CLOSE GUANTANAMO PETITION

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/gtmo1234/

SIGN SIGN SIGN!!!

Following the events of the last few years, I don't really believe Petitions or Marches have a great amount (if any!) impact. However, as a Muslim body, this is the only way (in current time) we can show any kind of strength - strength by numbers.

Just a thought - how would it look if there were no signatures?

Vlog #10: How did you convert to Islam? (season finale)

I know you're watching.. what did you think?

Have I packed my bags?

Here's something one of my students gave me. Very basic, but it certainly hits the spot!

When we pack our bags to go on holiday, or visit far away friends, we remember to pack our clothes, shoes, bathroom necessities and other little things...

Since we could understand right from wrong, we have started packing our bags and will finish when our souls leave us.

• Have I packed my Salah 5 times a day?
• Have I packed my Fasting?
• Have I packed my reading and memorizing Qur'an?
• Have I packed those little things we do for Allahs' sake and get Ajr for?
• Have I?

My bags are called Life. I have to pack everyday because I don't know when Allah will call me back to him, so I have to be ready to go all the time, anywhere.

And on the way up to Allah, I don't have any U-turns so that I could go back and get the things I forgot to pack. So I must start packing if I haven't, and don't forget, there's no such thing as too many bags when I'm packing for my Ultimate trip... to Allah.

Quote: Leave a Trail

"Don't go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path & leave a trail"

Quote: Beautiful Smile

"No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears"

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart"

Read Salah

Sometimes, we get lazy and tend to miss the odd Salah. MSN seems to revive our energy, whilst we can spend ours chatting to our friends, and sociallising. Maybe it's time we concentrated a little more on Allah too.

Food: Halalainos'

Pizza and Milkshake with the Red Topi crew et al. Celebrating Eid Al-Adha and New Years Eve. The evening started off with the boys and girls seperated, later on however, the groups split and realigned into groups of friendships. As I always say tho, it's not where you eat - but who you're with that matters!

I guess Halalainos' is a spoof of the infamous Tinsel Town, with a variety of Milkshake flavours including the likes of Snickers, Twix and Oreo as well as some fruity flavours such as Peach and Pineapple, or the more traditional, Strawberry.

Walking in, first impressions are of a classy Pizzeria. Upstairs, you're invited by huge leather couches, dimmed lighting and louder music - perfect to kick back, chit chat, and take in a puff or two of the Arabian Penninsulas' gift to London - Shisha. As the starters came rolling in, I couldn't but imagine myself back in the days of college, sitting in the common room whilst watching the likes of MTV Base. A kind of bar-esc atmosphere without alcohol. Not exactly my cup of chai, so not sure if I'll be visiting again any time soon.

Good value for money, at £10 per head you get a milkshake and a large pizza which is clearly way too big for one person. Not to mention the magic word 'HALAL', and the service was good too.

Beware however, a Calzone is a stuffed pizza - as oppossed to topped. Still, it tastes the same although a little undercooked, so I spent the evening removing the dough, and eating what would have been the topping.

Overall the great night, a nice close to 2006.