The Lord’s Prayer

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!

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Knowledge Before Speaking or Action

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 Islamic Scholar in America, [...]

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Native Deen: Small Deeds

My son asked me to post this, so this is from Sahaj ibn Abdul-Hakim, my eldest son. as-salaamu ‘alaikum,

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New Wave of Anti-Semitism in Britain

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 [...]

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The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi

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 Islamic 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 [...]

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