Rain can be a beautiful thing; the gentle rapping on my window often soothes and calms any grumpiness that the cold weather brings upon me. If I’m sitting on the windowsill a flood of childhood memories will rush through me, sending me into moments of stupor as I think of how much of my innocence [...]

Tony Blair explained in his key speech in August that one of the main aspects of the “evil ideology” of the terrorists is that they do not want the existence of the state of Israel.  Well, my question to Tony Blair (and the likes) is how on Earth are you going to convince 1.4 billion [...]

Yo! Just a wake up call to all my brothers (no sisters as yet) who are meant to be CONTRIBUTORS to this blog! Ma’shallah there seems to be a lot of brothers listed as contributors, very few posts though. I once bought a rabbit for my little sis, she loved it soooooo much – for [...]

Today Egypt will hold its first Presidential “democratic” election. Although not being perfect, this election has been hailed a landmark in the history of Egyptian politics just like the Iraqi parliamentary elections held in January. This analysis made by the Western media and commentators is somewhat bizarre in comparison to the coverage of the elections [...]

Tonight BBC2 will air a 90 mins documentary entitled “Battle for Islam”. It will show the broadcaster, writer Ziauddin Sardar, travel to Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia in order to explore and create “different interpretations of Islam”. Among the interviewees is Sheikh Musharraf, who provides thoughtful insights into his brand new enlightened moderation path [...]

Well let me see… as a lot of people will be reading this i guess the most honourable thing i should do is share something you guys can benefit from. Well, I used to be Ur standard Paki boy. Brought up with parental restrictions which naturally conflicted with my understanding in life which was to [...]