Videos from Islamic Finance Conference - Shaykh Nizam Yaquby, Sh. Taha Abdul-Basser, and others
July 28, 2010 by Faraz Rabbani
Straightway Ethical Advisory Blog | UFANA Islamic Finance Conference on March 30-31, 2010 (VIDEO): “Below is part 1-4 of the Sharia`ah Scholars Roundtable discussion on the AAOIFI standards and other topics of note. Sh Taha Abdul-Basser introduces the panel, which was held at the UFANA Islamic Finance Conference on March 30-31, 2010. Speakers in the series (1-4) are Sh Taha Abdul-Basser, Shaykh Nizam Muhammad Salih Yaquby, Mufti Barakatulla (England), and Sh Dr Aznan Hasan (Malaysia). “
Americans flock to Toronto to buy coveted Pakistani mango - thestar.com
July 28, 2010 by Faraz Rabbani
Americans flock to Toronto to buy coveted Pakistani mango - thestar.com
It was an impulsive act of love, almost bordering on obsession, which led Waseem Haider to do the unthinkable: smuggle a harmless, yet forbidden, substance across the U.S.-Canada border.
The goods – two cases of sweet and juicy Pakistani mangoes of the chaunsa variety – didn’t get very far.
Listening to Quran Online Is Easier than Ever! « Creative Muslims
July 28, 2010 by Faraz Rabbani
Listening to Quran Online Is Easier than Ever! « Creative Muslims
At work? Are you ready to pop in your iPod headphones well before you think about checking your music out, you might want to pay attention to something much more important – the Quran. Ramadan is not far , check out the following three sites where you can listen to Quran in Arabic, in Arabic with English, in Arabic with French, and more! These interfaces are simple and load fast!
1. Halaltunes – User friendly interface, clear high quality audio, extremely easy to stream, organized by chapters of the Quran
Arabic Reciters:
Abdus-Samad Abdul-Basit (Mujawed)
Abdus-Samad Abdul-Basit (Murattal)
Mishary Rashid al-Afasy
Ahmed al-Ajmy
Abdullah Basfar
Salah Bukhatir
Saad Said al-Ghamdi
Mahmoud al-Husary
Muhammad Jibreel
Abdullah Al-Johany
Mohammed Siddiq al-Minshawi (Mujawed)
Mohammed Siddiq al-Minshawi (Murattal)
Tawfeeq As-Sayegh
Abu Bakr al-Shatri
Saud al-Shuraim
Abdur-Rahman as-Sudais
2. Quran Explorer – Easy to use, clear high audio, multiple translations of the recitation (in English, Spanish, French, Urdu, etc), multiple reciters to choose from, text of the Quran and translations are easy to read and present to follow with the recitation
Arabic Reciters:
Abdul-Baasit
As-Sudays-Shraym
Khalil-Husari
Mishari-Rashid
Mishari-Rashid-HQ
Saad al-Ghamdi
Salah Bukhatir
Sheikh-Ahmed-Ajmi
Sheikh-Al-Huzaifi
3. Quran.com – Easy to use, appealing visual interface, multiple languages for the translation, large easy to read text (Arabic & translation are side by side), tafsir is included with each ayat, organized by chapter, audio streamed from
Reciters:
Many (http://quranicaudio.com/)
On Faith Panelists Blog: No religious basis for 9/11 - Hadia Mubarak
July 25, 2010 by Faraz Rabbani
On Faith Panelists Blog: No religious basis for 9/11 - Hadia Mubarak
While opposition to the opening of an Islamic center at Ground Zero is certainly not surprising, it reflects a dismal level of intolerance, bigotry and ignorance that continues to plague our country. To characterize the existence of a place of worship for God-loving, law-abiding Muslim citizens as a ’stab in the heart’ to Americans is to presume that 9/11 was a religious attack that exclusively targeted non-Muslims.
I’m sorry Sarah Palin, but 9/11 was an attack against all Americans - including Muslim Americans. Muslim firefighters, lawyers, restaurant waiters, and dozens of other Muslims who worked at the World Trade Center lost their lives on that day. Hundreds of Muslims lost loved ones and millions of Muslims across the country grieved with everyone else on that day and continue to grieve every day that lives are unjustly taken. Sept. 11 was not a religious attack that exclusively targeted one religion, race or ethnicity, but one that stabbed all of our hearts. The victims of 9/11 spanned countless ethnicities, races and religions. [Read more]
Prince of Brotherhood - Amir Abd el-Kader
July 22, 2010 by Faraz Rabbani
Saudi Aramco World : Prince of Brotherhood
During his lifetime, Abd el-Kader, tribal leader and scholar of the Qur’an, became world-famous as both a freedom-fighter and an advocate for religious tolerance and cultural openness. President Abraham Lincoln thanked him for saving lives. French priests praised him from their pulpits. British readers admired him as they read his autobiography. And Algerians today regard him as a founder of modern Algeria and a symbol of its future. This May, the people of Elkader, Iowa (population less than 1400)—the only town in the United States named after an Arab—invoked his legacy when Algeria’s ambassador to the us helped school officials honor the teenage winner of the town’s high-school essay contest on the topic of religious understanding. )
