Sacrificing the Self
Review on Semih Kaplanoglu’s ‘Yumurta’ A film structured on a loose storyline that has a running time of an hour and a half does not appear to offer much by way of a spellbinding cinematic effect. Yes, we want frames to get married to one another and lead a logical narrative life from the moment […]
A Day for Being Together
Harmony in a simple sense is the unity one people keeps with the other in all respects or the willingness of one mind to be in kinship with the values and morals of another mind without showing any hatred and discrimination. When we think and do in a harmonious way things and life gets done […]
The Myth of Sword and Veil
Terror and the Veil are two recurrent symbols that appear in Western discourse about Islam and Muslims. But these were just myths created to serve one political view. Why do these potent historical symbols still haunt us today? The Occidental view of Islam has been characterised by two vivid symbols – the sword and the […]
The Beauty Cult
Interactive features ‘If you undergo Botox treatement by getting botox (Botulinum toxin) injucted at a moderate amount, it won’t cause you any problems,’ this is an automated statement of cosmetics specialists the world over. But in some instances, what determines the moderation has never been fixed. And in a euphroic attempt to enhance our beauty, […]
What the Rainbow Foretold
A clear rainbow which we witnessed during our trip seemed to bid us bon voyage. Three of us heaved a sigh of relief for having that scenic vision after a long time. Our destination was the famed Ukkath Souk (market) which lies 40 km away from Taif. Ukkath had a great role to play in […]
Reading Begovic and the milestones of an intellectual
Alija Izetbogovic is widely known as the first president of Bosnia Herzegovina, who bravely led the Balkan Muslims at a time when they were threatened by racial extermination in Eastern Europe which was fast set as a stage for communal and religious conflicts after the disintegration of the Marxian political system. He was widely acknowledged […]
Lamb Couscous; or Africa meets Arabia
In lamb couscous, Arabia and Africa meet. Lamb is one of the integral items in a standard Arabian dish. The importance of mutton as a specially prepared dish can be established from various sayings of Prophet Muhammad especially the one that he himself preferred the thigh of lamb among his delicacies. Couscous is a staple […]
A Garden of Identities: Multiple Selves and Other Futures
I close my eyes and think of a future world. A visionary world, thirty, forty years from today. A world not of new humanity but a plethora of old and new humanities. A world where more than one of way of being human is not only the norm but is considered essential for the very […]
Shorten Prayer
I am a nurse working in the surgical unit of a multi-specialty hospital. Owing to a tight schedule and on account of my professional commitments, i am not able to perform prayers duly. A scholar, whom i have approached for a solution, told me to quit my job, since in my case i am not […]
Bad thoughts
I am a practicing Muslim, but I am not as such in my thinking. Every time, I imagine myself to be doing things that Islam has not permitted-like smoking marijuana, having sex, drinking etc. Alas, sometimes I have these thoughts while I am inside a mosque and, worst, praying. Am I a normal Muslim? By […]
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