Impact of Quran on the Heart: Dr.Mamdouh Mohammad
January 28, 2008
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The Fate of The Dark Knight
Searches Surge for Heath Ledger as The Joker
For months now, buzz has been building for “The Dark Knight,” the next edition of the “Batman” film franchise. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the upcoming movie stars Christian Bale as Batman—and Heath Ledger as The Joker.
Advertising for the blockbuster release, which will hit theaters in July, has focused on Ledger’s grisly, battered-looking super villain. Now, as The Wall Street Journal says, “the actor’s death puts into question the future of the Joker-centric marketing push… and whether Warner Bros. will change tactics rather than risk a negative response.” AFP quoted one source as saying that the dilemma the studio finds itself in is “unprecedented in the modern era.”
We don’t know how people will respond to the movie’s marketing or its release, but the fate of the film and the look of Ledger’s bruised bad guy have electrified searchers. After news broke of Ledger’s shocking death, queries for “heath ledger” catapulted upwards. The next most sought-out search was “heath ledger joker.” Since his death, demand for the actor’s portrayal of the criminal mastermind has surged nearly 3,600%.
Over the past week, we’ve also logged massive spikes in terms like “batman the dark knight joker,” “heath ledger joker pictures,” and “heath ledger as the new joker.” General queries, such as “dark knight movie” and “batman the dark knight trailer,” have skyrocketed.
One of the posters for the movie features an image of the Caped Crusader’s arch foe scrawling “Why so serious?” in blood. Yesterday, “the dark knight why so serious” surged. For as long as Ledger’s death remains in the news, there will surely be intensified focus on the film. What happens after that, and how seriously audiences respond to the summer release and its greasecaked clown criminal, remains to be seen.
Courtesy of Saqib Bhaiya and WasatStudios.
Peace Vision of Islam MYC Together?!!!!
January 24, 2008
Assamualaikum guys,
Peace conference has just ended. It was great Allhumdullilah! It was one of the best things that happened to India. Isa Washington was the MC and was awesome. He made a huge difference during the conference. Saqib bhaiya’s boy Yasir Qadhi rocked the house during the first part of the conference with his lectures with subjects like ‘Invite the World to Paradise”, ’Unity and Disunity in Islam’, and ‘Repentance’ along with his “Aqeedah 101″ workshop. My family are now all Yasir Qadhi fans. They have his CD’s stacked up on our CD stand taking the place of Hindi music for good. Waleed Basouni also had an impacton the people with his speech on ‘Violence in the name of God’. We chilled before he left. Hussein Yee spoke about trials of the grave and about peace. He also did a workshop on bringing up your family. He was really good. Tawfique Chowdhury spoke on amazing women in Islam and Preserving our faith in the 21st century. Salem Al- Amry, a speaker from UAE had ok speeches but really good workshops on Tawheed. Yusuf Estes had come to speak about Proof of God, God in general, and Da’wah. He was hilarious. Everytime he cracked a joke no one would laugh because they didn’t understand it. He started with saying, “Assalamualaikum, my name is Yusuf, but my wife calles me ‘useless’ ”. He ended with saying, ‘You better laugh because my jokes don’t get any cheesier than this.’ Sh. Hamoud Ashamry had come. He was a pilot for thirty years and started doing da’wah. Mamdouh Mohammad was awesome. He’s you typical Arab uncle. He was really nice and talked about traps of Satan, Soldiers of Allah(SWT) Approaching Quran and workshops on shortcuts to paradise and Salah. Bilal Phillips came down and talked about Hijab, Desires and Modernism. Last but not leat was Dr. Zakir Naik. His speech was packed with muslims and more non-muslims. He talked about the concept of God in the world’s major religions. obviously he schooled everyone in the question and answer session. Allhumdullilah Sh. Bilal converted three four people along with Homoud Ashamry, Salem Al Amry Walled Basouni. Allhumdullah they managed to convert about twenty thirty people. Takbeer!!! MYC, the Muslim Youth Council, the group I created, is now materialy under Peace. Allhumdullah. We get a whole office building (which is pretty damn big), one lak a month, workers, (webdesigners, graohic designers, managers, etc.), and a ton of other stuff. Peace and i are running it like a business since I emphasised how it should be run like Al- Maghrib. Insha Allah I hope it goes wee. The website will be up next week. I’ll post a ling InshaAllah. Peace pics will be put up al soon as I get a new USB wire insha Allah. Sh. Abduraheen Green couldn’t be with us because of sickness. Make du’a for him insha Allah. Sh. Yusuf Estes is coming to Chicago next week. I hope you guys catch up with insha Allah.
Shabba Khair
It’s Been a While…
January 8, 2008
Assalmualaikum guys,
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I have been wanting to post on xanga, but i just could never find time. So, I hereby dedicate this blog to post that may interest you insha’ Allah on my expierences in India and around the world . I’ll update you on my personal thoughts, feelings, my viewpoints, home videos, Islamic videos , Hadith, and various articles. Take care!
W’salaam
