Steve's father
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You can read what Steve's father, Abdul Fattah Jandali, originally from a traditional Muslim family in Homs, Syria, himself said to Al-Hayat about his own life.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2011011891545
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Keith Ellison, from Catholic to Muslim
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Prior to 2006, few people even knew that then-Minnesota state legislator Keith Ellison was a Muslim. Because of his English name, he said, no one thought to ask.
But five years ago, when he ran for a seat in the United States House of...
Abū Khaythama Zuhayr b. Ḥarb b. Shaddād al-Nasāʾī was also a scholar and trustworthy narrator of hadiths.
His work, Kitāb al-ʿIlm, brings together hadiths relating to knowledge.
There is an English translation of the work that you can download from here...
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The second al-Nasāʾī is the compiler of the Sunan.
Abū Khaythama Zuhayr b. Ḥarb b. Shaddād al-Nasāʾī (d. 234/849) lived at an earlier period.
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The Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Parliament in Tehran has digitised about 30000 manuscripts which are now accessible. These include Persian, Arabic and Turkish manuscripts:
http://dl.ical.ir/websearch/Search/BasicSearch.aspx
Manuscripts can be searched by name or...
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Guidance is a free prayer times application for Mac OS X that plays the adhan when it is time for prayer.
* Choose from four different adhans to play, … [or select your own mp3 adhan file]. Guidance now includes the ability to play dua after the adhan
* Guidance can wake...
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Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum (March 20 - June 13, 2010) showcases masterpieces of illuminated and illustrated manuscripts produced in Islamic lands from the ninth to the nineteenth century C.E.
The exhibition coincides with the initiative to...
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This video of provocative "artwork" by European artist Johannes Gees, made in 2007, shows the adhān being called from Swiss Church Towers and the reaction of the people:
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For details of this project see here: http://johannesgees.com/?cat=54
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Update
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Update:
Read the full story:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1258880776486&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
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