New Seasons Journal Website

Ma Sha Allah the brothers at Zaytuna have done it again. The new Seasons website looks fantastic, check it out yourself.

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Georgia Mayor Converts to Islam

MACON, Ga. — Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is working to change his legal name to Hakim Mansour Ellis.

Ellis, 61, a Macon native who was raised Christian, said he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal.

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Salikaah

My wife started blog today :) Check it Out.

Answer from Sunnipath on Sufism and Tolerance

"One of the most common objections raised against Sufi orders is that most of them use forms of dhikr that were not practiced in their particular forms by the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). This objection doesn''t hold weight at all because the Quran and sunna indicate that dhikr is praiseworthy regardless of its form. What the Sacred Law wants from us is to have presence of heart with Allah through His remembrance, and any lawful action that results in a heightened state of remembrance is praiseworthy because it is a lawful means to a praiseworthy goal. This doesn''t mean that every Muslim *has* to do the forms of dhikr practiced by the various Sufi orders. All it means is that if someone chooses to do it, they are not to be blamed. "

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How Dare She?!

He didn't like the casserole
And he didn't like my cake.
My biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.

I didn't perk the coffee right
He didn't like the stew,
I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.

I pondered for an answer
As I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around and smacked him...
Like his Mother used to do

Stolen from Mere Islam