Archive for June, 2007

  • Public Minimum, Private Maximum

    Public Minimum, Private Maximum

    There is much debate these days regarding Islam, the West, democracy, human rights, statism and a whole slew of other topics which all collide in a jumble of arm chair reactions and suppositions. Slogans are volleyed at slogans – a cycle of retaliation. As someone...

    Full Story

  • While Looking Back, Don’t Forget To Look Ahead

    While Looking Back, Don’t Forget To Look Ahead

    “The average person cannot readily believe, for instance, that the Socialism of today is a very different thing from the Socialism of 1890, or 1900, or even 1910. He is apt to assume that Socialism is a fixed, stereotyped body of ideas and propositions, and...

    Full Story

  • Ira M. Lapidus

    Ira M. Lapidus

    I’ve been steadily making my way through my summer reading that I’ve set out for myself. One of the titles, A History of Islamic Societies, by Ira M. Lapidus, as a sort of encyclopedic body of work that covers various Muslim societies through a historical...

    Full Story

  • An Unhealthy Obsession With Knowledge

    An Unhealthy Obsession With Knowledge

    al-Hamdu lillah, this summer marks my 15th year as a Muslim. Where does the time go? I look back fondly now at my early days as a Muslim when ever encounter with another Muslim was filled with the excitement for something “new, fresh and unseen...

    Full Story