For those of you who were not able to attend the “I’m Mad as Hell and I Can’t Take it Anymore” – Turning Anger into Positive Action event with Habib Ali al-Jifri, Sidi Mas’ud Khan and his nieces have provided a Twitter (microblogging) feed of the event. You can see the full feed here: http://search.twitter.com/search?max_id=1205701831&page=8&q=%23rmw-ha1

You have to read from the bottom to the top and then click ‘Newer’ to see the proper sequence of tweets.

Read more about this on Sidi Mas’ud’s blog:

Live Twitter Notes from Habib Ali’s event at Friends’ House

Our new friend (and invited guest blogger) Cameron Peron (co-founder and Managing Partner of Qualeady Ltd., an online lead generation company focused in Western European markets) recently interviewed me.

After reading one of my tweets, his interest was piqued about IslamCrunch. Soon after, we got on Skype and began a new friendship.

Cameron says about IslamCrunch: “One of the most effective uses of the internet, is the ability to promote a movement with upright intentions.  IslamCrunch is an excellent example of a web-property that targets a deep and narrow niche and applies effective communication tools to build a loyal and vibrant traffic base.  It’s one of the most effective projects utilizing web tools to push a religious point of view online today. Read more here…

Jump into the social sharing circle:

Digg the article here.

Buzz up the article here.

Mixx up the article here.

View Cameron’s Twitter stream here: http://twitter.com/cameronperon

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

Or click the image below to register for a new account.

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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