Salams friends,

As the fires rage on in California, incendiary rhetoric about UK Muslims was spreading like wildfire on Twitter. The world’s richest man & owner of ‘X’ spent his week fanning the flames of the horrific ‘grooming gangs’ scandal in the UK.

Forget typical fact-checking, the tool I want to start with cuts through the noise, giving you the full picture of what’s really happening.

Newscord 

Nobody has time to sift through a ton of articles & find out what’s really happening, which is exactly what bad-faith actors rely on to push their narratives.

Newscord uses AI to distill hundreds of high quality sources into concise summaries, so that you can stay informed without diving into rabbit holes.

It’s also designed to surface biases in reporting, by highlighting differences in news coverage. This ties into the recent controversy where the BBC has been found to skew reporting in Israel’s favor - who would’ve thought! This has been traced to Raffi Berg, BBC’s Middle East editor, who has direct ties to Mossad & Netanyahu.

So next time you’re going through the news, consider using Newscord to protect yourself against one-sided narratives & bias from news outlets.

PayGood & halal-tech in the spotlight

Speaking of news, The Guardian recently showcased “halal-tech”, like Boycat, Makani, and PayGood.

The issue of debanking is critical, because all the ventures we start to support Palestine (or any Muslim cause), can be decimated by taking the ability to accept payments away.

A payments processor that at minimum does not discriminate against us is alone a huge leap forward for ‘halal tech’ or Muslim businesses & charities.

Know a business or charity that wants to accept payments? Send them over to PayGood — bonus points if you send Maher Zain songs to brighten Amany’s playlist.

silsila

Silsila is a company dedicated to the embellishment of documents from Islamicate culture.

Traditionally, nikāḥ contracts were treasured heirlooms. But modern nikahnamas have been reduced to plain legalese with generic stock art, falling short of the sanctity behind this document.

Silsila has since added to its collection;

• Botanical posters depicting fruits in the Qur’an & foods loved by the Prophet ﷺ

• Reviving the Ottoman tradition of a beautifully designed hilya of Sayyidna Mustafa ﷺ

• A Children’s Study of Islamic Art: a hands-on book introducing kids to Islamic art forms, while informing them of the intentionality & spiritual significance in our artistic tradition.

They deserve recognition for supporting scholars who write the shariah-compliant nikāḥ contracts with certified calligraphers, preserving this silsila of passing down artistic techniques generation to generation.

🛍️ straight from the souq

1. Peace by Chocolate: artisanal chocolate crafted by Syrian refugees.

2. Minaret Paper Co: thoughtful greeting cards.

3. nounnaturals: hair & skincare products made with natural ingredients.

4. Barakah Boutique: lifestyle/variety store based in Michigan.

5. Pillars Seminary: courses to cover your Farḍ al-ʿAyn education.

Product Of The Week: One Nuqta Calendar

El Encuentro

El Encuentro is a community organization fusing Islam into Colombian cultural heritage.

Through educational programs, publications, and community events, El Encuentro provides Spanish-speaking Muslims with accessible resources to deepen their religious understanding within a familiar cultural context.

They’re crafting something unique: an indigenous Islamic culture in Columbia, and for Muslims across the Spanish-speaking world.

One of the things that turn people away from Islam is the assumption that they must give up their culture entirely, and adopt a foreign way of being. There’s really nothing “Islamic” about thobes & black abayas: modesty is not exclusive to them.

As a universal religion, our deen does not exact conformity to the customs of 7th century Arabia — rather, it harmoniously integrates the vision of different civilizations, turning their gaze toward the qibla.

From Persian literature, to the traditional oral storytelling of West African griots spreading the seerah, to Mughal architecture - Islam has embraced and elevate diverse cultural expressions while maintaining its core principles.

Islam has a local, as well as universal dimension, and this is something to be celebrated — a multiplicity, in submission to Divine Unity, tawhid.

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See you next week, insha’Allah.

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