Two things have happened in this week that are well worth mentioning.
Well, OK, three things.
The first thing was that I was finally convinced to have a topic for my blog (this blog that you are reading right now). It does not sound like that big a deal, but for me it is.
I have grappled with [...]
I favorited this video on YouTube quite some time ago, but I just can’t get over this:
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 [...]
This is what separates the good from the best, but only under rare circumstances. Usually, relevancy separates the good from the useless.
As my wife constantly keeps reminding me, ‘When good does nothing, it is evil enough‘ – that is relevancy explained in another way.
Relevancy – how significant is your actions as compared to the situation [...]
Israeli forces killed an aid worker. Click on picture to be taken to CNN’s website.
They did not do it deliberately of course. Just like they did not ‘deliberately’ kill children in their sleep, of course. The aid workers, women, children, sleeping and awake – all of them happen to be in the line of fire. [...]
It has been playing up in my mind for quite a long time, and as of yet there is no connection that I can make. It leaves this uncomfortable feeling and I don’t like it. Maybe someone here can help me?
There is a TV personality here in Pakistan, Faisal Qureshi. In fact, there are three [...]
We have been in this for a while now. Since birth to be exact. The country of Pakistan was built on the notion of an Islamic state; this very notion is now debated at some far-fetched fronts with the air of arrogance assocaited with self-satisfying false prophets.
Islam has always been considered as the religion of [...]
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
