http://www.hidayahblog.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:34:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HidayahBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Well well well.  After an eventful week showing the actions of the Israeli state upon the flotilla of aid to Gaza, what can I say that has not already been said? So I thought, instead of pointing out the facts again, and re-iterate to the world ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/06/09/we-are-humanity-and-we-hope-not-hate/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Well I actually started this post when the Icelandic volcano first erupted in April, but as usual, me being sidetracked into doing other things together with my built-in laziness meant that this post would have been posted long after the volcanic ash cloud was out ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/05/29/humans-0-volcano-1/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Alhumdulillah (all Praise belongs to Allah)  for those good fellows at the Lancashire Council of Mosques who have been meeting with KFC in trying to sort out once and for all the question of whether the KFC chicken is really halal. You may or may not ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/04/28/kfc-klarified-well-for-the-time-being-anyway/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you So what's with all this new Halal KFC business? Is it really Halal - no really, is it?  Cos I really wanna know if I can finally sink my teeth into one of them tasty Zinger Burger Meals and sample the Colonel's 'secret recipe' myself!! Well although ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/03/13/kan-i-have-some-kfc-klarity-please/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Whether you are a Muslim or a non-Muslim, I'm sure everybody's either heard or read this before; that Islam is a religion which oppresses women. Or you may have heard or read that Islam doesn't give women equal rights, etc, etc.....and the list goes on. One thing ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/02/03/the-real-position-of-women-in-islam-what-the-media-dont-want-you-to-know/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Here's another video regarding Palestine.  This one's about the second Viva Palestina convoy that went to Gaza to deliver much needed humanitarian aid and supplies to the suffering Palestinian people who are suffering as a result of the illegal blockade imposed by Israel. The incident in ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2010/01/28/video-of-the-week-a-message-of-truth-from-the-viva-palestina-convoy/ Assalaamu - Alaykum - Peace be Upon you This week, we have a hard hitting, and thought provoking video relating to the illegal blockade that Israel has put up in Palestine. And it shows an incident which has happened hundreds of times already in the West Bank - a humanitarian issue which ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/31/video-of-the-week-no-way-through/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Contentment.  Happiness.  Success. It seems that the three words I have mentioned above are interchangeable in what they describe and in what they define. You could say that if one is successful, then that success will lead to happiness which in turn will lead to contentment in ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/27/to-your-hearts-content/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Continuing now with the second part of my Hajj 2009 recap and also the long-awaited photos that have now been uploaded. Day 1 So off we went after Fajr Salaah on the first day of Hajj.  Before Fajr, we got up early and made the necessary arrangements ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/10/my-amazing-journey-hajj-2009-part-2/ Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you Well what can I say? When people say that Hajj is the journey of a lifetime they're certainly not exaggerating.  Subhanallah (Allah is Pure) it was an amazing experience and one which I will never forget insha-Allah (God willing). What I aim to do is to ... http://www.hidayahblog.com/index.php/2009/12/06/my-amazing-journey-hajj-2009-part-1/