[#3 - The Power of a Youth Camp/Retreat]
When the Prophet (SAW) grew up in Mecca, he would escape to the Cave of Hira to get away from society for a moment and reflect on life. After Prophethood, this practice of temporarily leaving life continued every Ramadan when the Prophet (SAW) made I’tikaf in the masjid […]

I recently attended the MMYC 2008 Spring Conference in Michigan this past weekend. The conference is a annual retreat for high schoolers, and I served as a counselor for a group of young brothers attending. The conference is a success every year, and this year it sold out around 300 seats to high schoolers spending […]

Background
I woke up expecting to have some delicious Belgian waffles or fruit pancakes or something at Sweet Maple Cafe, but ended up going Mexican at White Palace Grill. The story of how this happened is quite roundabout.
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi was in town for the weekend to speak at the American Oriental Society […]

Indian chefs aim for record with 13-ton biryani
Mar 1, 2008
NEW DELHI (AFP) — Sixty Indian chefs on Saturday cooked a rice dish weighing 13-tonne (28,600 pounds) in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, organisers said.
Three cranes dumped 3,000 kilos of Basmati rice, 85 kilos of chilli peppers, 1,200 litres of oil […]

Today’s topic is about The Rope of Allah azawajjal, faith in Islam.
Moving to India was a challenge for me. Nothing seemed to go right. Everything seemed to be out of place. I thought moving to India would be a cultural experience and it was, it just wasn’t Indian culture. It seemed as if I landed […]