February 2012
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This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
– Hafiz
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The secret of success is concentrating interest in life, interest in sports and...
– Excerpt from an altogether beautiful 1928 letter to 16-year-old Jackson Pollock from his dad (via curiositycounts)
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January 2012
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I need to rebel against myself. It’s the opposite of following your bliss. I...
– Chuck Palahniuk (via zenlikeme)
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December 2011
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Let not your eyes and ears poison your innocent heart. Your heart needs loving...
– (via abdulbary)
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Water and clay, when fed on the breath of Jesus,
spread wings, became a bird...
– Rumi (Mathnawi I, 866-867)
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Politics as war is exactly what former Harper strategist Tom Flanagan has long...
– ..precisely the conservative approach to bipartisan politics.
Be very afraid: Stephen Harper is inventing a new Canada - excellent but depressing post by Gerald Caplan.
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In accordance with how good your expectations of and hope in Allah are and how...
– Excerpt from Abu Muhammad Maqdisi’s book “Reflections: Expecting the Best from Allah”
November 2011
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Too often, Islam is portrayed as something like a...
thechoicesweallmake:
This is the best quote I’ve seen on Tumblr. Ever.
Forever reblog.
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Now's as good a time as ever
to stop.
to take a moment and affirm “Alhamdulillah” for indeed all praise is due to Allah.
to count your blessings, renew your intentions, and face tomorrow’s adversities with courage and patience.
to relinquish all your anxieties because insha’Allah everything is going to be alright.
to remember that now’s as good a time as ever.
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October 2011
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September 2011
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In 1963, the Finnish Parlia-ment made the bold decision to choose public...
– Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine
A phenomenal and eye-opening article on the state of education in Finland. The article essentially describes how the Finnish Education system works, highlighting differences in pedagogy and emphasizing the...
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يَا بُنَيَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ وَأْمُرْ...
alathariyyah:
“O my son! Establish the prayer, enjoin the good, and forbid the evil, and endure with patience whatever afflicts you. Verily! These are from the most important of matters.”
(Luqman 31:17)
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I shall grasp the soul’s skirt with my hand
and stamp on the world’s head with...
– Attar (via inthenoosphere)
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'Only 50 years left' for sea fish →
cuntymint:
cultureofresistance:
There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study.
Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries, and the rate of decline is accelerating.
Writing in the journal Science, the international team of researchers says fishery decline is closely tied...
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West Bank draws Canadian entrepreneurs - The Globe... →
“I’ll never forget sitting in [a] sketchy warehouse in Tel Aviv, with $50,000 on my lap, my lawyer by my side and the shipping company on standby waiting for us to make the exchange,” he recalls.
Starting and running a business in a conflict zone comes with its own set of hurdles: political tensions, bureaucracies, trade barriers, checkpoints, telecommunications obstacles, along with many...
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Harper says 'Islamicism' biggest threat to Canada... →
Islamicism? Last time I checked, Stephen Harper is the biggest threat to Canada.
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Perhaps the difference between Steve Jobs and the ‘visionaries’ at other great...
– Vision Without Obstruction: What We Learn From Steve Jobs – insightful reflection by Scott Belsky (via curiositycounts)
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On taking "divergence" to the next level and...
I just read a short but heavy post from a sister on here on why Shi’as hate Umar (RA).
Before reading this, one of things that would truly break my heart concerning the state of the Muslim Ummah is the relationship, mainly the lack of love, so much misunderstanding, and the general unsavory bitterness, between Sunnis and Shi’as. For a long time I was able to forget the animosity and...
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