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Month: October 2006

Moosighting Issues….

Moosighting Issues….

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as-salamu ‘alaykum, More on moonsighting… Rania Habib, Staff Reporter at The Gulf News reports: Ramadan ‘was announced on wrong day’ “Abu Dhabi: Astronomers in the UAE maintain that the announcement of the beginning of Ramadan on Friday, September 22, was incorrect, and that it should have in fact been announced two days later.UAE Astronomical Society engineer Mohammad Shawkat Odeh and American University of Sharjah Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Dr Nidhal Guessoum explain that the crescent moon was impossible…

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New Article: Ramadan in Istanbul by Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad

New Article: Ramadan in Istanbul by Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad

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as-salamu ‘alaykum, RAMADAN IN ISTANBUL By Shaykh Abdal Hakim MuradRamadan brings to the surface some of Istanbul?s deepest human secrets. The great City resembles the improbable arm of the sea that cuts it in half, cheerfully consistent on the surface, yet churned by strange currents known only to veteran fishermen. The fasting month, in spite of its private nature (?Fasting is Mine?, as the hadith insists), is more of a public affair than any of the other rites of religion,…

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Video: Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang master calligrapher

Video: Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang master calligrapher

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as-salamu ‘alaykum, I shot this short video with Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang master calligrapher at ISNA 2004, he shows us some of his artwork and calligaphy and explains how he fuses Chineses tradtional calligraphy with Arabic forms. The other voices are Zeshan Zafar and Aftab Malik as well as me. wa’as-salam Mas’ud www.masud.co.uk