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Caravan of the Royal Gifts (SURRE ALAYI)
CARAVANS OF ROYAL GIFTS (SURRE ALAYI) The word surre means the gifts and precious goods that were donated by the Sultan and citizens of the Ottoman Empire every year and which were sent to Mecca and...
View ArticleChinese Sufi – Sohbets
Click here to see Sohbet’s in Traditional Chinese http://naqshichintrad.wordpress.com/ Or in simplified http://naqshichinsimp.wordpress.com/
View ArticleTimes Online: “Madonna syndrome: I should have ditched feminism for love,...
Madonna syndrome: I should have ditched feminism for love, children and baking A playwright who embraced the feminism espoused by her mother and flaunted by Madonna now feels betrayed by Zoe Lewis Link...
View ArticleSelected Excerpts – Tradition, Evolution, Modernism [1]
Evolutionary theory, as it is commonly understood by nonspecialists, has penetrated very deeply into the substratum of human thought. It shapes opinion and distorts judgment in almost every sphere, all...
View ArticleSelected Excerpts – Tradition, Evolution, Modernism [2]
The distinction between ignorance and agnosticism—a distincÂtion which is often ignored in our time—is of great importance. The former is both natural and realistic; it knows itself and...
View ArticleThe Caliph at Jummah
Every Friday the sultan would attend Friday prayers in one of the mosques of Istanbul, a tradition known as selamlik. The alkish (literally, ‘applause’) that is mentioned in descriptions of this...
View ArticleOttoman Sharia Laws on Spousal Abuse – 16th Century Examples
Contrast the following with the fact that it wasn’t until 1977, with the Pennsylvania Protection from Abuse act, that broad sweeping changes in legislation altered the domestic abuse problem towards...
View ArticleThe Crusade for a Christian military
The inflammatory title is explained within, it’s an interesting article: http://harpers.org/archive/2009/05/0082488 Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military By Jeff Sharlet – From...
View ArticleHigher-Criticism writes a review of Wahabi Islam by Delong-Bas
Award winning blogger Sheila X of Higher-Criticism writes a review of Wahabi Islam by Delong-Bas http://higher-criticism.com/2009/05/review-of-wahhabi-islam-natana-delong-bas.html Appropriate...
View ArticleOttoman Naqshbandi – Sobriety in Devotional Practice [2]
Other Naqshbandi’s ventured to defend the vocal dhikr against critics. We recall that the seventeenth-century Medinese Sheykh Ibrahim al-Kurani entered into an argument about this issue with a...
View ArticleVeiling, Vitamin D, and Cultural Eugenics
Recent attacks by France’s President Nikolas Sarkozy have brought new attention to traditional Muslim dress. Sarkozy is quoted as saying, to Parliament: The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign...
View ArticleTwitter Updates for 2009-07-18
'Modern Islam' – Benefit from all the classes and seminars you can with no commitment except money. # 'Traditional Islam' – Commit yourself to one source, without any fee. (36:21) #
View ArticleRevisionist History And Ottomans – Sh. Jihad Brown
The National – Sheykh Jihad Brown – 01 August 2009 Revisionist history in the Middle East likes to think of the Ottoman years as an episode of Turkish domination. The reality, however, was far from...
View ArticleLaylatul Baraat – Night of Baraat Celebrated tonight @ Osmanli Dergah
Tonight we will be observing remembrance of Laylatul Baraat, the 15th Shabaan. Some Resources on the significance of this night: The Night of the 15th of Sha`ban “Laylatul-bara’ ah” (The night of...
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Ottoman Palestine Pictures
From ottomanpalestine.com: “Until 9 December 1917 for more 400 years the city and Palestine lived peacefully under Pax Ottomana. Despite this 400 year long rule of Turks in Jerusalem there are not many...
View ArticleCircles of Dignity
“O people, by Allâh I have visited kings. I went to Caesar, Chosroes and the Negus, but by Allâh I never saw a king whose companions venerated him as much as the companions of Muhammad venerated...
View ArticleConcerning the Ritual Prayer of the Spiritual Elite
The traditional report (hadith) of Abu Hazim al-Araj (R)… One day, while I was at the seashore, one of the Companions of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) came up to me and said:...
View ArticleOn the three approaches to the condemnation of wrongs: with the hand, with...
On the three approaches to the condemnation of wrongs: with the hand, with the tongue and with the heart. Once it has been established that the condemnation of wrongs [al-inkar] is a necessary duty, it...
View ArticleSaudi’s Defeat the Vatican from Within
Years ago, the Saudi government launched into a secret psy-war with Italy and dismantled the Vatican from within. Catholics remain in a state of disarray, interestingly enough, some remain unaware...
View ArticleA Response to Br Naeem – Topic: Useless Discussions on Jihad
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Original post/comments here: Br Naeems Blog: Useless Discussions on Jihad “@Yursil, appreciate the references, but surely you can’t be presenting an argument based on...
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