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The last London night was the only opportunity I had to attend the Allah Made Me Funny tour. It was a wet Wednesday evening in West London but the mood was still great. The Riverside Studios was the venue for the last London date of the AMMF tour. Before the start of the evenings festivities I got a chance to go back stage to meet the comedians. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Preacher Moss in the past and it was great to catch up with him. I also met Azhar Usman who was fired up and ready to do his part in the evenings entertainment. New to the team was Mohammed Amer, it was a pleasure to meet this brother who I had never seen before.

The event started a little late with Azhar leading the charge. I had seen Azhar in the past and was wondering how he had developed his act since I last saw him. I half expected the same jokes but was seemingly surprised with the new material and impressed with his ability to bring the audience to tears from his talents. Next up was Mohammed Amer. What an amazing comedian. I was in stitches throughout his set and wondered why he hadn’t already made aname for himself. Maybe it’s because he’s based in the US.

Finally, Preacher Moss graced the stage. I actually met Preacher way back in 2004 when he did his first UK tour. I was fortunate enough to spend a 7 day road trip with him and a bunch of Nasheed artists including the Flecher Valve Drummers. Preacher, the pioneer and creator of the “Allah Made Me Funny” tour ended a fabulous evening with another collection of witty observations and anecdotes that made me realise that humour is something that Muslims desperately need. Don’t get me wrong Muslims do need to be serious but I think we are often perceived as being too serious. That being said laughing, should be in moderation or someone will have to call an ambulance for me!

Great work guys, see you in the new year for another tour Inshallah.

MyAdhan has recently published its November 2007 Newsletter.

We took a short break from our monthly emails but are now back. You can check out our previous mailing list emails here.

If you didn’t already know MyAdhan is sponsoring the Allah Made Me Funny Tour. There are still tickets available for the tour that will go through all UK major cities including London, Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Dundee, Leicester and Reading. Look out for us as co-sponsor Muslim Aid are using MyAdhan to collect charity donations by SMS.

MyAdhan has also done an interview in the latest edition of EMEL Magazine. Be sure to pick up a copy as the article talks about to how MyAdhan started and it’s plan for the future. EMEL is available in most good magazine outlets like WHSmith, Borders, Tesco and ASDA.

Finally, with Facebook fever currently taking over the Internet, MyAdhan decided to set up a Facebook Group to allow MyAdhan subscribers and supporters to collaborate. Be sure to add this group if you are a Facebook user.

MyAdhan is proud to be sponsoring the Allah Made Me Funny Tour 2007. The event will go up and down the country for the whole month of November and take its unique Islamic brand of humour to new heights.

MyAdhan will also be assisting Muslim Aid, who are also sponsors of the event, in providing it’s SMS charity donation platform to the show’s attendees to make live pledges with their mobile phones. The tour will go through all UK major cities including London, Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Dundee, Leicester and Reading. To book tickets you can click here or call 0871 855 3069.

You can download the flyer for the tour by clicking the image on the right. You will need Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader to read the leafet.

The concept of the tour is to make a comprehensive effort to provide effective, significant and appropriate comedy from an Islamic perspective, which is both mainstream and cross-cultural. The idea is to provide an atmosphere whereby Muslims and non-Muslims can feel safe, relevant and inclusive through an experience where humour is used to bridge gaps of bias, intolerance, and other social ills that are pre and post 9/11 relevant.

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Due to the mercy of Allah MyAdhan has had an exceptional year. To round off the year, EMEL magazine invited the Founder and CEO of MyAdhan.com, Nasser Ahmed, for an interview on how and why MyAdhan.com was created. You can read the full article in the current issue of EMEL which is available in all most good magazine outlets like WHSmith, Borders and Tesco.

You can also download the article by clicking the image on the right. You will need Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader to read the leafet. Here is an extract:

“Mobile phones have tremendous potential to be used for the purposes of increasing the awareness of Islam and MyAdhan hopes that the services it provides can help Muslims develop their faith by using technology.” says Nasser a Computer Science graduate who with his audacious nature and enthusiasm recognised a gap in the industry and launched his company in 2004. “There was a massive opportunity to help Muslims nurture their Islamic responsibilities using a prayer alert service. MyAdhan’s focus is on using technology to make it easier to apply Islam in everyday life, allowing each individual to go at his or her pace in the development of their faith.” The tying of faith in God with modern technology is something Nasser clearly feels strongly about. “We have to try using different techniques and approaches to revive our faith in ourselves, families. communities and beyond” he states passionately. “We should be proud to be Muslims and make the intention to do something about our faith today.”

Nasser Ahmed, Founder and CEO, MyAdhan.com

It was only a matter of time before MyAdhan decided to set up a Facebook group to allow MyAdhan subscribers and supporters to collaborate. The Facebook group is also the place to keep up to date with what’s happening at MyAdhan.

If you have a Facebook account please add the MyAdhan Facebook Group. We’ll be updating the MyAdhan Facebook group with some special offers and events so add the group and keep yourself updated.

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