Recently Marina asked me if I’d take part in a little initiative she and a few other bloggers have put together to promote understanding — or at least the basic beginnings of a shadow of a basic understanding — of Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an. Sounds good to me.
Many people, the wise and the not-so-wise, [...]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Here’s a nice travel piece about Cape Breton. The writer describes it as
…a place where impenetrably forested mountains plunge straight to the sea, their descent interrupted only by the frail ribbon of the Cabot Trail; and where the vast saltwater sprawl of Bras d’Or Lake convolutes nearly every route between one place and another. Its [...]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Tagged: Cape Breton, Gaelic, links, travel
Here’s an article that might jolt some of the ‘Israel is the innocent victim’ people back to reality. Of course, some of them will keep on believing nonsense. Reality’s not for everyone, I guess. That’s a shame.
Categories: Commentary
Malaysian Gods Say the Darndest Things 2
Friday night Leen and I went to a screening of Amir Muhammad’s latest film, Malaysian Gods, a documentary which revisits the locations of the Reformasi demonstrations of 1998. The screening was held at HELP University College’s auditorium (with some sort of music festival or battle of the bands going on in the next room, how [...]
Categories: Commentary
Tagged: Amir Muhammad, books, censorship, films, language, Malaysia, politics, reviews, Tamil