Comments on: Hot off the press http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/ The official blog of the Muslim Students’ Association at the University of Toronto, St.George campus Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ahmed Khan http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-91 Ahmed Khan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:18:31 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-91 assalamo'alaykum, may Allah SWT bless you all for your efforts. Just want to make a point on proofreading stuff, in the article "prohetic akhlaq" by Ashiq Alibhai, it states that Umar ibn Al-Khattab "...and a big, scary-looking guy..." The noble companion 'Umar RA was not a scary looking guy. Please contact Br. Ashiq Alibhai and let him know that. He may make that mistake again. Perceptions of certain companions should not be result in conclusions about how they looked and so on. He may not know that he made this mistake. But I think it's a big mistake and it can easily be repeated because ppl [subconciously] may draw unreasonable conclusions. May Allah SWT bless you all with His choicest blessings. Amin. assalamo’alaykum,

may Allah SWT bless you all for your efforts.

Just want to make a point on proofreading stuff,

in the article “prohetic akhlaq” by Ashiq Alibhai,

it states that Umar ibn Al-Khattab “…and a big, scary-looking guy…”

The noble companion ‘Umar RA was not a scary looking guy. Please contact Br. Ashiq Alibhai and let him know that. He may make that mistake again. Perceptions of certain companions should not be result in conclusions about how they looked and so on. He may not know that he made this mistake.

But I think it’s a big mistake and it can easily be repeated because ppl [subconciously] may draw unreasonable conclusions.

May Allah SWT bless you all with His choicest blessings.

Amin.

]]> By: Asmaa http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-92 Asmaa Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:57:05 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-92 I think the blog should be updated. It doesn't have to be about MSA events only. Come on, put something interesting up! Grr! I think the blog should be updated. It doesn’t have to be about MSA events only. Come on, put something interesting up! Grr!

]]> By: Tariq http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-90 Tariq Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:00:51 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-90 Safiyyah, the changes made make sense... This is the same editor who would conquer with your concerns. (I know it's spelled concur, but that's the way he spells it) On behalf of the exec, I apologize for the lack of oversight. We should have caught it Safiyyah, the changes made make sense…

This is the same editor who would conquer with your concerns. (I know it’s spelled concur, but that’s the way he spells it)

On behalf of the exec, I apologize for the lack of oversight. We should have caught it

]]> By: Safiyyah http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-89 Safiyyah Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:51:35 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-89 I just read my article in the TMV for the first time and I was dismayed to notice some spelling/grammatical errors that weren't there when I wrote that article! A few examples will suffice: the editor changed the sentence 'poring through the pages of the Quran' to 'pouring', and 'amidst the hordes of people' to 'hoards'. Also, dhikr is explained in brackets as 'reference to God'. I'm a little confused, I must say. I like the original better. I just read my article in the TMV for the first time and I was dismayed to notice some spelling/grammatical errors that weren’t there when I wrote that article! A few examples will suffice: the editor changed the sentence ‘poring through the pages of the Quran’ to ‘pouring’, and ‘amidst the hordes of people’ to ‘hoards’. Also, dhikr is explained in brackets as ‘reference to God’. I’m a little confused, I must say. I like the original better.

]]> By: Tariq http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-88 Tariq Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:10:27 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-88 don't be afraid of the unknown. google it don’t be afraid of the unknown. google it

]]> By: Asmaa http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-82 Asmaa Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:54:03 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-82 I'm sorry to admit that I didn't read Aasim Hasany's article. I saw the picture of the flame and read the word "theomorphic" in the first sentence, and decided I was thoroughly scared. Maybe we can make our articles more..."approachable" :D I’m sorry to admit that I didn’t read Aasim Hasany’s article. I saw the picture of the flame and read the word “theomorphic” in the first sentence, and decided I was thoroughly scared.

Maybe we can make our articles more…”approachable” :D

]]> By: tick-tock http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-84 tick-tock Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:01:52 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-84 In line with Idrees’ comment, there needs to be a lot of synchronization with what the TMV publishes and what the MSA does. That's where the VPs should come in In line with Idrees’ comment, there needs to be a lot of synchronization with what the TMV publishes and what the MSA does.

That’s where the VPs should come in

]]> By: aasim http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-83 aasim Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:00:29 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-83 that was a good article you had safiyyah. i think i sent you an email about it with a poem from rumi, i dont know if you got it? i was just thinking. going for umrah/hajj is an existential enactment of the saying 'die before you die.' why else would you go to hajj dressed in a shroud? the wise one goes to hajj and returns as a 'no one'. the fool returns as a 'some one.' also, talking to people after they return from hajj/umrah they often mention how their ordinary mundane lives (9-5 work,etc) seem so meaningless and trivial in relation to their experiences at mecca and medina. one could say that the two cities are so infused with the perfume of the sacred that when one leaves them for their 'hometown' one realizes how far off 'heaven' and 'earth' must be in reality. that was a good article you had safiyyah. i think i sent you an email about it with a poem from rumi, i dont know if you got it?

i was just thinking. going for umrah/hajj is an existential enactment of the saying ‘die before you die.’ why else would you go to hajj dressed in a shroud? the wise one goes to hajj and returns as a ‘no one’. the fool returns as a ’some one.’

also, talking to people after they return from hajj/umrah they often mention how their ordinary mundane lives (9-5 work,etc) seem so meaningless and trivial in relation to their experiences at mecca and medina. one could say that the two cities are so infused with the perfume of the sacred that when one leaves them for their ‘hometown’ one realizes how far off ‘heaven’ and ‘earth’ must be in reality.

]]> By: Safiyyah http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-85 Safiyyah Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:47:05 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-85 The layout was amazing! The layout was amazing!

]]> By: Asim http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-87 Asim Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:09:11 +0000 http://utsgmsa.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hot-off-the-press/#comment-87 my layout team did an excellent job and i had the great help of two execs who got me some articles. the editorial could have used some work...like be redone, but anyway. In line with Idrees' comment, there needs to be a lot of synchronization with what the TMV publishes and what the MSA does, but why that isn't the case is beyond me, especially when deadlines arrive. Gooo TMV! my layout team did an excellent job and i had the great help of two execs who got me some articles. the editorial could have used some work…like be redone, but anyway. In line with Idrees’ comment, there needs to be a lot of synchronization with what the TMV publishes and what the MSA does, but why that isn’t the case is beyond me, especially when deadlines arrive.

Gooo TMV!

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