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Posting Arabic in WordPress

Posted by Juzar Sh Yusuf bhai on July 9, 2010 at 1:38 pm

Since a few days shifting from Blogger to WordPress, I have been trying out all sorts of ways to publish Arabic script within my posts. Have tried the best friend on the net “Google” to get some answers but none helped. My database uses the the charset UTF-8 as some people pointed out as needed [...]

Akhlaq – A bounty of Allah Subhanahu

Posted by Juzar Sh Yusuf bhai on September 5, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Raulallah (SA) has said that good character is a bounty of Allah Subhanahu. While there is a huge difference between character and etiquette, most people tend to mix it up. I am most font of the dua of Imam Ali Zainul Abideen, “allahumma inni auzobeba an tahsona fi rayil aine alaniyati….” and I think it [...]

Father Like Son

Posted by Juzar Sh Yusuf bhai on April 16, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Mohammed has been showing oratory skills since long, even before he joined School and that what makes us proud of him. His first year at Madrasa and not exactly a debut on stage, but a first time event for him at our community hall. As the Madrasa program went on with a good pace yesterday, [...]

Lisan al-Dawat Fonts

Posted by Juzar Sh Yusuf bhai on January 5, 2005 at 8:56 pm

Lisan al-Dawat is a unique language used by the Dawoodi Bohra community in their day to day affairs. The language is a similar dilect of the Gujarati tongue spoken by a large number of people in the State of Gujarat in India. Someone familiar to Gujarati would notice little difference between LD (short for Lisanud [...]

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