Sister Amina on Islam: October 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Understanding Islam through Poetry

Bismillah ir-rahman ir-raheem

Assalaam alaikum!

Wow. That was my reaction to the video you are about to watch. Masha'Allah, this man's poetry gave me goose bumps and nearly brought me to tears. If you are curious about Islam, watch Boonaa Mohammed's videos on You Tube. Perhaps we should always leave the explaining up to the poets...

Enjoy.



Sunday, October 10, 2010

POLL: The Results Are in Again!!!

Bismillah ir-rahman ir-raheem


Assalaam alaikum!

Alrighty, so the results of the September poll are in! 

This month's question was: Which topic(s) would you be interested in reading more about?

This month eleven people answered and here are their responses:

-4 voters (36%) answered The Qur'an
-4 voters (36%) answered Hadith and Sunnah
-Zero voters answered The five pillars
-2 voters (18%) answered Halal slaughter (Zabihah)
-2 voters (18%) answered Marriage in Islam
-3 voters (27%) answered Women's issues
-Zero voters answered The prophets
-4 voters (36%) answered The Prophet Mohammad (SAW) specifically
-1 voter (9%) answered Comparative religion
-1 voter (9%) answered Jinn and magic
-3 voters (27%) answered Islamic hostory
-4 voters (36%) answered Islam and modern thought
-3 voters (27%) answered Nationalism and secularism
-4 voters (36%) answered Current events in Islam
-3 voters (27%) answered Terrorism

In addition, there was one vote for The five pillars, one additional vote for Marriage in Islam, one additional vote for Women's issues, two additional votes for Jinn and magic and one additional vote for Comparative religion.


I would just like to clarify that for in order for me to get accurate results in the poll, I need voters to not vote in the comments and to please vote in the poll itself, which can be found at the bottom of the blog. I have no way of knowing if the additional votes were only in the comments or if they were comments and votes in the poll.

This month's poll is the following:

What have you heard about equality in marriage in Islam?

-The husband has absolute authority over the family and home.
-The wife has absolute authority over the family and home.
-The husband has certain rights over and obligations to his family and the wife has certain rights over and obligations to her family.
-All power and obligations regarding family are shared by husband and wife.

If you have heard more than one of these things, please select the option you believe to be true!

Insha'Allah, I will have another post soon because I have two ideas for posts and it is a long weekend due to Canadian Thanksgiving!