online rihla

Since I’m on a roll with the randomness, a few questions for my readers:
*I originally intended this blog to be purely focused on Islam.  However, on occasion I have an urge to blog about cooking or my spice collection (oo, I *heart* my spice collection, it’s a thing of beauty).  Granted, it’s my blog and […]

…now I gotta get married again, just so I can wear one of these.
This is what I got married in
 
But we never had much of a party.  inshaAllah I can get one of these for an anniversary party here or in egypt.

…work is killing me.  I’m drowning in new complaints.  *glub glub glub* …
…I got a new phone.  It’s pink and shiney and girly.  I accessorized it with a pink hello kitty charm my sister brought me from Japan.  And I wore my hot pink sparkly sequin shayla (ok, it only has like 10 sequins on it, all […]

[rant] 
I’ll say it one time, slowly
sufis
are
not
a
third
sect.
It’s not sunni, shia, sufi.  It’s sunnis who practice the science of tasawwuf, shias who practice the science of tasawwuf.  Are there groups of sufis who seperate themselves from Islam?  Sure.  But then they’re not a third group of muslims because they’re not muslim at all.
[/rant]

Huzzah!  Tagging people who’ve commented recently on my blog:  UmmFarouq,  Umm Layth, Aaminah and Molly.
From Jamerican:
1. Last movie you saw in a theater? I honestly don’t remember, it’s been so long.  I am going to the new Indiana Jones movie with the fam over memorial day weekend.  My mom got me an Indiana Jones hat when they went […]

Word:(To) Squee
Definition:To make hyper, usually high pitched sound expressing fangirly glee. Often has additional E’s to further emphasise level of giddyness. See also:(To) Heen
Part of Speech [eg, verb]:Noun/Verb
Example of Usage: “OMG CUDDY TOUCHED HOUSE’S SHOULDER! SQUEEEEE!!”
OMG, I’m such a fangirl. Yes, in all the normal ways (Stargate, Firefly, Buffy, Star Wars, House, etc etc etc), […]

The husband and I recently made the switch to eating zabiha slaughtered meat only.  On occasion, fast food commercials will tug at my heart strings when I think that I’ll never again have a chicken breast from KFC or a double cheeseburger from Burger King (at least here in the US).  But, for the most […]

… for all the world to see.  To do:
*Blog about muslimiversary and reflections on another year as a muslim
*Continue Sunnah of the Week series
*Blog about awesomeness of women only gyms and gripe about my sore knees

I’ve sported the “American Muslims against Terrorism” Banner in message board signatures for quite some time.  I first put it in there when I was accused of not condemning terrorism in each and every post I made on that board.  Stick it in and wa’la, there’s instant condemnation, so we can move on and get […]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
What punishments of hell awaits those who attempt to scam in the name of the beloved Prophet (saws)?
FROM YOUR ISLAMIC SISTER,
MADAM MAKARIM KHALID.
 
“Salaam alaikum” 
I AM MADAM MAKARIM KHALID, 65 YEARS OLD FROM UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE). I BECAME A CITIZEN OF COTE D’IVOIRE (WEST AFRICA) DUE TO MARRIAGE WITH DR.MOHAMED NASIR KHALID  FROM  […]