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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Jiddah: Queen of the India Trade

Caution: Photos

ما شاء الله لا قوة الا بالله

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Here’s an Arab News article on the strategic plan to make Jeddah a world-class city.

الحمد لله رب العالمين

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The Shariah Index will rate countries’ Islamic law. Interesting…

ُما شاء الله والحمدلله

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It’s been many years since a recommendation to read Samuel Johnson’s The Rambler passed from the lips of a scholar to my ears, by God’s will. I tried then, and again, but today, section one made clear and immediate sense to me.

الحمدلله رب العالمين

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Once in a while, a message from somebody shows up in my inbox inviting me to join Facebook or Twitter.

In the freely accessible articles section of Shadhiliteachings.com can be found a cautionary piece by Sheikh Nuh Keller on the perils of digital social media.

الحمدلله رب العالمين

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Necessary Journeys: Caryl Phillips on Race, Class and a European Odyssey

الحمدلله رب العالمين

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Allah enabled us to visit Columbia University’s Butler Library a few days ago to view a facsimile copy of the huge Samarkand Manuscript of the Quran. Inquiring about it with the library via e-mail and being offered the opportunity to see the manuscript up close was surprisingly simple and the people involved were all pleasant and easy to deal with. (For those who might not know the requirements for handling the Quran, here is guidance for Muslims and non-Muslims.) We were informed that 25 copies of the manuscript were made in Russia around 1900, and that the reason one of them was obtained by Columbia University (in the 1930s) was because of the high interest that University scholars had in studying it. The librarian added that Princeton and Harvard universities have copies as well.

Everybody who can should see the beautiful manuscript إن شاء الله.

والحمدلله رب العالمين

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