Internet Archive / Newseum

Here are a couple of interesting and useful websites that I recently discovered. The first is an Internet archive called Wayback Machine which allows you to search for a URL and then see and access an archived history of the website's content. For example, this link displays how the Mere Islam blog looked on October 9th, 2004. Upon seeing the incredible amount of information that they've archived, one of my first thoughts was wondering how much disk space they have and who's paying for it...

The other site is Newseum -- The Interactive Museum of News -- which contains the frontpages of over 400 newspapers from 43 countries around the world. These newspaper frontpages are update on a daily basis, and they can be selected from a map as well.

Enjoy...

Cigarette - A Definition

cig-a-rette (siga-ret)

n.

1. A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper, which has a flame at one end and a fool at the other.

The Litany of Imam al-Nawawi

The Dhikr.org website has posted the text (in .jpg file format) of the litany (wird) of Imam al-Nawawi -- may God have mercy on him -- and two sets of audio files (in .wav file format) of this wird being recited as well. Insha'llah, this blessed litany from one of our most noble and illustrious scholars will be of benefit to many of you out there.

Deen On...

Ibn Ashir Recited - Part Deux

Lamppost Productions has published the audio CD for the second part of Ibn Ashir Recited, which covers Purification and Prayer according to the Maliki School. They've also establed a Maliki Fiqh Corner which contains a very useful collection of articles and answers on issues related to Maliki fiqh.

Deen On...