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Indonesia was just recently hit by an earthquake and are asking for help and donations. Here’s the info if you’d like to get involved.

Ms. Jane Anthony, Religion Department Graduate Secretary
651 Anderson Hall
1114 W Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6090
Phone: 215-204-7210, Fax: 215-204-2535
Email: janrel@temple.edu

Or,

Ms. Linda Jenkins, Department Secretary
615 Anderson Hall
Telephone: 215-204-7973
Email: JenkinsL@temple.edu

Many thanks to the Philadelphia Inquirer for running their piece on me in today’s paper. I was shocked to wake up and find this massive, full-color layout of me in the image section. I’d like to thank Dan Rubin doing the interview and Eric Mencher for taking the nicest photographs you’re ever likely to see of me! Stay tuned for the DaVinchi Code Sequel/Autobiographical thriller.

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A couple of shots from the final days of May. Enjoy.

Street Corner, 13^th & Walnut

Pigeon Takes A Bath, 13^th & Market

Solitary Man, 8^th & Market

Abandoned Building, Oregon Ave, South Philly

I am so tired right now but I had to put this down on pen and paper (or pixel and electrons if you will). I will comment at greater length as to the details of Dr. Jackson’s two-day session at NYU (especially as I’ve only seen one day so far) but I’d like to speak on Dr. Jackson as a whole and what he means to me.

I know I’ve written an awful lot about Dr. Jackson here and even he may think my words are misplaced but I will say that we, meaning American Muslims, are so blessed, so fortunate to have someone like him that I want to take a moment to personally thank him.

The session I spoke of is the two-day session on the Seerah of the Prophet: The Makkan Period. Never before have I had the biography of the Prophet laid out before me. Read more this entry »