Jan
12
“Hope”: IJTEMA Photo Competetion
January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As-Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmutullah wa Barakatuhu
First of all, happy new year to all (Hijri or otherwise!)
I just had to come out of hiatus to announce this: IJTEMA announces a photo competition with the title:
New Year, New Hope: Ijtema’s First-Ever Photo Contest!
Do take part, and let the photographers know! Good Luck Y’all!
Jul
18
Muslims in Denial of Collective Responsibility?
July 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
After reading( www.hindu.com/2007/07/17/stories/2007071755660800.htm ) Hasan Suroor in The Hindu dated Jul17, I remembered a laconic fable I read as a kid.
A wolf and a kid are drinking water from the same stream. The wolf upstream, the kid downstream. The wolf wants to savour the kid. So, he goes-
“Hey, why are you making my […]
Jun
7
The foolish ‘Islamic’ terrorists
June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Misdirected Hyderabad Bomb Blast Investigations
It is being suggested by the authorities that are looking into the bombings that the real purpose […]
May
11
Muslims in 1857
May 11, 2007 | 12 Comments
A hundred and fifty years ago, a huge battle raged in India. This battle, often dubbed the Mutiny, or India’s First War of Independence, has many aspects we don’t know.
As an Indian and a Muslim, as I am, let me quote an article(by Firoz Bakht Ahmed) that talks about the role of Muslims in the […]
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
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
6
Jack Straw on Veils
March 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Moving on from yesterday’s post.
I just found this video where Jack Straw clarifies his stand. It does not sound like rheotic to me at all. He sounds quite reasonable.
What do you think?
Mar
4
Children of Heaven
March 4, 2007 | 7 Comments
I had decided not to post the movie only on the front page. On a rethink, I am posting it on the blog too. Enjoy the masterpiece.
Part I
Part II
Mar
4
Apologies and Updates
March 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I was not able to answer many questions and comments for the past week or so. I will not be spending much time on the blog for some time from now. The blog will be up; but I will not be able to answer comments. I am sorry about it.
I have uploaded the movie ‘Children […]
Mar
3
The Iranian Identity
March 3, 2007 | 1 Comment
The images that surface from that first visit are fragmentary but vivid: the deep red of the pomegranate juice served to us from a bucket by a street vendor; the fresh laundry smell of the steamed rice and kebabs that we ate pretty well every day, and a truly hallucinatory hotel where, as we were […]