... And that's where the resemblance between me and Moses (pbuh) stops. Astaghfirullah, that just came out, I'm not claiming that I received any revelations on my 40 days away from myspace, but a few things did happen.

First of all, I would like to thank you all so much for being so friendly and thoughtful. I never expected so many to wish me 'Happy Birthday', or 'Blessed Ramadan', especially since I haven't had any contact with any since the end of August. Guys, and you know who you are... THANK YOU DEEPLY, and may you also have a RAMADAN KAREEM, a month where, inshaAllah, we can remind each other of our deen, and to take advantage of it to evaluate our lives, where we're going, and how we can improve ourselves and our state in this world and the next. Excuse me, I'm talking to a mixed crowd here, but all you atheists are also welcome to use this time for self-evaluation :P

Alhamdulillah, I expected my friends' to plummet after so long away, but only a few left, and many more added. So to all my new adds: Welcome! Hope to learn something useful from you, and I hope you benefit a bit from my page. And if you're here just to sell something my mom wouldn't approve of, you can 'unfriend' me now. Here I would like to add, that with the amount of people I have as friends, and with my new work commitments, I apologize in advance if I'm not always quick to reply, or for not being able spend as much time for each person as I would like, but I'll make an effort. Again, I got on myspace primarily for newssharing, and so don't expect me to be a socializing bee all the time.

So... 40 days it's been, about. I returned to Edinburgh to continue my studies, and for about three weeks I had a cousin stay with me as he was doing an elective in my university. That time was busy with me finding and furnishing some lodgings, and preparing to start a new academic year. My cuz is a football fan. As in fanatic! I learned more about Scottish/English football (that's soccer for you Americans :P) in three weeks than from my British friends in 2 years! The benefits were I got to see my first ever match live in a stadium! (Newcastle U vs Everton!), and got to see Newcastle upon Tyne. Beautiful little city, you should visit if ever in England.

Also was busy working in Uni Societies. Edinburgh now has a Palestine Solidarity Society! And I plan to give talks on Zionism/Palestine in a few weeks, put a bit of DBS knowledge into the mainstream. Take note DBS buddies, I'll probably call on you for resources soon. Also this year we started a 'Stop the War' society. All you uni myspacers, take advantage of uni to help promote the info you promote on myspace. Also, I got involved in a community radio station just for Ramadan. You can listen to us online at:
http://www.ummahedinburgh.co.uk/radio/
I do the Horizons program around half the days of the week, 5.30-7.30pm Edinburgh time. (I'm the Moh of the program.)

The major thing, though, that's been keeping me busy, is uni itself. We've moved to studying practically on the wards, and have a very busy day, with radio, study, taraweeh (and some anime to relax) at night. I've had the net connected for a couple weeks now, but haven't dared to check on myspace due to my time limitations. Today I got lucky and stayed home (as people are coming to fix my shower, long story), so I'm using this time for a bit of catch up. Speaking of Anime, you anime buffs out there: Does anyone know where I can get Coyote Ragtime Show fansubs further than episode 10? It's a great show, btw :)

Well, that's a bit of a skeletal outline of some of the things I've been up to in my 40-day hiatus. But back to the issues. I originally started this page to promote this site:
http://www.iamthewitness.com/index.html
While I have many interests, I think it's important to stay focused and not make my profile a hodgepodge of everything I think. Recently, the interviews have been arranged by date, and by person, so check them out! Infobattles are necessary, but we also need to win the war, and that takes action. What war am I talking about?
War against political corruption and traitor/puppet governments.
War against Zionist dominance in Jerusalem and Washington.
War against 'War on Terror/Islam'
War against Occupation and Oppression of Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, etc.
War against biased, racist and prostituted media.
Etc.
So all you new friends (and you forgetful ones too), these are some of the things this profile is about. I invite you to learn about these subjects and do your own digging too. Heck, I learn a lot about these subjects from you myspacers as well. We don't have to agree about everything, but we can put these issues to light.

So once again, I invite you to take sometime to look through the links and resources I have up on my page. For deeper historical understanding, listen to some of these guys talk on this page:
http://www.iamthewitness.com/InterviewsByPerson.html
Listen to 'em before you come to conclusions, then do your own research too. Here's some I recommend:

Eric Hufschmid - you don't need JE Jones' voice to speak powerful truth.

Dr Sahib Mustaqim Bleher - 'The Flying Imam' of http://flyingimam.blogspot.com/ .

Christopher Bollyn - brave journalist, a rarity in investigative reporting. He actually does his own field research! As opposed to just rehash info, which is what most 'alternative news' people do (myself included). Source of little known but significant info.

James Dickie - a Scottish professor (of history I think). One of Glasgow's Muslim pioneers, a fountain of knowledge on the history of Zionism.

David Musa Pidcock - scholar and author, founder of the 'Islamic Party of Britain'. Also a historian and activist, read some of his works (as well as Bleher's) at http://www.mustaqim.co.uk/ipb-archive/default.htm

Mohammed Rafiq - must hear interviews to understand important aspects of Jewish Khazarian and Messianic history, which lead to Zionism.

Rev Ted Pike - Christian scholar who is also a wealth of info on Zionism, Talmudism, and other important issues.

Barry Turner - wealth of history in his interviews

Riah Abu El-Assad - Christian Bishop in Jerusalem. If you're a Christian Zionist, maybe you should listen to this guy.

Rabbi Weiss - and if you're a Jewish Zionist, maybe you should listen to this guy.

Christopher Jon Bjerknes - finally, this man has dug up loads of little seen historical documents, I'm still reading through his book. Free online here:
http://www.jewishracism.com/SaintEinstein.htm

Well, there are many sites that I read, as well as blogs, but I think a little known one that I highly recommend (for it's scholarship, not to mention its non-commercialized Christianity) is http://www.revisionisthistory.org/ . Michael Hoffman II is a legend, read his books and newsletters.

So it seems my 'hi, life...' post has turned into political activism and infosharing. Hope you benefit.

Keep up the good struggle people,
Salam, take advantage of Ramadan,
-MZ