Archive for 'Religion'

Amr Khaled: Time’s 13th most influential person in the world?

Amr Khaled: Time’s 13th most influential person in the world?

The Time 100 is an annual list of ‘the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world’. One of this year’s voted 100 is Amr Khaled: An Arabic Media Sensation [...]

Sharia-Compliant Financing in Canada

Sharia-Compliant Financing in Canada

An article on the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business indicated that mainstream Canadian banks and regulatory bodies are beginning to seriously consider offering Muslim-friendly banking solutions. Sharia (in Layman) is the religious social doctrine and [...]

Cadbury Bombs

Cadbury Bombs

My earliest recollection of the London Underground comes from childhood visits to the fog capital of the world. I distinctly remember following my parents in a labyrinth of narrow underground pathways as they rushed to catch [...]

Big City, Narrow Minds – Yemen's Battle of the Sexes

Big City, Narrow Minds – Yemen's Battle of the Sexes

Can the philosophy of segregation survive our fast changing times? Sanaa, Yemen’s beautiful capital city, is realizing the alarming introduction and popularity of mixed-gender coffee shops and smoke (sheesha) parlors. Women and men share the same [...]