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Documentary: The Best of British Islam (trailer)

June 19, 2010 Mas'ud Ahmed Khan Comments 1 comment

Just uploaded a video to my YouTube account (with permission from the production company) called “The Best of British Islam” a trailer for a 6 part documentary produced by Gazelle Media. From the marketing blurb: This six part factual series explores some of the many facets of the British Muslim community. Produced in a range of styles from observational, current affairs and historical, the programmes are a timely look at the way Islam is being practised and perceived in Britain….

Book Review: Prayers of Occasions: A Handbook of Muslim Salah

June 3, 2010 Mas'ud Ahmed Khan Comments 1 comment

The book, lists various “prayers” which are additional [to the mandatory five daily ones] prayers of devotional worship (salah) offered at various times and on various occasions (hence the title of the book) and for specific purposes, as opposed to supplications (duas).

NASA confirms Sun can rise from the West?

May 13, 2010 Mas'ud Ahmed Khan Comments 11 comments

I got this in my InBox recently and immediately I realised it was just some lazy Pakistani journalist trying to fill some column inches. He says: “The science of astronomy states that the speed of planet Mars has been decreasing in its course toward the eastern direction in the past few weeks” No, Mars has not been slowing down, the speed of its orbit hasn’t changed, it’s just a quirk of geometry that it seems that way relative to the…