Custodian of the two holey socks
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008
Pigeon-towing the line. Pigeonism is a peaceful and beautiful way of life. In Birmingham, we have welcomed pigeons for many years. But, some of you are not behaving correctly. Some of you are getting squished underneath our expensive cars. We have tried to mitigate this. We have put in speed humps, we put lights, we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2008
These few days, Living Islam is taking place, where in a large field in Linconshire, bouncy castles will jostle for space with archery lessons. Actually, I think this year they are setting those two activities at opposite ends to avoid the risk of a puncture – this is known as Forward Planning. I love the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2008
Ginger Muslim lolcats. thats it. Ginger Muslim lolcats. It is quite a simple idea.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2008
Below is one of my favourite poems, by Rudyard Kipling. IF….. IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2008
About to go to Jumah, so a quick note I am looking to make some changes. In December, I was thinking about some New Years resolutions and Awkward Moo thought, no, July is a much better time for resolutions, the days are longer and it is warmer. Also, this week I have been: Looking into [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2008
This is a really important programme to watch. It can be watched it on Channel 4′s website if one has missed it. [Link] There is an associated pdf pamphlet with the programme, and a web page with poll information. The whole thing makes for pretty grim reading, and it is important, regardless of your background, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2008
This one is dedicated to some young people I know, who recently went camping and posted pictures online making gang signs to their Sony Ericsson camera-phones. To my young brethren, this posting-of-gang-signs is not a good thing. Universally, this is not a good thing. Even if you reside in south Central L.A., and today is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2008
Celebrating There are three event that are occurring to celebrate British Muslimosity. We have Islam Expo this coming weekend, the week after we have Living Islam, and later on in the year we will have the Global Peace and Unity Conference 2008. Halal celebrations all round. Ruminating Here are three men quotes taken from the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2008
BBC News features a conference on chaplains looking at Muslims in the military. Numbers: The BBC reports the following figures: Close to 400 Muslims serve in the military – about 300 in the Army, 50 in the RAF and 40 in the Navy. 400 out of 2 million is about 0.0002 or 0.002% of all [...]