In Islam there is always some room for entertainment. As I'll be attending 'The Milaad Festival' in Holland, I won't be able to write frequently. So instead, let me entertain you? 

You might know Halal mixtape Vol 1: A group of Americans, who just simply lost the plot. They convert well-known songs into its Halal-version. Recently, these guys, also known as Lota Pani crew, made a come-back: Halal Mixtape Vol 2 -Return of the Lota. They asked my brother Faisal Mirza to give them some fame in the EU, and I would love to do that as well. So here you go, the track: SunnahBack, inspired by Justin Timberlake (click on own risk).
Sunnah Back - G2: Return of the Lota from LotaPani Pictures on Vimeo.

A group of Americans, who just simply lost the plot. They convert well-known songs into its Halal-version. Recently, these guys, also known as Lota Pani crew, made a come-back: Halal Mixtape Vol 1 -Return of the Lota. They asked my brother Faisal Mirza to give them some fame in the EU, and I would love to do that as well. So here you go, the track: Gandaghee.

 from LotaPani Pictures.

Don't feel like anything. England referee has let us down. Holland was supposed to bring home the World Cup, but referee has let us down. Spain is eventually the better team, congratulations...

Still respect for that weird Octopus that somehow managed to predict all matches right...

[Image: Annoying little Octopus predicting who'll win]

Finally! After all these years that we weren't able to take revenge on Brazil, today is the day that Holland has proven what they're really worth! After seeing weird actions like people smashing their heads on the ground (Yes, I'm talking about Lampard), today, Holland has shown the world what it really can do!

They've sent Brazil home after a dramatic 2-1 victory! As a native Dutch-man and being in Holland at the moment, it's just an indescribable feeling...

Anyway, let's see what happens next! Shame on Uruguay by the way! May Holland take revenge on Uruguay on behalf of our brothers in Ghana! Ameen!

Who loves football more in times other than the FIFA World Cup? Nobody, right? What a beautiful time of year again huh? FIFA World Cup 2010! From corners of the world, the best teams to compete one another. Thousands of fans flown to South Africa to support their country. Beautiful to see a big variety of cultures and skin colours presented in a peaceful manner on the field, right? WRONG! The movie below will show a side of football which has remained underexposed. Especially important at this moment in South Africa.

9th of June, "The Prince of Wales aka Prince Charles delivered a speech titled "Islam and the Environment". He speaks about the inspiration that he sees in Islam to ensure 'the environment'. A passage:

"This ignores the spiritual teachings of traditions like Islam, which recognize that it is not our animal needs that are absolute; it is our spiritual essence, an essence made for the infinite. But with consumerism now such a key element in our economic model, our natural, spiritual desire for the infinite is constantly being reflected towards the finite. Our spiritual perspective has been flattened and made earthbound and we are persuaded to channel all of our natural, never-ending desire for what Islamic poets called “the Beloved” towards nothing but more and more material commodities. Unfortunately we forget that our spiritual desire can never be completely satisfied." Continue reading the full speech here.

So, Bilal Hassam e-mailed me for a while about a Nasheed-artist from Canada named Nader Khan. I was interested, but didn't have the opportunity to meet him or listen to his Nasheeds. Well, today in the morning I received a text-message from Zaigham Khan, saying that Nader Khan and Hamza Robertson will be performing in a school just around the corner from my place.

As I wanted to avoid any disappointment in Bilal Hassam's sense of "good" Nasheed, I didn't look Nader up on the internet. As I got there, I came across a lot of familiar faces saying that they were there for the same reasons as I am.

I walked into this room full of brothers and sisters and couldn't figure out who Nader was (as I never looked him up, remember?). So, I just sat quietly waiting till they would announce his name.

Later on they announced Nader's name and wow! You know, I can't really describe how it felt, but it's for you to experience. Here the video as I saw it live today with Nader Khan!

I will be meeting Nader Khan tomorrow again in a private gathering, in case you guys got any questions for Nader, please do send them to info@muslimsinengland.com

A convoy on its way to the Gaza strip was attacked by the Israeli Navy. Shooting and tear-gas was involved. 20 people lost their lives, dozens wounded, and about 16 men ended up in a prison in southern Israel. It’s been reported that most deaths were among the Turks. A demonstration against Israel will take place in Manchester, London, and other major cities.

Demonstration against Gaza
Monday 31st May 2010
5PM
BBC Radio building
Oxford Road, Manchester

This is the Israeli's way of "unarmed" approach. More pictures on BBC.

The Freedom Flotilla action was set up to break open the blockade to Gaza. The convoy consists out of six ships with 750 activists (different nationalities) and fifteen tonnes of supplies such as cement, medical equipment and school supplies. See here the condition of one of the boats. If you feel like following the mission, see below live-stream video by Al Jazeera

Last Wednesday it has been directed by The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (TPA) to block Facebook indefinitely. The reason was an on-line competition to draw The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

This order followed a decision by the Lahore High Court temporarily banning Facebook in Pakistan. Pakistan's media reported that the competition would be held tomorrow.

Pakistan protests:
Reuters/Idrees Boby.

“The Foreign Policy”, a newspaper which is accompanied on the desk of every single MP up to The President of US, spent much time covering The Fatwa launched by a well respected Islamic scholar Dr. Tahir ul Qadri last month. Since I'm in Texas these days, I found out that in history the “FP” never used the front-page of the cover for such “activity”. In fact, this time the “FP” covered it on the full front-page, the 11th and 13th page.

Read: Terrorism Haram! 600 pages explain it by Pakistani leader Tahir-ul-Qadri – By Saad Naveed.