Recipe for Confusion

21Oct09

I was supposed to go to my University today but I didn’t and this is why: two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the International Islamic University in Islamabad. Six people fell victim to this heinous crime while dozens were injured. One of the attackers actually disguised himself and managed to get to the girls [...]

Filed under: Pakistan, Peace, Reflections, Reminders, Society, War   |  4 Comments
Tags: Islam, Pakistan, Peace, Terrorism, War

Count me out!

09Aug09

“And when you (Muhammad SAW) see those who engage in a false conversation about Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) by mocking at them, stay away from them till they turn to another topic. And if Shaitân (Satan) causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the company of those people who are [...]

Filed under: Islah, Reflections, Society, Sunnah   |  10 Comments
Tags: Islam, knowledge, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, Sunnah

Shallow Stuff

07Jul09

“You are the best Ummah singled out for mankind; you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah.” 
(Quran 3:110)
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Every Sunday is the same – I pick up the newspaper’s weekend supplement and soon find myself digusted with its contents. The thick magazine that is issued every Sunday with the Dawn newspaper [...]

Filed under: Mood dampers, Reflections, Society   |  4 Comments
Tags: Islam, Media, Muslims, propaganda, Writers

Flux and Spark

28Jun09

I took a long break from writing here, being very busy with preparing for my final exams but even though I wasn’t actively “blogging”, there were many things on my mind I’d seriously want to share here. Now that I’ve given the first phase of my exams, with a gap of about a week before [...]

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Dude, is that a Sunnah?

06May09

Have you ever got that feeling when you wished you could really cleanse your life of all those bad habits that you’ve developed and bring it as close as possible to the Prophet(saw)’s Sunnah? It so happens that whenever my Iman takes a dip for a period of time and (Alhamdolillah) grows stronger again, I [...]

Filed under: Ibadah (Worship), Islah, Reminders, Society, Sunnah   |  4 Comments
Tags: Etiquette, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, Sunnah