FAKIRS Canada has a threefold mission:
(1) the publishing of investigative materials in the public interest, which strive for maximum objectivity and fair-ness; and
(2) the translation/publishing of little-known writings which foster spiritual awakening and enlightenment (for example, Cahit Benovenli's Esmaul-u Husna (The Beautiful Names of God...) and Saadreddin i-Konvevi's The 40 Sacred Traditions (Hadis-i Erbain)
(3) the fostering of projects aligned with Fakir Canada's aims and ecumenical perspective
*FAKIRS Canada's updated (in 2007 - 2008) Report on Grant MacEwan College, a survey of anomalies and var-iances in the public reporting history of Western Canada's largest public college from 2001 through 2007, is now av-ailable for free online. To access the report and complete copies of most of the 160+ records cited in it go to: http://fakirscanada.spaces.live.com/?lc=1033
and click on the <MacEwan Report> folder.
(Be sure to check out the MacEwan Report video in the VIDEOS Folder
or on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKf9U6iiRA4
for a special offer regarding the report:
If you are interested in obtaining a print or CD copy of the report, together with the references cited in the report, please email me
News Update June 30/08:
I have launched my Islam v al Qaeda project on my blog, http://fakirsca.blogspot.com/
News UPDATE June 26. 2008:
I post news of updates on my records and updates site however, I am herewith briefly noting that a forth-coming project, "Islam v al-Qaeda," will be launched on my blog, http://fakirsca.blogspot.com/ and I expect to commence the project by the middle of July. I hope to complete it in the main in August, when I will have more time (I hope) to devote to this site. My other blog, God and the Devil is complementary to that project, but not quite the same thing.
I am going to post news of up-dates to my site and my blog on the blog section of my records storage site starting on June 01, 2008.
UPDATE NOTICE August 10, 2008
Unfortunately, that records storage site I cite above is temporarily down. I've had my breakfast, read the news-paper - and I'm done waiting for windowslive to kick in again, so I am posting my latest update notice here:
I have updated my Islam v Al Qaeda Project and on the Names of God page I have translated the name 'Rabb.'
With the name 'Rabb,' you will notice a difference in style and depth from the other names I have translated to date. It underscores the range of sources used in "The Beautiful Names of God and of His Prophet.' The commentary on 'Rabb' has 'Shaykh Muhyiddin ibn Arabi' written all over it, in my opinion.
I have added briefly to my God and the Devil page, on the subjects of the imperfections and the mutability of the form of the Qur'an; and on the (human) imperfection of Hz. Jesus and Hz. Muhammad.
I want to share a couple of online music resources with you. If you are looking for music you can use for free in making amateur videos and you don't mind classical mus-ic, then you should check out http://www.musopen.com/ which offers a range of decent classics in the public domain. I recommend that you use the latest free edition of Real Player to download the music. (Just slide the mouse over the top of the file icon, and RealPlayer will ask you if you want to download it.) I had trouble using the site's method of getting the music - which was to right-click on the file and save it. I found that this method would work once or twice and then the page would freeze on me. You can transfer Real Player downloads to Windows Media Player by searching in your folders for the Videos folder (not the Music folder, please note.) Open the RealPlayer folder inside the Videos fold-er. You may have to hunt a bit to find the file you want. Right-click on the file, and in the menu, click on 'open with Windows Media Player.' While it's playing, you can click on 'edit now playing' to pull up the option of trans-ferring the file to a playlist in Windows Media Player. Once it's in a Media Player play-list, you can import it in-to Windows Movie Maker.
Other options: for the video on my Grant MacEwan College Report, I found music on YouTube I liked, and I contacted the composer/performer through his YouTube page. I explained the purpose of the video, told him it would be strictly amateur, that I would only use his music for that video, and that I would credit him on the video. Another option is YouTube's own music resource option, called AudioSwap. You can access that option by upload-ing a video to your YouTube account and clicking on 'ed-it.' You'll pull up AudioSwap among the 'edit' options. The main problem with AudioSwap is that it's very rest-rictive - you have to upload a video first; so your editing options are going to be limited. I haven't tried it yet, but when I do, I will share my experience with you.
If you're just looking for a wide range of free and legal music downloads for your iPod or whatever, then Songbird is for you. It rapidly searches the Net for free, legal music downloads. You cannot use this music for published videos, however. Songbird only runs on Wind-ows XP or Vista.
