Monthly Archives: January 2010

Thank Goodness for Islam

CNN did a very good article on the contribution of Muslim inventions that helped shape the world we know today.  I have also been playing Assassin Creed 2 on the Xbox 360, and both of these have got me thinking … Continue reading

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Feeding the World

Lately I have been thinking a lot about food, and more precisely sustainable and environmentally friendly food. You see, I look at what we here in the developed world eat, and then I see images of children in the developing … Continue reading

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Questions without Answers

Tomorrow our former Prime Minister, Tony Blair goes in front of the Iraq enquiry. Now the war, in all honesty, is something that really worries me. I mean, I can’t put my hand on my heart and say that Iraq … Continue reading

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Fairtrade – A Bahá’í Perspective

At the Newcastle Bahá’í Centre, we have recently started a monthly open deepening/fireside, exploring different themes within the Faith. It all started with some deepening’s we received from the NSA on the fund and we kind of carried it on. … Continue reading

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Developing a Bahá’í Website

For the past couple of months myself and a friend have been developing a new website for our local Bahá’í community. We started with a document passed to us via the UKs office of Public Information, which immediately required we change … Continue reading

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A Change for 2010

This year, my resolution is to live more ethically. I want my life and what I do to impact positively on my fellow humans and the environment, and I also want to ensure what I do has as little impact … Continue reading

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A Rose by Any Other Name

Back to one of my favorite topics, the Malaysian Allah problem, ever so quickly just to catch you up, in the Malaysian language, the word for God is Allah. But the Muslim dominated government has banned non-Muslims from using the … Continue reading

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