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“The Qur’an: With or Against the Bible?” – A Book Review

September 3, 2012 By irfanrydhan 2 Comments

Islam and Muslims have been in the news often over the past 11 years. Ever since the tragic events of Sept. 11th, 2001, the US Media has been fascinated to know what the Qur’an – the holy scriptures of Islam, actually teaches and instructs it’s followers to do. Many Muslims, as well as Non-Muslims, unfairly take quotes from the Qur’an out of context and use them to justify acts of violence, ill treatment of people of other faiths, and oppression of women in Muslim countries. Moreover, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books/Magazines, Islam, Media Tagged With: 9-11, Bible, Catholics, Christianity, Christians, Comparative Religion, Hijab, Interfaith, Islam, Jews, Jihad, Judaism, Koran, Muslims, New Testament, Old Testament, Protestants, Qur'an, Sept. 11th, Torah, US Media, Women's Rights 2 Comments

EID Day Recipes – Enjoy!

August 18, 2012 By irfanrydhan Leave a Comment

Here are some good recipes for EID day. These came from Cooking Fanatic Nyela G. in Mississauga, Canada. She can be reached via email at maplemasala16@gmail.com Sheer Korma ("Milk with Dates" in Urdu - it is a popular sweet dish eaten on the Morning of Eid) Ingredients: 5 cups milk 1/2 packet vermicelli noodles 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup blanched almonds 1/2 cup pistachios 4 small cardamom pods 1/4 cup raisins 1/2 cup oil Directions: In a pot, boil milk. Add sugar and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Islam Tagged With: american, Canadian, dates, eid, Eid Breakfast, Eid Dinner, Eid Lunch, Eid-ul-Fitr, Fish, Id, Islam, kheer, Korma, milk, Muslims, ramadan, Sheer Korma, Sweet, Tomato Leave a Comment

The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response

July 14, 2012 By irfanrydhan 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Activism, Islam Tagged With: American Muslim, Authors, Fear, Hate, Islam, Islamphobia, Jason Van Boom, Joseph McCarthy, McCarthysm, Muslims 4 Comments

Top 10 Ways on How NOT to Build a Mosque in America

July 6, 2012 By irfanrydhan 28 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Islam Tagged With: architects, Architecture, bids, city council, city planning, codes, contractors, Design, designers, donations, estimates, fund raising, grading, Islam, Islamic Architecture, Masjid, Mosque, Muslims, neighbors, parking, pledges, pricing, project committees, volunteers, zoning 28 Comments

Review of 2012 Golden Globe Winner (and Emmy) for TV Drama: “Homeland”

January 16, 2012 By irfanrydhan 3 Comments

Recently, I watched the whole first season of the Golden Globe Winning TV series Drama, “Homeland” and was both impressed and also disappointed. The cable series which originally premiered in October 2011 on the Showtime channel is based on an Israeli TV series called “Prisoners of War,” But “Homeland” is about an American Marine Nicholas Brody (played by British Actor Damian Lewis from “Band of Brothers”) who is captured in Iraq and his held captive for 8 years, only to be found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Islam, Media, TV/Film Tagged With: 2012, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Drama, CIA, Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Emmys, Golden Globes, Homeland, Islam, Muslims, Showtime, Terrorism, TV 3 Comments

Star Wars: An Islamic Perspective

April 29, 2011 By irfanrydhan 2 Comments

As most “Star Wars” fans know, director George Lucas took spiritual elements, which are common in most major world religions to create his epic saga of good vs. evil. As a Muslim, I always thought of the “Jedi” as what a true follower of Islam should be like. Never mind the fact Jedi masters with their North African style cloaks and scruffy beards look like Sufi Sheikhs, but they way they are taught to respect a greater power, fight for the defense of the innocent and honor a code of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Books/Magazines, Islam, Media, TV/Film Tagged With: admiral akbar, ali, chewbacca, darth vader, duels, eskrima, force, future, george lucas, Islam, islamic, jedi, jin, khadir, light saber, luke skywalker, martial arts, Muslims, mustafar, obi wan kebobi, qui gon jinn, space, star wars, swords, tattoine, yoda 2 Comments

Pakistani-American Playhouse Breaks New Ground

February 17, 2011 By irfanrydhan 1 Comment

BY IRFAN RYDHAN for ILLUME MAGAZINE http://www.illumemag.com/zine/articleDetail.php?Pakistani-Playhouse-Breaks-New-Ground-13490 Imran S. Javaid and Imran W. Sheikh, two young Pakistani-American Muslims, started “Parwaz Playhouse” – the first major Pakistani Theatre Company in the Fall of 2009. ILLUME caught up with them as they prepare for their latest production – an adaption of Eugene O’Neill’s “Beyond the Horizon”, which will begin performing to audiences on Feb. 25, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Books/Magazines, Islam, Media Tagged With: Beyond the Horizon, Broadway, Eugene O'Neill, Glass, GoatMilk, ILLUME, Islam, Muslims, New York City, Pakistan, Pakistani American, Parwaz Playhouse, The Domestic Crusaders, Wajahat Ali 1 Comment

Islamic influence on American Architecture (Article)

October 8, 2010 By irfanrydhan 4 Comments

Islamic influence on the Design of the World Trade Center Spanish Moor (Islamic) Influence on the Alamo Lately, there has been a lot of misinformation and hatred toward Islam and Muslims being spewed out by major media outlets, which in turn has caused a lot of fear in the minds of many Americans about Muslims and thus many mosque projects across the country from New York to Tennessee to California are being criticized and sometimes even attacked by arsonists and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Islam, Media Tagged With: 9/11, AIA, AIASCV, Al Fiz, Alhambra, American Architecture, Arabesque, Arizona, CA, Carmel, Cordoba Mosque, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frescos, Granada, Ground Zero Mosque, hajj, Islamic Architecture, Kaaba, Marin County Civic Center, Masjid, Mecca, Mission San Jose, Moorish Architecture, Moors, Muslims, New Orleans, NYC, San Rafael, September 11th, SF Bay Area, Shriners, Spanish Architecture, Texas, The Alamo, Twin Towers, World Trade Center, WTC 4 Comments

Islamic Influences on American Architecture

August 31, 2010 By irfanrydhan 2 Comments

Below is the power point slide show from a presentation I made in May 2009 to a group of Architects, Engineers and other interested people before a tour of the ISEB mosque in Fremont, CA Because of all the recent Mosque controversies across the country, I thought some people may be interested to learn more about Mosques in general and Islamically influenced Architecture in the United States. I think some of you may be pleasantly (or not ) surprised! Check it out and let me know if you have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Islam Tagged With: Alamo, Architecture, California, Cordoba House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Fremont, Groun Zero, ISEB, Islam, Islamic Architecture, Kaaba, Madinah, Marin County, Mecca, Medina, Mission San Jose, Moors, mosques, Muslims, New Orleans, New York, NYC, Park51, San Antonio, San Francisco, Saudi Arabia, SF Bay Area, Shriners, Spain, Temple, Texas, World Trade Center, WTC 2 Comments

Bollywood King goes back to his Muslim Roots

February 15, 2010 By irfanrydhan 35 Comments

By no means am I a Bollywood (Indian Cinema) fan. I have only seen a handful in my life and never watched one in a theater - before last night when I went with my wife and a few friends to watch the King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and his new film "My Name is Khan" which is making headlines across the world because of it's "Pro-Muslim" storyline - which is a rarity in Hindu dominated Indian cinema. A majority of the film was also shot here in the San Francisco Bay Area and since a few of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Islam, Media, TV/Film Tagged With: Bay Area, Bollywood, Cinema, Cricket, Hindi, Hollywood, India, Indie Films, IPL, Islam, Kajool, Mel Gibson, Muslims, My Name is Khan, Pakistan, Peace, Peshawar, San Francisco, Schindler's List, Shah Rukh Khan, SRK, Steven Speilberg, Terrorists, The Passion of the Christ, Urdu 35 Comments

“The Qur’an: With or Against the Bible?” – A Book Review

EID Day Recipes – Enjoy!

The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response

Top 10 Ways on How NOT to Build a Mosque in America

Review of 2012 Golden Globe Winner (and Emmy) for TV Drama: “Homeland”

Star Wars: An Islamic Perspective

Pakistani-American Playhouse Breaks New Ground

Islamic influence on American Architecture (Article)

Islamic Influences on American Architecture

Bollywood King goes back to his Muslim Roots

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