African Holocaust: Dark Voyages is our best production to date. An epic voyage tracing the history of the African Holocaust (MAAFA): History's darkest human tragedy. A saga of human horror hidden between myth and obscurity. The forced exodus of entire generations of Africans to the New World . A horrendous trade in human cargo, which would build and reshape the World forever, leaving a legacy that, would haunt our World today. Dark Voyage is a powerful educational tool, a cultural dialogue (dawah), historically revealing. 
Dark Voyage is a state-of-the-art Audio-documentary and CD-ROM with video footage written/produced by African people. A new standard of audio production, pushing the 24-bit benchmark, crystal clear surround sound. Digitally recorded, mixed and mastered on state of the art Mackie desk. TRT 1HR 15 MIN.

TRACK LIST AND PREVIEW:

1. MAAFA 2.THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY 3.SLAVERY IN AFRIKA 4.THE BIRTH OF RACISM
5.SLAVERY IN ARABIA 6.THE ZANJ 7.ISLAM AND AFRIKA 8.18th CENTURY BOOM
9.CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM IN AFRIKA 10.SLAVERY IN CHRISTIANITY 11. TOOLS OF SUPPRESSION
12.THE RISE OF EUROPE 13.EUROPE IN AFRIKA 14. A TRICKLE 15. THE NEW WORLD
16.THE FLOOD 17.THE TRIANGLE TRADE 18.THE TRADE 19.LEGACY OF THE TRADE 20. RESISTANCE
21.COFFLE GANG 22.HOW MANY? 23.THE MARCH 24.EL MINA 25.DOOR OF NO RETURN 26.THE DARK VOYAGE 27. WE SHALL NEVER FORGET

http://www.afrikanholocaust.com/ 

Sami Yusuf : Al-Mu'allim (The Teacher) [Nasheed CD]
As Seen on UK Islam Channel (Sky Digital  836 Nasheed Programme)
Awakening Records July 2003 
CD 40 Mins 26 Secs

Product description:

Al-Muallim is a compilation of some ground-breaking nasheeds by Sami Yusuf. It is intended to provide an Islamic alternative for the Muslim youth that is vibrant and enjoyable to listen to and is produced to the highest standards of composition, singing, sound production and engineering.  It includes the following tracks:

1. Al-Muallim
2. Who is the Loved One?
3. The Cave of Hira
4. Allahu
5. The Creator
6. Meditation
7. Ya Mustafa
8. Supplication

About the performer:

Sami Yusuf was born in July 1980. He was born into a musical family and thus music played an integral part in his life. Sami’s initial training came from his father, who is an internationally renowned composer, poet, and a multi-talented musician. Sami learnt to play many instruments at a very young age and gradually began to show a keen interest in singing and composing. At the age of eighteen, he obtained a scholarship to study composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London, one of the world’s most prestigious music institutions. Sami has been composing from a very young age and his beautiful voice is supplemented by his extensive knowledge of notes and harmonies. He also has a good understanding of music theory and the Middle Eastern modes (or Maqams) and solfeggio. Indeed, it is rare to find a person who has all these talents. Sami is also a devoted practicing Muslim who sees songs as a means of promoting the message of Islam and encouraging the youth to be proud of their religion and identity.

Al-Mu'allim

We once had a Teacher
The Teacher of teachers,
He changed the world for the better
And made us better creatures,
O Allah we’ve shamed ourselves
We’ve strayed from Al-Mu'allim,
Surely we’ve wronged ourselves
What will we say in front him?
O Mu'allim...

Chorus
He was Muhammad salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam,
Muhammad, mercy upon Mankind,
He was Muhammad salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam,
Muhammad, mercy upon Mankind,
Teacher of all Mankind.
Abal Qasim [one of the names of the Prophet]
Ya Habibi ya Muhammad
(My beloved O Muhammad)
Ya Shafi'i ya Muhammad
(My intercessor O Muhammad)
Khayru khalqillahi Muhammad
(The best of Allah’s creation is Muhammad)
Ya Mustafa ya Imamal Mursalina
(O Chosen One, O Imam of the Messengers)
Ya Mustafa ya Shafi'al 'Alamina
(O Chosen One, O intercessor of the worlds)
He prayed while others slept
While others ate he’d fast,
While they would laugh he wept
Until he breathed his last,
His only wish was for us to be
Among the ones who prosper,
Ya Mu'allim peace be upon you,
Truly you are our Teacher,
O Mu'allim..

Chorus
Ya Habibi ya Muhammad
(My beloved O Muhammad)
Ya Shafi'i ya Muhammad
(My intercessor O Muhammad)
Ya Rasuli ya Muhammad
(O My Messenger O Muhammad)
Ya Bashiri ya Muhammad
(O bearer of good news O Muhammad)
Ya Nadhiri ya Muhammad
(O warner O Muhammad)
'Ishqu Qalbi ya Muhammad
(The love of my heart O Muhammad)
Nuru 'Ayni ya Muhammad
(Light of my eye O Muhammad)
He taught us to be just and kind
And to feed the poor and hungry,
Help the wayfarer and the orphan child
And to not be cruel and miserly,
His speech was soft and gentle,
Like a mother stroking her child,
His mercy and compassion,
Were most radiant when he smiled

Chorus
Abal Qasim [one of the names of the Prophet]
Ya Habibi ya Muhammad
(My beloved O Muhammad)
Ya Shafi'i ya Muhammad
(My intercessor O Muhammad)
Khayru khalqillahi Muhammad
(The best of Allah’s creation is Muhammad)
Ya Mustafa Ya Imamal Mursalina
(O Chosen One O Imam of the Messengers)
Ya Mustafa ya Shafi'al 'Alamina
(O Chosen One O intercessor of the worlds)

Lyrics and Composition: Sami Yusuf
Producer: Sami Yusuf
© 2003 Awakening

Square the Circle : American Muslim Comedy of Distortion (audio CD) Azhar Usman

• sample track 3     (260K MP3)
• sample track 7     (260K MP3)
• sample track 11     (260K MP3)
  
  Product description:
  
  Azhar Usman, in association with Awakening (UK Strategic Alliance Partner), is proud to present: SQUARE THE CIRCLE: American Muslim Comedy of Distortion
  
  About the CD:
  SQUARE THE CIRCLE: American Muslim Comedy of Distortion is a pioneering work by American Muslim standup comedian Azhar Usman. Hilariously entertaining comedy in its essence, SQUARE THE CIRCLE is a fascinating insight into life and living as a Muslim in 21st century America. Unique in its genre because of his rigorous ethical and moral standards for clean humor, Usman's comedy is G-rated fun for the whole family. By balancing self-deprecation, introspection, and everyday observational humor, Usman has made an important cross-cultural contribution to the comedic arts—particularly at a time when Western Muslims struggle to carve out their unique cultural space like the minority Muslim communities before them, by doing the seemingly impossible: squaring the circle.
  
  About the Title
  “Square the circle” is an expression of geometric and theological significance. Though a simple expression incorporating two simple shapes, its complexity lies in the logically impossible task of reconciling the two with one another, much like the paradox of man in relation to the Divine, a circle on top of a square (as architecturally represented by a traditional mosque structure of a dome atop a cube), or even being an “American Muslim.” See Faith in the Future: Islam after the Enlightenment, by Abdal Hakim Murad, online at: http://65.39.144.73/ISLAM/ahm/postEnlight.htm.
  
  “Comedy of distortion” is a specific comedic technique or pattern of ethnic humor that involves the distortion of stereotypes and pre-existent audience perceptions. See Theories of Ethnic Humor: How to Enter, Laughing, by John Lowe, in the American Quarterly, pages 453-4 (1986).
  
  Tracks
  01 Disclaimers (2:38).
  02 Salam Diversity (2:31)
  03 Media Hype (3:42)
  04 Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.) (3:52)
  05 Inside Your Local Mosque (feat. Uncle 'Letmesplainyou') (4:20)
  06 Converting Is-hard (2:26)
  07 Culture versus Religion (4:38)
  08 Iqamat al-Din (feat. Sheikh Abdul the Radical Imam) (3:19)
  09 Cats & Doggs (3:35)
  10 Nomenclature (2:24)
  11 Fair Trial in America (3:21)
  12 Family Feud (2:02)
  13 Uncivil Rights (2:48)
  14 No Laughing in Prayer (2:32)
  15 Foot in the Sink (3:26)

Say: 'Bad and good are not equal, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle you; so be conscious of Allah , O people of understanding, that you may prosper.'"
TM Quran, 5:100