Closed Mosque

Closed mosque: The al-Misbah mosque belonging to the Indonesia Ahmadiyah Congregation stands deserted after being sealed off by public order officers assisted by police officers and soldiers on early Friday. […]

The Influences of Islam on Africans

Opposing Views, by Alison Lake. Some 20 percent of the world’s Muslim population lives in Africa, and nearly half of Africa’s population is Muslim. Islamic practice in Africa started over 1,400 years ago [W. African Islam, Ref. 4] with the arrival of Muslim conquerors in North Africa. They came from […]

The psychology of time

Source: The Economist: IN “TIME’S Arrow”, a novel by Martin Amis, the protagonist experiences time backwards. Eating involves regurgitating food into his mouth, sculpting the mush with his tongue, packaging it up and selling it to a grocery store. The passage on defecation is best left undescribed. Such a comic […]