F rom a personal viewpoint, 2005 did not carry much significant milestones. The year began with me in Bangladesh, playing the role of a tour...

I n the recent RIS conference, Dr Zakir Naik mentioned Sharia as having two components, i) social policy to prevent crimes and ii) punishmen...

B asically a continuation of race and crime from my previous post . On Boxing Day (Dec 26), with downtown Yonge St. crowded with shoppers lo...

Best Bollywood Songs: Aashiq Banaya Aapne - Title Song Garam Masala - Chori Chori Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena - Ankhiyan Na Maar (remix) Zeher - W...

A fter battling the usual crowd at the usual places on Boxing Day (the Future Shop deal on the 1 gig SD card MP3 player was awesome) I drov...

Attending RIS from Dec 23-26 ... Regular blogging to recommence from Boxing Day. A s someone who has been involved in organizing huge cultu...

Attending RIS from Dec 23-26 ... Regular blogging to recommence from Boxing Day. I decided to take the TTC all the way today, instead of p...

Attending RIS from Dec 23-26 ... Regular blogging to recommence from Boxing Day. "Y es, I know you are headed for the Muslim 'thin...

I watched Garam Masala on DVD yesterday. There is no logic in the movie, yet I would give it 9.5/10. It is funny, completely entertaining ...

T his is where I was at the start of this year, spending my vacations. One of the benefits of a government job is extra long paid holidays d...

I drove to the airport to pick up this friend and his wife . I don't know why he didn't take the airport taxi - I guess he wanted t...

W e had some visitors from the homeland recently (who visits Toronto during the winter?) so had to go and do the usual stuff (CN Tower *yawn...

I should have wished I won the lottery. Or the Mercedes Benz draw my bank is having. I was watching the Canadian Leaders' Debate on TV ...

D o you remember one of the lists that used to be the regular part of email forwards during the early days of the internet, one that had a t...

T omorrow will be 16th December, a day Bangladeshis celebrate as Victory Day, when the the Pakistani occupying forces surrendered to the joi...

W ashing of feet during wudu - if there is one custom of Islam that I wish I could explain better at times it would be this. Now I know rel...

A s I watch the news reports of the racial riots in Australia, one question keeps rising uncomfortably. Could this happen here, in Canada? T...

T here are two statements that can be made about Syriana , the newly released movie starring George Clooney and Matt Damon. As a film seekin...

"S o, how's my wife?" My friend hands me a picture of his wife and asks, "So, what do you think?" No, this is not so...

I t's great fun being a Muslim at Christmas parties. Certain events seem destined to repeat themselves forever at every party. A few of ...