So it has been a busy summer, and therefore a lack of posts here. Cottage. Now there's a word that has completely flipped its meaning...

This actually happened today at work. C: Hey man, why didn't you meet us for lunch? D: Oh, I didn't know you guys were going. W...

By now it's old news that an US-led investigation has led to Swiss officials arresting seven top FIFA officials in Zurich, and the US f...

I have started to write for Halal Foodie , a website devoted to halal restaurants and food in and around Toronto, as well as restaurant dis...

So I was shopping with my wife for groceries when suddenly she said, "We MUST stop over here." Another man was walking past whe...

So there I was, sitting on the food court of the mall with my son Yusuf. We were waiting for my wife to finish her shopping. I was sitting,...

For so long we South Asians in Canada had to do with a milk jug. White people visiting our house would leave mystified as to why we have a ...

So while perusing through Facebook I saw that one of my friends had posted this. This is not her original post, of course, but a retwe...

I recently moved condos in Toronto. For the first time I was in a position to spend money on professional movers (rather than googling onli...

I love reading, and growing up I had a library of books at home. Unlike many others, I can actually pinpoint the first book that I read whi...

"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...