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Sufi Whirling in New York City
2007-10-10 21:49:00 On a cool evening during the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Osmanli Naks’i-bendi-Hakkani Sufi Association spent the night in prayer and worship to their Lord. Some of this worship included music and whirling captured in this video. Shaykh Abdul-Kerim holds these events weekly on Friday at 353 W 39th St, Rm #304 in Manhattan (NYC). read ... More About: Religion , Islam , New York , Prayer , Sufism
Chechen Muslims Make Hadra and Zikr
2007-10-01 22:33:00 This is one of my favorite video clips. It features a gathering of Chechen Muslims , from the Qadiri Sufi Association, reciting, “la ilaha illa Allah”, “there is no god but the One God”. Every time I watch this clip it makes the hairs on the back on my neck stand-up! SubhanAllah! Glory be to Him, ... More About: Video , Religion , Islam , Prayer
Proper Greetings in Islam
2007-09-25 18:27:00 I have on occasion come across Muslims who are sincere but ignorant of some of the finer points of Islam ic lifestyle according to the traditions of the Holy Prophet (may Peace and Blessings be upon him). This however, is easy to do in this day and age where there are so many forgotten traditions of ... More About: Religion , Communication , Muhammad , Greetings
What?s Wrong With the Sunni Unity Pledge
2007-09-25 16:18:00 Yursil Kidwai of Osmanli Naksibendi-Hakkani Sufi Order discusses the failings of the “Sunni Unity Pledge” proposed by Shaykh Bin Bayyah, Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir and Yasir Qadhi. read more | digg story More About: Religion , Islam , Muslim , Wrong
Be With Righteous People
2007-09-24 17:47:00 Shaykh Abdul-Kerim is here at the Osmanli Naksibendi-Hakkani Dergah in Sydney Center, New York speaking on men, women and the need to follow what Allah/God sent to the Holy Prophets. He also discusses the need for people, of our day and age, to be in association with the awliyullah/saints and shuyukh/righteous elders. More About: Video , Society , Religion , Women , People
Sufi Hadra at Dergah
2007-09-21 22:32:00 The Osmanli “Lions” of the Osmanli Naksibendi Sufi Order in Sydney Center New York perform loud recitation and hadhra worship under the direction of Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi with ijazaat and instruction from Maulana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani. read more | digg story More About: Islam , Sufism
Ramadan, Celebrate Divine Unity
2007-09-11 14:48:00 (more…) More About: Celebrate , Ramadan , Unity , Divine , Unit
Teaching Good Manners
2007-09-10 07:21:00 God said to the Believers, “Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity.” (003: 104) And as we grow into adulthood, we accumulate various responsibilities. These responsibilities cause pressure, that pressure tends ... More About: Society , Religion , Islam , Communication , Teaching
Dean Esmay Hosts The Next Carnival of Islam?
2007-09-07 18:52:00 Don’t forget to submit your post. Interestingly enough, this months edition will be hosted by a non-Muslim - though we are gradually working on that - none other than our friendly neighbor Dean Esmay. More About: Religion , Islam , Carnival , Blogging
Muslims Running From Sufism
2007-08-31 22:13:00 I’m curious why more Muslims aren’t affiliated with one tariqat or another. Tasawwuf (sufism) is an Islamic Science that can be traced to the ahl al-suffa (people of the veranda), who were sahab-e-kiram (companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that would spend much of their time outside of the Prophet’s house in devotion ... More About: Religion , Running , Sufism , The Prophet
Living the Traditions of the Prophets
2007-08-22 07:30:00 I have been having trouble sleeping lately and although some nights when I can’t sleep I make the extra prayers this night, tonight was not one of them. Instead I went to the Osmanli Naksibendi-Hakkani website to look at some of Shaykh Effendi, Abdul-Kerim’s older sohbet. And one of them stood out for me a ... More About: Living , Stories , Traditions , The Prophet , Appearance
Fiqh Before Tariqat
2007-08-05 09:47:00 This topic surfaced out of the signature tagline of a commenter on this blog. The commenter responded to the Mercy on Friday post and incidentally opened up the opportunity for a discussion on something that is affecting Islam in a very big way and that is the idea of “fiqh before tariqat” and the subsequent ... More About: Education , Blogging , Sufism , Fiqh , Hamza Yusuf
Mercy on Friday
2007-08-03 09:38:00 There is a hadith mentioned in the shadhili saint Shaykh al-Jazuli’s dalail-i khayrat (Guide of Good Deeds) that relates the Prophet (may Allah praise and venerate him and grant him peace) saying, “Whosoever asks Allah one hundred times to praise me on a Friday will be forgiven the sins of eighty years.” This is a Mercy from ... More About: Religion , Prayer , Muslims , The Prophet
Announcement: The Carnival of Islam in the West (12)
2007-07-30 18:27:00 The next edition of the Carnival of Islam in the West is almost here. This is just a quick blurb to encourage you to participate. Samaha will be hosting this time around so lets show her some support. You may submit you blog post >> here <<, as-salaamu ‘alaikum. Powered by ScribeFire. More About: Announcement , Slam
Bay?at and the Birth of Saifuddin
2007-07-29 16:34:00 Blogging, for me, began as an expression of identity, the expression of an identity which had been beaten and bruised in the backlashings of American society. Interestingly enough, it was this very same society which gave birth to this identity, an identity which is now demonized. That is to say, the American Muslim, estranged and ... More About: Society , Islam , Sufism , Christians , Birth
Qur?an Reading/Tajweed Classes For Women
2007-07-22 00:05:00 ????????????????? as-salaamu ‘alaikum, I just received a notice from M.E.C.C.A. (Muslim Education Convert Center of America) saying that they are offering a new course for muslimat (ladies). The course is Basic Quran Reading , masha’allah, and its designed to help the beginner learn how to read and recite the al-qur’an al-karim (The Holy Qur’an). The course will ... More About: Women , For Women , Events
Fitness and Self-Defense for Women
2007-07-18 17:26:00 (more…) More About: Women , For Women , Fitness , Defense , Self-Defense
What is Saudis? Role in Iraq?
2007-07-18 03:17:00 Here is a story from the L.A. Times attempting to “outline” Saudi Arabia ’s involvement in the Iraq work. Essentially, what they are asking is are they with us or against us as Times staff writer Ned Parkers claims, “Fighters from Saudi Arabia are thought to have carried out more suicide bombings than those of any other ... More About: News , Politics , Jihad
The Lord?s Prayer
2007-07-17 05:36:00 I ran across this video on Youtube and I just had to post it. Khalid Yasin, probably has the most powerful voice that I have ever heard. The tonal quality alone makes me want to pullout the old leather socks! wa allahi! More About: Video , Christianity , Islam , Prayer , Lord
Why Do Women Convert to Islam?
2007-07-16 21:46:00 I get a lot of emails from Americans - of various political backgrounds - with a lot to say about Islam . This happens usually after I write posts like, Making A Modern Muslim World, On Theocracy and Liberty and Is Islam Compatible with Democracy and frankly, I know what I’m getting myself into when I ... More About: Society , Women , Books , Appearance
Knowledge Before Speaking or Action
2007-07-14 19:04:00 Its interesting when an issue that I find troubling, especially as a personal issue or something that I find challenging in life, are addressed in literature, talks or lectures that I come across in passing. This recently happened when I was watching an interview with Hamza Yusuf, arguably the most notable Islam ic Scholar in America, ... More About: Video , Books , Action , United Kingdom
Why Facebook, Why Now?
2007-07-14 16:46:00 John Betelle set off the quintessential question, for the month, which is a question - at least the way he frames it - that usually refers to some point in our fragile lives that has come to an uncertain and perhaps perilous juncture. Or to an equally destabilizing awakening, that perhaps many converts feel right ... More About: Business , Technology , Opinions , Facebook
The Carnival of Islam in the West (11)
2007-07-14 04:18:00 Hello everyone, this is the eleventh edition of the Carnival of Islam in the West . Honestly, I didn’t expect it to last this long. I thought it would have lost support long ago, especially after getting a few criticisms early on. Although the criticism I received were not of consequence they did hold fast in ... More About: Slam , The Car
Firefox Add-ons: Pray Times!
2007-07-12 20:14:00 I know that there are a lot of adhan (Islam ic call to prayer) devices out there and many Muslims use the Windows application Athan by IslamicFinder. But I recently installed Ubuntu ME, the Muslim edition of Ubuntu, a popular Linux OS distribution and it works well with one exception, I can’t seem to to get ... More About: Technology , Firefox , Times , Pray
The Carnival of Islam in the West
2007-07-12 18:45:00 The deadline is tomorrow, please hurry and submit your articles today, Click here for further details. More About: Islam , Carnival , West , Slam , The Car
Native Deen: Small Deeds
2007-07-12 05:57:00 My son asked me to post this, so this is from Sahaj ibn Abdul-Hakim, my eldest son. as-salaamu ‘alaikum, More About: Video , Islam , Small , Native , Deeds
New Wave of Anti-Semitism in Britain
2007-07-11 23:25:00 Yusuf Smith, of Indigo Jo Blogs, reports that a new wave of antisemitism is on the rise, “Yesterday evening, the well-known talk-show host and newspaper columnist Richard Littlejohn presented an hour-long documentary, as part of Channel 4’s Dispatches feature, entitled “The War On British Jews?”, purporting to demonstrate that “in Britain 2007, it’s open season on ... More About: Video , Society , Stories , United Kingdom
Making A Modern Muslim World
2007-07-10 20:50:00 What is the present status of Islam ic Government? And why is the legitimacy of Islam as a state religion such a controversial matter for all of the world to presently debate? It would seem that state sponsored religion is an archaic construct which has been for the most part abandoned by modern government. But in ... More About: Politics , Civilization , World , Muslim
The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi
2007-07-10 19:13:00 The Zaytuna Institute formerly of Hayward, CA has developed a class of publications called the Curriculum Series. This genre is a much needed gathering, translation and exposition of the classic works of the traditional Islam ic scholars. The first of this series is Shaykh Hamza Yusuf ’s translation and exegisis of Imam Al-Tahawi’s al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya (The Creed ... More About: Books , Book Reviews
The PBS, ABG Films and Yerushalmi Affair
More articles from this author:2007-07-09 23:15:00 On June 27, an article was syndicated throughout the conservative news and media machine from author and lawyer David Yerushalmi. This article was concerning a pro bono case the lawyer took on for a trio (Frank Gaffney, Martyn Burke and Alex Alexiev) known as ABG Films . ABG Films received funding from Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to produce a film that attempted to prove that the moderate Muslim voice is marginalized in the Islamic communities as suggested in Yerushalmi’s June article saying, “So it was that in March 2004 these three men joined forces to enter a competition to write, direct and produce a documentary for PBS on the inability of “moderate Muslims” to be heard in or out of their own communities because the Jihadists either murder them, threaten to do so, or join forces with the PC Elite to silence them as “too westernized” to be real Muslims.” This film was called, Islam vs. Islamists, which incidentally mak... More About: Affair 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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