tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post1771400343768524221..comments2024-03-25T01:20:22.817-04:00Comments on a bengali in TO: Reviving The Islamic Spirit - 8th Convention - A Recapmezbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-19128628451530175692010-01-03T01:22:58.368-05:002010-01-03T01:22:58.368-05:00Musa, ya... I remember not having these meetings (...Musa, ya... I remember not having these meetings (or perhaps they were, but no one knew about it)... when I lived in the Middle East.<br /><br />I used to wonder also why the khutbah was not also in English as most people were non Arabs.mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-30889962132184134992010-01-03T00:10:16.563-05:002010-01-03T00:10:16.563-05:00Amazing stuff; pity we dont get such things in the...Amazing stuff; pity we dont get such things in the UAE. Then again, all that matters is they have 7 star hotels, and tall skyscrapers, and hundreds of Masajid where we pray like robots ....Musanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-4392601150699958282010-01-01T08:03:23.712-05:002010-01-01T08:03:23.712-05:00Thanks everyone for the comments! I am glad you gu...Thanks everyone for the comments! I am glad you guys benefitted from the recap.<br /><br />Anika IAnikanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-33223042715002835212010-01-01T03:25:24.809-05:002010-01-01T03:25:24.809-05:00Thanks everyone for your comments. I will pass the...Thanks everyone for your comments. I will pass them on to Anika.mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-49400956985899537182009-12-31T09:41:31.981-05:002009-12-31T09:41:31.981-05:00Thanks for the summary! Wish I could've been t...Thanks for the summary! Wish I could've been there.Muslim Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186097747928125335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-967963092678713452009-12-30T16:58:03.503-05:002009-12-30T16:58:03.503-05:00That marriage quote is great! All of the speakers ...That marriage quote is great! All of the speakers were really good.'liyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682312785305176809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-16978916984799626272009-12-30T15:23:12.150-05:002009-12-30T15:23:12.150-05:00It sounds like it was such an amazing convention! ...It sounds like it was such an amazing convention! Thanks for this recap.<br /><br />I absolutely love Tariq Ramadan! His first quote reminded me of what Sheikh Tahtawi or Muhammad Abduh (I forget which) said when he visited France for the first time in the early part of the 20th C: "In Europe I see Muslims but no Islam. In Egypt I see Islam but no Muslims."cairo, lusaka, amsterdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955671720625835663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-50736648655114566542009-12-30T10:16:48.543-05:002009-12-30T10:16:48.543-05:00MashaAllah, great points! Thank you so much for s...MashaAllah, great points! Thank you so much for sharing this. <br /><br />"Marriage is not meant to make us happy, it is meant to make us HOLY, its supposed to bring us closer to Allah." I agree; it's because of simply pursuing that happiness that we become selfishly ungrateful of our married life.nadiahttp://thepurplejournal.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-49324283583746019642009-12-30T00:57:41.042-05:002009-12-30T00:57:41.042-05:00I attended RIS and this is a pretty good summary!I attended RIS and this is a pretty good summary!M&Mnoreply@blogger.com