online rihla

Muslim Rep. Ellison preaches peace, democracy, here and abroad
Minnesota is home to a fair number of African immigrants, so Ellison’s work on Africa is local as well as international. This year, he hosted a forum in Minnesota on the Horn of Africa, with the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa subcommittee, New Jersey Democrat […]

Oh no wait, it’s Ingrid Mattson.  It’s all I can do just to shake my head at the foolishness of the right wing blogosphere.  Seriously, really, she’s a radical islamist?  If she’s radical, who’s not?
Faith is what we live for
Another [standing ovation] was reserved for Mattson, who said she tells Islamic leaders abroad that Muslims in […]

…Sr. Ruqaya isn’t advancing to the finals.  She placed 6th in her heat, while only the first 4 advanced.
But, keep on the lookout for this talented sister.  She is steadily improving.  Who knows, maybe we’ll see her in the 2009 World Championship.

Yaay!  From CAIR:
Minn. Muslim’s Workplace Bias Complaint Resolved
CAIR-MN welcomes company’s ‘prompt and professional’ response to incident
(ST. PAUL, MN, 8/14/08) - The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today said a Muslim teenager who was initially denied a job at an Old Country Buffet restaurant in that state will be offered a second […]

…and thank them.  At a plant in Tennessee, Tyson Foods has agreed to the union’s request that Eid be considered a holiday and a paid day off.   Between 250 (Tyson’s number) and 700  (the unions number) muslims, mainly somalis, work at the plant.  Is that a majority of union members?  A majority of the workers?  If the 700 number is correct, […]

Twin Cities Somalis are moving down to Postville, Iowa, to fill positions at a kosher food plant previously filled by illegal immigrants.
The influx of Somalis has been met with some surprise in a community still bewildered by the Agriprocessors raid, the largest raid of its kind in the United States. Federal agents arrested 389 people, […]

My sister is a little behind in all the election goings on, having been on a round the world adventure from December until May.  I’ve filled her in on what she’s missed, including a lot of venting about the whole Obama muslim smear fiasco.  She recently forwarded me this joke: 
A Jew, a Christian and Barack Obama are […]

Last year, I wrote about potential plans to create a unified adhan in Cairo.  At present, every little store front masjid blasts their own call to prayer, often distorted by cheap sound systems turned all the way up.  It looks like the plan is still in the works.
The official was cagey at first, refusing to […]

I find them adorable.  Once they grow up, not so much, but when they’re a rolly-polly little ball of fluff, absolutely adorable.    Also, Ihasahotdog - beyond hilarious (not as good as Icanhascheezburger, but then I’m a cat person through and through).

Puppy Ad No Offense: Scottish Muslims
 
Don’t you just want to pick him up and cuddle […]

O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan’s handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.  (Qur’an 5:90) 
an update on the man who killed Dawn:
Wu said Pas was taken to La Grange Hospital, where his blood-alcohol level was measured one hour after the accident […]