May 30, 2003 | 28 Rabi al-Awwal 1424 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahIslam and the U.S. Constitution
While searching for something else entirely, I came across an awesome site called Islam And The US Constitution. The site features an online book of the same title (link points to table of contents). The first five chapters of the...
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Muddaththir ayah 25
In hadha illa qawlu al-bashar This is nothing but the word of a human being The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Qatadah said, "They claim that he (Al-Walid) said, 'By Allah,...
From: A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Muddaththir ayah 24
Fa qala in hadha illa sihrun yu'tharu Then he said, this is nothing but sorcery of old The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: The person who is mentioned in this discussion...
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veiled4allahMississippi Goddam1
In my Civil Rights Law class we've spent the last week watching the documentary film Freedom on My Mind about the civil rights movement of the 1960s. I learned a lot from this film. I had heard of "Freedom Summer"...
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veiled4allahSalam Pax hits the big time
The British newspaper The Guardian has made contact with Salam Pax. They've written a long article about him: Salam's story. The article also says that he'll be writing a blog or column for them starting next week. Too cool! Link...
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The Clipboard
The ClipboardPol aims to oust foreigners from state colleges
Bay State students who hail from seven terrorism-sponsoring nations would be summarily ejected from public colleges and universities under a new Republican bill that sparked accusations of a witch hunt from Islamic activists and civil libertarians. (link) What the HELL?!...
