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The season of change have come and gone, it’s now a world of new beginnings. I look back three weeks ago to the beginning of my first Ramadan. It started with the beginning of the fast, in which I compare to the season of fall. Our bodies are still full of life, [...]


Posted at: October 12th, 2007 - 9:28 pm - Number of Comments » 1

Alsalam Aleikum. The Islamic Center of Asheville has made it’s official announcement that Eid will begin on Fri 12. Prayers will be held at the center at 9:30 AM, as well as regular Jummah prayers at 1:30. Hope those stomachs are ready for lots of sweets. Rumor has it that 20 dozen [...]


Posted at: October 11th, 2007 - 8:31 pm - Number of Comments » 2

I just finished reading an interesting article that was in last months Wired magazine.  It basically went into the idea that most people would be willing to give larger amounts to assist one person over larger groups of people.  According to psychologists they believe this is hard wired into most of our brains.  For example [...]


Posted at: September 24th, 2007 - 4:58 pm - Number of Comments » 0