Ramadan message by President Obama

On the 22nd of August 2009, the President of the US, Barack Obama, offered a Ramadan greeting to Muslims in his weekly YouTube video.

While wishing good tidings for Ramadan, he also was re-stating his policy with respect to Muslims which includes the Muslim nations and those Muslims in the United States.

It would be interesting to note that in a recent poll conducted , the approval ratings of the current President has slid over issues like abortion, health care and the handling of the current economic crisis.

Below is the transcript of the video [which has been translated at the White House website into the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Dari, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Urdu]:

Al Jazeera shut down in West Bank

Al Jazeera

The BBC reports the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday closed down the offices of the Arabic satellite news channel al-Jazeera.  The decision comes after a guest on the channel recently accused the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of collabrating with Israel in the death of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Yasser Arafat died in late 2004 after falling into a coma. The exact cause of death until now remains unconfirmed.

The main article on BBC is here: Al-Jazeera closed in West Bank

Kalimaat launching tomorrow!

“I started playing the game and before you know it hours have passed and I am still playing game as it is very fun to play.” -Hassan Sultan (Tampa, FL)

Kalimaat

There’s been talk about Baba Ali of the famed Reminder Series coming out with a new product.

Well he created something new alright! It’s a new board game called Kalimaat! It looks awesome!

And to add more fuel to the fire, so to say, there is a contest happening tomorrow [which is also the launch date, July 5th] for winning the game at discounted prices.

Find the details here: Baba Ali’s Game: Kalimaat Waiting List

Being Muslim in America – A US State Department initiative

The US State Department has released a brochure on what is being a Muslim in America all about.

The US State Department has spent a good amount of money in preparing this slick presentation.

Be cautious while reading it though.

Being Muslim in America

Muslims and the Gym coverup – A FBI special

Subhanallah! Now even the gyms aren’t safe in the US for the Muslims.

Read the expose news report here from the LA Times: FBI monitored members of O.C. mosques at gyms, alleged informant says

The highlight is the FBI operation went so well that:

He said the project was working so well that his handlers were given clearance to use him to open a gym that would cater to men in the Islamic community. It was supposed to have a prayer room next to the workout area and the entire place was going to be wired for audio and video surveillance, Monteilh said. He said the project was scrapped after his cover was blown.

Almost 8  years down the line, the Muslims are still beng followed, spied on, arrested and Allaah knows what else.

Any effort the Muslim community in the West puts for establishing trust with the goernments just goes down the drain by antics of their law-enforcement agencies.

May Allaah swt protect the Muslims from such fitnaahs.