Somehow, this year I found myself in the position of leading Eid prayer for the first time in my life. Actually, ’somehow’ is a vague description. A more accurate description would be,
Due to the inability of even having city-wide unity on Eid, and losing our backup Imam to the ‘other day’ with the ‘other half’ […]

I haven’t written in quite a while but I thought this may be pertinent to some people who honor God. I’ve watched a documentary called “The Secret Bible” which is televised on the National Geographic channel and produced by Morningstar Productions. The episode is about the chapter Revelations in the Bible. I noticed in the […]

Isabel just had her fifth birthday and as you can see by this smile she had a great time. We had some of her friends over for games, cake and of course a pinata.
There must be something to getting older, this morning she ate two and a half pancakes!
Here is one of a few videos […]

In keeping with some of the Yoder I quoted in the previous post, I’d like to propose that discipleship can be distilled down to a twofold task. (Beware of reductionists!)
The first portion is being the kind of called-out community who embody the kingdom of God, upsetting the status quo, serving the poor and oppressed, running […]

John McCain, the “Maverick” Republican front runner for the White House has committed one of worst mistakes of his campaign by nominating Sarah Palin as his Vice President.
Because of this, he has re-energized the Christian right into supporting him. However, this unwise choice has brought back the hot issue of abortion to forefront of the […]

So, my family spent the day of Eid at Six Flags NJ with Shaykh Yasir Qadhi & family, and oh about 8000 Muslims. A few thoughts on the event before you watch the slideshow.
First of all, kudos to ICNA-NJ for putting together a fantastic act. Organization was excellent, and the warnings from some friends that […]

حوار مع نصر حامد أبو زيد:
نصر حامد أبو زيد، الباحث المصري ÙÙŠ Ùقه اللغة العربية، وأحد Ù…Ùكري الإصلاح ÙÙŠ الإسلام، يرى أن حرية الÙرد هي شرط الإيمان الأساس، ويخلÙص إلى أن كل إنسان يمتلك الحق ÙÙŠ حرية اعتناق الدين الذي يختار. إرهارد برون أجرى معه هذا الحوار.
“على المسلمين أن يروا ÙÙŠ كل التحديات الاستÙزازية الحالية […]

ALLAH’S done it again! 12 years after the Muslim moon god revealed itself in an aubergine in Bolton, England, it chose to appear in a rotten mango in Sweden.

Rubina Sheikh and her miraculous mango

The lucky recipient of a message from on high is Rubina Sheikh from Helsingborg.
According to this report, as the two halves […]

Il s’agit de la version française d’un discours prononcé par Weerd Wilders le 1er juin dernier dans l’enceinte du parlerment danois et devant les membres de la Société danoise de la presse libre. La version française est une coproduction de Bivouac-ID et du Point de Bascule. Voici la version abrégée du discours:

Voir la version intégrale […]

From: Sports in the Kingdom of God
Plans for Sports in the Kingdom
… The Question for us, now, is how do we transition our current sports leagues and teams into ones that are fully planted in the Kingdom of God? …
PRO SPORTS Transititions to the Kingdom of God
I know we will have professional and amateur […]