Religion
Maybe the Meaning of Life is not 42… it’s 13
It will be another 13 days till Janus looks back at the Gregorian heavenly gates of 2009 and closes it; only to reopen another set of heavenly gates and looks onwards at the temporal beginnings of 2010 the very next second. 13 is also such a mind boggling number – to many, it is an [...]
The Competition for God
Apparently violence preaching is not monopolised by one religion This was a reply to a friend’s reaction on facebook to this cartoon strip by Jack Chick. And since facebook does not allow essay length replies, I thought I’d post it here instead where the limit to writing is till I run out of server space [...]
(for) Virgin Suicides
The recent suicide bombing attempt at Glasgow Airport has baffled the Scots; no, not because there are no virgins in Glasgow, but rather its a question of “why us?” Over drinks with some friends, we hypothesised that now, this little apparent muslim misadventure could be used against Islam: The IRA could now bomb Northern Ireland [...]
Hapuskan mentaliti sempit ‘Melayu sahaja Islam’
I received this article from an email from a friend and I wish to put it up here on my blog as a one of the other ways for the non mainstream news readers can have a chance to read it. The other way is for you to read it is at utusan malaysia website [...]
Starbucks Myth: BUSTED
Now some of us can drink their frappucinos in peace… From Starbucks’ Press Room August 03, 2006 Rumor Response: Misinformation on Israeli Armed Forces Support You may have heard a rumor or seen a web posting linking Howard Schultz and Starbucks with the Israeli Armed Forces. These allegations are false. As the premier purveyor of [...]
Perak Mufti: Pluralism and Liberalism threatens Islam
Update: Thanks to Idlan we now can grasp why this matter is confusing. This was my comment on her post… “Thanks for the update Idlan. That’s it liberalism and pluralism is NOT religious liberalism nor religious pluralism. I wish the Mufti could have been clearer on this as it is confusing. Then again maybe he [...]
MAN+GOD : 3 YEARS ON THE ROAD
God vs Man. Sex Wins. Results by Google 59.4 x 84.1 cm Xavier Oon, Singapore from art4soul.org MAN+GOD – 3 YEARS ON THE ROAD 7 – 30 JUNE 2006, 11AM – 7PM DAILY, GALERIIIZU KUALA LUMPUR Man + God is a ‘Designers’ Poster Art’ series of non-religious design collaborations with artists/ designers from Africa, Austria, [...]
Heaven and Hell On Earth
On Saturday I had the opportunity to iftar with one of my friends that I wish I meet more often. She’s young, beautiful, intelligent and an eloquent conversationalist. Since it is Ramadhan, the topic of conversation quickly centered on fasting and why some people fast while some do not. “I think you should fast for [...]
Discussions on the Hijab
Sometime last year and recently, Aiz did a couple of posts regarding the Hijab and it sparked off interesting comments from his readers. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Jill Schnoebelen, a hot, sexy and beautiful American Fulbright scholar who decided to do a research on “the Potential of Zakat and Baitulmal for Eradicating [...]
Eid Mubarak
While I was up late one night, I managed to catch up with one of my favourite shows on ART. This was Stairway to Paradise hosted by Moez Masoud. In this particular episod of the show, Moez and gang were discussing the many levels of faith. There are several types of people in the world, [...]
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