Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who converted to Islam while in jail in the 1990s, is visiting the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina on pilgrimage, a Saudi daily reported on Saturday.

At the pulpit of an inner-city Chicago mosque, the tall blond imam begins preaching in his customary fashion, touching on the Los Angeles Lakers victory the night before, his own gang involvement as a teenager, a TV soap opera and then the Day of Judgment. [...]

By Zayba Abdulla





Jihan El Midany will make history this Saturday at the opening ceremony of the inaugural Youth Olympics being held in Singapore.  This 18 year old pentathlete will be the first woman from Egypt to be the flag bearer at an Olympic event.  If she wins a medal in her competition, one that includes swimming, shooting, fencing and running, she will be the first woman from Egypt to ever receive a medal in an Olympic event.  The Youth Olympics will have about 3,600 competitors this year from 204 different countries.  The competitors, their ages ranging from 14 to 18, will be competing in same 26 sports that the summer Olympics featured. 
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I often use to ask myself that how this man can have such a wonderful memory subhanAllah!!! I got my answer when in one of his speeches a man asked this question and he gave this answer. “I recite this dua for improving my memory” Surah Taha, verse 25-28

Mike Tyson recently posted this picture on his twitter account during his visit to Mecca
http://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/18202678728

Not too long ago, if anybody wrote about Muslim women in the down-and-depressed, stereotypical manner then it would be left to some sensitive Muslim man to reply. Or more than likely, it would just be left. All that is changing due to a new generation of media-savvy Muslim women who are fighting back with articles, blogs and witty comebacks quicker than you can say “oppressed housewife.”

Here is a look at a group of 10 distinguished Muslim women throughout history, who have redrawn the boundaries of “Muslim” and of “woman’ in influencing the following 10 spheres: Activism, Religion, Athletics, Cinema, Arts, Diplomacy, Mysticism, Politics, Literature, and Empire.

elan’s selections span pre-20th century to modern day - some may surprise you in their accomplishments, while others are a celebration of the achievements we as Muslims know and love. And as usual, we turn to you, our readers to ask - who else would you list, and why?

As Nobel-Prize Peace-Prize Winning economist, philanthropist, and inventor of microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, turned 70 yesterday, elan celebrates 10 Muslim seniors (over-60) who are still making waves. Though there is no guarantee any of these individuals will be asked to host Saturday Night Live anytime soon, a la Betty White, still, their life-long achievements have proved them worthy of our life-long attention and praise, time and time again.

Women in Saudi Arabia are now in charge of their own narratives.Armed with the knowledge of the system, their independent views, strategic planning and specialized initiatives, a coalition has formed of sorts, where each woman is spearheading a cause that is close to her.

Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, the soap to software business conglomerate, has been named as the richest Muslim entrepreneur in the world by US-based business daily Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

In a special report, the WSJ said that Premji defied all the conventional wisdom about Islamic tycoons. "He doesn't hail from the Persian Gulf, he didn't make his money in petroleum, and he definitely doesn't wear his faith on his sleeve" - to emerge as one of the top 25 richest men in the world.

According to popular business and lifestyle magazine, Forbes, Premji is the 21st richest man in the world and the second richest Muslim in the world. Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is the richest Muslim in the world at No.13 ($20.3 billion).

"Azim Premji has tapped India's abundant engineering talent to transform a family vegetable-oil firm, Wipro Ltd, into a technology and outsourcing giant. By serving western manufacturers, airlines and utilities, the company has brought Premji a fortune of some $17 billion," the WSJ report said.