Read More WWorld MUSLIM SOCIETY AND WOMENbyAsif ZaidiJuly 22, 2010 FOREWORD: As we address this subject, a thinking mind has to acknowledge that there is no archetypical Muslim…
Read More WWorld THE EMERGING ORDERbyAsif ZaidiJune 15, 2010 PREAMBLE: When Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging markets” in 1981 as an upbeat alternative to “the…
Read More WWorld A Perspective on Muslims’ Current SituationbyAsif ZaidiMay 21, 2010 Muslim ideologues, especially during the past few decades, have espoused a passion to make two assertions. One, religiously…
Read More RReflections As I Live and LearnbyAsif ZaidiMay 1, 2010 “Experience has taught me to put a premium on those people who can appreciate you for what you…
Read More LLearning A Riposte to Islam a moderate religionbyAsif ZaidiApril 22, 2010 The biggest difference between Islam and other religions today is that Islamic societies “impose” Islamic rules by force.…
Read More LLearning ISLAM: A MODERATE RELIGION?byAsif ZaidiApril 15, 2010 PREAMBLE In talking to my friends of various backgrounds I often get the impression that Islam is a…
Read More LLearning RIBA IN THE CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTbyAsif ZaidiMarch 26, 2010 PREAMBLE The concept of “usury” termed as ‘Riba” by the Quran has a long historical life, throughout most…
Read More LLearning RELIGION: Its evolutionary dynamicsbyAsif ZaidiMarch 11, 2010 The conventional wisdom is that religion is the realm of the irrational (in a good or a bad…
Read More LLearning NUTRITIONbyAsif ZaidiFebruary 3, 2010 • Eating healthy food is more than a function of counting calories. It also takes into account the…
Read More LLearning Physical dimension of well beingbyAsif ZaidiFebruary 3, 2010 The best time for exercising is when you can make it, but prefer morning or during the day.…