1948-05-12

In Name Of Allah, The Source Of The Mercy To All Of Creation, The Source Of The Mercy To The Believing Congregation. Oh Allah Bless Muhammad�s Soul And Rain Down Peace On His Household I am Ali Abu-Talib Son Of AbdunNur. Some folks call me Shaykh Ali. Some folks call me BabaAli. And some folks call me just plain Ali, and though I don't box my rap is still pretty. AlHamdul-Lillah! I'm a 59 year old African American, who converted to Islam in January of 1970. I've sat for many years with some of the world's most outstanding Muslim scholars of both sects, including Imam Mubarrak Hasan, Sayyid Masoom Abidi, Ayatollah Murtadah Qazwinii and I'm recognized by my former teachers as a serious student and an accomplished teacher and writer. My writings include The Curtain Of Light, a short book on the importance of prioritizing the establishment of Salat in Jamat in Mumin Communities based in The West; "The Holy Lecture," a rhymed refraction (poetic interpretation and translation) of the last juz of The Quran, and a rhymed epic poem which is a dramatic yet complete and accurate history of the events that led up to the martyrdom of Prophet's Grandson entitled The Murder Of Imam Husayn. This work was presented in the form of a four and a half hour talking book. It is presently unavailable for sale but most of it can be downloaded for free at my .mac account idisk.mac.com/abutalib-Public? I also have a myspace page at. http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacebabaali I just finished working on Book One of a rhymed history of Prophet Muhammad�s biography called �The Final Prophet.� With God's grace and mercy, I've written very many poems and essays, on Islamic subjects distributed to Mumin all over the world on my E-zine called �GrassRoots Dirt.� I've presently producing several CD�s of Poetry. Two of them, �Choices,� and �The Fear of The Dark� are in post production. Two more, �The White Man�s God Complex Revisited, and �Responsibility,� are in pre-preproduction. I have two sons, a step son, a ward, and two grand daughters. I do not believe that Christian monogamy is the ideal marital institution. I'm a 20 year resident of San Diego California, and a native of Buffalo, New York. I am also the Co-founder/Organizer of Jamatul Muqeemoonas Salat, the founder of GrassRoots Calling, and The QINA (Quranic Institute Of North America) Projects. The Praise To Him Lord Of The Nations, The Source Of The Mercy To All Of Creation, The Source Of The Mercy To The Believing Congregation. Oh Allah Bless Muhammad�s Soul And Rain Down Peace On His Household God Is Greater!

Male

Buffalo

San Diego

Carpet Cleaner, Writer/Moralist

Master Cleaners, GrassRoots Calling,

St. Francis de Sales, Louis J. Bennett High School, MoreHouse College, Uhurah Sasa, Various Tutors, Fort Ord, Fort Sam Houston, and Mentors

An inspired thought... A cool clean breeze... Angelic zephyrs sway the trees. The sun�s warm healing ray Ushers in a brand new day. The birds, the breeze, me, and the trees; Allah created all of these. Meditation; Focus; Pray... In tune to nature all the day... Bowing prostrate; breathing deep... Enjoying life while must men sleep... Loving duty most of all. Heeding happily the morning call; I�d like to share with you the morning dew. I hope you�d like to share it too. I pray Allah blesses you every day. In each and every way. Allahu Akbar Oh Allah Bless Muhammad's Soul, And Rain Down Peace On His Household.

0