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Learning law 2008-03-09 03:43:31 I’m studying Maliki fiqh at Sunnipath at the moment - the Maliki school of sacred law being my adopted madhhab - and I’m amazed at how much I don’t know (stop laughing!) For example, in the Maliki school, one’s ritual purity isn’t broken by touching somebody else’s excrement or urine (why would you do this? [...] Read more:Learning
Homeschooling in Victoria 2008-03-08 18:12:51 Since 2007, the Victorian government has required homeschooling kids to be registered with the state, but also makes provision for partial enrollment in government schools for specific activities (i.e. sports, a language etc.) at the discretion of the principal and parents. (Guidelines)
Design your homeschooling approachHome Education Network (Victoria)Unschooling at Gifted-Children.com.au (Australia)Always Learning BooksHomeschooling
supplies (Australia)Excursion [...]
Sayyidatuna Maryam 2008-03-06 20:27:48 Kareem Salama, a country and western singer, has written a beautiful nasheed about the blessed Virgin Mary and it’s just so beautiful: Read more:Maryam
Ayah and hadith locator 2008-03-06 18:06:37 Br. Abdullah Hasan, masha’Allah has composed a concordance of Qur’anic ayat and hadiths on various topics. This is really useful if you know there is a hadith or ayah that talks about a particular topic but you can’t remember the exact wording to search. For example, I spent twenty minutes trying to find a [...]
Refresh the design 2008-03-06 16:04:29 Well… I’m back to “White as Milk” for a theme again. A few years ago when I was writing Dervish I used this theme, and I think I’m a minimalist at heart. I got sick of a huge band of photographs at the top of the blog design
, and I think I want to focus [...] Read more:Refresh
Howard misses the point… as usual 2008-03-06 05:05:31 We should not forget that it is the values of our societies that terrorists despise most. That is why we should never compromise on them.
It is not only their intrinsic worth that should be staunchly defended. It is also because radical Islam senses – correctly – that there is a soft underbelly of cultural self-doubt [...] Read more:point
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Lane’s lexicon on CD 2008-03-05 02:23:06 Lane on CD-Rom! Fons Vitae are now offering the lexicon, a classic, for $150 bucks but only in Windows format.
Linkorama 2008-03-04 10:45:33 Okay - phew, it’s up and running. My Godblogroll that is.
Fabbo blog: G. Willow Wilson 2008-03-04 09:42:13 I’m redoing my blogroll and I don’t mind saying, I’m going for “more is more”. (Thanks to all my regular reads, whose blogroll links I’m happily nicking). One of the lovely things that I have enjoyed this past hour or so, is finding new reads and rediscovering old ones I’d lost. But I’m enthralled to [...] Read more:Willow
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Jihad against the Munkar 2008-03-04 05:28:34 Excellent deconstruction by Indigo Jo of Nazir-Ali’s unsubstantiated allegations that there are Muslim “no-go” areas in Britain. Read more:Jihad
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Islamic awareness training 2008-03-13 03:12:09 The day Islamic
awareness training I conducted yesterday went really well alhamdulillah. It’s the third time I’ve conducted it and I’m starting to figure out what works and what doesn’t. Anything more than about thirty people and it’s more like a day full of lectures rather than workshopping the types of issues and questions they’re [...]
2008 Annual Australian Islamic Conference - Melbourne 2008-03-12 19:40:34 Mercy Mission are holding the 2008 AnnualAustralianIslamic
Conference (free entry) titled:
2020: Australian Muslims Defining their Future
Where: Melbourne
University - Copeland Theatre (Economics & Commerce Building)When: March 21-23
Friday: 3pm - 8pm
Saturday: 10am - 7.30pm
Sunday: 10am - 7.30pm
Conference includes workshops, lectures, panel discussions, presentations by various organisations.
Speakers include: Professor Jamal Badawi; Dr Abdullah [...]
Australians versus Australians 2008-03-10 17:41:41 Four Corners had a very good program on how alienation is marginalising some Muslim youth, which could potentially lead to some being radicalised. You can view the program online including extended interviews.
Lots of my colleagues from my uni were on the show, and coincidently, I am up to Canberra tomorrow with one of them to [...] Read more:versus
Best of the Blogs 2008-03-09 23:09:16 Sunni Sister, may Allah reward her in this life and the next, is challenging us all to write out the blessings on the holy Prophet’s name, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for this auspicious month when we remember his birth.
Amal at Austrolabe has a good review of Tariq Ramadan’s recent [...] Read more:Blogs
Encyclopedia article finished 2008-03-09 22:26:06 Last year I was asked to contribute an article for a new encyclopedia of religion in Australia, in particular on the beliefs and practices of Australian Muslims, I was given a word limit of 4000 with flexibility. The final article kind of grew to 15,000 words, which thankfully the editor doesn’t seem to have minded [...] Read more:Encyclopedia
School shoes for kids drive gets local publicity 2008-03-13 20:04:05 Alhamdulillah, one of the things that really attracted me to Islam and the Muslim community, was the generosity of spirit and material kindness towards the poor — that’s not to say it doesn’t exist in other traditions, indeed Christians, for example, are known for their work with the poor and needy. But when I began [...] Read more:School
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Jewish Christian Muslim Association Conference 2008-03-13 18:56:45 The annual JewishChristianMuslim
Association conference is coming up and now is the time to apply. It’s for both women and men, and is being held May 26 to May 29 in Millgrove (near Warburton, I had to look it up I will confess).
The JCMA conferences are wonderful opportunities to engage in interfaith dialogue [...]
Getting back on the GTD horse 2008-03-17 19:12:55 I’m working at home today because of feeling a bit under the weather. Yaz has a cold too, so we are being miserable together. I’ve decided today is get organised day with my overdue emails, project status reports etc. I’m a lapsed GTDer, although I maintain a list pretty much up to date with [...]
Mr Rudd, I’m not impressed 2008-03-17 17:40:26 Telling the Chinese to act with ‘restraint’ and silence on the Palestinians? It seems money talks on both sides of the political spectrum.
A new brother embraces Islam 2008-03-17 16:50:29 A brand new brother embraces Islam
(this joyous occasion happened at my favourite masjid “mosque” here in Melbourne, the Westall masjid, which is run by the Indonesian community).
I love witnessing my fellow brothers and sisters in humanity embracing the religion of their Creator. It always brings me back to the moment I first said shahadah [...]
Participate in the Muslim Voices survey in Melbourne, Australia. 2008-03-17 05:54:54 Last year I was involved in a survey looking at the views and opinions of Muslim
s in Sydney. (That report is in the last stages of being finalised). Now it’s the turn of Melbourne
’s Muslims. Although we ran a survey looking at employment and education in Melbourne, this is the bigger Muslim Voices
survey, which [...] Read more:Australia
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New mosque facilities to be built to service Monash University’s Muslims 2008-03-17 05:21:56 Many, many years ago Muslims
helped build some of the world’s most beautiful places of worship still standing today. Those Muslims, inshallah, are *still* reaping the rewards of their sacrifices.
Here is your chance, oh modern Muslims, to contribute to the building of a new mosque
- inshallah that will benefit you in this life and [...] Read more:University
Liars, Spin Doctors and Politicians 2008-03-17 04:07:26 Hillsong (charismatic megachurch that preaches prosperity doctrine), Gloria Jeans (big coffee shop owned by a Hillsong bigshot and major corporate sponsor of MM) and Mercy Ministries are in hotwater, being exposed for Centrelink rorts and using laying of hands and exorcisms without offering proper mental health services for troubled young girls. Actually, John Safran broke [...] Read more:Liars
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In the wars 2008-03-17 03:20:36 I’m in the wars *sigh*. Mostly it’s an infected wisdom tooth that is giving me the grumps. Subhanallah, we are such fragile creatures that a slight ache or pain makes us grumpy and gives us the irits. Well… those of us who have a bit of a way to go before being muttaqeen [...]
Free seminar for women: improve your self-esteem 2008-03-16 19:46:31 Psychologist and fellow Muslimah Monique Toohey is running a free seminar for women on improving self-esteem.
The way we feel about ourselves runs deeper than an evaluation of our appearance. Finding the beauty within, although sounding cliche is not as hard as it sounds. It’s all about learning a language to appreciate yourself and having gratitude [...]
Upcoming: Dr Mohammed Al-Majali Lecture (Arabic) for Sisters 2008-03-19 19:12:39 Renowned Islamic Scholar Dr Mohammed
Al-Majali will be conducting a lecture in Melbourne for sisters only. Dr Mohammed is the Dean of Shariah Department at the University of Jordan and the Vice President of The Conservation of the Holy Quran Society.
Topic:”Righteousness Is A Woman’s Key To Power” will be conducted in Arabic
[...] Read more:Upcoming
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My poor bubby has croup 2008-03-18 22:28:23 Didn’t get a whole heap of sleep last night (not caused by possible apnea problem). My baby has come down with croup! I sort of thought croup was like scarlet fever and TB, only caught if you dressed in nineteenth century clothes and said “ye” and “thou” a lot.
The day before last we [...]
Tidying up the work life 2008-03-17 19:38:14 Creating a minimalist workspaceInbox Zero (check out the Five Sneaky Email Cheats)Self-control needs to be exercised like a muscle
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