What does Michael Collins Piper and Tun M have in common? IIF!

While one man is the former Prime Minister of Malaysia and the other is a journalist, both are prolific writers and key opinion leaders. And both Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, fondly referred to as Tun M, and  Michael Collins Piper will be guests of the International Islamic Fair for the second time. The first time these [...]

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Join the IIF4Ummah Group in Facebook – Cheb Ali

We are now in Facebook (FB) courtesy of nasheed artiste Cheb Ali who started the FB Group International Islamic Fair 4 Ummah as a means to reach out to even more people throughout the cyberworld. This is an Open Group and anyone can join and you are encouraged to invite others to join so you can keep in [...]

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Rashid Bhikha’s hip hop nasheed message to youth

If you are a fan of the cool new sounds of hip hop nasheed, the “Sounds of Islam” International Nasheed Gala Dinner Concert will feature rising teen star Rashid Bhikha, son of famous nasheed singer/songwriter Zain Bhikha from South Africa. Rashid’s MySpace profile here says that he made his singing debut back in 2002 on his fathers album [...]

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Raihan and Ahmad Bukathir to reverberate “Sounds of Islam” at IIF 2008 Gala Dinner Concert

The “Sounds of Islam” gala dinner concert at IIF 2008 in Dubai will feature big names in the international Nasheed devotional music genre including Made-in-Malaysia nasheed group Raihan (official website here) and homegrown talent from the United Arab Emirates, Ahmed Bukhatir (official website here).
Raihan draws their name from an arabic word that means ’Fragrance of Heaven’ and the group have been spreading their [...]

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