When I referred to humor in classic texts in my first review of LM (seems so long ago now) I was thinking specifically of humor literature and humor in literature written by credible (in terms of scholarship and/or piety) authors in pre-modern times. When I started to think more carefully about what a piece on […]
Archive for February, 2007
Classic Humor — Step Two
Published February 26th, 2007 in History, Humor, Islam, Muslims and the Arts, Quotes and Reminiscing. 21 CommentsClassic Humor - A Start (Finally)
Published February 25th, 2007 in Hadith, History, Humor, Islam, Muslims and the Arts and Quotes. 5 CommentsJazaakumullahu khayran to everyone that expressed interest in this subject and jazaakumullahu khayran for waiting (assuming you did :) ).
One disclaimer to begin with: this is a blog entry not a scholarly research paper :) . I will quote a given hadeeth if it was quoted in a credible source without myself attempting to check […]
Back to the Little Mosque
Published February 24th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog and Muslims and the Arts. 8 CommentsAl-hamdulillah, Little Mosque on the Prairie (hereafter LM) seems to be doing rather well. I haven’t been able to find a site that gives updated viewership or ratings for Canadian shows, but from the various reviews it appears that the show has settled in at about a million viewers regularly. The comparison is made with […]
The gall of it all!
Published February 24th, 2007 in Islamic Movement, Palestine and Politics. 1 CommentA recent news article speaks of Israel’s plans to investigate sheikh Raed Salah. Sheikh Raed is the leader of the Islamic Movement “inside the green line” (i.e. in the parts of Palestine taken for Israel in 1948). He has been routinely jailed by Israel on accusations of “sympathizing” with outlawed groups, etc. The last arrest […]
Health
Published February 23rd, 2007 in Blogging about the blog, General Musings and Hadith. 8 CommentsI’ve been battling a cold for the last several days. At some point I felt like I’d just gotten from under a truck :( . I am still coughing, sniffling, sneezing, and generally feeling very miserable. I was so tired I couldn’t even blog . And it just got me thinking what it always […]
Thursday we had Norman Finkelstein speaking at McMaster. A little bird tells me there were serious efforts to intervene with the powers that be, both on and off campus, to prevent the talk from actually happening. Al-hamdulillah those efforts were unsuccessful and the audience was edified by a compelling talk from a very articulate man […]
One of my favorite clips is this minute from young Dilbert.
One of the reasons I like Dilbert so much is that I can bear first hand witness to its uncanny accuracy in many an industrial environment. Clearly, not every company is a Dilbert-like company. And as with any comedic venture […]
Blogution
Published February 18th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog, General Musings, Muslims and the Arts and Pictures. 7 CommentsAl-hamdulillah, I have to say that I am rather pleased with the way that this blog has evolved. Considering how much I like to talk it’s probably not a surprise that this has become a very addictive exercise :) . There are days when I am just too exhausted or too overbooked or too disorganized […]
Sh. Muhammad al-Khidr Hussain
Published February 14th, 2007 in History and Islamic Movement. 3 CommentsAl-hamdulillah several people seemed to enjoy reading about to Dr. Mohammad Natsir. One comment lamented the absence of North American Muslim figures of a similar caliber. I think this is a sentiment most of us would share. Having said that, I believe that we unfortunately underestimate the great men and women that contributed so much […]
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