Umm Zaid wrote about the way some of us justify madness in the name of Islam, make excuses and look the other way. I hope that she is not called a “Zionist agent” and “spy” for this:
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Large or small, please spare what you can for the poor and needy. Please see the cases below the fold
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and photographed. I used to think that such people were myth.
Problem is that we are probably dangerous to them as we carry many viruses and bacterium that to which they are probably not immune. Story is below
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The response to these requests for help have been great, masha Allah. This week, I wanted to share this inspiring story (via Halfdate) a woman who suffered from two heart attacks but is still working to make a difference in her community. Many have been touched by her story and this kind of resilience is [...]
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A couple of interesting articles that provide some possible good news: the terrorist bandits are splitting amongst themselves…
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Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post wrote an article about one of my pet peeves in the American Muslim community - the system (or lack thereof) of getting “married”.
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Some are reverting back to pre-Y2K style hoarding of supplies and moving into the country side. The end if near!!! Meanshile, “doomsdayists” are now saying that the end of the world as we know it has been pushed back and is now going to be 2012 - which is enough time to get a few [...]
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These terrorist clowns engage in criminal activity of all sorts and claim that it is “Islamic”. They operate on Machiavellian principles. In this case, the Al Qaeda criminals in Philippines are engaging in film piracy - and they are calling it “Islamic”. Keep in mind that the 9/11 hijackers also engaged in credit card fraud [...]
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I’d never heard of Yuri Kochiyama before reading this article. A very interesting individual. She was present when Malcolm X was assassinated.
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FAITH Urgent Cases for May 20th to May 26th 2008
NOTE: All FAITH clients receive budget counseling and caseworkers assist them in developing a new plan to manage their budgets and become self-sufficient.
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Melissa Harris Lacewell has an article at The Root on Malik Shabaz (Malcolm X).
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This article about Obama’s childhood in multiracial Hawaii reminds me of what I wrote here. Hawaii (and increasingly California) could probably serve as a case study for the future black/non-black society in which we are headed. This quote says it all:
you could be anything else but a brother and have free rein of the world [...]
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The Food Price Crisis manifests itself here in the United States in a lot of uncomfort. Elsewhere in the world it is life and death.
Those in the DC area: The Dar Al Hijrah Food Bank is having a food drive and is urging donations in the form of rice, oil, flour, toothpaste, cereal and other [...]
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UPDATE 05/16/08 7:00AM: Mr. Gaubatz showed what kind of person he really is in the comments. By the way, Mr Gaubatz, wild and baseless charges pulled from the sky that I support terror groups (your M.O.) will not stick here. My position is very clear and well known. Some Muslims have issues and we work [...]
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I still contend that the “wind of change” that is blowing is rooting in fatigue of fear politics (demonstrated earlier in the year by Rudolph Guiliani’s running on vicious anti-Muslim sentiment flaming out)
Now, the GOP in North Mississippi (the district in which I was born) tried to run on the “big bad black guy” by [...]
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