origin.mercurynews.com Obama makes history, claims nomination; Clinton plots next move by Mary Anne Ostrom Mercury News Article Launched: 06/04/2008 01:30:25 AM PDT Once a long shot for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, earned enough delegates Tuesday to claim his place in history. Sen. Hillary Clinton, his never-say-die rival, however, did not give up. She said she needs more time before making her next move, and earlie... Read More

www.usatoday.com By David Jackson, USA TODAY BATON ROUGE ? Republican Sen. John McCain kicked off the latest phase of the presidential race Wednesday by challenging Sen. Barack Obama to a series of town hall-type debates. "I propose these town hall meetings be as free from the regimented trappings, rules and spectacle of formal debates as possible," McCain said in a letter to Obama, sent the morning after the Illinois senator clinched the Democra... Read More

www.reuters.com Wed Jun 4, 2008 3:30pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has asked three people, including Caroline Kennedy, to lead a search for a prospective vice presidential running mate, his campaign said on Wednesday. Kennedy, daughter of former President John Kennedy, will be joined by former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson, who performed the same task for John Kerry in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984, and former deputy Attorney General Eric ... Read More

origin.mercurynews.com Obama makes history, claims nomination; Clinton plots next move by Mary Anne Ostrom Mercury News Article Launched: 06/04/2008 01:30:25 AM PDT Once a long shot for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, earned enough delegates Tuesday to claim his place in history. Sen. Hillary Clinton, his never-say-die rival, however, did not give up. She said she needs more time before making her next move, and earlie... Read More

Salaam, I am wondering how other Muslim educators feel when they are approached to teach about Evolution or to include transgenderism/ homosexualism in their teaching, especially at the primary school stage when they are learning about themselves, families and such? For an examply, in teaching about diversity, we have to teach kids that some people have "two" daddies and thats okay? What do we as Muslims, when we don't support it or tink it's morally right?

Sunday, June 1, 2008 Delegates get split decision Democratic officials agree to seat Florida and Michigan, but with only half of their votes. Democratic Party officials yesterday restored Florida and Michigan's disputed delegates but gave them only a half-vote each, reaching a compromise they said would send a signal of unity in the final days of their long presidential primary season. Portions of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee decision were met with loud and ... Read More

washingtontimes.com Obama quits Chicago church Sunday, June 1, 2008 ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) ? Sen. Barack Obama yesterday said he has resigned his 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago "with some sadness" in the aftermath of the latest round of racially inflammatory remarks at the church. "This is not a decision I come to lightly ... and it is one I make with some sadness," Mr. Obama said at a n... Read More

Sareets, I was wondering if you want to get together some time so we can make new friends. Email me at saminaq at hotmail

news.bbc.co.uk Five days that will shake US race By Max Deveson BBC News, Washington Stop me if you've heard this one before - but the race for the Democratic presidential nomination could be coming to an end in a few days' time. By 4 June, we are likely to have answers to two of the most important questions that have been hanging over the race, and spreading uncertainty. We should learn definitively which candidate has won the most elected delegates -... Read More

Clinton's advisers are confident all disputed delegates will be seated May 31, 2008 WASHINGTON - Top advisers to Hillary Clinton said yesterday they are "quite confident" that a key Democratic committee meeting today will end in their favor - with a ruling that the disputed delegations from Florida and Michigan will be seated at the party's convention in August. Harold Ickes, a top Clinton strategist, said Clinton's campaign lawyers have reviewed the party rules and concluded that the Rules and Bylaws ... Read More

www.latimes.com McCain and Obama spar over Iraq Each candidate challenges the other's grasp of the situation. Clinton campaigns in Puerto Rico. By Maeve Reston, Louise Roug and Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers May 31, 2008 GREAT FALLS, MONT. -- The leading presidential candidates capped a weeklong debate over who has a better grasp of the situation in Iraq, with Barack Obama mocking John McCain on Friday for... Read More

Mocking of Clinton at Obama?s Church Reverberates www.nytimes.com May 31, 2008 Mocking of Clinton at Obama?s Church Reverberates By SUSAN SAULNY CHICAGO ? Reverberations from the Sunday sermon of a Roman Catholic priest who mocked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at Senator Barack Obama?s home church here continued to spread Friday, after the priest offered an apology and the archbishop of Chicago gave him a public reprimand for ?partisan campaigning.? ... Read More

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Salam to all, As part of my independant research study, I've recently developed a new acne treatment cream that's like nothing you've seen before. I originally set out to create an acne cream for my sister who suffered from acne and had no luck with products like Proactive and all the other stuff on the market. So I went through my medical textbooks, as well as other research material and started working on a treatment. Well, after a few formulas I created something that works in JUST 1 WEEK! You use this c... Read More

The complete poem taken from www.alif-india.com is Ziehal-e miskeenn makun taghaful, duraye naina banaye batiyan; ki taab-e hijran nadaram ay jaan, na leho kaahe lagaye chhatiyan. Shaban-e hijran daraz chun zulf wa roz-e waslat cho umr kotah; Sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun to kaise kaatun andheri ratiyan. Yakayak az dil do chashm-e jadoo basad farebam baburd taskin; Kise pari hai jo jaa sunaave piyare pi ko hamaari batiyan. Cho shama sozan cho zarra hairan hamesha giryan be ishq aan meh; ... Read More

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August 17, 2008 at 2:20am

i don't understand farsi that well, but the english tranlation does'nt do justice to its real meaning...

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July 16, 2008 at 3:44pm

True - Amir Khusrao's poetry is the root of urdu sufi poetry - or so I am told.

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July 16, 2008 at 1:02pm

This is a faarsi poem, not urdu

Ahlan & sahlan I'm reading: "Mystics, Monarchs & Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran" by Kathryn Babayan. I know perhaps it sounds like a snore, but it is totally addictive. "Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity" by Najmabadi. It's so fascinating! Okay, now you get the sweet centre: * "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow. Excitement galore! Crunchy, tasty and Canadianly good. (He started bOING-bOING, which is now boingboing.net.)

May 23, 2008 edition of the Finger Lake Times (NY). Don?t Judge Based on Name OSAMA: bin Zaid vs. bin Laden by Sardar Anees Ahmad This past October, in a combined effort of the American military, U.S State Department, Yemeni Government, et al, a $40,000 American Government donation culminated in the opening of a primary school. The school?s name? The Osama bin Zaid Primary School. Yes, that is not a typo ? the American government and military assisted in establishing a school that no... Read More

Copy and paste the following into your URL: 216.243.184.169 This guy took a polaroid picture every day for 20 years!

O The Ever-present Glorious Lord, All praise belongs unto You. Let my heart sing Your praise ceaselessly. O The Most Aware, Surely You are aware of my poor heart. Bless it, evolve it to Your liking. O The Originator, Take my heart to its original innocence. O The Manifest, Give Your vision to my heart to Manifest Your Signs. O The Most Loving One, Give love in my heart and purify it. O The Truth, Prepare my heart to hold Your Truth. O The Preserver, Preserve my heart in its purity. ... Read More

www.rollingstone.com Why Clinton Says She Won?t Quit: Just Look What Happened to RFK 5/23/08, 5:10 pm EST Comments DMD | 5/24/2008, 11:21 pm EST The word says that it is not what goes into a man that defiles a man. But, what comes out of the mouth does. Words do matter. HRC is a educated woman in the public eye. But, if the things that are inside a person?s heart comes out will determine the fruit the tree... Read More

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May 27, 2008 at 7:29am

Fox News Jokes About Killing Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0