Reading to Purpose in the Age of Internet
Challenged by the Digital Age, one thing I have learnt is that, Reading, like any other valuable human…
ADDRESSING A QUESTION ABOUT HUMAN EVOLUTION
PREAMBLE A friend sent me the below picture seeking my views. While the question is quite unscientific and…
ISLAM AND DIVERSITY
In the face of negative stereotyping against Islam and Muslims in the post 9/11 world, it is very…
DON’T TAKE ‘NOW’ FOR GRANTED: that’s all we have
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy we see…
SHARIA LAW: A NEED TO REASSESS
Most Muslims regard Sharia as a perfect and divinely ordained religious-ethical-legal system. In their view Sharia relates a…
A Riposte to Islam a moderate religion
The biggest difference between Islam and other religions today is that Islamic societies “impose” Islamic rules by force.…
ISLAM: A MODERATE RELIGION?
PREAMBLE In talking to my friends of various backgrounds I often get the impression that Islam is a…
RIBA IN THE CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
PREAMBLE The concept of “usury” termed as ‘Riba” by the Quran has a long historical life, throughout most…
RELIGION: Its evolutionary dynamics
The conventional wisdom is that religion is the realm of the irrational (in a good or a bad…
NUTRITION
• Eating healthy food is more than a function of counting calories. It also takes into account the…