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May 2017

May 30, 2017

Ramadhan 2017 Day 5: How To Read Quran – Introduction To Structure

May 29, 2017

Ramadhan 2017 Day 4: How To Read Quran – Words Most Used

May 28, 2017

Ramadhan 2017 Day 3: How To Read Quran – Why Read Quran?

May 27, 2017

Ramadhan 2017 Day 2: How To Read Quran – Self Reference

May 26, 2017

Ramadhan 2017 Day 1: How To Read Quran – Introduction

May 24, 2017

Why The Manchester Attack Is The Worst One Yet

It is a horrible feeling to wake up to. It was only two months...

May 11, 2017

A Muslim’s Plea: Protect Atheist Republic!

Dear Mr Zuckerberg, I am a Muslim. I believe in God and love my Islamic...

May 09, 2017

The Day Democracy Died In Indonesia

Today is a dark day for Indonesia. Their first Chinese Christian governor of Jakarta, affectionately...

April 2017

April 13, 2017

The New Religion of Scientism

A meme has been appearing on my newsfeed intermittently in the last year or so....

March 2017

March 23, 2017

Cab Ride Through Terror and My Little Nephew

I share a special bond with my eldest nephew. On the night he was born,...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

A Foretaste of Infinite Being: Heaven and Hell Of The Present Life

This piece is written as a contribution to NatGeo’s series, The Story of God ‘Oh...

January 15, 2017

Why I Reject The Narrative Of A Chosen One

I remember wondering, as early as the age of six or seven, who these people...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Commentary on ITV’s Documentary ‘Islam’s Non-Believers’

(pic courtesy of: ) When I heard that ITV was planning to air a new...

October 13, 2016

Allah Or Islamic Rituals – The Chicken Or Egg Question

I was not entirely surprised last week when I faced blowback from the Muslim community...

October 06, 2016

Why We Need Saturday Reform Jummas

pic courtesy of (www.muslimsforallah.com) Almost a week ago, I joined www.meetup.com and started my own...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Will Mr Trump Be Really Combatting Radical Islam?

When Mr Donald Trump first announced his candidacy for the White House, many people including...

July 2016

July 10, 2016

Why #BlackLivesMatter By A Malay-Muslim

Black lives matter and let me tell you why. I’ve lived on both sides of...

July 05, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 30 (Al-Fiil)

Day 30: Al-Fiil This is very short chapter located almost at the end of...

July 04, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 29 (Ash-Shams)

Ash-Shams, Ch 91, is part of a triplet of chapters (91,92,93) which are sandwiched between...

July 04, 2016

Jihadism Gave Terrorists What Muslims Failed To: A Life Purpose

It has been a long and busy week for Daesh (so-called Islamic State) terrorists. Three...

July 03, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 28 (At-Takwir)

This chapter is in the third level of summary chapters in Quran (starting from An-Naba...

July 02, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 27 (Al-Jinn)

This chapter comes straight after Surah Nuh, Chapter 71. In Ch 71, we are...

July 01, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 26 (At-Tahreem)

The last chapter in the tasbeeh block. Like At-Talaq (its twin which directly precedes) ,...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 25 (As-Saff)

This is one of chapters of the tasbih block (comprising Ch 57-66), the block...

June 29, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 24 (An-Najm)

This chapter is possibly the science of revelation, that is, how revelation is received,...

June 28, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 23 (Al-Fussilat)

Here is another chapter which shows the reality-based nature of Quranic application. It does...

June 27, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 22 (Ya Seen)

This chapter gives a general blueprint of the messengers' role. It begins with Quran itself....

June 26, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 21 (An-Nur)

This chapter is a hard chapter after a relatively soft one, Al-Mu’minoon. This means that...

June 25, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 20 (Al-Anbiya’)

This chapter focuses on the messenger personalities and the presentness of the messenger. It begins...

June 24, 2016

Ramadhan 2016 – Day 19 (Ta Ha)

Chapter 20 (Taha) is the first chapter whose sole emphasis is on musa. While Ch...

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