“Donation Box Guy” Finally Snaps: It Was Merely a Question of When

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HANOVER PARK, IL – Police were called onto the scene of an area masjid after a young man lashed out in an obscenity-laden tirade against area worshippers. Witnesses explained the man, identified as 19 year old Saleem Patel, was responsible for holding the donation box after prayer services.

“How would you [expletive] feel if you were [expletive] invisible?!” yelled Patel as he was taken into custody.

He apparently snapped after enduring a severe lack of donations. While the incident surprised and stunned many, it’s a move many in the community saw coming for months. 

“The poor guy would always just stand there and keep saying the same thing in a robotic, almost detached tone… ‘Donate generously, donate generously, donate generously.’ I guess the $1 and $5 bills got to him. It’s sad to see someone go out like that,” explained one eyewitness.

Third Grade Palestinian Boy Claims Responsibility for ‘Attack’: Educators Scramble For Damage Control

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RICHMOND, VA – For six minutes, the air in Ms. Lambert’s third-grade classroom was filled with the stench of a senseless act of juvenile mischief. Students were caught off guard when young Tahir Asafi released one of his lethal ‘fart’ bombs in the southeast region of the classroom. Seconds after the attack, screams of ‘ewe’s’ could be heard coming from the area hardest hit.

He also pointed out that the waves of gas would continue over the course of the next few hours, including recess.Seven-year-old Asafi was quick to claim responsibility for the attack saying, “It was all me!”

Fellow classmate Julie Rubinowitz could be seen gasping for air as she pinched her nose closed.

The incident occurred sometime between math and social studies as the students were taking out their map pencils. Ms. Lambert directly blames Tahir’s mother for not cracking-down on a better lunch selection, and packing shwarma’s in his lunchbox every day.

What are your thoughts regarding the 2004 elections?

What is the Muslim perspective of the 2004 US presidential election?

bro7

“Voting for Bush is like voting without vaseline! You know? It’s tough.”
Haris Fandlar

bro5

“Yeah whatever. Britney Spears got married to her dancer husband. Does she know I even exist? No.”
Karisbi Kareem

bro6

“As an American who’s voted through three presidential elections, I believe more apathy is needed in our communities. Trust me.”
Saad Esobi

sis5

“Hmm, lemme think about this one. Killing innocent Muslim civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq. Ignoring the whole Palestine-Israel thing, along with the whole Homeland Security Act and taking my dad to jail on ‘Secret Evidence.’ Yeah that’s a big NO for Bush.”
Amana Qadri

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Muslim Social Networking Website Crawling With Social Outcasts

SANTA CLAUSA, CA – Rising in popularity since it’s launch nearly four months ago, SMWANL.com (standing for “Single Muslims Who Aren’t Necessarily Looking”) offers many services to the sites numerous daily visitors.

“It’s the perfect way to unwind after a hard day,” states unemployed 27-year old Yaseen Mubarak, one of the numerous single Muslim visitors of the website. “You just go there to chill and look but not really look look, you know?”

“Like oh my god,” states addict Layla Khan. “I love the way I can just sit there in front of the computer and just type all of the interesting details of my life and school and boys and people give comments like ‘I agree’ and ‘Way to go’ and ‘lolz wtf’. The only thing that’s kind of weird is that sometimes, a guy randomly asks if he can ‘friendship me’ or something but I guess you have to take the good with the bad.”

SMWANL.com certainly has features to distinguish itself from competition. Take, for example, the “Marry Me Please, No I’m Just Kidding” button.

“I love that one the most because you can say ‘Hey baby, how ya doin’ while at the same time, you’re not really committing to full-blown interest,” states 18-year old Naseeba Dotkhan.

Not all SMWANL.com members, however, are enthusiastic about the site and what it offers.

“It is Dajjal,” states angry social outcast Umar Wahaab who regularly visits the site. “I go there at least twice a day and I hate it. So much fitna. No girls will talk to me.”

Other visitors point out that members using the “Married But Looking” category aren’t necessarily looking for second or third wives.

Despite the criticism, the site continues to flourish.

Die-hard loyalists even refer to themselves as “SMWANLsters” and occasionally hold face-to-face basement meetings called “Awkward Moments.”

CyberImaam.com Issues Controversial New Fatwa: Declares All Other Websites Haram

KARACHI, OH – Some time after Fajr this morning, CyberImaam.com Websheikh Angree Mufasaa warned his website visitors that surfing other websites is now considered haram.

The fatwa also outlines a new “e-Shariah” form of punishment for violators of the ruling.

Punishments include “virtual stoning e-mail” forwards, directing violators to a CyberImaam.com page that plays a “whiplash” audio file and restricting broadband violators to 14.4k dialup speeds.

News of the e-fatwa ruling drew varied reactions from the online Muslim community.

“This is terrible, my site traffic has really taken a hit,” stated a visibly-disturbed owner from competing website OnlineImam.org. “What next? What if he declares himself the e-Khalif?”

Others, such as 14-year old Waleem Fuzail applauded the decision.

“There’s so much fitnaa and bidaah and haraam and kufaaar out there,” stated the passionate youth. “His site has none of that. He just has one page with big red letters that say “HARAAM” and his fatwas are listed below. I really aaplaaud what the Imaam is doing for Islaam.”

Another site regular stated, “I really respect the Websheikh. He’s visited just about every link on Google for the keyword ‘islam’ so he’s very knowledgeable. I guess I’ll just have to make CyberImaam.com my default homepage and make sure not to click on any of his banner ads.”

Chat Addict Convinces Parents She’s Doing Research: Poor Adults Don't Have a Clue

AIMVILLE, KY – “I think it’s cool now, they’re finally gone,” states 16-year old Aatiqah Rehman.

Cool, indeed. The teenage Rehman spends nearly fifteen hours a day talking online with friends and strangers alike. Her addiction started early with the popular AOL instant messenger, commonly thought to be a gateway for chat addiction.

From there, her interests slowly progressed to chatting on Yahoo Messenger, MSN and ICQ. “Sometimes, when my friends aren’t online, I go onto chatrooms and say salam to random people because it’s so much fun, lol.”

Fun most of the time, however Aatiqah learned the hard way that it’s a bad idea to give your phone number or other personal information to people you’ve never met in a real life, face-to-face encounter.

Rehman’s parents started suspecting something was wrong when strange phone calls would come to the house from grown men asking to speak with their daughter.

“I pick up phone and he say ‘Hi is AatiqahRahman786 there?’ and I say ‘Who is this?’ and he say ‘Bob’ and I say ‘What Bob want with my daughter?’ and Bob hang up,” stated her concerned father.

After confronting his daughter about the questionable phone calls, Aatiqah denied any wrongdoing.

“I just told them that I was working on a school project,” explained Aatiqah, “They wouldn’t know the difference between Microsoft Word and Alloy.com, lol.” While her parents are enthused that their daughter spends so much time studying, they don’t quite understand why she’s failing most of her classes.

Muslim Entertainment Goes Unscreened: Youth Approval Committees Worst Fears Realized

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CHICAGO, IL – Panic and fear ensued in the hearts and minds of Muslim Youth Committee coordinators when they failed to screen some of the ‘last-second’ acts performing at this year’s “Muzlims Gotz Skeelz” variety show and fundraiser.

“There are certain things you can and cannot do at these ‘halal’ shows which attract many families,” explains Kazim Al-Ghaffour, event coordinator. “I was truly caught off guard when his pants started to come off.”

Al-Ghaffour was forced to make a last-second decision when musical act ‘Chop Stik Miswak’ failed to arrive at the Gateway Theatre this past Saturday evening. During the intermission and under mounting pressure to fill numerous vacant slots in the lineup, Al-Ghaffour agreed to let Muslim hip-hop artist M.F. Haseen perform his routine.

Later that evening, a dismayed Ghaffour found out what the M.F stood for. “It was explained to me that he had this ‘east meets west’ freestyle,” explained Al-Ghaffour, “I guess that means that he managed to upset people of many ethnicities.”

“I don’t know how this happened.” said committee member Bilal Ali. “I thought Ghaffour had screened all the acts.”

“I thought Bilal screened all the acts,” responded an equally bewildered Al-Ghaffour.

Shouts of ‘Astagfirullah’ could be heard from the audience, followed by panic attacks and cries of horror.

Many toddlers took it upon themselves to head for the exits.

The committee is currently sending out apology communications and will issue an official statement on their Web site.

Crossroads Announces New Fall Lineup

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ITHACA, NY – Crossroads TV, the Muslim lifestyles cable channel expected to launch in late summer 2004, has announced their exciting fall lineup. Programming for the progressive channel include “never before” seen Muslim reality shows expected to land high ratings.

Crossroad’s, “Fitna Island” is a show centered around five Imams sent away to a Caribbean island in the midst of spring break. The Imams attempt to remain consistent with the piety and modesty with which they’ve been raised while at the same time are immersed in an environment which is anything but.

The last Imam left unscathed will win the cash prize of $500 along with assurances from the programming directors that he will be entering into the glorious gates of heaven.

The new channel hopes to hit a home run with a prank television venture entitled “Detained.” Hosted by 786 Heartthrob Zafar Razaki, “Detained” tours the nation with a hidden camera, scouting out Muslim households and individuals and telling them they’ve been detained by the Office of Homeland Security under the “Secret Evidence Act.” The reactions of candid shock and horror that ensue formulate one half hour of quality comedy.

Playing off the success of the NBC sitcom, “Non-Mehram Friends” is expected to carve out part of Thursday’s prime time on Crossroads. Three guys and three girls have been lifelong friends, but now the factors of puberty, and a shared studio apartment divided only by a flimsy curtain set the tone for a 16 episode season.

Crossroad’s Programming CEO Yahya Mustafa is excited about the inaugural season, saying, “I’m truly excited.”

The new channel will begin broadcasting in late August, and is currently securing potential advertisers.

Halal Butcher Loses Finger, Hopes No One Notices: Accident-Prone Man Keeps Working Despite Loss

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STREAMWOOD, IL – In a frenzy to finish his orders before prayer this past Friday, Zabiha Halal Butcher Yaseen Mahmeet sustained a severe injury to his left hand. While attempting to grind beef, Mahmeet’s left ring finger was caught in the machine and completely severed.

“I look at other side and seen it don’t look too bad since I got the nine fingers left,” remarked Mahmeet. “I bag it and move on to next order.”

Mahmeet refused to reveal exactly which order contained the severed finger and stated, “It’s not too much bad I think to be eat it. I wash it the hand this morning.”

The clumsy butcher added that this isn’t the first time his body parts have intermingled with his food orders. Last Ramadan, a child nearly choked to death after eating a samosa containing one of Mahmeet’s toenail clippings.

The clumsy butcher has lost one finger and three toes thus far, along with collagen from his left ear. Despite such misfortunes, he maintains that these are acceptable losses in order to maintain the speed with which he fulfills his orders.

“Some restaurant called ‘Kinda OK’ now want to order the meat because I so much the fast, so I feel the very much of the kind of happy.”

Eid Prayers Held at Bambi’s: All Other Venues Booked

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Houston, TX – After a significant reservation oversight, the Islamic Community of Greater Houston (ICGH) was forced to make a last-minute decision in finding an appropriate venue for this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr prayer. With both the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Astrohall booked, ICGH President Malik Muhammad was faced with very few options.

“I’m not sure who dropped the ball on this one, but we had no time and had to think fast,” said Muhammad.

ICGH, for the first time in North American Eid prayer history, reserved Bambi’s located off Westheimer Rd. The establishment has been described by the business as a “place where gentlemen meet.”

“My advisor, Hassan Tulaybah had told me about a place he once visited a few months ago, and said it had adequate capacity once all the tables and small stages had been moved. I went with it, not bothering to investigate further,” said Muhammad.

Tulaybah described his last-minute strategy as a “no brainer.”

“When ICGH asked me where to hold a Ayeeeeeed Brayer, I say ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh Bumbi Hall!”

Tulaybah then proceeded to belch a waft of vodka into the air, and passed out.

Because the morning prayers were held outside of Bambi’s normal operating hours, most of the establishment’s typical patrons were nowhere to be found.

As people entered into Bambi’s, a voice over the megaphone could be heard saying, “Brothers and sisters, please remove your shoes and nothing else!”

“And don’t forget to Purell yourselves every five minutes!”

Many community members witnessed the anomalies spawned from the event.

“It was amazing, I could see the imam hanging from a pole giving the khutbah. He kept addressing us as ‘Gentlemen and Sisters,'” said an excited Haris Qudus, 19, who normally wouldn’t be able to enter Bambi’s due to his age.

This year, Eid expenses were calculated at $5 per head, unless congregants wished to experience the venue’s ‘VIP Backroom’ at $25 per head.

“The people who came early got to sit in the VIP lounge, but you know it’s not really different in there,” said Malik Muhammad. “Same thing you have out here just in a more intimate setting.”

One of Bambi’s infamous dancers, Sparkles, was just ending her shift from the previous night as congregants began to arrive. As she walked out of the building, she was pulled aside by an ICGH volunteer.

“Some jerk with a big beard just told me to go back to the sisters section,” she said with disgust. “I told him, ‘Honey, this whole room IS THE SISTERS SECTION!'”

At the end, more donations were requested to pay for the hall, and folded one-dollar bills were the preferred denomination.