Category Archives: Current Affairs

Male Circumcision:  Islamophobes are now ranting against male circumcision, attacking Islam by association, although it was practiced by Jews long before Muslims. Circumcision rate among Israeli Jews is close to 100 per cent and it is a far more ritualistic … Continue reading →

If you really believe this “sword in one hand and Quran in the other” propaganda, ask yourself which Muslim army ever invaded Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, composed of islands, all separated by vast oceans from the … Continue reading →

Sufism thrives in all Muslim countries from Morocco to Indonesia, in spite of Salafism, Wahabism and terrorism. Everywhere, except Saudi Arabia, the vast majority of Muslims practice Islam in ways that are far closer to Sufism than to Salafism

The way some people talk these days, it would seem that Muslims are not just intellectually deficient but not even fully evolved as human beings. Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and a presidential hopeful, has described Muslims emerging from … Continue reading →

Twelve years since the invasion of Afghanistan and 10 years since the invasion of Iraq, a decade after the capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, 7 years since the execution of Saddam Hussain, two years since the killing of Osama bin … Continue reading →

It is a sorry sight to see demonstrators carry the photos of the army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Tahrir Square, degrading the very site that became an icon of liberation from despotic rule and the harbinger of democracy … Continue reading →

The huge middle ground is occupied by the rest of Muslims, the vast majority who love to sing, dance and make merry, whose homes are adorned with pictures of people and places, and who mind their own business while practicing … Continue reading →

All the core Muslim countries gained their independence after the Second World War and were ruled by non-fundamentalist, liberal-minded Muslim leaders, who abysmally failed to meet the expectations of their people.  Apart from socio-economic and political failures, they presided over … Continue reading →

Neither the Buddhist scriptures nor Buddhist history is free of violence. In a world filled with hate and violence on account of religion, race, ethnicity, etc., Buddhists are no exception, despite their contrary image.

There is strategic confusion and there is tactical muddle.  We don’t know what it is that we want and we don’t know how to get there.  Yet we seem to be sure what everyone else wants from us and from … Continue reading →