The May 2007 issue of Illume Magazine will include exclusive interviews with Amir Sulaiman, Outlandish, Project26, Dawud Wharnsby Ali and Bay Area’s favorite son, Tyson Amir Mustafa. The Project26 interview was conducted by a couple of us here at IslamCrunch. We had so much fun talking to Ali from Project26, we decided to set up another interview for Illume Magazine.

With a little help from us, Project26 and Illume has set up a special collaboration: subscribers will receive a free CD with this issue! You can subscribe here. Visit the Illume website to read some articles from past issues. Don’t forget to read this excellent article by Habib Umar bin Hafiz and translated by Christopher Khalil Moore. There are 11 pieces of advice that we all need to memorize and apply in our daily lives.

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We saw this post on SunniForum about this video showing the method of prayer according to the Shafi’i madhhab. Even though we admire and respect all of the schools of thoughts of our rightly guided scholars, since the whole team at IslamCrunch are Shafi’is, this video piqued our interest. This is another brilliant example of Muslims using technology and social media to educate each other and people of other faiths about Islam. Social media? Check out the YouTube page to add this to your social channels. You can also download the video here. Check out the original source here.
This method of prayer is based on Imam Nawawi’s Maqasid:

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Alhambra Productions has just announced that they plan to release a new CD set by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf in the late spring of 2007. Titled “The Alchemy of Happiness by Imam Al-Ghazali”, this set was recorded during the Rihla journey in 2006, organized by the Deen Intensive Foundation. We have several friends who participated in the Rihla who have praised this class that Shaykh Hamza conducted. For more information on the 2006 Rihla, read this blog. We have been blessed to listen to a sneak preview of this audio set and we have to say that Shaykh Hamza is in the zone. Very profound material.

Update: sneak preview of new banner.Â

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Much thanks goes out to Amir Karimuddin of Indonesia for promoting IslamCrunch. His post on IslamCrunch is our first exposure via independent media. International media, in fact! Amir has issued a challenge for Indonesian entrepreneurs to contact us and request for a possible article here. We will see how strong and pro-active the entrepreneurial spirit is out there. To supplement Amir’s challenge, we want everyone know that we are seeking not just entrepreneurs but also business leaders, community leaders, activists or anyone working on a project that you feel passionate about. Contact us here to discuss further.

Update: Amir has also been sending out emails about IslamCrunch in Bahasa Indonesia: view here.

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It was refreshing to see Sidi Tariq Ramadan’s book being reviewed in the New York Times. Being mentioned in the New York Times is not new for Tariq Ramadan, as he was recently showcased in a lengthy article.

Even after his US visa controversy, Ramadan is welcomed in the West. His recent lecture series during the Reviving The Islamic Spirit 2006 convention in Toronto, Canada was well received (also the venue for the launch of his new seerah book). Ramadan was also featured in Time.com’s Time 100: The Next Wave as an innovator and spiritual leader.

However, the controversy still will not escape this professor. When using the ‘Share’ tools on the review page the following excerpt is provided by NYT:

The Faces of Tariq Ramadan, By STÉPHANIE GIRY

An interpretive biography of Muhammad sheds light on the political philosophy of its controversial author.

To read the book review, click here: In The Footsteps of the Prophet.

This excellent review by MereIslam preceded the NYT review and is a must read before purchasing the book: http://www.mereislam.info/2007/03/remembering-mercy-to-all-worlds.html

In a recent conversation with Malaysian thinker and author, Dr. Bakri Musa, Dr. Ramadan’s book was highly recommended when asked about his preference for a seerah book for Western readers.

You can purchase the book here:

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