March 18, 2003 | 14 Muharram 1424 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahsoon to be famous...
Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs will be featured soon at Wander-Lust. I approved their write-up an hour or so ago and it should be going up by tomorrow morning, they say. Even if the write-up isn't posted yet or if you're not...
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veiled4allahIslam and the gold standard
When Imad ad-Dean Ahmad talks about "hard currency monetary policy" he's referring to what's known in economics as the gold standard. That is, the value of the currency is tied to the value of gold. Ahmad has written an entire...
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veiled4allahIslamic principles of limited government
Since I know that most people don't want to read a 22-page article called An Islamic Perspective on the Wealth of Nations, I plan to summarize a few of its highlights in my blog, inshallah. The article is divided into...
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The Clipboard
The ClipboardConfronting our fears so we can confront the empire
I think people all over the world whose capacity to feel has not been occluded by power or hate are feeling something like this. It is not a fear of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction or even necessarily of...
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The ClipboardWhy I Resigned from Blair's Cabinet, by Robin Cook
I have resigned from the cabinet because I believe that a fundamental principle of Labour's foreign policy has been violated. If we believe in an international community based on binding rules and institutions, we cannot simply set them aside when...
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veiled4allahbedouin shepherd dog
According to the talking dog, I'm a Bedouin Shepherd dog, whatever exactly that means. Thanks for the write-up, TD. You even got my bio right 
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veiled4allahon the eve of war
As Jack Balkin says, the die is cast. It looks like we've reached the point of no return with Iraq. The 48-hour ultimatum runs out Wednesday night (at which time I'll be taking a Civil Procedures final 
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah an-Naba ayah 38
Yawma yaqumu ar-ruhu wa al-mala'ikatu saffan laa yatakallamuna illa man adhina la hu ar-Rahmanu wa qala sawaba The day that the Spirit and the angels will stand in ranks, they will not speak except who is permitted by the...
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A Quranic JournalSurah an-Naba ayah 37
Rabb as-samawat wa al-ard wa maa bayna huma ar-Rahman laa yamlikuna min hu khitaba The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Most Compassionate, with whom they do not dare speak The following...
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A Quranic JournalSurah an-Naba ayah 36
Jazaan min rabbika ataan hisaba A reward from your Lord, an ample gift The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: In this way, they will have full recompense of their good deeds...
From: A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah an-Naba ayah 35
Laa yasma'una fi ha laghwa wa laa kidhdhaba They will not hear any false talk there and no lying The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: They will not hear any loose...
