Book Picks

Some of the books that I have been reading that i must recommend.

Machine Man by Max Barry Wickedly entertaining, a brilliant book This is a great book on how enginners can get ahead of themselves. The Unincorporated Man Unincorporated Series, Book 1 by Eytan Kollin A man wakes up after being frozen for 400 years into a fabtastic future where everyone is incoroprated. Fantastic book that really makes you think about where society and technology is going.

Hadith

From Jabir ibn `Abdullah. One day the Messenger of God picked up his grandson and kissed him while al-Aqra’ ibn Habis at-Tamim was sitting by him. “I have ten children,” said al-Aqra’, “and I have never kissed any of them.” The Messenger of God cast a glance at him. “If someone shows no compassion to people,” he remarked, “God will show no compassion to him.” (Muslim 30:5737

No Muslims on American TV, specifically Sci-Fi.

No, Really would it have killed someone to have, had an Dr. Muhammed on Eureka. I am not even talking about a recurring role, just have the sheriff bump into him at Café Diem. Perhaps just once captain Picard or any of the star trek captains, when reading a casualty report could have said “When deck four section seventeen lost pressure we lost, ensign Corbain, ensign Edison and Lt. Muhammed.”

See I am even ready to kill the poor guy off. I am just asking that we be included just a little. Course this is some what our own fault as every Muslim in America wants and pushes their child to be a doctor or engineer. I have yet to meet the Muslim parent who says they want their child to grow up to be a Hollywood writer.

Now if you have a clip of a Muslim character in a sci-fi show and I just missed it please send me a link to the clip and I will post it on my blog.

Why no Aliens?

Why No Aliens?

I have been asked several friends why no aliens appear in any of the stories that I have posted on to my blog, as they note that once upon a time I had written several short Sci-Fi stories which featured Aliens in them. Now I am not knocking having Aliens in your science fiction stories. They are a great device, to get an idea across to the reader.

I have not used Aliens in my stories, and probably won’t use them anytime in the near future, here I hedge my bets as one should never say never. I do so because I find there are to many people studying the Klingon language Instead of Arabic; to many learning all about Vulcan culture instead of Malay culture.

To put it a bit more bluntly, we are surrounded by Aliens and they are us. For the average American; Mexicans and Muslims are Aliens. For many Muslims; Americans might as well be Martians, and I believe with the rise of genetic manipulation and cybernetic implants we will see even more drift between groups. So I hope with my stories to help bridge some of those gaps as it just makes sense to me that as many Americans should know who the first Caliph was (AbuBakr) as know who Surak was.

Happy New Years

Happy 1433

Happy Bring your clone to work day

a Happy bring your clone to work day to everyone in the celestial empire.

how fast are things changing

My wife asked me "what are you doing?" to which i replied "downloading a book to my phone" a statement that just ten years ago would have made no sense at all.

TV rights

In the year 2020 C.E. CNN became the number one rated cable channel when the pentagon signed a contract with them giving CNN the exclusive broadcast rights to the American Invasion and Occupation of Somalia. Fourteen years and 25,000 American and 250,000 Somalian dead later American Military forces withdrew despite the protest from CNN executives as it was still their highest rated program. Many American clergy stated this showed the true decline of America moral fiber.

Robophobia

Anti Robot prejudice became a real problem on earth after the release of the General worker bot,The GW-23, as millions found themselves out of work.

New Kurdistan Planetary Park

Established in 1872 AH The first Planetary Park on New Kurdistan is still its most popular park.

EID Mubarak

Eid Mubarak

New Sulawesi

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) wife Ayesha said: "(The Prophet) would strive (to do acts of worship) during the last 10 days of Ramadan more than he would at any other time."

Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 133B

The Prophet also said: "Search for Laylat al-Qadr in the last 10 days of Ramadan."

Al-Muwatta, 19:11

New Markazi

Map of New Markazi a member of the Shia Systems Alliance. New Markazi has abundant Fisheries. It is Most famous for It's giant cephalopds.

Red Sea Astrarium

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/star-trek-theme-park-beaming-down-jordan-234216739.html

Most kings adopt a regal air, separating themselves from the common folk.

Star Trek theme park (Rubicon Group Holding)

Not Jordan's King Abdullah II. He's a geek and he's proud of it.

The Jordanian monarch is the chief investor in an upcoming theme park that will revolve around Star Trek. Slated to open in 2014, the park costs a reported $1.5 billion.

That's a lot of Gold-Pressed Latinum.

Unlikely though it may sounds, the coastal town of Aqaba is set to become the center of the Trek universe. The 184-acre theme park -- dubbed the 'Red Sea Astrarium' -- will feature several "multi-sensory futuristic experiences," including a high-tech space-flight adventure simulator.

Can you spot the King of Jordan.

can you spot the King of Jordan.

New Kelantan

New Palestine