The art of keeping up with yesterday's blogging
Happy Easter, everyone.
The results of the Brass Crescent Awards are out. I didn’t win but got honorable mentions in 3 of the 5 categories I was nominated. These categories were: Best writing (I am surprised), best series, and best non-English blog (surprised again as I do not write enough in Urdu.) The winners in these categories were… Continue reading Brass Crescent Honorable Mention
تمام حاجیوں کو حج مبارک ہو۔ اور سب قارئین کو عید مبارک۔
The nomination stage is over and it’s voting time. And it seems you like me, really like me since I have been nominated in so many categories: Best Writing Best Single Post: Two nominations for Do They Look Like Me? and Slavery, Women and Islam Best Series: My series on marriage includes posts on Cousin… Continue reading Brass Crescent Awards Voting
پاکستان کی مذہبی جماعتیں آجکل اس بات پر جذباتی ہو گئی ہیں کہ پاکستانی پاسپورٹ سے مذہب کا کالم نکالا جا رہا ہے۔
The holiday season has brought the weblog award season upon us as well. First came the 2004 Weblog Awards by Wizbang. I somehow got nominated for the Best Asian Blog contest there and ended up with 0.9% of the vote. The voting for the Asia Blog Awards 2004 is taking place nowadays. This blog was… Continue reading Award Season
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Yasmine of Rambling Monologues has a moving post about the intolerance displayed by some Muslims. You should read her whole post, but here is the conclusion. I write this because I hate the word “kaffir,” and I hate how it comes so easily to some Muslims even as it makes me flinch, and I hate… Continue reading Muslim Tolerance and Kafirs
It is an unfortunate fact today that the Muslim community, barring some exceptions, is misogynist. There are lots of individual Muslims who are against gender discrimination, but collectively we still have a long way to go. As a man, I am not directly affected by such issues and I haven’t done much to change things… Continue reading Muslims, Misogyny and Parenting
Via Sister Soljah, I found a post on a blog titled Blogging: an Islamic perspective. I was intrigued. The blogger divides all blogs into 3 categories: personal, topical, and a mix of the two. His criticism is directed at personal blogs. For starters, all bloggers know that since their blogs are public, their entries are… Continue reading Segregated Blogging