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Reflections on Feeling Nifty at Fifty

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

This Millennium affected people in so many different ways.

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World Parliament of Religions-Pathways to Peace

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

The 2004 Parliament of World Religions was organized in partnership with the Universal Forum of Cultures – Barcelona 2004 (which runs from May to September) and in association with the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia.

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Their Jihad is not my Jihad

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Since September 11 last year, I’ve been invited to many churches, schools and community centres, to speak about Islam to non-Muslims.

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THREE WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL

DATE : September 15, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

At a Muslim wedding in Markham last week, about 350 guests faced an embarrassing situation.

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The Rise Of Islamic Extremism In Canada

DATE : August 24, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

My family and I came to Canada more than 30 years ago from Pakistan because we saw the rise of Islamist fundamentalism in the land of our birth.

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REFLECTIONS IN THE TIME OF CORONA (8)….THE FAN CLUB

DATE : July 3, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

Senor OCD is being promoted to Senior OCD tomorrow (it’s his 65th birthday) and I want to try and be nice to him. To be fair, he needs to be vindicated from all the gossip against him. I mean, if not now when he’s ageing (not so gracefully), then when? He has decided that he […]

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REFLECTIONS IN THE TIME OF CORONA (7) – The Cleaning Lady

DATE : June 27, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

This week was our 43rd. wedding anniversary..tau blog tau banta hai na? (have to write a blog, right?) because we still haven’t killed each other. Since the last few episodes, a lot of time has passed but global events had become so serious that even thinking of writing anything humorous felt like ‘cancel culture’ – […]

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REFLECTIONS IN THE TIME OF CORONA (6)… LOSING IS HARD!

DATE : April 19, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Ohkay, there was a bit of a lull as things looked like they were getting serious and I didn’t want to be the one to be labelled silly or frivolous.

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REFLECTIONS IN THE TIME OF CORONA (5) – RANDOM THOUGHTS

DATE : April 10, 2020 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Ohkay….things are settling down, but not OCD. After his below-the-belt remark about the ‘broom’, I tried to ‘socially distance’ myself and pout. Neither worked. Because I need his brain for my writing and his brawn for the housework. Besides pouting is not my thing. It only suits people with rosy chubby cheeks who have mastered […]

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