U.S. Muslim Scholars Issue Edict Against Terrorism

Taking a page from CAIR-CAN and Jamiyatul-Ulama Canada.

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“I have never done anything not seriously. I don’t bluff. I do act with realism. I am realistic, not idealistic. I am very, extremely, serious.”

Seriously?

Martin praises Muslim stand against extremism

Way to go!

Bus drivers get hints on spotting terrorists

More bombs were planted yesterday in the London transit system, as everyone must know by now. So we’ve heard the usual condemnations and editorializing and all that talk. It’s a blessing that no one got hurt, but one thing we must always remember is that some communities go through that every single day. While war in Iraq and Afghanistan cannot be considered an excuse for these attacks, we should not sympathize and condemn these attacks while forgetting about the murderous ideologies that are victimizing our brothers and sisters.

Whether you drop the bombs from a fighter jet or explode them out of a schoolbag, it’s still a bomb, and it’s still murder.

Statement by Canadian Imams on Extremism

I passed by Mrs. Tiggy Winkles again today to see what other toys are accompanying those wacky action figures that I mentioned earlier.

Now Action Figure Moses and GeekMan are accompanied by, I kid you not, a Librarian Action Figure. If it encourages kids to read, then it’s all good I guess.

One of my favourite blogs, Seeker’s Digest, has gotten it’s own URL and has been beautifully re-designed. Shaikh Faraz Rabbani of SunniPath maintains this blog, and he has an uncannily similar set of interests as mine, including:

• Islam (particularly Hanafi fiqh)
• Technology
• Literature
• Shakespeare
• Open-Source
• Education

…which makes my blog even more irrelevant than the name indicates. Everything that I might be interested in posting is already there.

I once hoped we would have something like this in the future. Well, here we are!

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I’ve been reading from the Riverbend blog for the last few hours, and it’s been disturbing me greatly. Her writing is so effective in bringing the reader into the moment, into her neighbourhood and even into her family… I felt I needed a taste of home to get myself back on track. So an article about Tim Hortons seemed fitting; come home for lunch, they say.

Anyway, to anyone who ever stumbles upon my Irrelevant Opinions, I humbly request you to stop reading this and go to the Riverbend blog. Her writing is extremely eloquent, putting me to shame with her witty metaphors and effective analogies. And while you’re at it, drop by here too.