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		<title>New Project: Soul ART- Gallery 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah wa salat wa salam ala rasulullah
As I hinted earlier, I am starting a little project to deal with the the alienation Muslims have from the human condition. Its simple artwork but with a blurb of emotional thinking attached. Its representative of the daily Muslim experience, those little gaps and spaces in thinking you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1690&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Importing Muslimologist Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to be discontinuing my Thoughts of a Muslimologist Blog and centralizing everything to this blog. So henceforth, that blog will be discontinued (it will still remain online) but posts will be occurring on this blog.
I will if anything, review everything I posted there and try to formulate it into something more solid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1680&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contemporary Muslim Alienation from the Human Condition</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/contemporary-muslim-alienation-from-the-human-condition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
It&#8217;s sad but the real religion many Islamic movements aren&#8217;t achieving what they set out to achieve is because they are out of touch, not with modern society- but they are out of touch with the human condition. Sh. Abu Eesa Nimatullah commented on this in regards to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1670&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nazareth College: Living Together in a Multi-Religious Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An email I received from the Director of this unique program&#8230;
CISD
Nazareth College
CENTER FOR INTERFAITH STUDIES AND DIALOGUE
Presents: 
The Next Generation:  
Living Together in a Multi-Religious Society
Interfaith Encounter
August 17-21, 2009, Nazareth College, Golisano Building, Room 233
 
(Co-sponsored by the Rochester Community Foundation, Civic Engagement
and the
International Institute on Islamic Thought)
 
Visit the CISD Website 
 or HERE for more Information on this program


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		<title>Entrance Dua 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
&#8220;O Allah, make contentment my desire, make fasting my sustenance, and make my tongue my friend. Replace my awareness of this world with awareness of the Hereafter and my doubt in You replaced by certainty and trust in You. I ask that you strengthen my belief in You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1646&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asia Society Panel Discussion on US-Iran Relations</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/asia-society-panel-discussion-on-us-iran-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently some of the folks at Asia Society contacted me about an upcoming panel discussion on US-Iran relations. I would encourage you all to at least tune into the discussion or if you are in New York to attend  and to submit some questions as well.
Although, this blog was originally geared towards explaining Islam [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1642&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divine Context: How the Akhirah (Hereafter) Can be Felt in this Dunya (World)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah

This is a big realization I had a day or two ago while making dhikr. Its a massive paradigm shift I feel I should share. This isn&#8217;t another motivational article, rather its something I try to live and practice, so what you read here in sha Allah you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1582&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Muslims Interpret Islam and Why-Revisited</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/how-muslims-interpret-islam-and-why-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
I wanted to re-visit this old post here. This is by no means a complete discussion and it should be understood this is not to demean the beliefs of Muslims, but merely to illuminate how and why we come to interact the way we do and how we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1567&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Poverty: The Pakistanification of the West</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/the-power-of-poverty-the-pakistanification-of-the-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Well Toronto has more mosques than New Delhi. There were 1 or 2 in 1980s and now, there are 90+.&#8221; And then the joke went further, &#8220;Londonistan&#8221; and how Princess Diana fell madly in love with a Pakistani doctor. And then the discussion moves to Dubai, and how the ratio of immigrant workers to natives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1374&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Talebearing (Namima)?</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/what-is-talebearing-namima/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah alhamdulillah wa salat wa salam ala rasulullah
A very important discussion a friend sent me that is LONG forgotten!
&#8211;
&#8220;Imam Nawawi says:
Having summarily mentioned that talebearing (namima) is unlawful, with the evidence for this and a description of its nature, we now want to add a fuller explanation of it. Imam Abu Hamid Ghazali says, “Talebearing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1525&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aren&#8217;t You Hot in That?</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/arent-you-hot-in-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
Now that the summer is upon us, every once in a while our dear sisters will be asked about their hijab or niqaab: Aren&#8217;t you Hot in That?
While, this little piece of dawah literature is meant to turn this simple question into a full-blown opportunity for dawah. Its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1516&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wannabes, Fantasies and Replacing Islam with the Idea of It</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/wannabes-false-prophets-fantasies-and-replacing-islam-with-the-idea-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 03:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah wa salat wa salam ala rasulullah
Islamism replaces Islam with the idea of it
-Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad on Islamism or militant Islam

But, this applies to a great deal of our ummah, not just the violent among us.
You find we are becoming like the kuffar, fighting for the idea of Islam, but not living it. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1493&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Are We Being Punished for Not Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/politics-the-prophet-and-new-perspectives-on-enjoining-good-and-forbidding-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 07:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala rasulullah
The following Hadith are more than enough to consider when it comes to politics here in the West.
Abu Darda (Radiallahu anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “Allah says: I am Allah besides whom there is no Deity, the Master of Kings, King of Kings. Verily the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1250&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Towards A Fiqh For The Internet: The Need For A Digital Akhlaq</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/towards-a-fiqh-for-the-internet-the-need-for-a-digital-akhlaq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala rasulullah
This is something I wrote on the Translators blog (THE best blog out there, ma sha Allah la quwatta illah billah!) in the comments section which Sh. Abul-Hussein then turned into a post there a while back. I have more thoughts on this topic and I am posting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1409&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DLR: The Everyday Activist</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/dlr-the-everyday-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 17:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawud Israel</dc:creator>
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Everyday Activist: 365 Ways to Change the World
By Michael Norton 
Its been a while since I&#8217;ve discussed some good books. Here is a book you should definitely take a look at. Its not exactly Dawah Literature but, it is all about Dawah in terms of being practical, creative and utilizing new methods to spread the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=589&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Need Fiqh of Humor</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/why-we-need-fiqh-of-humor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
After coming across so many stupid MSA videos, many of which made me laugh and many of which disgusted me and hearing the same stupid jokes about a certain brother Muhammad telling non-Muslim to call him &#8220;Moe&#8221; and after reading this article I can&#8217;t help but think why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1460&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islam: A Consumers Religion?</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/islam-a-consumers-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
&#8220;Brother you need to come out to this event!&#8221;
&#8220;Check out DiscoverU coaching for only $2000! Did we mention Shaykh Muhammad Shareef approves? -winks-&#8221;
&#8220;Buy this CD or that book- you should really check this out&#8221;
&#8220;Visit muslima.com to find a Persian wives&#8221;

And before you know it, you&#8217;ve found yourself on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1368&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Make Dua for Me&#8221; in the Age of Globalization</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/make-dua-for-me-in-the-age-of-globalization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
I often hear many people request me to make dua for them. And I often try to include them in my duas. But in the age of globalization, cellphone texting, Instant messaging, Facebook, Islamic web forums, halaqas, masjid visits and even in our diverse by chance encounters with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1446&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Age-Old Problems with Sufism</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/classical-problems-with-sufism-then-and-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah.
The little that I know, I have picked up on certain problems within Sufism. These problems have to do with the system and the Sufi tradition over time and are interesting to consider because they are obstacles we encounter in our journey to Allah. So overcoming and approaching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1252&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;She Isn&#8217;t Wife Material&#8221;- Marriage and Emotional Realities of Muslims</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/she-isnt-wife-material-marriage-and-emotional-realities-of-muslims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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This is one of the more hotly discussed &#8220;male&#8221; topics out there. I personally think it would be helpful if sisters got perspective on this. If a guy comes to the point of saying, &#8220;She isn&#8217;t wife material,&#8221; then its usually the final verdict on him not being interested in marriage. This is, at least [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1390&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Fatwa worth a Thousand Words</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/a-fatwa-worth-a-thousand-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 05:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah
I was googling an ayah to find where it was in the Quran and by sheer chance (actually, Allah&#8217;s pre-ordained Qadr (destiny) in my view!) I came across this emotionally moving fatwa.
Its such a simple question and response&#8230;but just look! Just how &#8220;masum&#8221; (pure and innocent) and valuable this is! How many thousands of Muslims [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1419&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should I stay in Canada or go back?</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/should-i-stay-in-canada-or-go-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 06:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came back from the masjid and one of the blessings of going there is you encounter a number of people who deal with the same issues you do and you can hear their nasiha. I spoke to two uncles about the topic of whether they want to remain here in Canada or go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1402&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How will we Love?</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/how-will-we-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this really interesting video&#8230;the whole discussion is about love and the ideas of love in our time and place, why divorce and cheating is so common, etc. Its an important rare discussion because I think if you watched this (with your spouse if you have one) you could make thing much better. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1356&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fajr Wakeup Tips Poster</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fajr-wakeup-tips-poster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
EDIT: In the poster I mentioned about taking a nap in the day. The Sunnah is to take the nap between Dhuhr and Asr, and some discourage taking a nap after Asr since it can make one miss the prayer.
This post has been a while in coming&#8230;but here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1340&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Entrance Dua 6</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/entrance-dua-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
&#8220;O Allah, when I lose hope because my plans have come to nothing, help me to remember that YOUR Love is always always greater than my disappointment and Your plans for my life are better than my dreams.&#8221;
Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallim.
Alhamdulillahi [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1335&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Practical Ideas on Gaze Guarding</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/practical-ideas-on-gaze-guarding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
I found this post on a blog dedicated to helping Muslims lower their gaze in this filthy, sultry environment. This is especially relevant since summer is around the corner!
See the following posts on their blog and I suggest you bookmark it!

Protecting Your Eyes with Firefox

Lowering the Gaze &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1331&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virtues of Saying the Name &#8220;Muhammad&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/virtues-of-the-name-muhammad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala Rasulullah
I&#8217;m back now&#8230;let&#8217;s see how long this lasts&#8230;
The following Hadiths highlight the unequivocal virtue of the name of our Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam, the Pride of the Universe.
Haytham ibn Hanash said: We were with Abdullah ibn Umar (radiallahu anhu). His foot became numb. A man said to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1326&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t be blogging for a while&#8230;so this blog will be dead. Also de-activated my Facebook account, so will be gone for a while.
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		<title>Metaphors of the Muslim Plight in the West</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/metaphors-of-the-muslim-plight-in-the-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah
How can the plight of Muslims in the West be best understood? If you have taken any Psychology classes you know then that, metaphors are one of the most powerful ways of characterizing people&#8217;s patterns of thinking, or what they are becoming&#8230;This is yet another attempt at applying the psychological model to Muslim life.

Two-Face
I actually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1280&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Weak Emaan</title>
		<link>http://muslimology.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/overcoming-weak-emaan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa salat wa salam ala rasulullah
Lately, I&#8217;ve been going through some rough times. How it happened I&#8217;m not even sure and I doubt whether I did the right thing. But my faith was shaken, not because of anything in Islam- but rather in seeing the behavior of some brothers who are students of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=muslimology.wordpress.com&blog=1386942&post=1295&subd=muslimology&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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