Islam Category

Bi-Metallic Standard: Is there enough Gold and Silver?

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July 31st, 2009

Before this question is answered, it is important to understand what the proper ‘supply’ of money means. As many Western economists incorrectly point out, the benefits of fiat currency is the ability to for the money supply to ‘expand’ or ‘grow’. Many sorts of criteria have been put forward: that money should move in accordance [...]

Why is Fiat and not Gold the currency in use?

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July 15th, 2009

Why in modern times is Fiat and not Gold the currency in use? There is little to describe in terms of the benefits of paper currencies, apart from mentioning the obvious fact that they are the dominant mode of exchange for all nations in the world. This sometime skews the view of an individual to [...]

Hail: Our Democracy!

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May 15th, 2009

Isn’t it wonderful to work for a broken system? Or even more pertinent question, to vote for Right Honourable candidates to represent us (more like milk us of our money and spend it). These past few weeks have been a revelation for all those workers who spent hours scratching their heads trying to come up [...]

Asia Times: Ideas Before Bullets

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May 8th, 2009

Terrific Atimes article, on the Islamic solution for Pakistan… —- Ideas before bullets By Asim Salahuddin http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE01Df02.html The current crisis of militancy gripping Pakistan is the most serious threat to the integrity of the state since the loss of East Pakistan in the war of 1971 that led to the creation of Bangladesh. Pakistan today [...]

Book Review: The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

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April 26th, 2009

Media conditioning tends to play havoc when trying to judge a book by its cover. I always thought the book ‘Catch-22′ by Joseph Heller would be a complex spy thriller, with the protagonist stuck in a no-win save-the-world-or-save-the-girl type situation. After all, that’s how the pundits always frame the term ‘catch-22′. In fact I continued [...]

What do Britons have in common?

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April 14th, 2009

What a dumb question to ask! This question and similar ones are usually thrown into the political and media circles to re-visit the exhausted subject of integration. Ever since 9/11 and more particularly after 7/7, the debate about being British and its ramifications have started to become more imposing and trying to shape a dominant  public [...]