In 2008, Zaytuna Institute launched its first Summer Arabic Intensive, a rigorous 8-week program that would offer students much more than what similar programs at any other American university did.
Instead of offering a learning environment disconnected from what was
being taught, Zaytuna created a community of learning, where students
were immersed in an Arabic-speaking environment inside and outside the classroom.

Zaytuna is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Summer 2009 Arabic Intensive. Please take a moment to explore our program through this website, and we look forward to seeing you this summer. We trust you’ll find our Summer Intensive as fulfilling as the graduates of Summer 2008 did.

http://arabicintensive.org/

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Mecca.com recently conducted an interview with our editor and blogger, Mikael. You can find his interview here: http://www.mecca.com/modules/lifestyle/article.php?id=2619

Please rate the article (look for the little stars, thanks).

If you are a Mecca.com member, you can add him here: http://www.mecca.com/userinfo.php?uid=221&lang=english

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You can read our previous interview with Mecca.com’s CEO, Sami al-Taher here: http://islamcrunch.com/archives/islamcrunch-interviews-meccacom/

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Alhamdulillah, we have launched a new group on Flickr called Islam in the 21st Century: http://www.flickr.com/groups/21stcenturyislam

To launch this group, we are conducting a photo contest!

To enter, submit photos to the new Flickr group. Photos must depict Islam with elements of modernity and/or Muslims interacting, engaging or using technology.

After submitting your photos, post the link to your photos on our contest page. You can submit more than one photo but only one contest entry per email address. So if you plan on submitting more than one photo, please ensure you share all of the URLs to your photos on your entry form. All photos and your entry form must be submitted by December 1st, 2008.

Prize: A Flickr Pro account valid for 2 years!
A Flickr Pro account gives you:

• Unlimited uploads and storage
• Unlimited sets and collections
• Access to your original files
• Stats on your account
• Ad-free browsing and sharing
• Video uploads

Some ideas for the contest: reading the Quran on your iPhone, viewing an Islamic studies class on your smartphone, using a laser-guided compass to find the qibla, using GPS to find the resting places of Islamic saints. This is the 21st century, technology surrounds us.

Visit the contest page for contest rules and more details.

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We have 2 MashLogic invites. To grab an invite, please add www.IslamCrunch.com to your blogroll or to your website. Send us a link (using the contact form) and we will send you an invite.

What is MashLogic?

MashLogic is a Firefox extension that works quietly under the hood to enrich web pages with the kind of information and media you care about. It’s respectful of your privacy, and super simple to use.

By combining patent-pending information retrieval techniques, performance technologies, web services, and rich UI, we’ve figured out how to enrich pages in real-time, without the burden of a crawled index. We strive to understand user behavior and adapt our algorithms and UI to seamlessly blend into your browsing experience – close at hand when needed, out of the way when not.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Imam Siraj Wahhaj speaks about the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA) organization; from the roots at Masjid Taqwa to MANA.

** Imam Siraj reminds us not to drop the baton. **

Recorded in Santa Clara, California, October 25, 2008.

Support MANA: http://mana-net.org/

Original video link: http://www.viddler.com/explore/islamcrunch/videos/4/
You can add tags and comments to the timeline of the video.

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