Backbiting

If I literally bite my brother on his back, would that be considered backbiting?
Answered by Faraz Rabbani
If I literally bite my brother on his back, would that be considered backbiting? Would I have to restart my muraqaba dars?
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, If he enjoys it, [...]

Shalimar: Greatest Desi Food in America

Shalimar is located in the scenic part of San Francisco known as the Tenderloin, or to frequent visitors as “The Loin.” The Loin is known for many things, but Shalimar is what puts it on the map. This “hole in the wall” – trust me, it is – has the best desi food these [...]

Colin Powell in four-letter neo-con ‘crazies’ row

Those neo-cons… Warning: This is hillarious.

Too Scary for the Classroom?

Too Scary for the Classroom?
By Tariq Ramadan. NY Times September 1, 2004
Right now, I am supposed to be in South Bend, Ind., beginning my term as a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Notre Dame. After all, my petition for a work/residence visa in the United States [...]

FYI: Dr. Tariq Ramadan

Video Message to ISNA: http://www.isna.net/vision/convention/2004/session6a.ram
Interview on the BBC show HardTALK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/04/hardtalk/ramadan14jul.ram
Interview on the radio show Democracy Now: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/13/1428249
Dr. Ramadan’s Op-Ed: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040830.wramandan30/BNStory/Front/
Articles on Dr. Ramadan: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0408240223aug24,1,3887036.story?coll=chi-news-hed http://www.nd.edu/~krocinst/media/krocmakenews.html

Blocking Dr. Tariq Ramadan

“The essence of the problem is that pro-Likud organizations want to block people who can speak articulately and present the Muslim dilemma in a way that might be understandable and sympathetic to Americans. They succeed by presenting this as a security matter. There is no way Homeland Security would initiate this on its [...]