Reading the post on Muslims Under Progress (about American Muslim tilt to the left and how that is wrong because of the left’s support of among other things gay rights) as well as several posts on Alas, a Blog, I was reminded of a discussion Amber and I had recently. No, I am not going… Continue reading Gay Marriage
December
December is an important month in my life. I got married on December 1 and got engaged in the same month as well. But a long time ago, I was born in the same month on Pearl Harbor Day at 11:15am Pakistan Standard Time (1:15am Eastern Time or 6:15am UTC/GMT) in Wah Cantt, Pakistan, a… Continue reading December
Last Time Grading
This is my last time grading, as a TA that is. I might have to grade stuff for the rest of my life if I join academia. Anyway, for now I am happy that this is the end of grading. Make that I’ll be happy by Monday. The class project I have to grade will… Continue reading Last Time Grading
Hope in Conflicts?
There have been some positive developments in two major conflicts recently. I am not sure whether these will amount to much as a little progress is often followed by a lot of backtracking. But may be I’ll be proven wrong this time. In the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan: Moderate Kashmiri separatists of the… Continue reading Hope in Conflicts?
An Impressive Endorsement
Brian Ulrich has a very good and idealistic post explaining his endorsement for the Presidential election next year. One day a couple of summers ago, I was wandering with some friends through the streets of Madaba, Jordan, looking for a hotel. We met a man who told us we were on the wrong side of… Continue reading An Impressive Endorsement
Recent Movies
We watched a lot of movies recently. All of these movies are pretty good. 21 Grams is Director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s second movie. His first, Amores perros, has been on my to-watch list for quite some time even though I haven’t gotten around to watching it yet. 21 Grams is good with a non-linear timeline… Continue reading Recent Movies
9
It’s been 9 years since December 1, 1994, the day Amber and I got married. It’s been a wonderful 9 years. I have discovered what love really means in this period, not that I wasn’t in love when we got engaged, but that love has turned out to be much more than I ever thought… Continue reading 9
Kashmir: More Than Terrorism
In a previous post, I wrote: […] would you acknowledge that Palestine, Chechnya and Kashmir issues are about more than just terrorism? Joshua Scholar in turn asked: What is the situation in Kashmir about? I’ve been wondering about Kashmir ever since I heard an Indian ambassador claim that militants were killing Hindu civilians simply to… Continue reading Kashmir: More Than Terrorism
Happy Thanksgiving
An early happy thanksgiving to all of my readers (well, actually a very late one to Canadians). I am going home today to cook a turkey and may be a pumpkin pie as well. Blogging will be almost nonexistent until I return on Monday.
“Moderate Muslim”
Indirectly via Unmedia, I found Daniel Pipes’s definition of a “moderate Muslim.” – Violence : Do you condone or condemn the Palestinians, Chechens, and Kashmiris who give up their lives to kill enemy civilians? Will you condemn by name as terrorist groups such organizations as Abu Sayyaf, Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya, Groupe islamique armee, Hamas, Harakat ul-Mujahidin,… Continue reading “Moderate Muslim”