Mar
30
The Captured British Woman
March 30, 2007 | 16 Comments
I don’t like the pictures shown in this and this news report. The British woman, who is not a Muslim, has suddenly started wearing headscarves! I don’t like it. I think she has been forced, or at the least intimidated to do it.
I won’t enter into the debate of whether they were in Iranian waters […]
Mar
27
Of Man Made Laws and the Divine Ones
March 27, 2007 | 14 Comments
We often hear, from different camps, “These man-made laws are never going to solve our problems” and “What! Shari’a law is an alternative? Really? Do you want women to be confined to solve all problems?”
Here is the problem. Both sides have little idea of what they are talking about. Such comments show ignorance of both […]
Mar
24
Peaceful Atheists? - II
March 24, 2007 | 7 Comments
After this.
It is said, that the atrocities by atheists were not committed in the name of Atheism.
We must remember that Atheism did not have a ‘name‘ to exploit until recently. The name of Religion is useful to incite passion among people. Atheism lacked that ability. So the name was not used.
What we should watch out […]
Mar
21
Bits of Indian History: Excerpts of An Interview
March 21, 2007 | 5 Comments
An interesting interview of Sumit Sarkar and Tanika Sarkar.
…Hindutva forces are very unevenly spread out and there are many countervailing factors, I don’t think that it has all the marked features of fascism.
It doesn’t have a very formed, organized left enemy that it contends against…
Gowalkar quite openly said that India is not meant for electoral […]
Mar
17
The promised site is finally up here. It is called Ijtema.
We shall bring forth the best of Islamic blogs, posts to be more precise, that we come across. You are welcome there.
It will cover things that relate to Islam/Muslims.
Mar
15
A New Islamic Group Blog- MuslimMatters
March 15, 2007 | 4 Comments
A new group blog has taken off.
Check it out. It has some real good writers (my opinion, of course! )
UPDATE: This is not the one I was talking obout. That is under construction. (Thanks Homeyra for making me realise the confusion)
Mar
15
Raping Armywomen
March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The US military is struggles to overcome a legacy of sexual harassment, assault and even rape by male colleagues.
“I would say that sexual harassment is endemic in the military today. It’s just an unfortunate fact of life for women who are serving in the armed forces now.”
“It’s a huge betrayal. So it feels like … betrayal is […]
Mar
13
The Coconut Revolution: Al-Jazeera Witness
March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Rageh Omar rocks!
This time he reports about how a bunch of islanders held up an entire army with multinationals behind them.
Read more… or Read more right here… »
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Mar
10
Why Blame US?
March 10, 2007 | 6 Comments
Why do you pick US to blame all the problems of the world? It is not possible that the US has done all the mischief!
So let us redistribute the blame. Let us start from the times of America’s independence and civil war. We can blame the slave trade on, maybe, Uganda. Had these countries not […]
Mar
7
An Initiative for a Group Blog
March 7, 2007 | 38 Comments
Sharique has proposed a group blog primarly featuring Muslim bloggers.
[UPDATE: Group blog’s not the word. It is more like a blog reporter. We would like to work as a front page for other blogs. Shariqe explaines below ]
I think that’s a great idea.
Before taking the plunge, we want some more volunteers. A blog like […]