"You guys have such a Hindu culture!" The above was said to me by a Pakistani acquaintance just as we were discussing the 3-0 d...

Note: This article was first published, with minor changes for format, in The Message , the official magazine publication of the Muslim St...

Spring in Canada was supposed to begin on March 20, 2015. The news channels gleefully report the low temperatures as "spring" off...

Finally, after a month and a half, we are on the cusp of crowning a new ODI champion. The World Cup finalists are the two co-hosts, Austral...

Only one match remains between four teams and the World Cup final. The best four teams are in the semi finals, and each match remains too c...

So more than a month ago I made some predictions regarding the current 2015 Cricket World Cup. Let's see how I did before I analyze th...

The Realist Looking at our batting averages, Bangladesh cannot really win against any of the big teams. I will just be happy if we don...

So another Cricket World Cup is upon us, starting on Valentine's Day Feb 14, 2015, and ending on March 29, 2015. Since cricket is my fa...

Here's some images from my new book, Teaching Kids the Holy Quran - Surah 71: Nuh (Noah) . The scholar in my last book ...

So this Friday I was off work, and visiting my parents. It was the time for the Friday ( Jummah ) prayer, and my dad asked me where I want...

I am at Walmart with my two-and-half-year old son when he picks up a Thomas toy. Me: Please put it back. I am not paying for it. Son: W...

The big news in North American retail this week was Target pulling out of Canada , shutting all of their 133 stores, and putting about 17,6...

This blog post will discuss the Bollywood movie PK and the religious points it raises. Spoiler alert: while I do not give out the plot det...

I was just about to start my prayer as I laid out the prayer mat. My toddler son Yusuf was watching me. So I turned to him and asked, ...

Opening a restaurant in Toronto that caters to Bangladeshi cuisine in a sophisticated setting is a tricky business. There's not enough ...

So Junaid Jamshed, the famous former-singer-turned-preacher from Pakistan is now in trouble. One short clip from one of his many lectures ...

I am reading up on what exactly the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that is so offensive to women, and have to admit much...

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is a large exhibit located in downtown Toronto, just south of the CN Tower. I had taken a day's vacat...