as-salamu ‘alaykum, Actor Stephen Berkoff who generally plays baddies in movies (bad guy in Beverly Hills Cop) in a letter to the Independent defends the niqab: Veil puts fashion slaves to shame Sir: Oh dear, what a huge palaver about the Muslim veil. For everyone, it touches some little flame of anxiety. For Jack Straw it concerns his ability to read the mind on the human face. Can the voice alone not carry infinite shades of meaning? Was poor blind…
‘Holy water’ fails health tests Muslims have been warned water supposedly drawn from a well in Mecca could have high levels of arsenic. Read More here. wa’as-salam Mas’ud www.masud.co.uk
A Time to Reflect on Spiritual Journeys In Embracing Islam, Ex-Catholic Seeks to Strengthen Cultural Ties by Caryle Murphy Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 22, 2006; Page B01 Chris Moore was an aspiring rock musician with earrings and a shaved head when he walked into a Northern Virginia mosque a dozen years ago and began asking questions about Islam. A month later, the Christian-raised son of a U.S. Navy man became a Muslim. His conversion initiated a spiritual odyssey…