Anyone interested? The call for IslamCrunch pizza has been announced. Check it out here: Promoting your Business at the Local Pizzeria.

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Imam Zaid Shakir will conduct his first online live lecture session via his NewIslamicDirections.com online presence.

To register, please visit: http://registration.newislamicdirections.com/

Class Description:

This class will examine the purpose of Life from an Islamic perspective and then endeavor to show how it is imperative that a Muslim live his or her life in pursuit of that purpose.

To accomplish these twin objectives we will examine aspects of Qur’an and its commentary; Hadith or prophetic tradition and its explanation; prophetic biography and its implications; along with contemporary insights into the human condition.

We will emphasize how important certain theological themes an concepts that oftentimes are neglected by Muslims contemporarily but are critically important in defining how we should be leading our every-day lives. Examples would include redemption, justice, fairness, magnanimity, divine grace, divine retribution, thankfulness, human kindness, and human decency.

We will also examine the consequences of an aimless life with special emphasis on the impact of such an approach to life on the contemporary Muslim world.

This examination will be follow, to a certain extent, the noted work of Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, from an Islamic perspective. That being the case, we will endeavor to introduce practical steps that will help in discovering and manifesting purpose in our lives into each lesson.

AmieStreet.com has a full album of short clips of many speeches from Brother Malcolm X for free. The free downloads may only be available for a short period so grab them while you can. Listen to a true American Muslim hero (sample clips can be heard from the audio player below).

See more details here: http://amiestreet.com/artist/13669

Calling all future Moustapha Akkads… submit your video to the One Nation Many Voices Film Contest before November 25, 2007!

Contest Overview

What’s it like to wear a head scarf on Main St., USA? How about to play soccer in one? How would you feel if just going to the bathroom on a plane made people around you nervous? Or are you the person that feels nervous?

We’re offering a $20,000 Grand Prize for the best new and creative short video exploring any aspect of life relating to the American-Muslim experience. Everyone in the U.S. is invited to compete, regardless of race or religion, so grab a camera and get filming. There’s a story in every community and friends just waiting to be made.

Videos can be voted on by anyone in the US. Entries receiving the top votes in each category will be judged by a celebrity panel of judges. The winner of each category will be awarded $5,000!

Explore the site and learn about our prizes, categories, judges, how to upload, how to vote, and how the whole thing works.

Contest Closes : 11/25/07
Voting Closes : 11/30/07
Judging Begins : 12/01/07
Winners Announced : 1/16/08

About the Contest

JUDGES:

Judges for the One Nation, Many Voices Film Contest include Sara Abassi, Danny Glover, Mariane Pearl, and Azhar Usman. For more information on the judges, visit our judges page.

CATEGORIES:

There are six categories: Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Animation/Music, Youth 18 and under, One Minute and less. Online voters will determine the finalists of each category. Top vote-getters will become finalists and eligible to win the Grand Prize.

PRIZES:

Contest prizes will be awarded as follows:

• $50,000 in total prizes
• $20,000 for Grand Prize (aka Best Overall Video)
• $5,000 for winner of each category mentioned above.

(Yes, the Grand Prize winner can be awarded $20,000 plus an additional $5,000 for best in category!)

Finalists will also be aired on Link TV.

Please read our Rules and Regulations for more information.

We would like to thank One Nation for All for being an advertiser on IslamCrunch. We look forward to future collaborations, insha’Allah.

Technorati Tags: video, contest, film, movie, danny glover, azhar usman, hijab, soccer

We have 2 announcements to commemorate version 2.0. Firstly, we have re-designed IslamCrunch and developed a customized template. Secondly, we would like to welcome Sidi Abdullah Alaydrus to the IslamCrunch team. Sidi Abdullah and our creative director, Susanah, collaborated on IslamCrunch 2.0.

Is IslamCrunch expanding? Yes, alhamdulillah. We would like to thank all of our readers for their sincere support, our friends across the blogosphere who wholeheartedly linked to us as well as blogged about us and a big ‘Thank you!’ to our sponsors & advertisers.

Highlights of supporters, sponsors, advertisers and other collaborators:

Illume Media * Muslim Business Club * One Nation for All * Muxlim

Nasheeds.com * Muhammad Saleem * Ummah5