My beloved Shaykh

Dying Profs last lecture

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw
I strongly urge you to watch this video.

Advice by Imam Ghazali on bringing up your child

“Exposition of the Method of Bringing Up Children from Earliest Childhood, Teaching Them Good Behaviour and Refining Their Character.”Excerpt from Imam al-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya `Ulum al-Deen)
Translators note: Praise be to Allah, and peace upon His Beloved.
There is a conspicuous paucity of material available in English that provides sound Islamic [...]

With apologies to those who love their cars ..

I found this paragraph (Mols in Identity and the Sacred) very appropriate to our times.
“Once upon a time there was a country that was ruled by a god named Car. In the beginning it did not amount to much. Then it came to pass that out of Dearborn, Michigan, there came a man who took [...]

Some articles on Education, Technology and Community

These are some interesting articles I have read on the topics mentioned above.
On Education
On Technology and community
And Imam Zaid on what we should be teaching our children: Article

How we talk

This is a quote from a journal. I really liked what was said and it forced me into a reflective mood; our own culture used to be like the one the person is talking about .. now things are changing .. this will perhaps be, the greatest of the changes modernity has brought with it [...]

Nice Video

Winner of the One Nation Many Voices: Vid

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and the Fate of America By Imam Zaid

As we celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on a national holiday dedicated to his honor, many people point to the surging presidential candidacy of Barack Obama as evidence of how far this country has come in terms of race relations since the days of the Civil Rights struggle led by Dr. [...]

Funny side up .. always

The last post was a little too serious …
I actually believe in keeping the funny side up, as often as possible. It is similar to the sunny side up egg – for instance like the egg, it is easier to break through the thin, protective layer, and once the initial step is taken the yummy [...]

Aitchison and random stuff

The few of you who do visit this blog must be wondering about the lukewarm posts, you need not worry, I am back.
I will celebrate my return to form with another Aitchison bashing: I love it, I hate it, it is a part of me and I must lash out at this part of me [...]