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Grand Tarawih Congregation

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Only a few days till Ramadan* and we begin the fast of 14-hours a day! Look forward to it. I also look forward to this initiative by Ebrahim College of a Grand Tarawih Congregation in Tower Hamlets. Set up for up to 3,000 congregates - this is the largest scale of Tarawih I have heard of... Click for larger image *Ramadan will fall on either 12th or 13th September this year according to the sighting of the moon. To find out more about moonsighting click here .

The Islamicist's Weblog

Funniest blog I have read in a while. It's like Adrian Mole meets Ed Hussain , the author of the (dire) book The Islamist . Although only a few entries I hope this would be a regular feed with a lot more to come from this blogger. Here is an excerpt from the blog: As a child I was always resentful I was born. Other children had been born too, and seemed to bear this with good grace, but for me, it seemed so unfair, especially with the parents I had. My father, a man, and my mother, a woman, were both from Pakistan. Ordinarily, a Pakistani man and a Pakistani woman having a baby is not a momentous event. Children are very common in that country. What was special about my parents were that they gave birth to me. This event took place in London, city of a Thousand Extremists, but more on that later, including the Dramatic Recruitment, and my Dramatic Escape, all highlighted in my new Book. Have i mentioned my Book yet? No? Ok. Growing up in London, it was clear that my faith, my dres