/Syria-Who-is-Right-Who-is-Wrong,11865.html?lang=en

The Graduate Center, CUNY - Spring 2012Public Programs for the Public Mind

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:56:00 +0000

http://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/public_programs.htm

@musafurber, 2/12/12 1:10 AM

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:09:00 +0000

Musa Furber (@musafurber)
2/12/12 1:10 AM
"Reclaiming a sense of the sacred" (via the Chronicle of Higher Education) ~ j.mp/xxx0oh #fb

@KLatif, 2/12/12 1:54 PM

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:07:00 +0000

Khalid Latif (@KLatif)
2/12/12 1:54 PM
Check out our hashtag #ICNYU2012 for some great moments and gems from the conference and share your own using the same tag as well

@omersubhani, 2/13/12 12:08 AM

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Omer Subhani (@omersubhani)
2/13/12 12:08 AM
Great convo btwn @ggreenwald and Chomsky on Liberty and Justice for Some: c-spanvideo.org/program/WithLi

Interview With Chris Hedges About Black Bloc Thursday 9 February 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000

http://www.truth-out.org/interview-chris-hedges-about-black-bloc/1328799148

Upcoming Online Class by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on The Khilafa of Umar

noreply@blogger.com (Ebadur Rahman) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:03:00 +0000

http://quilliampress.com/

via Rich