http://masudblog.com Thoughts, opinions, musings and rants of Mas'ud Ahmed Khan Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:57:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 You must have come across this riddle as it usually does the rounds like all the other "Islamic" junk mail and junk SMS messages... What is brighter than day darker than night, haram if eaten, halal if drunk, man uses thrice in a day, woman uses once in life, it is ... http://masudblog.com/?p=948 “Buying direct from a rug maker isn’t always an option, thankfully Mihrabi aren’t too far off with a good selection of traditional rugs. A pleasure to do business with. Certainly my wife was very pleased with the quality of her prayer rug.” Fahad Shaikh, Glasgow “Despite this particular item being at the ... http://masudblog.com/?p=940 [caption id="attachment_292" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Mihrabi Handmade Prayer Rugs"][/caption] A selection of 3ft x 5ft floor rugs have been reduced to clear, previously £180 now reduced to £130, see mihrabi.com for details Related posts:Mihrabi Rugs Clearance sale! Testimonials from Mihrabi customers Isra Wa’l Mira’aj – Sh Abdal Hakim Murad http://masudblog.com/?p=936