Dervish

Taking a break from blogging

ummyasmin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:07:51 +0000

Assalamu ‘alaykum dear readers, I’ve decided to take a break from the online world for a while, although some of you may have noticed I have really slowed down my blogging lately. This is the year I am submitting my doctoral thesis, and it needs my full attention. Unlike in previous years, I’m not going to [...]

Access a catalogue of rare Islamic manuscripts online

ummyasmin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:21:10 +0000

at the Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts. Genres include: Qur’an and Qur’anic sciences Hadith Fiqh Theology Shi’ah Sufism Illustrated and illuminated manuscripts Philosophy and logic Language and literature History and biography Science Occult sciences online casino Re-publishing this RSS feed in full is not allowed. Published by Umm Yasmin at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/dervish

Michael Mann, a prophet

ummyasmin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:32:44 +0000

(No, I haven’t suddenly joined a post-Islamic cult, I’m just reading Mann on nation-states and globalization) For 20 years I have worked as a historical sociologist on the nature of power in human societies. I have written mostly on very “macro” subjects–on religions, economies, wars and states, throughout history and across the world. I have recently [...]

Mawlid

ummyasmin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:20:12 +0000

From what I wrote for this week’s faith column in the Sunday Age: On March 9, millions of Muslims will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Muhammad. The celebration, called Mawlid, did not begin until several centuries after the passing of the Prophet, causing a small minority of Muslims to reject it as inauthentic to [...]

Make sure you get your prayer in last!

ummyasmin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:33:29 +0000

Yasmin has a particular bedtime prayer she likes to say which is “Dear Allah , please give me good dreams and protect me from bad dreams.” Last night she had prayed her prayer and Mum felt it was a good time to make a general du’a for health and protection of the various members of [...]