Here are some good recipes for helping to recover from those long summer day fasts this Ramadan. These came from Cooking Fanatic Nyela G. in Mississauga, Canada. She can be reached via email at maplemasala16@gmail.com Suhoor (Pre-Dawn Meal): Figs with yogurt Ingredients · 1 cup full-fat yogurt · 1 orange · 1/2 cup of water · 2 cinnamon sticks · 5 whole cloves · 1/2 teaspoon aniseed · … [Read more...]
The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response is a three part online course presented by Jason Van Boom on how progressives and American Muslims can fight Islamophobia. This three week course running from July 23rd to August 6, 2012 gives an insider’s candid perspective on Islamophobia and American Muslims, and the implications for progressives of all faiths and none. Drawing from his professional experience working with Islamic nonprofits, his … [Read more...]
Here are the top 10 items which the American Muslim Community should do if they do NOT want to build a new Mosque: 10. If your community finds a good sized piece of land (or an existing building) at a good price, then don’t look into the zoning or check to see if a religious assembly can legally be held there! You can figure out the zoning later, after you have bought the land and invested a lot of the community’s money. Getting a legal use permit is a waste of time and money. We … [Read more...]
“Is that the new moon for Ramadan?…no wait…it’s the Bat Signal!” For movie geeks, the third and final film in director Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is opening up in theaters on July 20th, 2012 – which coincidentally is the 1st day or night of Ramadan (depending on if you follow local moon sighting or not)! There has been much discussion online on whether or not young Muslims should go and watch the movie because of its … [Read more...]
This Video Discussion is from "The Muslim Round Table Television" (MRT) Show, which I produced a few years back. This episode was guest hosted by Audrey Peard and features 3 professional American Muslim women (A Marketing Manager, Retired Nurse and a 6th Grade School Teacher). They have an interesting discussion on misconceptions and stereotypes of Muslim Women, as well as how they balance their work and family life. Check it out here: MRT: Professional Muslim … [Read more...]
Here is a link to a Video interview with Toronto Maple Leaf Professional Hockey Player, Nazem Kadri, which I originally produced for ILLUME magazine: Interview with Toronto Maple Leafs Professional Hockey Player Nazem Kadri Nazem made his NHL debut on February 8, 2010 against the San Jose Sharks. His parents immigrated to Canada from the small town of Kferdenis in Lebanon. Kadri was born in October 1990 in London, Ontario in Canada. The professional hockey player started skating when … [Read more...]
Recently someone recommended I read this book called “The Crisis of Islamic Civilization” by Ali A. Allawi. Mr. Allawi served as the Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance in the Iraqi postwar governments. He is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at Princeton University. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised while reading this book, because unlike other books with similar subject matters, this was not just an academic book filled with many footnotes and a few historical facts, … [Read more...]
Salaams All I was lucky enough to be one of the 45 Men to be featured in this new book: "All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim". I talk about how I became interested in Media Activism work and my struggles (and accomplishments) as the youngest member of my masjid board. The title of my essay is called "The Trouble Maker." It will hopefully be an entertaining and educational read for everyone. You can order the book now with a 40% discount on the cover price by purchasing … [Read more...]
Asheer Akram, an artist and sculptor of Pakistani descent, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1984. He and a group of artists and artisans from Kansas City, Missouri have started the “Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative” – which is formatted around the visual aesthetic of the cargo trucks of Pakistan and the ideas that surround their intended purposes. “We are building a cargo truck in the traditional Pakistani-style with a Midwest twist and a new function.” Says Akram. “For this … [Read more...]
FBI Love (Sung to the tune of Drake's "Crew Love") [Verse 1] Get your nose out of our masjid board What you bothering us for? There's a room full of Pakis What you following me for? This aint no damn terror plot So what you trying to entrap us for? Cause you think we gonna blow like a C4? Nah, sorry we cant afford to blow like a C4 Undercover agents keep the case going with their Fake ID's - throw em in the trash we going straight to the top and complaining to the President With a hand full of … [Read more...]
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