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The Mighty Conversion/Reversion Experience

Posted in Blogroll, Islam Stuff, Random Musings, Uncategorized, tagged on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today I was invited by a good friend of mine to witness and take part in a non-Muslim woman “converting/reverting” (whatever the currently fashionable and acceptable term might be) to Islam.  Despite the scariness of the term, it does not involve any surgery, ritual circumcisions and kissing the sacred chicken’s bottom – although it would [...]

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On reading Qur’aan after some time…

Posted in Islam Stuff, Random Musings, Struggling Scribblings on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Belated shock at the number of references to punishment and Hell-fire overtook any initial pleasure, threatening to invade and engulf the tranquillity gained through the logical grammatical constructions of the Holy Qur’aan.  The words curling upwards, forever upwards, pointing to a Heaven unseen.
Flick.  Flick.  Flick.  Mercy.  Fornicators.  Punishment.  Paradise.  Hell-fire.  Forgiveness.  Torment.  Repent.  The [...]

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Muslims do it Five Times a Day…

Posted in Blogroll, Islam Stuff, Random Musings, Struggling Scribblings on March 20, 2008 | 8 Comments »

 

Haven’t you heard? Muslims do it five times a day. Or at least we’re supposed to.

But how do they find time? Well, many drop everything and get down right there where they’re standing; others prefer to wait until the opportunity arises, after all, they’re at work for goodness sake. For a few, it’s easy, the [...]

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The Practice Sister

Posted in Blogroll, Islam Stuff, Struggling Scribblings on August 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »

So after reading another blog post, I was inspired to write this…I hope the guy doesn’t mind me seizing inspiration from his idea!
To set the scene, the post was basically detailing different personality types and different types of Muslim girls, and this got me thinking, although it’s hard to bracket people into different camps, labelling [...]

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Love of Allah – A Poem by Ibn ul-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

Posted in Blogroll, Islam Stuff on February 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »

The love of the Beloved
must be unconditionally returned.
If you claim love
yet oppose the Beloved,
then your love is but a pretence.
You love the enemies of your Beloved
and still seek love in return.

You fight the beloved of your Beloved.
Is this Love or the following of shaytaan?
True devotion is nothing
but total submission
of body and soul
to [...]

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