Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Ummah Films

They're quite hilarious, but good reminders for us muslims. I believe the brother (Ali) is Iranian but he's somehow a sunni? or actually a convert but to sunnism...umm..Anyway, he's doing an excellent job with his videos..They're being uploaded every Friday. Here's the first 8; they're out of 10 I think.

Video Blog #1: Funny Thing During Jummah (Pilot)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3o6kpCLDMVg&search=ummah

Video Blog #2: Looking for a spouse online
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hgRFVDc7z48&search=ummah
^^I don't think we should be doing this in the first place, nevertheless, quite funny.

Video Blog#3: $25,000 Muslim Weddings!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rH2nNt1s5pk&search=ummah


Video Blog #4: Muslim while flying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nolNcJ1G7w&search=ummah%20video%20%23%204


Video Blog # 5 : Muslim Characters at Work
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EN348SxeayA&search=ummah


Video Blog #6: Distractions During Salat (Prayer)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MTwh6p1kyRQ&search=ummah


Video Blog #7: Seasonal Muslims
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K9CxtZpDrXQ&search=ummah


Video Blog #8 - Parental Advisory - Culture vs Islam
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GT3ol-iuCGU&search=ummah
^^So true.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Update

Salamu alaikum everyone..
Ok I just realized that my nick doesn't make sense. It actually does, but the "noor" part is confusing. Anyway, it basically means that I am/ we are all awaiting the "noor"/light of the Hujja of Allah the Lord of the sun and the skies. We are awaiting him to free this world from the disastorous chaos that has hit every and each spot of this universe. From tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, to corrupt devastations and endless massacres happening to Shi'at Ahlulbayt (AS) around the world... O Mahdi , where are you?

Earth to peace? Anyone calls? Yet we see another "battle" slamming this earth... tens of thoustands of INNOCENT civilians die...mothers , infants and elders..what's their fault? Infrastructure just began rolling out after being demolished prior to the withdrawl of the Zionists from the lands of Lebanon. And now you see they've turned into complete rubble. Was it worth it really?

The Canadian-Lebanese evacuees who are still being processed in Beirut (some have already arrived) are dreadfully frustrated at the Canadian preparations for the evacuation...there was absolutely no one to atleast assist them or even tell them what was going on while staying in Beirut.."We were like sheeps who have had no idea whatsoever to what was going on..where we were going...when.." As one of the evacuees said.

I don't blame the Canadian officials..because this IS a war zone..They were doing their best. It wasn't just happening with the canadian evacuees only..several other countires (Australia was one of them I think? ) have had the same kind of process.

Where's this going honestly?

May Allah's wrath be upon the oppressors and curse be upon the Zionists for causing all the havoc the world is suffering form.

Anyway, lately I haven't been doing much...No job, no volunteer positions, nothing. I handed in my resume/CV to several jobs, nothing is heard. I went to the hospital the other day, and the lady working there gave me somewhat of a stern look and said that there're no positions whatsoever until the start of September.
THEN WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU OPEN FOR? couldn't you just close your door for the summer? <_<>
I need to get my G1 thoguh!!! this is the written part for Level 1 of driving test..so basically I have to study all the rules and regulations of the road and all that...If there's anythign I hate in this world, it'd be driving. But my parents are forcing me to go and get atleast the first level done..*sigh* yalla we might change our mind later on.

So I am left between my books and the net. I've completed a few in the past few days...but still got lots to go :( .I want to devour them all. . Believe it or not, but I just finished "Then I was Guided" .I've been longing to read this book like centuries ago :P but now Alhamdullilah as soon as I had my hands on it, I couldn't put it down and finished it right the next day. It was A M A Z I N G. simply that. But "Peshawar Nights" was out of stockkkk :'((((( ...

Allow me to also ponder a lil more about the world of books and what I want to get ..."The Alchemist" , "Catch-22" , "My life" by Bill Clinton, "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran, and ofcourse "Da Vinci Code"!!LOL yes I haven't read that yet!!! ok I shall stop now...This is going boring :P

So the day before ysterday (i.e Saturday) a few girls from our previous MSA (muslim student association) planned to go to Wonderland! We were supposed to be 20+ sisters attending but as usual, we ended up with 8 sisters going. Nevertheless, it was AWESOME. Esp. that roller coaster where you had to stand on your own feet!I am not even exaggerating..You ride on it while you're standing, going up and down, left and right. Then we rode on those water rides and we were completely soaking in water ..like totally!!!I have been on these rides before, but it's much more fun with your friends!! We rode like on the most terrifying dangerous rides ever invented...it was fun though :).

Anyhow..

ya Allah farrij 3an kullil il Mo'mineen wal Mo'minaat be7aq Muhaamad wa A'lii Muhammad. *sigh*

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Monday, July 03, 2006

Fatima City


I am so baffled ya Ilahy...I am gonna go nuts if I don't find out soon..read on to see what happened.. I think this is going to be the longest post in this blog..

Just yesterday morning (Saturday), as I was reading through the arabic newspaper (we recieve this every weekened) I was held at a complete astonishment when I read that there's a city in "Portugal" called "The City of Fatima" or "Fatima city". This place is actually some sort of a pilgrimage site where flockings of portugese go there to seek intercession and prayers from Lady Fatima Al Zahra (AS). The more exciting thing about it is the story itself, of how the city's name got derived ,etc. In brief, what was written in the papers is that..there were those three li'l shepherds (two girls and one boy-see pic above) who have met this great Lady named "Fatima". They also described her with the name of Lady of masba7a/rosary beads...and added that she was the daughter of Prophet of Islam. In the year of 1916, and that was prior to the year of meeting of Fatima (AS)-1917 that is, they met an Angel who have told them some words repeatedly for three successive times(came two times during the summer and once during autumn) .. somewhere along these line " Don't be afraid as I am the Angel of Peace..O Allah, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love Thee! I beg pardon of Thee for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee!"and each time he comes, they had to sacrifice something (as in a sheep/goat/etc) and pray and repent for the sinnners..etc etc. That was all a preparation for them to meet Fatima (AS). On May 13th, 1917 ..and in 2 strikes of beam lights , appeared on an olive tree,a Seyyeda whose noor is brighter than the sun..This Lady was called "Fatima" (Salawat 3ala Muhammad wa A'li Muhammad).
Fatima (AS) said: don't be scared....I don't want to scare you.
The children : who are you?!
Fatima (AS): I am Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet( meaning prophet Muhammad SAW).
The children: where did you come from??
Fatima (AS): from Heaven.
THe children: what do you want from us?
Fatima (AS): I came here to ask you to come next time as well to this same place so that I could tell you what exactly I want from you.

And so this Lady of misba7a came everymonth following the month of May, up until October. (Dunno what Lady Fatima (AS) actually told them) ...Then the last meeting approached and that's when the miracle had happened. Infront of appx. 70,000 people watching, the Lady of misba7a rotated the sun in the liver of the sky...then stopped it, then rotated it again and once again stopped it, until people were thinking that the sky is gonna fall over them...Then She (AS) returned the sun to where it was, warm and illuminating. From thereon, it became a sacred site for pilgrims (CATHOLIC ones) to come and request their needs from the Lady of misba7a Fatima Al Zahra (AS).

INTERESTING ISN'T IT?????? Well "I" I haven't heard of it before...so yeah you can tell why I am so excited.

BUT, we're not even through the main issue here...That was all some introductory stuff :P
So I went on google to check on the English stuff and see how valid it is (ofcourse it was valid/atleast I thought so, but was thirsty for more info ..pictures, etc. Guess what I found. They identified this Lady as Virgin Mary (AS). :cry:

How did the name of the city got derived?

Ironically, one of the most famous Christian towns in the world has a popular Muslim name - Fatima was the name of the daughter of Mohammed, the prophet of Islam. The town of Fatima is named after a Moorish girl who lived in Ourem, 10km (6 miles) northeast of Fatima, who fell in love with a Christian knight and converted.
Source: http://www.golisbon.com/portugal/cities/fatima.html

and this was not only on this website...many others confirmed it too.

:cry:
Why is this? What's true? Which one should I believe in...I am completely lost in despair now...I really need to find out soon...Last night I was going wild on google...until I gave up and headed to sleep...I just wanted one single site that confirmed what was written on the paper...Could they be wrong? but no..my heart says otherwise...I think "they" made all these deceptions to take the people away from knowing the greatness of the noble daughter of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). But I can't say this for sure...I have to ask and investigate...

*sigh*
p.s Some websites that are somewhat similar to what I read in the paper:
http://www.portugal.com/fatima/prophecies/prophecies.asp
http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=224516&pid=93

On the other hand, Brazil is knocked out of the WC. just terrific...*sigh*
It was too soon ya Rubby...yeah but they sucked during this last match...

well better luck next WC...oh well...

I am out...

wassalam

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