Forty Rules of Life Worth Living
After twenty years of marriage and building her whole life around her husband and three children, an American suburban housewife Ella Rubinstein realizes that she had not been able to make more of her life. Deep inside she becomes aware of her longing for love. Destiny puts in her hands an intriguing manuscript about the Sufi […]
Let’s Talk About Muslim Men and Hair
When hair comes up in the context of Muslims, it is women who first come to mind. So I’m taking an unexpected look this week at the subject of men and hair. There is a huge emphasis in Muslim cultures on washing and cleanliness, which stems from the religious edicts to wash before every prayer. Apart from […]
Manipulation of Emotions: FB experiment Draws Flak
Facebook is facing criticism after it emerged it had conducted a psychology experiment on nearly 700,000 users without their knowledge. The test saw Facebook “manipulate” news feeds to control which emotional expressions the users were exposed to. The research was done in collaboration with two US universities to gauge if “exposure to emotions led people […]
India Lifts off PSLV-C23
India passed another milestone in space research, by successfully lifting off the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C23 on Monday from the Sriharikota space station of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The Launch vehicle carries five foreign satellites: SPOT-7, a 714 kg, […]
The Spiritual Wardrobe
Once a Sufi was asked why he wore blue robe. He replied: “The Prophet left us three things: poverty, knowledge and sword. The sword was taken by kings, who misused it; knowledge was chosen by scholars, who were satisfied with merely teaching it; poverty was chosen by dervishes, who made it a means of enriching […]
Islamic Fashion: A Rebellious Choice
The book Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion, focuses on trends, attires, personalities and discourses prevalent in Islamic fashion and proves that Islamic fashion developed as a rupture with the notions of fashion, understood both as an industry with its reckless celebration of female body as well as capitalization of human desires and as ‘pervasive cultural colonialism’ as […]
Islamic Fashion: Corruptive or Corrective?
“Islam is all about achieving the ideal of spiritual reform. So it offers an ethical vision beyond the immediate temptation of matter and materialism. What we call ‘Islamic fashion’ is oxymoron. Fashion is the sole by-product of capitalism, a political and economic reincarnation of materialism. How can Islam be in accord with the pettiness and […]
‘Fashion Is the Biggest Oxymoron in My Life’
Zinah Nur Sharif is a fashion blogger, designer and cover girl. An outspoken critic of the fashion industry as it was normally understood, Zinah uses the platform of blog to take to people her innovative and revolutionary ideas of clothing and fashion. In conversation with Emma Tarlo, she explains the crucial ideas prevalent in the […]
ISIS Surrounds Balad Air Base in Iraq
The ISIS rebels have attacked the Balad Air Force Base in Iraq, the largest air base in the country and one of America’s most important military outposts, surrounding it on three sides. “We assess the group continues to threaten the air base and Iraqi Security Force control of the air base as it moves south […]
Aligarh Founder’s Urdu Periodical Goes Online
“Tehzibul Akhlaq”, one of the oldest periodicals of the country, started in 1870 by the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, has now launched its online edition. The magazine carries articles on important social, cultural and religious issues in line with Sir Syed’s reforms. The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim […]
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