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Assalaamu aleikum

Date: 02 Dec 2008, 5:34 am / Mood: peaceful

I frequently see people writing or hear them saying “salaam aleikum” or “wa...

Science and Islam

Date: 21 Mar 2008, 5:33 pm / Mood: Other/None

Sometimes people are concerned because of what they see as a conflict between science and Islam, and they think science is attacking Islam. Science is just a m...

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Israel

Date: 14 Mar 2008, 2:06 am / Mood: Other/None

What did Israel learn from the Nazis and fro...

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The Children of 5767

Date: 06 Oct 2007, 10:24 pm / Mood: Other/None

I don't normally like to copy and paste, but this from an Israeli, writing in Haaretz, is worth reading:

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On Meaning and Evidence

Date: 03 Aug 2007, 3:56 am / Mood: Other/None

3:7 He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But t...

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Divisions

Date: 08 Apr 2007, 3:55 am / Mood: Other

Alhamdulillah, if we were all clones we could all follow a single, well-defined path that would require little of us in terms of thinking, understanding or decision-making.

Allah has cho...

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Improving One's Din

Date: 04 Feb 2007, 7:32 pm / Mood: Other

A brother asks how he can become a better servant of Allah. I answered:

"You ask a deep questions to which I'll give a shallow answer: because we are each imperfect in different ways, we...

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Sectarian Conflicts

Date: 10 Dec 2006, 10:32 pm / Mood: Other

The first principle of Islam is unity--unity of Allah, of the creation, and of the ummah.

Who wins when muslims kill each other? The enemies of islam win.

Who wins when musli...

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Exemptions from Fasting

Date: 19 Aug 2006, 3:55 am / Mood: Other

A brother has asked about fasting; he has medical treatment that requires him to take medications and to eat regularly. These comments to him apply as well to aged or feeble people who need food, wate...

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Adolescent Stresses

Date: 08 Aug 2006, 8:42 pm / Mood: Other

This is exerpted from a message I sent a young sister who was distressed; I hope it will be helpful to other young people and to those who may try to help them.

Thank you, sister, for tak...

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Reverting

Date: 08 Jun 2006, 3:59 am / Mood: Other

Several of you have asked for my story, so here it is:

I was humanist/agnostic kafir for 32 yrs and reverted 30 yrs ago.

At the time, I was a counselor and foreign student ad...

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Ajr

Date: 01 Jun 2006, 4:13 am / Mood: Other

This is a "What do you think?"

I often hear things like, "Give money to get a lot of ajr, or pray at the front of the masjid to get more ajr", or similar admonitions.

I think...