I know many of us have been caught flatfooted regarding the latest events in Georgia. For one thing, I’ve always had trouble spelling ‘Caucasus’ and Abkhazia sounds like it was a name made up for the next installment of Call of Duty. Whilst I am also sure there are many around who had originally thought [...]

Part 1 can be found here In this post Insha’Allah, I’ll be having a brief look at the concept of currencies, and the history of money. This is still just a preliminary glimpse into the whole subject field. **** Earlier this week Zimbabwe announced their latest note, which has a face value of 100 Billion [...]

How many times have I sat on a dinner table listening to my Dad debating with an Uncle about the problems in Bangladesh? Loads! And nobody seems to have an answer. My dad ends up with the same question every time: Why don’t Bengalis just follow the law in Bangladesh?

Tonight BBC2 will air a 90 mins documentary entitled “Battle for Islam”. It will show the broadcaster, writer Ziauddin Sardar, travel to Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia in order to explore and create “different interpretations of Islam”. Among the interviewees is Sheikh Musharraf, who provides thoughtful insights into his brand new enlightened moderation path [...]