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My Pakistan Trip – Notes: Week 2

Pakistan day 8 2nd Aug [caption id="attachment_905" align="alignleft" width="128" caption="Me in Pakistan"][/caption] Oh dear, this morning my stomach seems to have finally given in to the battering of the sub-continent diet. I don't think I need to elaborate further. It held out for an impressive 8 days, I expected it to last ...

My Pakistan Trip – Notes: Week 1

Just returned from Pakistan last Saturday (15th Aug) after visiting for the first time in eight years. The last time I returned, a few days later 9/11 happened. I was there for three weeks in total, my wife and kids went two weeks earlier than me. The main purpose ...

I HATE WINDOWS!

But I still use it, I'm kind of like Gollum from Lord of the Rings "we loves it, we hates it". Last year I purchased a top spec PC from Chillblast, the Juggernaut, and it came installed with Vista Ultimate 64 bit, I have had issues with it on and ...

Mihrabi Handmade Prayer Rugs – New Stock!

[caption id="attachment_292" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mihrabi Handmade Prayer Rugs"][/caption] I have some new stock of Balochi Prayer rugs at Mihrabi.com, additionally there are a few room rugs too, see under menu item "Other Rugs", that I have personally hand selected. With Ramadan approaching you can buy one as a special gift for a ...

Isra Wa’l Mira’aj – Sh Abdal Hakim Murad

Isra wa'l Mira'aj by Sh Abdal-Hakim Murad 2005 Posted to FaithTube by masud on July 18, 2007 Click to Play | View Details Related posts:AUDIO: Shaykh Ahmad Ba’bikral-Ghazali on Fasting trans. sh Abdal Hakim MuradVIDEO: Islamic Relief

Old Audio Interview with Radio Salam

About 5 years ago I was asked to do an interview for my good friend Saeed Mahmood in Manchester who ran Radio Salam FM. He wanted to interview me about my website masud.co.uk and general community issues. If you wish to have a listen you can do so here: [audio:masudInterview.mp3] Related posts:Interview ...

Blackberry Bold vs iPhone

I have both the Blackberry 9000 (aka the Bold) and the new Apple iPhone and there is little to choose between them, each has its speciality. The 9000 is by far the best for email and messaging because of Blackberry's excellent and peerless hard keyboard that is tactile, quick, accurate ...

DeenPort Messages on the iPhone?

At present DeenPort does not render on iPhones properly, the most notable problem is that the popular messages section is missing. However, I have put together a way of viewing just the messages from the iPhone. The solution is not perfect and has some limitations but will allow you to ...

MasudBlog New Layout & Design

I have been using my blog as an exercise to learn WordPress in terms of the templating and getting it to do what I need it to do with all the wonderful plugins that it has, it has also given me an opportunity to dabble in CSS some more and ...

Video: Muhabba Awards: Khalid ibn Waleed

At the "Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow" conference this year, I met, Saadi Alkouatli, the Creative Director for the trailer for the Muhabba Awards, which depicts Khalid ibn al-Walid in battle. I am sure you will agree, the quality of this trailer is breathtaking. One thing he mentioned was that at ...