Custodian of the two holey socks
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2008
Scene: Pound pizza place, Stratford Road, January 2002: Mrs Moo: Hi I would like to order a pound pizza. Pizzaman: What would you like, any three toppings, all halal. Mrs Moo: ummm… Do you have spinach? Pizzaman: What? Mrs Moo: (loudly, with random gestures) Spinach!? Spinach!? Pizzaman: Infuriated: No! I am not Spanisch! I am [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2008
AliEteraz has written on the Muslamists. ‘Everything is Muslim’. Article over here. MinaretMuse relates in incident in the supermarket here Inspired by the above, I am will be posting up a new series entitled, “32 Scenes of British Islam”. It will be 32 scenes of British Islam (keeping it simple) that are true, or inspired [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2008
Following on from previous post Praying in space: If one prays on a spaceship at near the speed of light not only would your prayer mat shrink but you would probably miss your prayer times due to time dilation. Be careful and try to pray before and after ‘hyperjumps’. Prayer at warp speed will require [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2008
Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity I was talking to someone today about string theory, and quantum mechanics and special relativity. As any good physicist knows, the genius of Sidi Al-Bert Einstein was proving that when one travels near the speed of light, strange effects occur. When looking at the subatomic tiny level, something calls quantum [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2008
The Muslim News Awards 2008 winners have just been announced at a nice glittering ceremony last night. Congratulations to all the winners. [link] A special mention should go to the Muslim News, who have been publishing monthly for years, and putting on this awards ceremony for the best part of a decade. Muslim media is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008
Three pieces of info I learnt over the long weekend Reminiscing: There is no better phrase for lightening the mood than to announce “For God’s sake, let us sit upon the carpet and tell sad stories.” This is taken from Black Adder II, Episode 4 (Money) which in turn is an indirect quote from Shakespeare. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2008
Following on from the post at sunnisters a while ago http://www.sunnisisters.com/?p=2810 “What you do is enter a letter in the address bar of your browser, see which oft-visited site the browser suggests is, and then put that down as your choice site for that letter” I have divided them up into geek and religious, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2008
The halal food committees are a recent phenomenon, and they are increasing in influence. Trained inspectors, sometimes scholars , inspect abattoirs to ensure halalosity. Its big business and both Muslims and non-Muslims are buying into it. On the positive side, the halal food authorities are giving a service to the small family run butcher, namely [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2008
My dear brothers and sisters, I am typing this in my role as Muslim Internet Activist. This is a very important role. I am not a scholar, but through the judicious analysis of websites and robust discussions with members of the opposing viewpoint, I have thoroughly honed my views. There are many crazy Muslims on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2008
The Kunya Dear hard-of-thinking army spokespersons. Whoever you are paying for you cultural awareness training is taking you for a ride. When flicking through news reports I hear you have captured Abu Ahmad al-Baghdadi. I smile. That chap is the father of Ahmed, and comes from Baghdad, and that is all. What you just spake, [...]