One more day to go and I’m off!
Just wanted to request that you please make dua for me and my father – that we can complete our hajj successfully, free of complications, and that it may be accepted as hajj mabroor.
Yes, I’m nervous. But more of a nerve-tingling excitement induced nervousness. I’ve been preparing, but [...]

I had become accustomed to believing that in general, governments just don’t give a damn about their populations, unless, of course, it was election time. If you had the luxury of being a dictator, even elections weren’t a concern. The now classic example is that despite literally millions of people protesting against the [...]

Since the announcement of Senator Barack Obama winning the post for the 44th US Presidency, apart from Americans who have been rejoicing, the world’s media has been reporting the monumental and historic election of he first black US President. Undoubtedly, this has been unprecedented in Western capitalist nations, given the abominable past of enchaining [...]