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By: Dunner's: Islam/Muslim Blogs (17 June 2009)

Dunner's: Islam/Muslim Blogs (17 June 2009) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:02:48 +0000

[...] Blogs (17 June 2009) Austrolabe: Return of Ameer AliBin Gregory Productions: Hidden MosquesIslamic Art by Morty: Allah Gal Galalh Calligraphy in Boat Shape (Brother Muhammad has also done [...]

By: bingregory

bingregory — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:38:09 +0000

Oh people are very into their landscaping, since things grow and flower year ’round. There is a preference for cement/tiled yards with potted plants, rather than a patch of yard with plants in the ground. I see three or four major reasons for that: ease of maintenance and weed control, saving space (most urban lots are tiny), drainage, and the very poor native soil in urban areas (it’s easier to buy hort soil for a few pots than to try to recondition a few square meters of tropical clay subsoil).

By: Abul Layth

Abul Layth — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:36:17 +0000

Awesome!

I was wondering if the potted plants are a fad there in malaysia? I noticed them around the non-masjid surau.

By: bingregory

bingregory — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:26:55 +0000

Thanks Marc.

JD – Masjids have Friday prayers, suraus don’t. That’s really the only hard and fast distinction. I think once a place is designated a masjid by the state, they get more funding, but I’m not sure on the details of that. There are hole-in-the-wall suraus here too, in shopping malls and such, but they’re no fun to photograph

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:01:00 +0000

Greg stuff, Zayn. You are really stoking my curiosity about Malaysia. I just gotta find the means to come. More later.