This popular introductory text on Shafi’i Fiqh is now available in English translation. This is the text I had been learning from in Kuching, struggling to learn from an Arabic text with Bahasa Malaysia explanations. This will help me enormously. Translated by Abdullah Muhammad al-Marbuqi al-Shafii, God bless him for his efforts, and graciously made […]
Category Archives: Briefly
I am one of them
“The United States has been enriched by Muslim-Americans,†Barack Obama said. “Many other Americans have Muslims in their family, or have lived in a Muslim-majority country. “I know,†he said, “because I am one of them.†Lived abroad as a child, relocated to the Great Lakes Basin, speaks Bahasa Malaysia, named after the Prophet’s family… […]
Anwar Ibrahim and the Opposition
Malaysian Seeks End to Decades of Firm Rule – a pretty decent roundup of political developments in Malaysia, from the New York Times.
The Spiritual Aspirant
Sidi Khalil Moore will be in Singapore conducting a workshop for The Spiritual Aspirant, to be held 27 June to 5 July. I had the pleasure to hear Sidi Khalil speak in Detroit back in 2002 in conjunction with the US tour of Habib Ali Al-Jifri. I regret I won’t be able to make the […]
Collapse Preparedness
The transition from the USSR to the republic of Russia was a catastrophic event for the people who lived through it. The eventual (imminent?) collapse of the US will be much much worse, warns Dmitry Orlov. The USA has a Collapse Gap. Orlov realizes that some people will react rather badly to having their country […]
Brass Crescent
Nominations are open for the annual Brass Crescent blog awards organized by AltMuslim and City of Brass. Hurry on down and nominate your favorites. There’s even a brand new category for Best South/Southeast Asia Blog! *cough cough*
Plan Your Defense Now
O Muslims! Have too many bins and abduls in your name? Afraid you may be on a watch list? Worried you may get classified as an enemy combatant by mistake? Plan your defense now! You can’t be framed, railroaded or wrongly convicted if you’ve got more documentary evidence on yourself than they do. Rutgers Professor […]
Exotic Travel
No, I don’t mean Malaysian Borneo, I mean rural Michigan. Travel + Leisure Magazine proves that exotic is purely a matter of perspective when it sends a reporter to my Mom and Dad’s farm! Read the article and then hurry to volunteer before Three Roods Farm starts charging you for the privilege. By the way: […]