sort of late for this, but eid mubarak! just upgraded the blog to wordpress 2.3, i guess i'll have to look into going back and tagging some of the old posts at some point in the future (tm).
in unrelated news, one of my coworkers pointed out the applegeeks lite comic to me. one of the writers of this comic is muslim, and he had some pretty funny comics, especially around eid time. here's one for kicks:
source: applegeeks lite.
eid mubarak to all - may Allah accept our deeds during this month - ameen.
salam 3alaikum...
this post comes from our reporter in cairo. man sub7anAllah, this is the first 3eid i spend in cairo. i woke up, as usual, to the fajr athan. i got up, prayed, and went back to sleep, only to wake up a little later to the loud speakers broadcasting the people saying, "Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la illaha illa Allah... Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.. wa lillahi al 7amd..."
so i got up, took a shower, and went... i went to a local masjid... after the prayer itself, most people left... but after that, i listened to the (interesting) khutbah - one of the interesting points made that i never really thought of is the fact that sub7anAllah, 3eids come right after a big pillar of islam or a big piece of worship... kinda as a reward.
anyhow... chilled the majority of the day - it was really cool though seeing the groups of goats, hearing the occaisional "baas", and seeing everyone slaughtering them, seeing people move the dead goats around, cleaning them, skinning them, seeing rivers of animal blood in the streets, and seeing people selling the animal furs in the street.
... and at the end of the day, it rained. i think it was the first time i saw rain while i was in egypt. that's all for now..
update: i came across this article about the eid salat khutbah on in... it quotes a 7adith which states that its not actually mandatory... i didn't know this... but, of course, Allahu a3lam.
eid mubarak to all... eid mubarak 
big arguments, like every year, about when eid is, when we can and when we can't have eid, some people want others to fast 31 days because they think its impossible for the moon to be seen today... but anyhow, i looked online at a lunar calendar and it says that the new moon is tonite, which makes eid tomorrow, so whatever man... that's what my masjid is doing, that's what a lot of people are doing, and al7amdulillah, that's what i am doing. its not worth such a big fight, argument, and controversy as far as i am concerned.
anyhow, so our masjid, islamic society of central jersey rented out the new jersey convention and exposition center for eid prayers. very interestingly enough, no the convention center's site, there's a "events calendar..." -- i took a screenshot of the calendar because this will go away tomorrow... (if its showing up small, click the image for the full size picture).
imagine that... "pakistani prayer service" - mind you, this masjid is mostly arabs too... i wonder if they won't let me in because i am egyptian... Allahu a3lam.