I had become accustomed to believing that in general, governments just don’t give a damn about their populations, unless, of course, it was election time. If you had the luxury of being a dictator, even elections weren’t a concern. The now classic example is that despite literally millions of people protesting against the [...]

I’m being radicalized.  I’m slowly becoming an extremist, and it is because of the people around me.  Yes, I’m a young Muslim.
I regularly visit my local mosque, and I carry a copy of the Qur’an in my car.  I live in a community that surrounds me with people who were not born in Britain, and [...]

For too long, we have had an Islam which has its roots in a book that was written 1,400 years ago in a hot, violent place in the middle of nowhere with too many camels.  Seriously, most of us haven’t been there, don’t know anyone from there, and feel more at home in a “two [...]

In one month, Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games and the transformation of the Olympic site has been impressive.  I’ll be honest; I’ve hardly even noticed any run-up to the event until yesterday, when I saw the BBC special report into air quality in Beijing, based on standards from the World Health Organisation.
The BBC [...]

Do you remember back in the “good old days” when it was bad to be gay?  Bad to be an unwed mother?  Bad to have pre-marital sex?  Bad to divorce?  Bad to lie?
I can even recall when the WORD divorce was dirty.  It seems that not only can we now do these things in the [...]

Assalamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
This isn’t really news, it’s a bit more like stating the obvious!
No doubt you will already have noticed that this blog has been on intensive care life support for a while. I’m not even entirely convinced that we could call it intensive care, perhaps stale bread and water is a [...]