Aggressive Jihad

People have often discussed this issue with me. Of all the articles I have read thus far I have been most convinced by the arguments made by Dr Sherman Jackson.
Here is a paragraph from the conclusion of the article:
I have argued that Islam is a religion of peace. I have based this argument on the [...]

Cultural Hegemony

According to Antonio Gramsci:  hegemony is the permeation throughout society of an entire system of values, attitudes, beliefs and morality that has the effect of supporting the status quo in power relations. Hegemony in this sense might be defined as an ‘organising principle’ that is diffused by the process of socialisation into [...]

Advice on Studying in Syria – By Saqib Hussain

Learning Arabic My experience of foreign students is that they tend to rush into Islamic Studies without first having put in the necessary groundwork in terms of their Arabic. This is to some extent understandable, as most people have only a limited amount of time they can be away from home. [...]

Doris Lessing

Have not read anything by her yet but intend to do that pretty soon.
In any case I found a snippet from the description of her literary style interesting:
Lessing’s fiction is commonly divided into three distinct phases: the Communist theme (1944-1956), when she was writing radically on social issues (and returned to in The Good Terrorist [...]

Funny Pictures

Sheikh Hamza on TV

Hamza Yusuf on TV, Truth, and Technomania
June issue of “The Message” Magazine
This interview of Imam Hamza Yusuf was conducted in Calgary, Alberta during Islamic Awareness Week organized by the Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) of the University of Calgary. The interviewer was Sr. Randa Hammadieh. It was compiled by Sr. Randa and Br. Ibrahim [...]

An introductory criticism of consumerism

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Extremely funny

This was written by a very dear friend a few years ago:
MUSLIM SUPPLIES CATALOGUE
We have produced a selection of innovative items for the benefit of our brothers, sisters and wallets…
1) PORTABLE LOTAH How many times have you been sitting on the throne, in some obscure filthy toilet, Well, [...]

Growing up in the 80s ..

Well .. before you guys judge me too harshly, I want to come clean: this is not a jealous response to the facebook group about growing up in the 90s, I am not an envious person. But I am committed to truth and can not have so many of my younger fellow dupable countrymen and [...]