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Islamic College Planned by Zaytuna

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

May 23, 2009 at 7:46 am

Zaytuna Institute’s plan for Zaytuna College moves closer to fruition. View the article at the following link. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520450,00.html

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Somali Pirates: More of the Same or a New Way Ahead

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

May 06, 2009 at 4:26 pm

This brief article is not to argue that there are no pirates operating off the coast of Somalia. There are. However, they are by no means the only pirates operating in the India Ocean, or globally, and they are by no means the most dangerous maritime threat to the strategic…

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Journey to Timbuktu Part Thirteen - Photo Gallery

Apr 17, 2009 at 2:44 pm

Photos from Mali and Timbuktu - 2009 Click…

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Either Way We’re Enslaved

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Apr 16, 2009 at 8:22 pm

This poem is written by Hasna Abdul-Majid, the daughter of a longtime family friend, Saida Abdul-Majid. We first met them in Washington DC while I was a student at the American University. Hasna was born during those years. When we moved to New Jersey, I was pursuing a Masters Degree…

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Journey to Timbuktu Part Twelve

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Apr 16, 2009 at 7:36 pm

The journey back to Bamako from Timbuktu was via the Bambara Maude, which would make it several hours shorter than the journey preceding our arrival. The trip to Gossi had taken us north of Timbuktu, so that leg of the trip had already been eliminated as we…

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Kirkus Review of the Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Apr 05, 2009 at 2:16 pm

See the following link: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/non-fiction/imam-harith-al-muhasibi/treatise-for-the-seekers-of-guidance/

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Journet to Timbuktu Part Eleven

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Apr 02, 2009 at 11:36 pm

After a brief lunch and a quick nap our group gathered for a meeting with the Governor of Timbuktu. We had been scheduled to meet with him earlier that day. However, the schedule was too tight for us. He had also been busy, called away from his office attending to…

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Journey To Timbuktu   Part Ten

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Mar 28, 2009 at 7:34 am

After returning to the Imam’s house, we were seated in the room we had previously occupied. However, now the room was illuminated with the light beaming from the faces of religious scholars, both young and old. The senior scholars were all adorned with the blue gowns that are the hallmark…

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I AM…

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Mar 27, 2009 at 6:17 am

“I AM…” is a poem by Hamza Abdul Malik who is one of our young scholars. Hamza, has memorized the Qur’an in both Warsh and Hafs and has studied Arabic and Shari’ah in Syria, Yemen, and is currently studying in Egypt. He wrote this poem after his wife’s eighty-year old…

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Journey To Tibuktu   Part Nine

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Mar 23, 2009 at 10:04 pm

After returning to the hotel, we ironed fresh clothing in preparation for a formal visit with the Imam of the Grand Mosque. Even our drivers and guides had doffed their mundane western garb in favor of beautiful traditional garments. The time passed quickly and before we knew it we had…

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