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	<description>Encouraging steadfastness in times of trial...</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My Conversion to Islam in the Month of Ramadaan</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/my-conversion-to-islam-in-the-month-of-ramadaan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ramadan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The month of Ramadaan is welcomed by Muslims all over the world as an opportunity to wash away the sins committed over the past year. This holy month has an added significance for me, for it was in the month of Ramadaan — 15 years ago — that I accepted Islam&#8230;
As the month of Ramadaan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to The Jewel of Madina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sherry Jones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Jewel of Madina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: This post is classified as a “rant,” meaning that it’s not meant to be an analytical or even constructive criticism of the subject, but rather an expression of my own outrage.
Ah, where would we be without controversy? The latest episode in this never-ending game of “Hey, let’s do something senseless just to get a reaction from Muslims!” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Aafia&#8217;s sister: &#8220;The American Ambassador is lying&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/dr-aafias-sister-the-american-ambassador-is-lying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prisoner Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Ummat Publication recently published an interview with Fauzia Siddiqui (Dr Aafia Siddiqui&#8217;s sister) and human rights activist Khalid Khawaja. Al-istiqamah.com has translated the interview from the original Urdu:

The American Ambassador is lying
 
The American ambassador N.W. Peterson yesterday wrote a letter to the editors of the Pakistani newspapers regarding the Dr Aafia case, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive: My Experiences of Islamophobia in Post 7-7 Britain</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/exclusive-my-experiences-of-islamophobia-in-post-7-7-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[7/7]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[July 7th]]></category>

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Umm Ruqayya is a married mother of four. In this exclusive interview with al-istiqamah.com, she describes her experience of increasing hostilities directed towards Muslim women and children in post 7/7 Britain.
Umm Ruqayya: &#8230; it is often the women and children who have to bear this cost, as they are so easily distinct. Once I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Aafia Siddiqui I Saw: by Abu Sabaya</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/the-aafia-siddiqui-i-saw-by-abu-sabaya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I want you to come to know of the                        concern and dedication that this simple woman had for Islam              [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: My Brother</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/poem-my-brother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fahad hashmi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[12 miles away in a cell is my brother
24 hour confined hell for my brother
They try to separate me with fear from my brother
But things are not as they appear with my brother
They call him a terrorist, I call him my brother
Tell me why they had to go take my brother
Because he says his Lord [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry from Prison: I Invest Only in You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alistiqaamah</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


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If not for your blessing of strength O Rabb
My weakness would overpower me
If not for Your Grace O Rabb
My view of Judgement would enslave me.
My eyes see as far as eyes can see
But only outwardly
You see further than can be known
To the very depth of me.
Things I truly believed I couldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Will People Say?</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/what-will-people-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seeking Istiqamah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to view the original article in Urdu
Is it really true? Have people become                        overly sensitive? Whatever the issue may be, whether it         [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Memories of Fahad Hashmi by Omar Khyam</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/my-memories-of-fahad-hashmi-by-omar-khyam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[extradition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fahad hashmi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HMP Belmarsh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Junaid Babar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Omar Khyam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Fahad Hashmi (an American Muslim) was studying in the UK for a master&#8217;s degree. Due to the dubious testimony of supergrass Junaid Babar, Fahad was arrested at Heathrow airport on 6th June 2006 on terrorism charges. He spent 11 months as a category A prisoner in HMP Belmarsh before being extradited to the US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Life of Nooruddin Mahmud Zenghi</title>
		<link>http://alistiqaamah.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/the-life-of-nooruddin-mahmud-zenghi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taking a Stand]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zenghi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zangi]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Salahuddin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saladin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I will not be under the shade of a tree,                        not will I hide behind a barrier until I avenge that which           [...]]]></description>
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