Wednesday, 25 October 2006 at 10:34 pm (Everyday ish)
Assalamualaikum
I was emailed this dua recently from a friend of mine. She was unable to find the Arabic but the English translation captures some of its beauty:
“O Allah, make my love for You the most beloved thing to me, and my fear for You the most fearful thing to me, and remove from me all worldly needs and wants by instilling a passion for meeting You, and when You have given the people of the world the pleasures of their world, make the coolness of my eyes (pleasure) in worshipping You.” Ameen
How beautiful.
In other news, there have been several reminders I’ve had recently about the vulnerability of life and the swiftness with which it passes by. It’s truly miraculous that we’re even alive and breathing knowing there are 298734928374 different things that could go wrong with our intricate body and its functions. SubhanAllah. Glory be to Allah.
pEACe,
Fuzzy
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Friday, 13 October 2006 at 11:20 pm (Educational, Entertaining)
Assalamualaikum everyone,
I just got an email from Mansur (Onjon Bhaiya) regarding a Bengali man who won the Nobel Peace Prize recently. His name is Muhammad Yunus and seems he’s done wonders for the poor and less fortunate in our little land of Bangladesh.
Read on.
pEACe,
Fuzzy
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Wednesday, 11 October 2006 at 10:14 am (Entertaining)
Assalamualaikum,
From Monday’s Globe and Mail
Monday, October 02, 2006
The CBC has quietly ordered eight episodes of a promising — but potentially politically controversial — new sitcom, Little Mosque on the Prairie, about a fictional Muslim family living in rural Saskatchewan. But instead of hoisting pitchforks, rolling down hills and selling eggs at Oleson’s General store like Michael Landon’s Ingalls family, this transplanted clan will be trying to interact with the denizens of a little Prairie town in a post Sept. 11 world.
Given global religious tensions — not helped by Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and the firestorm provoked by cartoons of Prophet Mohammed published in the Danish press — Little Mosque on the Prairie’s comedy will have to be handled with extreme caution. Or God knows, CBC could have any number of watchdogs running around like Little House on the Prairie’s shrieking shopkeeper Harriet Oleson.
CBC is also still smarting from the beating it took over the short-lived programming fiasco The One and is wary of any more potential missteps. Unlike other series starting this winter, the network has been rather tight-lipped about Little Mosque. However, CBC spokesman Jeff Keay confirmed the broadcaster has ordered eight episodes and will begin airing them in January. “The producers recognize the potential sensitivities and are taking that into account,” Keay said. “We’re comfortable that [the show] is being taken in the generous spirit intended. Little Mosque on the Prairie is a funny, warts-and-all look at life in a small community.”
Little Mosque is the brainchild of Regina-based filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz, who is writing and producing the comedy. Nawaz — whose company is called FUNdamentalist Films because she wants to put the “fun back into fundamentalism” — pitched CBC on the show two years ago. She’s working with WestWind Pictures, also of Regina.
Wow. That’ll be interesting. iNshAllah, it airs in January so keep your eyes peeled for it.
pEACe,
Fuzzy
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