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Doing my bit

Mr Moo — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:53:46 +0000

There is a facebook group that does this sort of thing.

Three things: The Suppression of Meat

Mr Moo — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:27:10 +0000

So, some article claims eating less meat is un-Islamic. Here is the truth about the historical impact of the flesh of other creatures.

Three Things: Krafty name you have there

Mr Moo — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:42:37 +0000

Topi-tip to minaretmuse: Nigroids (Wikipedia entry), now owned by Kraft.

Halal-Meatarians

Mr Moo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:31:03 +0000

There is a BBC article “The rise of the non-veggie vegetarian” that discusses the more nuanced classification of almost-vegetarians

Classic vegetarian: Eats no part of any dead animal
Vegan: Eats no animal product
Meat-avoider: Tries not to to eat meat but has occasional lapses
Meat-reducer: Is trying to eat less meat, probably for health reasons
Green eater: Avoids meat because of environmental impact

We at Mooslim.com realised this was not enough for our Muslim brethren and sistren*. What follows are further definitions, for your education and entertainment.

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Loc-halal-ivore – eats only halal meat from their local shop. Often, this is because they know the uncle, he is a nice man, and they don’t know any other butchers.

Botivore - will only eat neatly chopped cubes of boneless meat, or kebabs. No bones, brains, offal, anything shaped like it was a bit of an animal

Haich-em-ceelian
only eats HMC** approved meat.

Kullu-halalwala
Eats McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, actually, anything that is not pork. The logic here is that all is halal, and as the UK is a Christian country, the food is of people of the book***.

Meatarian – only meat is food, everything else is garnish

Middleclassangstivore – Eat only local halal organic happy animals. Imagine the nice forest in Bambi, where chicken, lamb and cows who, having lived a fruitful life play with each other all day long, whilst a nice farmer comes along and massages the little animals by hand. Then, in a spontaneous act of bliss, the cutey animals happily and willingly plunge their necks onto the knife, knowing their Soil-Association approved carcass will be made into a nice middle class roast.

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* Sistren is a word. You should use it all the time.

** Halal Meat Committee

*** iMuslim and fikrpad have a pretty in-depth fiqh-based look at conditions of slaughter, if that is your thing have a look.

[26/32] A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down

Mr Moo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:49:41 +0000

This post is about medicine folk. As I child I was a short and skinny, and my parents thought there was something indeterminably wrong with me. Various experts were consulted. A Hakeem was visiting Loughborough Road Mosque, and we dutifully went to see him. The Hakeem diagnosed a generic liver ailment, and gave some kind of sweet fig-based paste. On comparing my medicine with that of my cousin, we concluded the Hakeem dispensed this same medicine regardless of the ailment before him. (These childhood visits to medical experts continued until a gentle paediatrician, with the aid of growth charts, diplomatically explained that I was short because, erm, my parents were short)

However, Hakeems were statistically a rare occurrence. In practice we also had herbal and traditional food-based remedies. My mother would cook strong curries with exotic spices to ward of colds and flu. We knew about the benefits of turmeric before we were told it was good for us. In addition to food-as-medicine, my father also had a prized copy of ‘Tibe-Nabvi and Jadeed Science’ – Medicine of the Prophet and Modern Science’. We consequently ate a lot of Olive Oil, before the River-Cafe-walas made it popular.

For the sake of balance, I should make reference to another medicine man, a friend of my family. In central Mumbai he had a very ingenious* line in wealth redistribution. He would take free sample drugs from medical reps and crush them into powder, and mix them into a generic pink chalky base. Wealthy clients inadvertently subsidised those unable to pay, equalized by the uniform brown bottles filled with pink medicine. My two visits, for completely different ailments, resulted in the same tasting medicine. The Pink-Medicine-Doctor of Mumbai was probably the most cost-effective and efficient MD in the whole of the subcontinent. His son is now a radiologist and avoids pink at all costs.

Finally, in terms of medicine folk, there is however, one topic that I have been resisting ever since I have been blogging: My antipathy to homeopathy, perfectly illustrated in the video below http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy#Medical_and_scientific_analysis

(stethoscope wave to Dr M)

Homeopathic A&E

*or, as he would say, indi-genius

The reinvented eco-fridge

Mr Moo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:53:31 +0000

The BBC have featured the following article:

Prize for electricity-free fridge
A 22-year-old Leeds student has been named one of the Women of the Year after inventing a “sustainable” fridge.

However, I have seen similair inventions before. Shaykh Google revels:

Treehugger has the best article describing this ‘reinvention’

Solar Fridge Invented (Again) by UK Student

I hope my invention of a circular disc, that can spin on on its axis and can be used for efficient horizontal motion will be viewed kindly by commentators.

Three things: Brass Crescent, Blogging and Sequestered Sunnisisters.com Stored

Mr Moo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:05:25 +0000

Salaams. It has been a while since I blogged. Yes, I have been twittering and facebooking, but not proper blogging. I have been making copious notes on evernote, but for actual publishing, real life has not spared me the time to blog or write properly (apart from the article I did for the Guardian. I intend to change that.

Anyways, three things came up recently on blogging itself. Now I know a blogger writing about blogging is insular and not groundbreaking, but thefollowing should be of interest to some.

Firstly, MuslimMatters put up a page on the best ranking Muslim blogs. Around the same time, I received a link (via comment) on the oldest blogs, “Mr Moo” blog was eighth. Anyway, if you take a look at the page, it has a long list of blogs, one of the most comprehensive I have seen.

Next, the Brass Crescent Awards nominations are up. I recommend you gpo nominate your blogs. I’ve read somewhere that Muslims who tweet should also be included, I disagree. Blogging is about good writing (at its essence), and the Brass Cresecent were set up to reflect the best of the blogosphere. Its difficult to be complex in 140 characters. I started blogging by accident, posting up photos of travel, and see no reason to stop.

Anyways, I’d imagine Indigo Jo has been nominated many times, by far he has been the most consistent blogger this year and the one I read the most. I also really love the writing of Timothy Bowes over at folio.me.uk, as well as Svend White over at Akrams Razor and ‘Barakah’ at Rickshaw Diaries

Finally, there has been this gap in the blogosphere since a few of the nicer blogs from years past have disappeared or are not updated regularly. That itself is not a problem, bloggers have a life and don’t owe anybody anything. The most prominent of the retired blogs is Sunnisisters.com – we miss the blog itself. Well, I took a gander at the internet archive, and yes, most of the Sunni Sisters blog seems to be there and is sort of readable. Do be warned many of the images and photos are not archived. To access, click on the image below. Enjoy.

Dr M von Vogelhausen

Mr Moo — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:05:50 +0000

Many thanks to minaretmuse who sent me the reviews of Dr M von Vogelhausen. They are pure gold (rather like the ring below).

See full list of his reviews at …

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3B2IL2CP9GW2C?ie=UTF8&display=public&sort_by=MostRecentReview&page=1

10mm D Shape Gents Wedding Band in 18ct Solid Yellow Gold

…for many years the ring has been lost to us. it is a powerful ring, it speaks to us, its bright sheen reminds us of the fires whence it came. it burns when we wear it, but if we don’t wear it, it is very heavy around our neck. others ache for it, covet it with their jealous eyes, we must hide it.

Why the TED talks are special: Sarah Jones

Mr Moo — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:06:10 +0000

For those that are not aware, the TED talks are talks take place annually in California, see more at the wikipedia entry here.

One reaspn I like them is because of he broad range of speakers they have, with interesting ideas (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) Another reason I like them is that their videos are freely available to download to anyone who can.

(Of course, most of the planet doesn’t have internet access, but thats another topic for another day)

Below is a video from Sarah Jones. It made me smile.

Allah Made Me Funny: BBC interview

Mr Moo — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:31:02 +0000

“Allah Made Me Funny” They are such lovely people, they play a big show in London tonight. They were on BBC Breakfast this morning and now have an interview on the BBC website. I went to see them last year, and yes, they really are funny.