I just read this on Dawn News that a Canadian Muslim group has banned the wearing of head scarf by Muslim women as it, and I quote, ‘marginalizes women’. I find this whole banning business to be quite amusing to say the least. I mean, don’t they know, if you want everyone in the world [...]
A German publisher (Droste Publishers) had canceled the printing of novel about an honor killing because it contained passages insulting Islam.
Droste publishers is being criticized for not upholding the ‘freedom of speech’ doctrine and succumbing to fears of attacks by the Islamist radicals. The sometimes violent retaliation to the offensive drawings of our Prophet Muhammad [...]
Musharaf was right: Pakistan First.
It may not be common history that some of the most influential religious scholars at the time of Pakistan’s Independence were against the whole idea of Pakistan. Some may find this ludicrous and consider this as the convenient fuel for their fire against the religious classes of the Pakistan. But not [...]
I just finished reading a remarkable little book on Languages.
My interest in language acquisition began only when I chanced upon a reading of Mohammad Asad’s tafseer of the Quran. The remarkable thing about M Asad’s approach towards the Quran is that his work, according to his own admission, is the first in its category. The [...]
When people used to say that life is the best teacher, I always assumed that the lessons I will learn will be through my life only – I mean, that is what they call experience, and in ‘life talk’, experience plays a very highly rated role. Experience is considered to be the best teacher. My [...]
I don’t know if I spelt the word ‘mediocricity’ correctly, and I don’t care.
I know one thing for sure, that being mediocre is just plain stupid. I make it sound like as if people do this by choice, this being ‘just average’. I do this because really, that is what people do; they choose to [...]
Thinking that clarity will be the answer to my questions can be a problem.
But only time will tell.
Seeking out clarity, I believe, will lead to a well-defined route. Clarity will give me the much-illusive simplicity. I believe that you get what you go after, so your ‘it is not that simple’ line will not work; [...]
A blog on how to use the resources available to wrap a business around any opportunity that presents itself (or I could have just said, "A blog on how to be a better entrepreneur" - but I want to keep this as clear as possible)
Hello and Salaams,
I am Momekh and I am the guy behind this blog. I live in Lahore, Pakistan... read more
