If you’re a bloke and you become Muslim, are you duty-bound to start treating your woman badly? Only if you’re a jerk. If you can be a gentleman without the light of faith, something’s seriously gone awry if you think becoming a tyrannical monster is a measure of piety. This path is supposed to help …
Did we ever read the Book we claim to uphold, or were we too enamoured by our pseudo-intellectuals bamboozling us with their speech? Indeed, We have revealed to you the Book in truth so you may judge between the people by that which God has shown you. So do not be an advocate for the …
I thought I was being generous to my colleagues, proposing that we invest in training for them. But it hasn’t quite worked out that way. One colleague, booked on a course entitled Organising Work and Time forgot to attend the course. Another with lamentable computer skills decided to cancel their MS 365 Essentials training in …
It seems that we’ve completely failed to articulate what it is that we believe, and why.
It’s true: we cannot be fair, caught in the middle of these sibling rivalries. If we try to encourage one of them, we are unfair to the other. If we tell one off, we are unfair again. On and on it goes. He said, she said. She did, he did. If that was me… Yes, …
When I get to do my job, I could say I love what I do. Today was one of those days, enabling me to remain productive all day long. Sadly, most days are not like that at all.
What does it take to stand up in the face of wrongdoing or injustice? A lot more courage than you might imagine. I learnt that a few years ago, when I found myself standing alone, in near complete opposition to everyone I knew, feeling myself compelled to articulate the fruits of my own research. Most …
That didn’t take long, did it? Coming to the realisation that the membership thing was self-indulgent nonsense. Does anyone really care that much? Nope. Nobody but spammers and hackers, anyway. So I backtrack, disabling that functionality. Now we have two content states: published or unpublished, accessible or not. Does that mean I’ve withdrawn all of …
That’s the word that most often comes to mind in my encounters with the commercial web industry. Also known as companies pulling the wool over the eyes of their customers. A recent one I came across: a web host deliberately crippling core functionality of a platform for the sole purpose of differentiating its own products. …
LinkedIn prods me: “Your account has been in hibernation for 6 months.” I think to myself, “So what?” and hit delete. But by morning, I’m peering in, wondering what’s new. I find my former manager being congratulated by a multitude of well-wishers on their new role. I decide not to join them, as it feels …
I was pleased with myself on Saturday, congratulating myself for doing a proper weekly shop. But it’s only Tuesday, and already supplies have been depleted, the fridge all but bare. What would have been a week’s supply of fruit now lasts barely days. Any treat, polished off within hours. Either we’re a household of very …
I work with some highly intelligent people — researchers, professors, doctors, psychologists — but sometimes they’re completely illogical. Indeed, sometimes I’m really surprised by their stupidity. I guess we all have our own unique skills and expertise, as well as complete ignorance. To each their own.
Many of us converts are nowadays bemused by the typical view Muslim communities have of us, as degenerates only redeemed by our adoption of faith. It seems to escape them that many of us had highly ethical upbringings, raised with good morals and manners. Alas, many Muslims are triumphant without reason. You have nothing unless …
