“A Life of Reinvention” was supposed to epitomise the amazing transformation Malcolm underwent from deep down in the gutter of humanity to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Instead, this biography has ended up as a reinvention too far.
“Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God’s law –the Sharī‘ah- its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it to amputations, veiling, holy war and stoning. Others say that it is humanity’s only guarantee of a just society. In Heaven On Earth, the criminal barrister and prizewinning writer, Sadakat Kadri, sets out to see who is right.”
Every so often, a book comes along that forces us to radically re-think our basic assumptions. Wilkinson and Pickett’s The Spirit Level, a culmination of fifty years painstaking research work, is exactly that. What is most remarkable of all is that after half a century of research and numerous scatter graphs later, two British Professors of Epidemiology draw conclusions that look remarkably similar to those recommended by the Qurʾān and Sunnah fourteen hundred years ago.
By: Abu Ibrahim Ismail Perhaps you’ve tried to ignore it as I have. But you cannot. Why? Because it’s everywhere. No, it’s not the wildly fluctuating winter temperatures. It’s not
Being a chubby person myself, I found the chapter about food interesting to say the least. The book gives excellent solutions as to how to pick your food and stay Halal. He actually has two chapters titled “Green Zabiha†and “American Halal – Setting the Stage for the Future†discussing methods and ways to stay green while staying Halal and even profiting from it financially.
I just finished reading a wonderful book called Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. This book is the account of a middle-aged man who one night, while watching television, discovers that his favorite professor from college has contracted a terminal disease and is dying.
They got me at ‘Muslim Girl Magazine.’ I grabbed it, stared at it some more, and then folded it to my chest with the kind of emotion you usually feel when you’ve finally met someone whom you dreamt of for years, and now here they are right in front you. When I took it home, I experienced the sinking feeling of disappointment that you experience after you find out that the person you dreamed of meeting, whom you’ve now finally met, isn’t really what you were expecting or hoping for after all.
Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada – MuslimMatters reviews an anthoology of essays by Canadian Muslim writers, spanning a variety of topics related to the theme of Canadian Muslims.
In this post – 2 books, 2 videos, and one story. A few lessons many of us often learn in childhood or early in life- Always look at those who
I often feel the Muslim world is 2 steps behind in all technologies. When the world was listening to CD’s, Muslims still insisted on using audio cassettes. Now when the entire world has shifted to mp3, many of our Muslim media companies unfortunately are still clinging to the CD age. Being a step behind everyone is never a model of success in any environment. We cannot make the same mistake when it comes to social technologies.
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