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January 14, 2013

Water: An Islamic-Treasure!!!

All living things, essentially, rely on water for basic-existence on Earth, making it such a crucial part of our existence; yet, sadly, we take it for granted far too often & even once is one time too many. We, often times, are so quick to purposely ignore & forget the teaching of Muhammad, the Messenger Continue reading

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January 8, 2013

2012 in review:

The gbwrites.com/ stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 29,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 7 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Continue reading

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December 22, 2012

Christmas is just like al-Mawlid: A Bid`ah!!!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by |🇦🇫/🇨🇦| ᴹᵞ ᵀᴵᶜᴷᴱᵀ ᵀᴼ ᴶᴬᴺᴺᴬᴴ🕊 (@mytickettojannah) https://muslimmatters.org/2009/03/11/the-birth-date-of-the-prophet-and-the-history-of-the-mawlid-part-i-of-iii/ al-Muqaddimah/Prelude The following article is based primarily, but, not exclusively, upon two previous articles that I’ve already written, one about Non-Islamic holidays, generally (http://www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/thereasonsmuslimsdonotcelebratenonislamicholidays), and the other specifically about the celebration of the Psuedo-Islamic holiday, known as al-Mawlid (http://www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/mythoughtsonthemawlid). Continue reading

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November 19, 2012

al-Husayn & the Massacre of Karbalā’

This-Research of mine has been published at my Request to the Following-Website, as a Contributor. This Article being published on a Website which is very clearly Pro-Shī`ī, is both surprising & commendable to me: http://al-hadi.us/religion/index_i.html Author’s note: It’s a must that I mention that the events, known today as the Massacre of Karbala’, which caused Continue reading

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November 18, 2012

Oppression: What the World needs to be constantly reminded of:

In light of what has recently been happening in Palestine, let’s look at some historical examples of the same type of oppression, that’s just as vile as what we’ve witnessed in the Levant during our very own lifetimes: 1. The Crusades, the Christian invasions of the Muslim-World, during the Middle-Ages (1095-1456 C.E.) 2. The Spanish Continue reading

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October 1, 2012

Some Brief Islamic-History (the Origins of `Id-il-Adha):

Author’s note: This post is based upon the narrations of the history of the most important Islamic holiday, based exclusively upon the work, Qasas-il-Anbiya’ (Stories of the Prophets), by Abil-Fida’ Isma`il ibn-Kathir ad-Dimashqi. The story & history of the Celebration of Sacrifice (`Id-il-Adha) is such an important Islamic holiday, it is imperative that both Muslims Continue reading

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September 25, 2012

Some Brief Islamic-History (Biographies of the Rightly-Guided Khulafa’)

The Khulafā’/Islāmic-Rulers of This-Period had Several-Things in common: a. They were all Companions of Muhammad (May Allah be pleased with them). b. They were all Members of Qabīlah-Quraysh/the Quraysh-Tribe amongst the Arabs. c. They were all related directly to Muhammad either via Common/Tribal-Ancestry, Familial-Relation, Marriage, etc. Author’s Note: All of what is mentioned in this Continue reading

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September 15, 2012

My thoughts on negative portrayls of Muhammad (Peace be upon him) inciting violence in the Muslim-World:

The recent attacks on U.S. Embassies in the Muslim-World, mainly in the Mideast, as a result of numerous negative, propaganda, short-films, caricatures, cartoons, pamphlets, novels, books, movies, shows, etc. negatively portraying Muhammad (Peace be upon him), has incited immense violence all across the Muslim-World, particularly, in places like Libya, Sudan, Yemen, and several other Muslim Continue reading

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July 16, 2012

My thoughts on Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)

Author’s note: The following poem is about the recent string of violent religious & ethnic-cleansing episodes, in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), which have barely been reported, on any major news circuits, to the extent that it needs to be. Myanmar has lost its way: My homeland, once peaceful, has become a breeding-ground for religious Continue reading

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June 29, 2012

My thoughts on the 4th of July:

Author’s Note: July 4th-Weekend is where people put up their American flags, on their home doors, front lawns, windows, and/or cars & have day-long BBQ’s in their backyards, or go to beaches, celebrating the commemoration of how American Colonists stood against the British Crown & resisted tyranny. I would just like to present this poem, Continue reading

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