Assalamualaikum.
OK, apologies to the unmentioned friend from whose statement this title is derived. No offence!
It had been a very lovely Eid in Manchester. Full of diet-crashing delicacies and mind-boggling extravaganza that makes the quadriceps-torturing walks to find the houses worthwhile. And of course, the warm hospitality of hosts and friendly company of fellow visitors make [...]

Right and Wrong,
The clues to the meaning of the universe,
The moral law and the selfless altruistic impulse,
The voice of conscience that beats in the soul,
The feeling of compassion that lights up the heart,
Yet we are still standing here – confused,
We are indeed young, and untender,
Almost, at times, foolish,
Often, we don’t want to admit it,
For they [...]

This article about a failure of democracy when open-fair-party competition fails. An interesting quote from T.J Pempel explains this situation in a brief strong comportment;
A democracy predicted on the ability to “throw the rascals out” is far less convincing when it exists only in the abstract than when it is backed up by periodic [...]

Pengarang buku ini adalah pelopor Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA), sebuah institut berdekatan rumah saya di Chicago. Beliau kini sudah uzur selepas diserang strok beberapa tahun lalu, iaitu sebaik sahaja menerbitkan buku di sebelah kiri ini, West Africa, Islam, and the Arab World, yang boleh saya anggapkan sebagai magnum opus [...]