The winds of change of change, however blusteringly, have ushered in a new vice-chancellor at Darul Uloom Deoband with the appointment of Mawlana Ghulam Vastanvi. While the world's attention was rightfully focused on dramatic changes in Tunisia and now in Egypt and Yemen, a rank outsider was appointed to the... read more →
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17
From the 12-14 of January 2011, I was privileged to be among a group of leading and influential people, thinkers and creative individuals in Saudi Arabia. Most of the people in attendance were from Saudi Arabia, with few individuals from neighboring countries along with scholars based in Europe and North... read more →
Jan
09
The recent assassination of Punjab governor, Salman Taseer is only a symptom of the larger malaise of religion, in not only Pakistan but... read more →
Jan
04
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2010. That's... read more →