There is technology that may be applied for support of discourse. Like as abstraction after the pen, the page, and the means of publication, the technology may be new, may be very efficient in operation, and may the substance of the work remain as the foremost point of consideration. In numerous places, technology is applied for discourse about Islam. The following are a few resources that I have noticed. Inshaa Allah , may they be of benefit to the visitor and the reader. Jamiatul Ulama (KwaZulu-Natal) – Council of Muslim Theoligians, their name telling much of their established presence,...

Asalamualikum! (Peace be with you!) I can’t believe a whole year has passed, but it has and it’s here again! Ramadan, the blessed month of the year in the Islamic calendar started on 4th October 2005 As usual there is some debate in the Muslim community about the starting of Ramadan and the day of Eid, it basically works by the sighting of the new moon. at Maghrib The fourth prayer in the day at sunset time. To elaborate – at sunset on Tuesday the day of Ramadan started. Today (Wednesday 5th) was my first day of fasting and so far it’s been fine. I don’t make any changes...

  Peace be with you all.  I have been working on another plugin to add-on to my ‘Random Hadith Plugin’ which I released a couple of months ago. It makes sense that I have chosen to add to this with the addition of the ‘Random Qur’anic Verse Plugin’ for WordPress 1.2, 1.5+ (inshAllah). I asked Kemas Yunus if he knew any scripts for random Qur’an verses. He contacted me a little later with an indionesian website (mukmin.info) which gives you three Al-Qur’an scripts; 1) Text 2) Arabic + Arabic Text Image and 3) Arabic + English Text Image. I...

Mumtaz from Birmingham wrote such an extensive comment I thought i’d give it its own post:   |inline

I pray for him and hope that Allah (SWT) grants him paradise. A message on behalf of Trustees, Director and Staff of IPCI Early this morning, 8 August 2005 / 2 Rajab 1426, Sheikh Ahmed Hoosen Deedat passed on to meet his Creator. This was after succumbing to a severe stroke that left him paralysed for more than nine years.Throughout this period, he gracefully persevered under the most difficult...

 Okay so i’m reading through my daily collection of mailinglist emails and yet again I come across an interesting article from the Information Clearing house. Yep I don’t fully agree with it – and the ideologies that the author has portrayed about Islam are, like usual, strangely foreign to anyone who actually has any idea about the faith - |inline

I found this article on Wired News about Christian Games, oh yeah, they exist. There appears to’ve been a Christian Game Developers Conference recently on which they’ve showcased some new games like this one: Timothy and Titus. players assume the roles of the two disciples of St. Paul who spread the gospel throughout the ancient Mediterranean. Instead of the health and weapons points used in other role-playing games, players collect love, hope and faith points to power their missions. When they meet foes, instead of fragging them as in Halo 2, the disciples earn their halos by praying...

South Korea’s pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigniting a fierce ethical debate — while producing a perky, lovable puppy. |inline