Raashid

LATEST ARTICLES ( 22 )

• Sri Lanka Elections : The Muslim Vote

  

  First published here for Groundviews.Images have been making the rounds on facebook, with various hues and shades, highlighting the fact that the sixth executiv... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rajapaksa Using the Term Munafiq

  President: You all know there are lot of "Munafiqs" among us. Don’t be deceived by them. — Mahinda Rajapaksa (@PresRajapaksa) December 20, 2014 What is this... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Backing Ed

  Originally posted on Notes from a Broken Society: Like a lot of Labour Party members and activists, I’m angry and confused at the moment. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Of Geoffrey Bawa & Being Overrated

  Anoma Pieris from , is an Associate Professor in Architecture at Melbourne University, whom I have had the pleasure of acquainting over the last few years on... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Independence Referendum: The Morning After

  

  First published here.A win for independence in Scotland would have led to drastic changes to parliament in the UK including the short-to-medium term... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Islamic Intellectual Resurgence : Looking Westwards

  

  From my experiences in living in three different and distinct regions in the world, I have always maintained that an intellectual Islamic resurgence has the... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Qur’an Recitation From Prison

  This is a boy from Burma who was arrested in Malaysia for not having proper papers. He may well be a Rohingya who fled persecution to Malaysia, though I don’t... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Ridiculous Study of the Day Says Smelling Farts Might Prevent Cancer

  Originally posted on TIME: It has been a weird week in health news. First doctors said that Justin Bieber might save young boys’ lives (the “hip” bowl cut is... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Lankan Muslims in London and Political Myopia

  

  First Published for Groundviews and the Colombo Telegraph.There was a protest that took place yesterday by a group of Sri Lankan Muslims in Britain outside the... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Mandela : Selective Veneration

  

  For all those leeching off Mandela’s legacy, politicians, activists, pacifists and everyone else, it is only right that his legacy is seen for what it is,... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika

  

  One of my all time favourite songs and amongst the best written national anthems in the world, Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika, written in Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaan... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Of Boring Men And Women Who Love Them

  

  This probably is the first time I am posting something like this, not really my area and this is hardly about Ed Miliband and how he will be the next Prime... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Ramadan In a British Setting

  

  First published here for The Platform earlier this Ramadan. Being a British Muslim in Ramadan can be an accommodating and amusing experience – and even more so... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Lankan Muslims and Their Image Problem

  

  This article was first published in the print version of the Ceylon today on 24 July 2013 (view online soon) and  is in response to an interview of Dr. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• On Being a Conspiracy Theorist

  

  More often than not, when one has a view point that is diametrically opposed to what is considered the norm, one is quite easily referred to as a conspiracy... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• At The Barber’s

  

  I have not actively been taking photographs for more than a year now. For most people, most certainly for me, photography as a pastime works best when the mind... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Coca Cola and Goodness ? Not Really.

  

  Quite a few friends had tweeted about this video of Coca Cola seemingly aiming to unite the peoples of India and Pakistan, one person at a time, at least. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Sinhalese & Schindler’s List

  

  Below is an excerpt from my post for The Platform, “Does the Silence of the Sinhalese Signal Complicity”. “There is that scene from Schindler’s List which had... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Faith in Humanity Restored, Partially

  

  I walked into a Indian/Pakistani restaurant (I still can’t say the difference) a few hours ago ago, I asked for a menu card and they didn’t understand, none of... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bodu Bala Sena and Their Muslim Funding

  

  Evangelicism is quite a common phenomenon in many parts of the world. Evangelicals take many forms and hues, from the hysteric evangelic Christians with their T... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY