“But guys like me get involved in things sometimes because nobody else will… Because it’s not in the rule book, or it’s politically inconvenient, or it’s too weird, or — or simply because nobody else cares. The government, the big corporations, the money guys… they all have plenty of people willing to put it all…
It’s the day of the year again, October 15, the Blog Action Day. The topic for this year’s event is Poverty. So, I’m writing briefly on Islam’s religious duty to combat poverty and how a new paradigm of managing religious alms may do it more effectively. In Islam, we have the five pillars of religion….
Yesterday was the joyous Eid celebration, the culmination of a month-long struggle for control over personal desires, behavior, and excess. I want to thank all my friends, relatives, acquaintances, coworkers, and clients for their warm wishes on this festive day. The following are several of them (sent to me via SMS), which I put here…
[Why do I decide to suddenly write about the topic of being single and being married? Well, a very dear friend of mine has lost his confidence in that sacred institution known as marriage. He is not the first person I know of who holds that view. What made him different was that he was…
[There is this not too small an argument about whether it’s better to be single or married. Let’s have both sides present their case and see their view. It so happens that all cases presented were received via email. Let’s start from the single camp, with their “inspiring” prayer. It was posted in Bahasa with…
[Hmm. if you thought I had forgotten about this report, you are sorely mistaken, hohoho..] YOGA is trying to integrate himself. This purpose in life sometimes makes him aware of the futility of some of his behavior. Something drives him to wish to change his lifestyle. However, he tarries, feeling as though the time is…