The Cold Within

Six humans trapped by happenstance In black and bitter cold Each one possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs, The first woman held hers back. For on the faces around the fire, She noticed one was black. The next man […]

Canada: Legalize polygamy: study

A new study commissioned by the federal government recommends that Canada legalize polygamy and change legislation to help women and children living in plural relationships. The paper by three law professors at Queen’s University in Kingston argues that a Charter challenge to Section 293 of the Criminal Code banning polygamy […]

یہ دیس ہمارا ہے؟

 فی زمانہ وطنِ عزیز میں جو حالات چل رہے ہیں ان کو دیکھ کر دل خون کے آنسو روتا ہے۔  حالانکہ  ہمارے ملک کے لوگ نماز روزہ زکٰوۃ  پر کافی توجہ دیتے ہیں۔ اور کسی کی تعریف کے لیے یہ کہنا کہ فلاں پنج وقتہ نمازی ہے کافی ہے۔ ہم […]

Why Are Muslims So Boring?

Why Are Muslims So Boring? By Ziauddin Sardar October 9, 2012 For the last 25 years, my wife has been doing semi-voluntary work at a special school near where we live. It is a small school for pupils with physical disability or delicate health needs who need a structured and […]

George Sarton: The Pioneer of the History of Science

According to Encyclopedia Britannica: George Alfred Leon Sarton,  (born Aug. 31, 1884, Ghent—died March 22, 1956, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.), Belgian-born U.S. scholar and writer whose voluminous research and publications concerning the history of science did much to make the subject an independent discipline. A student of chemistry, celestial mechanics, and mathematics at the University […]