Archive | December, 2008

30 December 2008 ~ View Comments

Islaamic Knowledge Websites

Assalamu Alaikum,
Over the past few weeks I have started visiting more frequently a few sites that offer some great Islaamic knowledge in the form of videos and lectures, and I’d like to share them with you.
First off, it’s not a broadcast…it’s an ‘ILMcast:

www.ilmcast.com

This site may not be updated everyday, but it does provide some great [...]

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15 December 2008 ~ View Comments

Islamic Satire T-Shirt Gone Wrong!

I am a huge huge fan of Islamic t-shirts. If I had enough petty spending money, I honestly would buy all the Islamic t-shirts out there and make my entire wardrobe consist of them. I’ve had more than one first-hand experience of what a great Da’wah tool they really are. However, a couple weeks ago…I [...]

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10 December 2008 ~ View Comments

Urban Word NYC Poetry Slam: WiselyUsedWords

I just saw on the front page of YouTube a featured video from the Urban Word NYC Poetry Slam Finals 2008. I know. I didn’t really know what it was either. But, being a poet, I dared to click on the blue words above the thumbnail showing a young man on a huge stage. It [...]

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08 December 2008 ~ View Comments

Tala'al Badru Alayna [Video & Story]

Alhamdulillah I’ve been able to become an amateur on the piano. While experimenting, I came up with the common melody for the common Islaamic Nasheed (chant or traditional song), Tala’al Badru Alayna.
It was pretty simple, the notes for it are:
C D E (Ta-la-’al)
F  ED (Baa-d-ru)
FE C (A-lay-na)
C D E F (Min-thaa-nee-yaah)
D FE (dil-waa-daa’)
C D E [...]

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07 December 2008 ~ View Comments

A Pocket-Sized Lifeboat

Just recently I began to do something that I want to reccomend to you all. My older brother gave me a paperback journal. Now, whenever I’m in school or anywhere else, it stays in my back pocket. It’s small enough to fit, but big enough to write on.
With this, I’m able to capture any of [...]

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07 December 2008 ~ View Comments

Creations by Allah Video [HD]

I present to you a reflective moment. I present you a reminder of the Most High. I present you a ticket to see something you never truly see.
Creations by Allah is a video my brother and I made to test an HD camera quality (not ours, but our brother-in-law’s). Like Richard James, however, we discovered [...]

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06 December 2008 ~ View Comments

Letter [HD Short Film]

This is a little video I made recently. It is entitled “Letter” and was inspired by Brother Dawud Tauhidi. The Muslim Teachers Association held a teacher’s seminar talking about the Tarbiyah Project. Watch the video and read after to see why and how it inspired me.
“Letter”
A short film by Jawaad Ahmad Khan (JaKaTTaK Industries in [...]

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