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QuranicHealing.com label their site as “SPIRITUAL HEALING and WELLNESS OF BODY, MIND AND SOUL”. A variety of ailments are listed with their cures and remedies. The ailments and curses are a definite mix of interesting. Some of the illnesses seem to be archaic in this modern age of 21st century technology (for example: rune readings, necromancy, Sumerian magic, Babylonian magic, Chaldean magic and more). Before your eyes glaze over, the site also claims to help you “cope with depression, anger, anxiety, insomnia, mental illnesses, cancer…” Wait, there’s more. QuranicHealing.com also claims to help you protect yourself against reincarnation (hold on, I want to be reincarnated as one of the saliheen, siddiqeen, mujahideen or other pious ranks on the Day of Judgment!), spiritualism and… tai chi!
Not much information is given about the site owner(s) and their background. It is stated on the home page that the content is “inspired by ideas in the Holy Qur’an. Spiritual Healing and Wellness is based on religious resources driven from Allah (God).”
Another aspect of the site caught our eye (no, not the evil eye). The clean design of the site and the vibrant logo were atypical of the usual Muslim forum, portal or directory. QuranicHealing.com is powered by erkPORTAL which is manufactured by ErkSoft, a company that was started by Bulent Arsalan in 2000. ErkSoft also developed MarketPlaceDigger.com - a search engine that helps “shoppers anywhere use the power of information to easily find, compare and buy anything online from marketplace Merchants – in less time and for the best price!”
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The team behind New Islamic Directions have launched the new design of the site and a blog. Essentially, NID is the official website for Imam Zaid Shakir, scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute. Under the guidance of Imam Zaid, NID intends to bring a “balanced presentation of Islam and it basic teachings.” The site has audio clips and articles by Imam Zaid plus events he is attending or recommending. The site mentions that they plan on having a monthly videocast which will be accessible for a nominal fee. Additionally, books, CDs and MP3 CDs by Imam Zaid can be purchased from the site.
Navigation is definitely easier with the new design. Now the site ‘feels’ like an Imam Zaid site. It’s good to see Imam Zaid have his own blog, let’s hope it is updated regularly for our spiritual refreshment. We wish our teacher all the best in his endeavors and we ask Allah to allow us to continue assisting him.
(Disclaimer: most of the IslamCrunch team are students of Imam Zaid Shakir. Our creative director has designed 2 book covers
Update (June 16, 2007) : New post on the NID Blog: A Beautiful Religion
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Creativity abounds in the Muslim blogosphere. MuslimEntertainment.com is a blog that covers news, events and information about Muslim entertainers. A lot of information is provided on mainstream artists like Lupe Fiasco, Akon, Outlandish and others. Also featured are bright new stars like Project26, Native Deen, Kareem Salama, 786 and more. Even though hip hop is a major theme running throughout the blog, other styles of entertainment are featured. These include comedy, spoken word, poetry and nasheed singers.
MuslimEntertainment.com was established in 2004 by Ahmed Khatib, a popular Internet/media entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley. Ahmed took the site offline for personal administrative reasons. The site has now come back to life with Meem Music’s Director of US Operations, Adam Soltani supplying content. Ahmed maintains the site while Adam provides updates and articles.
Their blogroll shows a good mix of Muslim entertainers’ websites. This adds to MuslimEntertainment.com’s resourcefulness. Check out their widget below which you can add to your blog, MySpace profile or website. You can grab their widget here: http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/muslim-entertainment
And while you are at it, check out IslamCrunch’s widget:
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