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Loving the Prophet, Blogging and Music

Posted in Blogs, Family, Life, Music, Thoughts, tagged , , , , on April 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Blogging! As some of you know, I am a musician of sorts, coming from a long line of musicians in my family. So I’ve started to make records again and will eventually write, arrange, produce and record a number of songs and some specifically for the readers of this blog.
I’ve been blogging for some time [...]

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Being A Better Muslim; A Better Mu’min; A Better Man Pt. 1

Posted in Family, Life, Religion, Sufism, Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , on September 8, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Ramadan kerim; Ramadan mubarak all. Its good to be writing again and it is only because of a simple yet profound realization that I find myself with the inspiration to write anything at all. That realization coming through so many ways but they all begin with a sohbet. The sohbet of our Shaykh, Abdul Kerim [...]

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African American Muslims: A Possible Future

Posted in Blogs, Culture, Family, Religion, Thoughts, tagged , , , , , on February 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »

In past posts I have discussed the importance of heritage, culture and history as they relate to various peoples all over the world. But the severity of this issue may not be understood by all. In fact some of us may just think, heritage, culture and a person’s historical lineage are interesting but benign facts [...]

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Haqq; Batil, the Truth and False

Posted in Business, Family, Life, New York, Religion, World, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »

My brother has been visiting with me from Portland, OR. He and I were very close growing up and as a result of that closeness early on there is always a fondness even if we are at far distances from each other. He visited our 39th Street Center, he listened to the sohbet, participated in [...]

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Marriage (Part 1): Authority, Legitimacy and the State

Posted in Culture, Family, New York, Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

 

The issue of marriage is always a good topic to write about, because it essentially effects everyone. Every human being in one way or another has a relationship to marriage and can relate and express a view on marriage even if their understanding is limited to the confines of intellectual pondering or flighty fantasies of [...]

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