These three, cute little books came from a Kickstarter the folks at Hoxton ran a couple of months ago. The goal of the project is to support the hundreds of projects by great photographers that don’t make it into book form because the subject is not considered serious enough, or the photographer doesn’t have the funds, …
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Abu Ayub narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan, then follows it with six from Shawwal, then that is (equal in reward) to fasting everyday.” Alhamdulillah, today marks 4 of 6… My neighbors mostly think I’m crazy, and Alhamdulillah it feels great to continue the fast, to continue seeking Allah’s pleasure, to …
It came as something of a shock to me to find that Brian Eno had put out a new record back in January, but I had heard nothing about it… So I jumped on a nice vinyl copy (with downloads). https://youtu.be/Y4BmvJPPmHo
Galaxy kickstartered this groovy little project planner back in November 2015 and it was successfully funded as of 1 December… Better late than never! To their credit, they sent me a 10% off coupon for the 2017 version (this one has calendar pages through June 2017) and a 20% off coupon for anything in their …
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May Allah accept our fasts, our prayers, our charity, and all of our good deeds, Ameen.
If it’s not Eid, it must be the last day of Ramadan (at time of writing, I don’t know yet, and won’t for awhile). And if it’s the last day of Ramadan, I need an action plan for the next 11 months, to try and make sure I don’t slip into the same hard hearted, …
In the first 6 months of 2016, Chicago saw 312 homicides and 1,949 total shootings. In the same period, U.S. Police killed 536 people, 49 of them in Texas, and there were 163 mass shootings, some by ‘Muslim extremists’, most just random acts of violence by unstable people. A Muslim was shot and stabbed yesterday morning on his way …
