http://masudblog.com Thoughts, opinions, musings and rants of Mas'ud Ahmed Khan Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:31:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mantle Adorned is a completely new translation of the Burda (‘Mantle Poem’) of Imam Sharaf al-Din al-Busiri (d.1297). Abdal Hakim Murad has consulted the classical commentaries to produce this clear and careful English version. Abdal Hakim Murad has added to each verse a further verse of poetry by another poet, ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1080 We received our Eglu Go and three chickens which my daughter has named Jamie, Lizabella and Audrey. Jamie and Lizabella are of the same breed - Ginger Nut Rangers - so telling them apart is going to be a challenge. Audrey is a "Miss Pepperpot" and is very shy, seems ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1070 We just ordered an Eglu Go with three chickens from Omlet, we'll receive the order on Monday 15th Feb (insha'Allah): [Image from omlet.co.uk] We've been thinking about having some egg laying chickens for a while now and decided to take the plunge. The Omlet Eglu range seems easy to maintain and look ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1064 Daniel Streich once a devout Christian and who was a member of the The Swiss People’s Party, noted for their anti-Islam and anti-Minaret stance, converted to Islam over two years ago but kept his conversion secret. The story was picked up by Pakistan's "The Nation" newspaper but weaved fact with ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1062 From the site: Praise belongs to God, The all Knowing, the Giver, the Generous, may the blessings and peace of God be upon the best of those who gave thanks for God's gift and gave praise, the one who gave the gifts of God their due, our master Mohammad, who was ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1054 Sacred Caravan now registering for Umrah 2010... A slideshow of photographs from previous years is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjxnnSwbb2s Related posts:Hajj: Video of our Hotel in Makkah Zaytuna Videocast:: Broadening the Scope of the Pope Hajj: The Yearning Made Clear http://masudblog.com/?p=1050 Everyone's "favourite" neo-con Muslim and self-styled sufi and protector of Muslims against "radicalism", Stephen Schwartz is at it again in another attack on Shaykh Hamza and Zaytuna College with a swipe at Imam Zaid.  This is becoming tiresome and boring. Disappointingly, he is joined this time by Dr. Irfan Alawi (not ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1044 On a cold and wet Sunday morning in winter I would normally get up for fajr prayer at around 7am and once I have offered my prayer would crawl back in to bed. Not today. I was invited to a special screening of the film Journey to Mecca at the ... http://masudblog.com/?p=1013 I spent this weekend past in Bristol on a Media Training course organised by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations project, it brought together a diverse group of about 40 Muslims including community leaders, activists, writers, bloggers and opinion leaders, the youngest of whom was 21. The course, Best Practices ... http://masudblog.com/?p=992 Last week I met up with some friends for a post-Ramadan/Eid meal. One of our number, Kamran from Peterborough, is a real connoisseur when it comes to scents he seems to have a nose for these sort of things, he usually has some interesting scent that he carries around. As ... http://masudblog.com/?p=978