http://www.workingforone.com Ponderings and Pieces From A Grassroots Islamic Worker Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:48:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You're walking from first period to your second class and you see one of the "religious" brothers in your school, Ahmed, giving a phone number to Ashley, the varsity cheerleading captain and that year's homecoming queen. Suspecting people, especially our own Muslim brothers and sisters, is a slippery slope that can ... http://www.workingforone.com/contemporary-issues/did-you-see-him-talking-to-her/ Because Azeem Khan just tore him up! Masha Allah, brothers and sisters, this is a testament to the power of articulate speech and being prepared in the public eye. Our brother Azeem sets an example for us all that coming from immigrant families and specializing in different subjects (medicine and ... http://www.workingforone.com/contemporary-issues/i-feel-bad-for-peter-king/ Today's jumuah khutbah dropped a realization upon my soul that nearly brought me to tears. While talking about death, the khateeb reminded us that this life is nothing compared to the hereafter, and that as a congregation we need to work on to achieving our greatest goal - pleasing Allah ... http://www.workingforone.com/here-there/life-lessons-about-death/ It's with great  pleasure that I announce WorkingForOne gets a new author, Mehreen Khan. After outgrowing her Xanga site, she decided to join WorkingForOne as her next step in blogging alhamdulilah. Studying elementary education at the University of Memphis, she is currently the ameerah of the AlMaghrib Qabeelah there, as well ... http://www.workingforone.com/here-there/workingforone-gets-a-new-author/ Looking at the date on my last post, I can see it's been nearly 2 whole months since I've had the opportunity to update my site. A lot has happened in the past 2 months, let's do a quick update. Perhaps the main reason why I haven't been able to write ... http://www.workingforone.com/here-there/two-months-later/ I grabbed this video from Irfan Shuttari's away message, it's pretty funny to see what potential world leaders are doing. Barack hit the courts at the Maple Crest Middle School for a pick up game of basketball with the winners of the 3-on-3 Challenge for Change voter registration drive. Game announced ... http://www.workingforone.com/contemporary-issues/the-real-reason-to-vote-for-barack-obama/ I visited my home today. It was dark and dusty, I hadn't been for a while. There were tens of people gathered 'round, my neighbors. All staring at a man who had finally gone home. Why are there tears when we go home? or fears of going home? Is it because home is where the ... http://www.workingforone.com/here-there/i-visited-my-home-today/ Disclaimer: This is not a post against MAS Youth, Shaykh Qaradawi, Imam Suhaib Webb, Outlandish or Sami Yusuf. It is a discussion about the environment and atmosphere of Muslim concerts. I love MAS and support them in all events that I feel comfortable with. Outlandish, a European Muslim-pop band, ... http://www.workingforone.com/contemporary-issues/why-im-not-going-to-the-mas-outlandish-concert/ Okay so the title to this post sounds way smoother in Arabic. While we may stand in prayer and do our best to concentrate, there's no way around the fact that it is hard to develop efficient concentration and focus on Allah without knowing the meaning of the words you ... http://www.workingforone.com/quranic-reflections/is-your-heart-thirsty/ With the great American holiday of April Fool's having just passed us, the permissibility of exaggeration and stretching the truth in joking has been a hot issue. Is it okay to be sarcastic? Why can't we stretch the truth a bit? Isn't it okay if we're just joking? In our efforts ... http://www.workingforone.com/contemporary-issues/im-just-joking/