Ask Baba Ali - "Escaping the Holiday Party"

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TNC - 15th & 16th meetings update

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Asalam Alaikum everyone,

Regarding TNC Alhamdulillah, we had a chance to look at some of the rough edited sample of the film. Mostly came out pretty good, except we need some adjustment that will be taken care of through editing. So we are still under post production stage. In addition, next week we will check another samples Insha’Allah.

Jazkaum Allah for your dua and support

Ask Baba Ali - "Randomly Checked"

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Being "randomly" checked at the airport isn't necessarily the most enjoyable experience but its a reality for most middle-easterners.

Last time I returned from the UK, I spent 4hrs answering questions and eventually they asked me to pop in one of my DVDs and I did. Can you guess which video came up? Yep..."Muslim While Flying"

I sat there and told them that no one is going to believe me that airport security is watching my video about airport security! lol

I don't often see airport security laughing very often but on that day I did.

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"Muslim While Flying" wins Best Comedy (in USA Today)

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Yesterday, Link TV announced that Muslim While Flying won "Best Comedy" video. USA Today did a story on it as well.

Alhamdulillah. All praise is due to Allah (swt)

JazakAllah khair for all those who voted and have supported the message behind the videos.

Vote for Promo - Poster

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Asalam alaikum everyone,

We have created a promotional sample for the Tomorrow Never Comes blog poster. We need your help to choose the right one.

When Ummah Films was launched in 2006 with the idea of making short films. Baba Ali worked on a script called "Tomorrow Never Comes" but for one reason or another, the movie never got made. Since then, Baba Ali has been keeping myself busy doing the The Reminder Video Blogs on the Ummah Films site.

We don't expect the finished product to look like something straight out of Hollywood type because this is our first try but we want to at least try to make it decent. Its always easy being a critic but once YOU have to do it, then its a whole new ballgame.

The film is a short (only about 5 to 10 minutes in length) and its the first film project from Ummah Films.

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Ask Baba Ali - "Little BackBiter!"

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Please RATE and COMMENT....so I know you're watching :)

Allah says in the Qur’an Chapter 49 Al Hujarat verse 12 “O who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other nor speak ill behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No,you would abhor it. But fear Allah. For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.”

Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) asked his companions, “Do you know what’s backbiting?” The Companions replied, “It is to say your absent brother that which he dislikes” Then someone asked, “But what if what I am saying about my brother is true?” The Prophet Answered. “If what you say about him is true, you have backbitten him and if what you say about him is not true, then you have slandered him”.

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Ask Baba Ali - "Worrying & Aging Sister"

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TNC - 13th & 14th meetings update

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Asalam alaikum everyone,

In our last meeting we were able to see the draft cut footage for some of the scenes that were shot on the 19th of Dec. The footage looked good. We are still working hard with the post production process; we had a slight complication with downloading the HD footage. Insha'Allah ken will get back with us by the end of this week and update us on the status of the HD Camcorder & footage. In the mean time we'll continue our Sunday meetings for progress reports on TNC & UmmahFilms projects. I will also try to upload some of the behind the scenes insha'Alalh. Jazakum Allah for your dua & support.

Tomorrow Never Comes (TNC)

Controversial Epsidoes of Ask Baba Ali coming up this Friday

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JazakAllah Khair for your kind words and email. Alhamdulillah, about 272 questions for Ask Baba Ali came through and I'm in the process of trying to pick interesting questions for upcoming episodes InshAllah. Although the vast majority of the responses have been positive for the season premiere, I think it will be quite the opposite for this Friday's episode.

In Season 1, I made "Culture vs Islam" which raised some flags....
In Season 2, I made "That's not Hijab" which caused quite a stir...

This Friday, I'm plan to release the episode which I think will be the most controversial yet. The video is a response to a "worrying and aging sister" who still waiting for her prince charming to show up and she's starting to worrying that mr. perfect may not be coming.

So before you flip this Friday, let me just put my disclaimer out now "The 'Ask Baba Ali' show is my based on my opinion and my opinion alone and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the other contributors to Ummah Films. What I will be saying in the upcoming videos may be very direct from some people. So if you're sensitive, I am warning ahead of time not to tune this Friday".

Alhamdulillah I have no censorship and I can say basically whatever I want. I have no Muslim Community to answer to and my only concern is my accountability to my Creator. Because of this, I can say as I please (as long as I stay within the boundaries of Islam).

Anyways, what you see in my videos is me being me. The topics are just as random as I am. The setup is simple: I sit in front of my camera and speak my mind just like many of those reality TV shows but the difference is that I'm a practicing Muslim that talks about issues that we Muslims face. Sometimes it late and I'm silly...sometimes I'm more serious but at the end, its pretty much unpredictable. Some people will disagree and ask me to change this or that but that hasn't really changed my style or my content.

Anyways, for those who have been watching my videos from Day 1, watch the comments from this week and from the upcoming week. Its going to be interesting how things flip 180.

Ask Baba Ali - "My brother has a girlfriend"

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If you like the series and you want it to continue, please help us get the word out by posting the video on your site or sending the link to your friends. If enough people are watching, then I will try to make at least 8 episodes and release a new video each Friday InshAllah (see times below). JazakAllah Khair for your support. Don't forget to rate the video on YouTube and comment so I know you're watching.

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I'm not a scholar so please try to send "advice" questions instead of haram/halal questions if you know what I mean :)

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Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,

NEW VIDEO EACH FRIDAY!
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I put a countdown under the banner of this page. Its been like 6 months since the last video I made so I'm happy to get back in the chair again. In a few hours, the pilot for Ask Baba Ali premieres so we'll see how it goes. If enough people tune in, I'm going to try to make a video each Friday for at least 8 weeks InshAllah.