What Makes Islam And Quran So Inspirational To People?

Salam everyone, This is another article written by Hijab al Faisal. She is working at Quranreading.com as a Web Content Writer teaching Quran to students living in the USA, Canada,and the UK. According to Hijab, Quran Reading is the largest Online Quran Academy, where they have taught more than 5000 kids and parents to Read Quran online with Tajweed.  Masha Allah! Please visit their website for more details. :) (Note: YMP is not in anyway related to any of our the guest author's organization. We only publish the articles submitted to us once it has been approved by our Co-Editors. If you are interested to write on our blog, please submit your draft to adam.alhabshi@gmail.com and shazeea@gmail.com) In the West, we find...

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Lounging With Muslim Belal

YMP Proudly Presents: LOUNGING WITH MUSLIM BELAL This Thursday, 22nd December 2011, At the Annexe Gallery, Central Market, From 8.00pm to 11.00pm Join us for a night of a flurry sounds of rhythm and beat, made solely with the power of words. Join us for a night of spoken word and poetry. Muslim Belal, “The Street Muaddhin”, grew up in south London with his Jamaican mother and spent his youth mixed up in gang culture. He reverted to Islam in 2002! The former rapper has spent the past year touring the country delivering his story “From The Streets 2 Islam” In a unique poetic style, which will leave you inspired and amazed. Check out the following Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAgepDlB3P8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i95zGnLP4Es http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzW3GRbUd2w **Entry...

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Young Muslims Project at TEDx MMU!

Salam! Alhamdulillah we are happy to announce that our member and Head of our Community Service Initiative wing, Zuhri Yuhyi, will be speaking tomorrow at TEDx MMU! Zuhri will be speaking about the volunteer work and charity initiatives Young Muslims Project is involved in. We are so proud of Zuhri and can't wait to share a video of his speech. We'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Allah (swt) for the blessings He has given us for being able to get to this place. If you don't know what TED is click here. http://www.tedxmmu.com/event/speake...

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Faith Fridays - The 40 Hadith by Imam al Nawawi by Ammar Al Shukry [VIDEO]

Salam everyone. Have you ever wondered the effort it takes to memorise Qur'an or hadith and to quote it like it's at the tip of the tongue? There are techniques of course to memorisation but a lot of hard work goes into it. Ever wonder how easy it is for us to remember the lyrics to our favourite song? Ammar Al Shukry is a poet who uses poetry as a means to memorise and express his faith. In the video below he memorises Imam al-Nawawi's 40 hadith and condenses it into a poem, thereby making it easier for all of us to learn and memorise inshaAllah. If you haven't heard any of his poetry before please check out his website, his Facebook page and his YouTube channel (and make sure you watch his poem on Jannah!). Ammar and Boona Mohammad also run a regular online open mic poetry contest...

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Gotong-Royong at Titian Kaseh!

Salam everyone. For some time now Young Muslims Project has been teaching English to children at an orphanage in Kuala Lumpur by the name of Rumah Titian Kaseh. This weekend a group of dedicated volunteers are going over to clean their premises. Let's spruce up their home and  make it clean and beautiful for the new year (Gregorian or Hijri calendar, your pick!) Please see our Facebook event page for more details or if you're not on Facebook contact Gaelle Linard at 016 679 2483 or email her at gaelle [dot] linard [at] gmail.c...

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The Beauty of Jannah by Dr Reda Bedeir [VIDEO]

Young Muslims Project recently hosted Dr Reda Bedeir for a talk on Jannah. Below is a recordin...

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Faith Fridays - Fasting on Ashura by Shaykh Waleed Basyouni

Salam everyone! We've been missing for a few weeks and we ask for your forgiveness. Muharram is upon us. Happy New Year! I'm sure we've heard of the day of Ashura and that it is recommended to fast. Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet came to Medina and saw the Jews fasting on the day of Ashura. He asked them about that. They replied, "This is a good day, the day on which Allah rescued Bani Israel from their enemy. So, Moses fasted this day." The Prophet said, "We have more claim over Moses than you." So, the Prophet fasted on that day and ordered (the Muslims) to fast (on that day). [Bukhari] Listen to Shaykh Waleed Basyouni as he explains the fast of Ashura and why the companion Ibn 'Abbas wouldn't miss it even if he was travelling (he would not fast when he traveled during Ramadhan and would...

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The Beauty of Jannah by Dr Reda Bedeir

Jannah! Waterfalls! Rivers of milk and Honey! Palaces of Gold! The possibility of seeing the Face of Allah! Ever wondered what lies on the other side if we've been good in this world! What our reward from Allah, the most Merciful will be inshAllah! Are the 72 virgins a myth or a reality? Ever though about a Return on Investment for your good deeds! Find out the everlasting return in our talk by Dr Reda Bedeir, visiting from freezing Canada. Dr Reda is a personal development Life Coach, Marriage Officer and a Community Counselor! More about Dr Reda here. **Please note the venue is only tentative. We will notify you should it change.** Facebook page here...

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Reflections on last weekend’s Open Circle event with Wardina Safiyyah

By Jane Last Sunday YMP hosted a sisters-only Open Circle entitled "Falling in Love Again with Islam". Here are some (brilliant brilliant) thoughts by someone who attended. Life seemed surreal last Sunday. Like many at the event, I hadn’t even contemplated the existence of such a welcoming and intellectual group of sisters gathering for the purpose of self betterment. It was lovely and I, for one, was deeply touched by everything—from Kak Wardina’s advice and insights all the way to the chocolate chip cookies that probably loaded me with oxytocin, since I was especially excited to meet and mingle with every single person—which isn’t typical of this introverted self . There seemed to be two recurring themes in that day’s discussion, one of which...

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YMP Paintball!!!

Salam All,Please join us to shoot each other just for fun! :)Bring your friends, neighbour, colleagues and acquaintances!Call the number below to confirm your attendance.&nbs...

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Falling In Love Again - [A Sister's Only Event]

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Understanding Qur’an As An Instrument Of Guidance Than An Instrument Of Swearing

Salam everyone,This is another article written by Hijab al Faisal. She is working at Quranreading.com as a Web Content Writer teaching Quran to students living in the USA, Canada,and the UK. According to Hijab, Quran Reading is the largest Online Quran Academy, where they have taught more than 5000 kids and parents to Read Quran online with Tajweed. Masha Allah!Please visit their website for more details. :) (Note: YMP is not in anyway related to any of our the guest author's organization. We only publish the articles submitted to us once it has been approved by our Co-Editors. If you are interested to write on our blog, please submit your draft to adam.alhabshi@gmail.com and shazeea@gmail.com) The Holy Quran, the final word of Allah, still preserved in its original...

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Faith Fridays - Your 10 Days of Dhul-Hijjah by Imam Khalid Latif [VIDEO]

Every Friday we hope to bring you a khutbah or short lecture in English that we feel may be of benefit to you. Think of it as a weekly khutbah from a different perspective. All you need to do is spend 30 minutes (or less) a week to learn something new. If you have any suggestions on a video that we should share please send us an email via "Write for Us". Remember that Ramadhan feeling? That feeling you got everyday knowing that you were striving for Allah's sake and nothing else? And then remember when Ramadhan ended and you felt sad and you wondered if you could keep up all the things you were doing? And of course it's hard. But Allah knows the human heart better than we do and then He gives us the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. "The days are better than anything else for us," Imam Khalid...

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Lounging With Peter Gould - Friday 14th October 2011- 8pm @ Annexe Gallery, Central Market, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur

Ladies and Gentlemen, YMP Presents: WoW!!!  This is too cool to be missed. Seriously.&nb...

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Do You Have ADD - by Vivy Yusof

Salam all, Were you there at KGPA earlier last week for the ADD (Akhirah Deficit Disorder) talk by Imam Suhaib Webb? We hope you were there because Masha Allah, it was awesome as usual. One of our committees stumbled upon this post that was written about the talk. Alhamdulillah, the author has allowed us to re-post her thoughts here. Hope you enjoy it. [P/S: her website is www.proudduck.com] Do you have ADD?I just cannot sleep before I blog about tonight. I’m so excited, I feel bad if I don’t share this with you guys. It’s a pretty lengthy post, so just take whatever you guys can la k.I just came home from a talk by Imam Suhaib Webb.He is like THE BEST speaker ever and whenever there’s a talk by him, the hall is always full. True enough, I...

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Faith Fridays - Danger by Amir Sulaiman [VIDEO]

Every Friday we hope to bring you a khutbah or short lecture in English that we feel may be of benefit to you. Think of it as a weekly khutbah from a different perspective. All you need to do is spend 30 minutes (or less) a week to learn something new. If you have any suggestions on a video that we should share please send us an email via "Write for Us". In anticipation of next week's event, Lounging with Peter Gould, that's going to be about artistic expression and Islam we're doing something unorthodox today. Meet Amir Sulaiman, a Def Jam poet and a servant of Allah. Amir began writing poetry at the age of 12 and his poems always exude raw emotion. In "Danger" he talks about some of the injustices that the Muslim community faces and how we should respond. You can find him at AmirSulaiman.com...

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Faith Fridays - Faith and the Cubicle by Imam Suhaib Webb [VIDEO]

Every Friday we hope to bring you a khutbah or short lecture in English that we feel may be of benefit to you. Think of it as a weekly khutbah from a different perspective. All you need to do is spend 30 minutes (or less) a week to learn something new. If you have any suggestions on a video that we should share please send us an email via "Write for Us". One of our favourite imams is back in town. That's right, Imam Suhaib Webb is gracing YMP with his awesomeness and will talking about whether we have ADD. Not "attention deficit disorder" but "akhirat deficit disorder"! RSVP here. In preparation for next week's talk we bring to you a recent sermon of his where he expertly advises us on how to live our Islam and how to let it shine through everything that we do. Enjoy...

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Guess who's back in town?

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Faith Fridays - Fajr Reminders with Sheikh Bilal Ismail [VIDEO]

Every Friday we hope to bring you a khutbah or short lecture in English that we feel may be of benefit to you. Think of it as a weekly khutbah from a different perspective. All you need to do is spend 30 minutes (or less) a week to learn something new. If you have any suggestions on a video that we should share please send us an email via "Write for Us". Salam. If you haven't already heard YMP will be hosting an event with Sheikh Bilal Ismail this Friday 23r September entitled "How to be a Good Buddy?". As such this week's video will be introducing Sheikh Bilal. This two part video was taken at Al Kauthar's Knowledge Hive 2010 in Kuala Lumpur (which I heard was really good). In it Sheikh Bilal validates the feeling that we have sometimes that being a Muslim is tough. Sometimes...

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Tips For Becoming More Active In Mosques

Salam everyone,This is another article written by Hijab al Faisal. She is working at Quranreading.com as a Web Content Writer teaching Quran to students living in the USA, Canada,and the UK. According to Hijab, Quran Reading is the largest Online Quran Academy, where they have taught more than 5000 kids and parents to Read Quran online with Tajweed. Masha Allah!Please visit their website for more details. :) (Note: YMP is not in anyway related to any of our the guest author's organization. We only publish the articles submitted to us once it has been approved by our Co-Editors. If you are interested to write on our blog, please submit your draft to adam.alhabshi@gmail.com and shazeea@gmail.com) For a Muslim society, the mosque serves as a founding stone. It is also...

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