Of London Saints and Cambridge Rebels
Notes and thoughts from Jaihoon’s journey to London and Cambridge
Maple Syrup and the Malabar Saint: Meeting with a Canadian Booklover
Mujeeb Jaihoon converses with Christine Long, the Mississauga-based painter and book collector, about culture and spirituality
Milad un Nabi: Prophetic Praise is Perfume for our Souls
Fragrance is in no need of advertising. Then what about the blessed one from whom fragrance borrowed its scent? Yet we are extolling him to perfume our own souls with the mercy and compassion he showered on humanity and others… Jaihoon’s Muscat trip journal
Love alone matters here: Day 02 (Umra 2011)
The ‘barakah’ in time of Madina is incredible: it’s long, deep and thick. As if Time is in no hurry to complete its course. As if time follows another Time here.
Journey to Shimla & Manali : Tons of Thoughts to Tout & Tweet
While photographic lens capture the hues, hearts feed on the experiences during travel. Jaihoon’s tweets from the week-long journey across Delhi – Shimla – Manali – Chandigarh – Sirhind
Journey to Shimla & Manali : Tons of Thoughts to Tout & Tweet
While photographic lens capture the hues, hearts feed on the experiences during travel. Jaihoon’s tweets from the week-long journey across Delhi – Shimla – Manali – Chandigarh – Sirhind
Labbaykk Allahumma Labbaykk : Farewell Madina
Life is a continuous cycle of meeting and parting. One leads to another. Like spring and winter. Nay, Life and Death. So the bird has to leave the nest. And the fish out of water. Nightingale off the rose. We left by Isha prayer after bidding salaam to the Beloved.
Kerala Trip May 2011: Tweets and fotos
Tweets of the Kerala trip during Apr 30 – May 14 2011.
Imitating a Worried Woman: Day 3 (Umra 2011)
Islam admires and reveres the sentiments of humanity. And a woman too is a part of it. Hajra ran between the two Mounts, across sands and rocks, in tear and fear, for her child crying of thirst. And since then, Allah has ordained all the believers to imitate and emulate Ismail’s Mother as an act of worship.
Internet Is Not a Holy Place, says Abdal Hakim Murad
Religious activism will be counter-productive when robbed of self introspection. Activism, Abdal Hakim Murad believes, fails to address the demons within oneself.