A software program on Ottoman music
Friday, June 20, 2008 Mathematicians Kemal Karaosmanoğlu and Süleyman Metin Yılmaz have developed a database software program of Ottoman classical music. Called Mus2okur, the software contains...
View ArticleObservations on the Mussulmauns of India: Description of Their Manners
The anecdote I have now given will serve to illustrate the character of some good people of Hindoostaun of the present day ; indeed, the veneration and respect paid by all classes to those men who lead...
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Interesting Books I am Reading
A Culture of Sufism: Naqshbandis in the Ottoman World, 1450-1700 (S U N Y Series in Medieval Middle East History) (Hardcover) Book Description A Culture of Sufism opens a window to a new understanding...
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Qalansuwa – Sunnah Source of the Naksibendi Taj / Turban style
Abu Dawud mentioned in his Sunan that the Prophet (S) is related to have said, “The difference between us and the pagans is that we wear the ‘imama on top of the qalansuwa.” What is a Qalansuwa?...
View ArticleFarewell to Sultan Abdulhamid – Last Calipha – by Ahmet Refik
The former ruler has passed away. The event was first announced in the newspapers. The Bosphorus smiled under the sun’s glow. Sultan Abdulhamid II, who had occupied the Ottoman throne for thirty-four...
View ArticleSpiritually Prohibitive and Supportive Approaches to the Holy Quran
Prophet SallAllah-u-Alaihi-wa-Sallam said: There would arise in this nation a people and you would hold insignificant your prayers as compared with their prayers. And they would recite the Qur’an which...
View ArticleCriticism of “Why I am not a Traditionalist”– Part 1
Criticism of “Why I am not a Traditionalist” – Part 1 Definitions and Perennialism In 2002 “Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen” wrote an article “Why I am not a Traditionalist.“Â This article has resonated...
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Some Muslim Helmets in History
Another pattern where one sees the conic style headgear, (besides Hadith, and scholarly descriptions of the Qalansuwa and, of course, the Prophet’s (S) own conic turban), is in the various helmets used...
View ArticleFake ‘Convert’ Scholar – Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt fooled Muslims across the lands in his knowledge of the Arabic language and Islamic sciences. He assumed the identity of “Shaikh Ibrahim ibn Abdullah” and traveled across...
View ArticlePoem of Ottoman Soldier in Madina in World War I
During the defense of Madina in World War I, this poem addressing the Prophet (S) was written by lieutenant Idris Sabri, who was under the command of Fahreddin Pasha. The letter bears significance in...
View ArticleUnearthing Marmaduke Pickthall’s Appeal to British Regarding the Ottomans and...
This is so correct, it seems to deserve the term ‘prophetic’. To the Right Hon. A J Balfour, O.M, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 1. Sir – Referring to our memorial of Jan 1 respecting...
View ArticleProtected: Criticism of Ottoman Criticism & Ibn Iyas
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View ArticleUmar Lee on RIM: Rand Institute Muslims – Point 1
Umar Lee writes here: 1) Islam is attempting to be defeated by ‘Sufis’ supported by think-tanks such as the ‘Rand Institute’. Part of the RIM line of thinking is to invent an Islam that is completely...
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Umar Lee on RIM: Rand Institute Muslims – Point 3,4,5 – Masculinity
Points 3,4,5 are really the same thing said in three different ways. 3. Getting them to Condemn Homosexuality is Like Pulling Teeth Blah. Obviously every single group of Shariat abiding Muslims...
View ArticleAftermath of The Battle at Sarikamish
120,000 Ottoman soldiers, out gunned and ill prepared for winter conditions, were driven to their fate, not only at the hands of Russian heavy artillery, but, to frostbite under the command of Enver...
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China, Sufism & the Naqshbandi Tarikat [2] – Naqshbandi Jahriyya
Sheykh Abdul Kerim at Summer Palace -Beijing The second Naqshbandi tariqa, the Jahiryya order, was founded in China under the dynamic leadership of Ma Mingxin (1719-81). One of the most fascinating...
View ArticleA no-win situation for ‘Modern…
A no-win situation for ‘Modern Muslims’ reading history – If the Sultans treat Sheykhs and Islam with respect, the Sheykhs are maligned.
View ArticleThe Crusade for a Christian military
The inflammatory title is explained within, it’s an interesting article: http://harpers.org/archive/2009/05/0082488 Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military By Jeff Sharlet – From...
View ArticleThe Letter of the Last Calipha, Sultan Abdul-Hamid Khan, To His Sheikh
This message of Abdul-Hamid Khan, the last Sultan having real power over the Ottoman Empire, was written in the times when the Sufi knowledge was so authoritative that each Islamic...
View ArticleRevisionist History And Ottomans – Sh. Jihad Brown
The National – Sheykh Jihad Brown – 01 August 2009 Revisionist history in the Middle East likes to think of the Ottoman years as an episode of Turkish domination. The reality, however, was far from...
View ArticleGuardian: Mecca super-hotel to offer spa, butler and a chocolate room
Full article here: Raffles, which gave thirsty wanderers the Singapore Sling, is opening a luxury hotel in Mecca offering pilgrims a coffee sommelier, a chocolate room where chefs will prepare bespoke...
View ArticleRambo III
Zaysen (Russian Commander): After all what everyone really wants is peace.. Colonel Trautman (US): The Kremlin has got a hell of a sense of humor.. Zaysen: Please explain.. Colonel Trautman: You talk...
View ArticleIslamic History is Ottoman History
To put it bluntly, Ottoman history is the history of the Turks, the history of the Turkish state. At the same time, though, it is the shared history of the more than ten nations that live in the twenty...
View Article“Suburban Capitalist Islam”– List of Beliefs
Fill out a form, write your check, get your ticket, head down to the University. Listen to Imam such-and-such speak, hang out with friends after and relax. Rinse and repeat. This is the paradigm for...
View Article“Suburban Capitalist Islam†– Islam is not a Filter of Western Culture
“1)Â American culture is the primary definition of the way we dress, the food we enjoy, the entertainment we seek (Movies, TV, video games). 2) Islam can be understood practically as a filter of the...
View ArticleSuburban Capitalist Islam – Muppets & Children Shows
I said here: “The principles of Islam, when applied in a thorough fashion, led people to a thriving, principally independent, culture from the west. We see in history, when Islam was applied and...
View ArticleSuburban Capitalist Islam – Comedians
Comedy clubs.. another entertainment refuge for the suburban capitalist regular old American… “American Islam” hasn’t left those alone, entering these same bars and clubs, playing off their Muslim...
View Article‘Among the Righteous:’ Arabs Saving Jews in the Holocaust | The Middle East...
‘Among the Righteous:’ Arabs Saving Jews in the Holocaust | The Middle East Channel “Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab lands,” is a new documentary I made in partnership with...
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Attacks from Michigan against Sheykh Abdul Kerim & Osmanli Dergah
Recently there have been some videos posted attacking Sheykh Abdul Kerim openly and the Osmanli Dergah from Michigan. They are claiming that Sheykh Abdul Kerim is opening a dergah in Cyprus next to...
View ArticleOne Murid of Sheykh Maulana Nazim Responds to S. Hisham Kabbani
One murid of Sheykh Maulana Nazim writes a refutation of Hisham Kabbani’s words You can find the full refutation here: http://defendingthetruth.wordpress.com/ If you are truly an Aalim, kindly respond...
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