Archive for September, 2010

28Sep
2010

(Letters from Our Readers) Learning from Tragedy: One Father’s Experience

My name is Bilal Markis. On August 3rd, 2009 my 12 year old son Rasheed rode his bike through a red light and was run over by 2 SUVs driving in opposite directions. My son’s injuries were so severe that he lost one kidney and half of his liver, broke his pelvis, crushed one lung and lost 46 pints of blood through surgery (red blood cells, plasma and platelets). Against all odds, my son not only survived but is mentally and physically doing [...]

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21Sep
2010

A Case of Islamophobia in Orange County

Has America become a country where you are assaulted because of a simple cloth worn around your head? Photo credit: Joshua Sudock, The Orange County Register

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20Sep
2010

My Experiences and Reflections of Palestine Part 5

Reposted with permission. Part 5 of a 5 part series. We often forget that the faces on the other side of the television screen have thoughts and feelings just like our own. We forget to think about the common threads of humanity between all living beings. I’m obviously no expert on the subject, having only spent several months in the Middle East and studying the situation now for four years. But the following contains different sorts of observations, analysis and [...]

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16Sep
2010

What is Itikaf?

Written by Sheikh Qazi Fazlullah of Islamic Center Northridge, Granada Hills The word “itikaf” is used in the Holy Quran in different forms such as “aakifun” or “al aakifeen”. Literally, it means confinement to a specific thing or place, or retreat and seclusion, while technically it means to confine oneself for sometime to a mosque in order to stay there to worship or at least to withdraw oneself from worldly business. This practice of seclusion is almost in each religion, [...]

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16Sep
2010

My Experiences and Reflections of Palestine Part 4

Reposted with permission. Part 4 of a 5 part series. We often forget that the faces on the other side of the television screen have thoughts and feelings just like our own. We forget to think about the common threads of humanity between all living beings. I’m obviously no expert on the subject, having only spent several months in the Middle East and studying the situation now for four years. But the following contains different sorts of observations, analysis and [...]

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12Sep
2010

Imam Rauf: What is Right with Islam

Imam Rauf, the founder of the Cordoba Initiative and Park51 center speaks on compassion and what unites all of humanity. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/12/rauf.islam.compassion/index.html?hpt=C2

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11Sep
2010

My Experiences and Reflections of Palestine Part 3

Reposted with permission. Part 3 of a 5 part series. We often forget that the faces on the other side of the television screen have thoughts and feelings just like our own. We forget to think about the common threads of humanity between all living beings. I’m obviously no expert on the subject, having only spent several months in the Middle East and studying the situation now for four years. But the following contains different sorts of observations, analysis and [...]

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10Sep
2010

Eid Mubarak!

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7Sep
2010

My Experiences and Reflections of Palestine Part 2

Reposted with permission. Part 2 of a 5 part series. We often forget that the faces on the other side of the television screen have thoughts and feelings just like our own. We forget to think about the common threads of humanity between all living beings. I’m obviously no expert on the subject, having only spent several months in the Middle East and studying the situation now for four years. But the following contains different sorts of observations, analysis and [...]

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6Sep
2010

My Experiences and Reflections of Palestine Part 1

Reposted with permission. Part 1 of a 5 part series. We often forget that the faces on the other side of the television screen have thoughts and feelings just like our own. We forget to think about the common threads of humanity between all living beings. I’m obviously no expert on the subject, having only spent several months in the Middle East and studying the situation now for four years. But the following contains different sorts of observations, analysis and [...]

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