Nasheed #2: Al Muallim from Sami Yusuf

December 27, 2006

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Take a break. Listen to a great Nasheed from the amazing Sami Yusuf.

Posted in: Seerah, Take a break

Tolerance towards others (Part 1)

December 27, 2006

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From Rafik Beekun:  The following hadith is narrated by Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila in Sahih Bukhari, volume 2, hadith 399: Sahl bin Hunaif and Qais bin Sad were sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya. A funeral procession passed in front of them and they stood up. They were told that funeral procession was of […]

Challenges 2006-2007: Global Islamophobia on the Rise

December 27, 2006

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Source: A People Under Siege by William Fisher NEW YORK, Dec 19 (IPS) – Five years after the terrorist attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, “Islamophobia” — intensified by the war in Iraq and government actions — has left millions of Muslims here and in other Western countries fearful of harassment, discrimination and questionable prosecutions, and […]

Before any major decision, pray Salat-ul-Istikhara

December 25, 2006

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Updated August 23, 2016 By Rafik Beekun at the Islamic Workplace weblog A step-by-step description of how to pray Salat-ul-Istikhara and, Insha Allah, how to interpret it. Click here to download the English only step by step description of how to pray Salat Istikhara in a one-page 12 size font handout. Click here to download the […]

Islam and Stress Management (Part 5): A Video To Help You Relax

December 23, 2006

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The Mayo Clinic has long been rated as one of the top health institutions in the USA, if not the world. Anytime you are experiencing stress or just wish to relax, here is an effective video exercise from the Mayo Clinic that you can click on from anywhere in the world that will help you […]

Islam and Stress Management (Part 4): Islamic Coping Mechanisms

December 23, 2006

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By Dr. Tahar Salaat, MD, Assistant Professor of pathology, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University.  This article is reprinted here with the permission of Dr. Talaat. Note: numbers in the article below refer to the reference sources listed at the end of this article. This article builds upon the three other articles previously posted under the […]

Wolf Blitzer Interviews Rep. Keith Ellison on CNN

December 22, 2006

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Congressman Ellison makes all of us proud to be Muslims whether we are Americans or not.

Islam and Stress Management (Part 3): Underlying Processes

December 22, 2006

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 by Rafik Beekun This article builds upon the two other articles previously posted under the category labelled “Islam and Stress Management” on our blog. Let us examine different types of stress, how they work and their potential effects on you. In general, there are two types of instinctive stress response: the short-term “Fight-or-Flight Response” and […]

Good Samaritan 101: Two US Lawmakers defend Keith Ellison and American Muslims

December 21, 2006

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One US Congressman nd one US Senator have come to the aid of the first Muslim elected to Congress, Keith Ellison. Here are their letters defending Congressman Ellison and American Muslims in general: Rep. Honda’s Letter to Rep. Goode – 12/21/06 Dear Congressman Goode: I was surprised and offended to hear about a constituent letter […]

Islamophobia 101–Episode 6: Intolerance from U.S. Congressman Virgil Goode

December 20, 2006

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Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) displayed blatant intolerance with the anti-Muslim remarks he made in a recent letter to a constituent. Goode’s letter to the head of the local Sierra Club chapter criticized the planned use of a Quran for the ceremonial swearing-in of Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress. “I do not subscribe […]

Modern Day Slavery in Britain

December 18, 2006

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Madeleine Bunting Monday December 18, 2006 Source: The Guardian Nehad has the hunched look of a man who has lived with fear for years. It was to escape fear that he fled Iraq for Europe in 2003, hoping to start a new life beyond the reach of the torture and prisons of Saddam Hussein’s regime […]

Non-Muslims subscribe to Islamic Financing

December 17, 2006

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Non-Muslims snap up Islamic accounts By Julian Knight Personal finance reporter, BBC News Emma is interested in the middle east and all things ethical. Emma Dellaway, 25, from south London, likes to know that the money sitting in her current account is not doing harm. “I don’t have much money, as I am just starting […]

Muslim Women in the U.S. Military

December 16, 2006

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FROM HEAD SCARF TO ARMY CAP, MAKING A NEW LIFE – Andrea Elliott, New York Times, 12/15/06 LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Tex. ­ Stomping her boots and swinging her bony arms, Fadwa Hamdan led a column of troops through this bleak Texas base. Only six months earlier, she wore the head scarf of a pious […]

Launch of the Islamic Workplace E-Store

December 16, 2006

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The Islamic Workplace E-Store is now open. Please click here if you wish to order the following books: Islamic Business Ethics. Leadership: An Islamic Perspective. Strategic Planning and Implementation for Islamic Organizations. In the future, you will, Insha Allah, be able to order additional resources and materials from the E-Store.

Islamophobia 101–Episode 5: Flying while Muslim

December 14, 2006

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Whle traveling for business or pleasure or going to pilgrimage, Muslims must often pray in public even if they are combining prayers. However, six Muslim imams (clerics) were recently ejected from a US Airways jet after a series of misunderstandings. Commentator Robin Washington is editorial page editor of The Duluth News Tribune. Please click here to […]

Effective Leadership Steps for Strategy implementation in Islamic Organisations

December 12, 2006

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By Rafik Beekun Planning without implementation is useless. In some Islamic organisations, there is no defined concept of long-term planning. Others, who do so, are normally faced with the problem of “analysis-paralysis”, spending too much time on fine tuning their business plans. The result is simple; there appears to be too much ado about nothing. […]

UNDP Report: Islamic Movements at the Vanguard of Women’s Empowerment

December 11, 2006

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Source: Arab Human Development Report Launch, December 06, 2006 According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Arab Human Development Report 2005 due to be released in 2006, women in the Arab world are not realizing their full potential and are not being provided with equal opportunity. The report states that this situation poses difficulties […]

Muhammad (s): ‘Follow a bad deed with a good one that will erase it.’

December 9, 2006

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Sometimes, even the best of Muslims slips and makes a mistake at work or elsewhere. This short talk delivered by Dr. Imad Bayoon is based on a hadith of the Prophet (saw), and focuses on a remedial course of action.

How Muslims and Westerners Consider Each Other

December 9, 2006

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The demographics of Muslims in Europe is varied. France has the largest Muslim population in Europe, an estimated 5 million primarily of Algerian and Moroccan extraction. In Spain, Muslims are largely of Moroccan origin while Britain’s Muslims consist primarily of Pakistians, and Germany’s Muslims are mainly Turkish in origin. A recently released 2006 report from […]

Posted in: Islam

Islamophobia (Episode 4): All terrorists are Muslim!!!

December 7, 2006

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Waiting until the elections were over, Florida Congresswoman Brown-Waite says all terrorists are Muslim. However, some good Samaritans defended Muslims. Specifically, we should congratulate Governor Jeb Bush for disassociating himself from another islamophobe, and we should thank TV channel FOX 13 for challenging the congresswoman during the interview. She cut the interview short when she […]

2006 Human Rights Watch Report on UAE: Building Towers, Cheating Workers

December 6, 2006

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a constitutional federation of seven emirates; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujaira. Migrant foreign workers represent 95 percent of the workforce in the United Arab Emirates, and as of 2005, there were 2,738,000 migrant workers in the country. About 20 percent of these workers […]

Report: Britain alienates Muslims

December 5, 2006

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LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) — A report by a British think tank has found that the country’s policies have bred “resentment and alienation” in Muslims. The report, written by the think tank Demos and funded in part by the country’s Department for Communities and Local Government, said ministers failed to discuss “reasonable” grievances raised by […]

Workplace Bias against Muslims and Arabs on the Rise Again

December 5, 2006

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Advocacy groups in California claim workplace bias against Muslims, Arabs and those perceived as Muslims has increased. Some of the non-Muslims have joined others in filing lawsuits through the California offices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging increasing discrimination against people of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent, the Los Angeles Times reported. Source: […]

Yusuf Islam sings “Peace Train” again

December 4, 2006

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A wonderful new version of “Peace Train” sung by Yusuf Islam according to Islamic parameters regarding music, and by the Grace of Allah, he is as moving as ever.

Good Samaritan 101: Harper Community College accommodates Muslim Students

December 4, 2006

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1. In October 2005, an art exhibit that included photographs of nude Muslim women wearing only a head covering was taken down just hours after opening for public viewing at Harper College in Palatine. Administrators were opposed to the nudity in the art display and said the artist, Amir Normandi, misled them. “The artist misrepresented […]

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool

December 2, 2006

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By Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: December 1, 2006, 2:20 PM PST The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone’s microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. The technique is called a “roving bug,” and […]

Posted in: FYI, Islam, Islamophobia

Islam and Stress Management (Part 2): Duas when in stress

December 2, 2006

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Professor Rafik Beekun, theIslamicworkplace.com Last updated on May 15, 2013 This section will list the duas (supplications) for handling stress or difficult situations. Some of these are also listed in the duas section of this blog–where many more duas as well as a detailed etiquette for how to make duas are included.  Here, however, we […]

Islamophobia 101–Episode 3–Ban Muslim Immigration

December 2, 2006

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Michael Savage: To “save the United States,” Lawmakers should institute “outright ban on Muslim immigration” and on”the construction of mosques” – Media Matters for America, 11/29/06 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290005 On the November 27 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage declared that in order to “save the United States,” lawmakers should institute “an outright ban on Muslim […]

Anger Management: Training and Disciplining the Self

December 1, 2006

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Excerpt from an excellent lecture by Mokhtar Maghraoui on how to attain happiness and satisfaction. Very relevant to anger management in the workplace and other situations.

Islamic Behavioral Etiquette according to the Prophet (s)

November 30, 2006

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A short excerpt from Hamza Yusuf’s excellent speech on the Prophet’s (s) character and on how he showed us how to manage anger in our interaction with others. Excellent advice again both for workplace and other types of situations.

Islamic Behavioral Etiquette according to the Qur’an

November 30, 2006

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In this beautiful Qur’anic recitation (with English translation), Allah outlines the parameters of an Islamic code of conduct (especially from verse 6 onwards).  This etiquette of Islamic behavior applies not only in the mosque or at home, but also at work both with respect to Muslim and non-Muslim colleagues. This video is several minutes long, […]

Islamophobia 101–Episode 2

November 29, 2006

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Keith Ellison, first US Muslim Congressman, to take his oath of office on the Qur’an In the article below by columnist Dennis Prager, the latter decries the fact that Congressman Ellison is refusing to take his oath of office on the Bible, and is determined to do so on the Qur’an. It is amazing that […]

Ethics and Corruption in Muslim Countries: Fact versus Fiction?

November 28, 2006

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Muslims always pride themselves in their emphasis on akhlaq (ethics) and always seem to think that Muslim countries are much more ethical that non-Muslim countries. Is this fact or is it fiction? The 2006 survey from Transparency International was released very recently. The 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index is a composite index that is based on […]

Denial of Guest Worker Rights in Dubai

November 27, 2006

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Dubai may be the boomtown of the Middle East, but is it violating the rights of foreign workers?  Islam is very clear on the rights of workers–whether foreign or domestic. On the Day of Judgment, the Prophet (sa) will be a witness against “one who employs a laborer and gets the full work done by him but […]

Medical and Media Professional Women Asked to Leave Seminar

November 25, 2006

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Source: Raid Qusti for Arab News RIYADH, 22 November 2006 — A presenter from King Saud University at an international medical seminar at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center caused a stir yesterday when he insisted that all women — including medical and media professionals — leave the room before he would enter […]

Policewomen in Hijab: No Problem!

November 24, 2006

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During these times when European countries (including Turkey), Tunisia and other Muslim countries are condemning or banning the hijab, this video shows women police trainees performing very dangerous tasks with ease while wearing the hijab. Please click here to view the video clip directly from the YouTube website.

Perceived Religious Discrimination and its Relationship to Anxiety and Paranoia among Muslim Americans

November 24, 2006

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Overview of empirical research article by A. E. Rippy and E. Newman, Journal of Muslim Mental Health, vol 1, Issue 1, 2006, pp. 5-20. Discrimination is defined as “beliefs, attitudes, institutional arrangements and acts that tend to denigrate or deny equal treatment to individuals or groups based on racial characteristics or group affiliation.” (Clark, Anderson, […]

When a Muslim makes a positive difference globally

November 23, 2006

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Nobel Peace Prize 2006 goes to Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus’s credo is simply this: “do good” without any expectation of profit. An amazing lesson for the profit-maximizing corporate giants of today.  As of 2006, he has changed the workplace environment of over 7,000,000 Bengalis who used to live below the poverty […]

First Muslim Elected to US Congress

November 23, 2006

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Glenn Beck from CNN asks Keith Ellison, first Muslim to be elected to the US Congress, to prove he is not part of the ‘enemy’.   To how many other congresspersons of other faith-based communities did Glenn Beck ask this same question?

First Muslim Admiral in British Royal Navy

November 22, 2006

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The Royal Navy has appointed its first Muslim Rear Admiral, Pakistan-born Amjad Hussain, a British newspaper said Friday, April 14. “I count myself very lucky to live in a country where the opportunities have been beyond my imagination,” Hussain told The Sun. Rear Admiral is the fourth-highest rank in the Royal Navy, equivalent to a […]

Islamophobia 101-Episode 1

November 22, 2006

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If you ever wondered why Muslims are facing such challenges in their workplace and elsewhere in North America, watch Evangelist Pat Robertson talks about “What the Qur’an says”. Pat Roberson’s lack of knowledge starts with his misunderstanding of the word “Islam” which also means peace. The Qur’an specifically states that there is no compulsion in […]

Islam in the Workplace (Part 1): Religious Diversity

November 21, 2006

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Source: Religious Diversity and the Workplace  by Grove Harris (2004) Note: This is an excerpt with respect to Muslims only from Grove Harris’s report. For the full article, please visit The Pluralism Project at Harvard University. […] According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Washington, D.C., there has been a substantial rise […]

American Airlines and Muslims

November 20, 2006

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American Airlines is working hard at encouraging diversity and at accommodating Muslims.

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qardawi on Excessiveness (Ghuluw) in Religion

November 20, 2006

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Note from Rafik Beekun: At times, some Muslims may be excessive in their practice of deen in the workplace, their personal life and elswhere. The current rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and their extreme viewpoints (with respect to the rights of women in Islam and their lack of tolerance for any other Islamic interpretation […]

The answer to profiling and racism: Islam

November 18, 2006

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Ahmad Deedat, the great South African Scholar, discusses how Islam deals with racism (and profiling).

To profile or not to profile Muslims?

November 18, 2006

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Debate on Fox News about whether Muslims should be profiled or not in the United States. 

Muslim Life: Career, Family, and Bad traffic

November 18, 2006

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A heart-to-heart audio conversation about the life experience of a Muslim as he seeks to enhance his Islam both at work and at home.

Workplace Rights of Muslims under EEOC in the US

November 17, 2006

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Source: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state and local fair employment practices agencies have documented a significant increase in the number of charges alleging workplace discrimination based on religion and/or national origin. Many of the charges have been filed by […]

The Leadership Process of Muhammad (s) from Hadith

November 15, 2006

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by Rafik Beekun The Hadiths are markers of the behavior of Muhammad (s) as he exemplified the Qur’an for the Ummah.  It stands to reason that we can use hadiths to distill the leadership process that Muhammad (s) himself practiced during his lifetime, and which we, as Muslims, are to emulate.  The process described below […]

Posted in: Leadership, Seerah

From Concept to Hypergrowth: Success Story of a Muslim Entrepreneur

November 15, 2006

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YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth. Presentation by Jawed Karim, Co-Founder of Youtube. Great success story of a young Muslim entrepreneur with an amazing start-up company now bought by Google.

Posted in: Leadership