Ye Hum Naheen: Muslim-to-Muslim Video against Terrorism

Yeh Hum Naheen has become a truly unprecedented musical movement. Featuring the vocal talents of some of Pakistans biggest music artists, including Haroon, Ali Haider, Ali Zafar, Shufqat, Strings, Shuja Haider and Hadiqa Kiani, uniting to sing out the message the world needs to hear.
Written by Ali Moeen, Pakistans foremost lyricist, with music composed by [...]

Craving for wealth and status–Part 1

Imam Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali
The first type of craving for wealth is that a person has extreme love for wealth and also relentlessly exerts efforts to attain it – via means which are lawful – being excessive in that, striving hard and making painstaking efforts and toiling in order to attain it.
It has been reported that [...]

Earn the blessings of one Hajj and one Umrah each day

The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever prays the dawn prayer (fajr) in a group and then sits and does dhikr until the sun rises, then prays two rak’as, shall have the like of the reward of a hajj and an ‘umra.” Anas said, “The Prophet (Allah bless him [...]

Deal to put Warner in Abu Dhabi

Claudia Eller, Times Staff Writer
SECTION: BUSINESS; Business Desk; Part C; Pg. 1
Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. studio struck a multibillion-dollar joint venture deal Wednesday with two Abu Dhabi companies that would bring such American icons as Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner and Scooby-Doo to the Persian Gulf region.
The partners have agreed to build a theme park, a [...]

MUSLIM SCARF DENTIST GUILTY

The Mirror, UK. Sept 27, 2007
A MUSLIM dentist who refused to treat a woman unless she wore a headscarf was yesterday found guilty of serious professional misconduct.
The General Dental Council ruled Dr Omer Butt, 31, discriminated against the patient, known only as Mrs A. [more]
Please click here to read the remainder of the article.

Public split on Muslims, Mormons

September 26, 2007
By Kristi Moore – Americans” attitudes about Muslims are more negative now than in years past, while a slim majority of the public expresses a favorable view of Mormons, according to a national religious poll released yesterday.
“I think the main find in this survey is the fact that the public holds such mixed [...]

Regulating Diversity in Europe

Islam and the European Project
Kathleen Cavanaugh, National University of Ireland, Galway
There exists a limited pluralist model of regulating or `managing’ religious diversity in contemporary Europe. This pluralist model, however, is in contrast to the limitations that appear at the state level, which reflect an increasingly illiberal, secular Europe. Such contrast stems historically from tensions that [...]

Your face is being watched at the airport

The TSA is hiring special screeners to screen facial expressions and passenger behavior in the US. Affiliate WBAY reports.
Please click here to watch the video clip from CNN.

India’s Converts to Christianity and Islam Face Extra Employment Bias

The Wall Street Journal
MEDIPALLY, India — Every Sunday, women and children gather to pray in a tiny, whitewashed church on the edge of this southern Indian village, sitting cross-legged on blue plastic sheets as they sing Christian hymns.
The men don’t dare to come. “If they are seen in the church, the officials will be informed,” [...]

PRACTICING ISLAM CAN BE DIFFICULT AT ARMED FORCES INSTALLATIONS –

Gene Rector, Macon Telegraph, 9/24/07Talib M. Shareef and Rashad Abdul-Azeem see no disconnect between their Islamic faith and their jobs at Robins Air Force Base.Certainly no mixed loyalties. No lack of purpose or focus. No argument with the mission.Chief Master Sgt. Shareef – a 28-year veteran of the Air Force – is chief of personnel [...]

(Ramadan) Duas from Qur’an and Sunnah

Although some of the duas at the beginning can be said at any time, several of the duas especially from the Sunnah are Ramadan specific.
Ramadan is the month of fasting for all the Muslims who are followers of Islam. Ramadan is the ninth month of Islamic calendar and is the month [...]

Faculty position opening to teach Islam at Amherst College

http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000520177-01
Amherst College announces the following faculty positions to begin in July 2008. Searches conducted during the 2007-2008 academic year. Candidates should have a strong commitment to undergraduate and interdisciplinary teaching in a liberal arts context and a well-articulated plan for sustained research. Detailed information available at https://cms.amherst.edu/academiclife/dean_faculty/employment.  Mailing address is Amherst College, P.O. Box 5000, [...]

Faculty openings in Islam at University of California at Davis

http://www.dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=8475
Islam, Culture and Society: The development of new courses, research initiatives and academic programs on Islam and the Middle East, including courses in Islam and citizenship, Islamic culture, Jews in Arab lands, Quran and Arabic language and linguistics. Faculty: Eight FTE positions, including four in the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies and four [...]

Faculty position opening to teach Islam at Oberlin College

The Department of Religion at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Initial appointment to this position will be for a term of 4 years, beginning first semester of academic year 2008-09 and will carry the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
The incumbent will [...]

Reminder: Fatwa Issued Against Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida

In light of the recent involvement of Muslim professionals (i.e. doctors) in acts of terrorism, I am reprinting this fatwa issued by the Islamic Commission of Spain against Osama Bin Laden, and the fatwas by the US Fiqh Council of North America and British Muslim clerics against religious extremism and terrorism as a reminder to [...]

Dubai Exchange Vies for Global Role

The Wall Street Journal
By Aaron Lucchetti in New York and Alistair MacDonald and Jason Singer in London
September 20, 2007 
A stock exchange owned by the government of Dubai emerged as the leading contender to win Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s stake of about 30% in the London Stock Exchange Group PLC and a minority stake in the [...]

Middle East Deal Makers

Wall Street Journal,
September 21, 2007
As oil prices soar, Middle Eastern governments are demonstrating their clout in global financial markets — but doing so with a new political savvy
Yesterday saw a burst of deal activity involving Mideast governments, including a battle among two Persian Gulf emirates over the London Stock Exchange and a bid by one [...]

Islamophobia 101-Episode 21: “Too many mosques in the United States.”

Please watch the following (unedited) interview of New York Congressman King.

In the above interview, Rep. King said: “Unfortunately, we have too many mosques in this country. There are too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully. We should be finding out how [...]

Job opening: Professor of Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Harvard University

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University seeks to make a full-time professorial appointment in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life to be jointly situated in the Committee on the Study of Religion and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. We strongly favor making a senior appointment, but we would also consider [...]

A Ramadan Letter to Osama bin Laden

 Sheikh Salman al-Oadah, Islamtoday.com
Sheikh Salman b. Fahd al-Oadah, the general supervisor of IslamToday.net, delivered the following address to Osama bin Laden live on NBC television on 14 September, 2007, which corresponds to the second say of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia:
Brother Osama:How much blood has been spilled? How many innocent children, women, and old people have [...]

Protecting the environment: Muslims going GREEN

By Anayat Durrani, Contributing WriterSouthern California Infocus, September 2007  TORRANCE, Calif. – Every morning, Wasi Ahmed Yousaf, 37, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., puts on his sneakers and helmet and commutes to work on his bicycle.
Yousaf ditched his car two months ago in favor of a more eco-friendly mode of transportation.
Across the nation, Americans are replacing their [...]

Resources for learning about Prophet Muhammad (s)

1. Life of Muhammad (s) by Muhammad Husayn Haykal on line. This book is a classic, and was translated by Professor Isma’il Razi A. al-Faruqi.
2. A video documentary on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (s):

Potentially controversial cartoon involving Muslim dress code dropped

Deborah Howell
Washington Post,
Readers were confused and angry that “Opus” comic strips with a Muslim theme did not appear in the Aug. 26 and Sept. 2 Sunday print editions. The strips, created by Berkeley Breathed, were distributed by the Washington Post Writers Group and published on washingtonpost.com.
Most of the controversy involved the Aug. 26 strip, which [...]

Faculty position opening in Islamic Studies: York, Toronto

Division of Humanities
Faculty of Arts
York University
The Division of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, York University invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the Assistant Professor level in the field of Islamic Studies. This appointment is to commence July 1, 2008 and is subject to budgetary approval.
We are seeking a candidate who is well grounded in the [...]

Please sign the petition on behalf of Professor Nadia Abu al-Haj’s Tenure.

BIO of Nadia Abu El-Haj, assistant professor, recently published Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (University of Chicago Press, 2002). She spent the past academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and has received numerous fellowships. Her research focuses on the Middle East. At Barnard, she [...]

Islamophobia on rise, especially in Europe: U.N. envoy

By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations investigator on racism on Friday condemned a rising trend of Islamophobia, especially in Europe, where he said it was being exploited by some right-wing political parties.
Doudou Diene, U.N. special rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, also accused Switzerland’s most popular party, the [...]

Doctors should not eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan

by Joanna Sugden
Doctors and nurses in Scotland should refrain from eating in front of their Muslim patients and colleagues during the month of Ramadan according to the Scottish NHS.
Staff in hospitals north of the border were advised by the Scottish Executive and the Scottish NHS to avoid “working lunches” and to move food trolleys away [...]

Is work during Ramadan worship?

Meena S Janardhan
Note from Rafik Beekun: This is  a reprint of an older article, but the issues it brings up are still current and being brought up each Ramadan. 
 DUBAI, Oct 25, 2005 (IPS) – Ramadan is a period of fasting, prayer and penance for Muslims everywhere but, in the Gulf countries, it is also a month of reduced [...]

Blessed Ramadan and Happy Rosh Hashanah

We wish a blessed Ramadan to all Muslims.

We wish a happy Rosh Hashanah to all Jews.

Faculty position open in Islamic Studies

COLGATE UNIVERSITY’S Department of Religion seeks candidates for a full time position in Islamic studies. The hire will be made at the assistant or associate level, to begin July 2008. Candidates with expertise in Islam in any period or region are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to candidates in Islamic studies with training [...]