With all the family history stuff I write here in my blog, one might begin to wonder why I don’t write about my wife’s family history. Well unfortunately genealogy is a very difficult endeavour here in Malaysia. A lack of accessible records (and in many cases a lack of records, period) means you’re forced to [...]
Categories: Heritage
Tagged: family, genealogy, history, immigration, in-laws, Indonesia, Islam, Java, Javanese, language, names, photos, Religion
As I’ve been interested in history and genealogy for many years now, I’ve often found myself wishing I had a time machine, to see places as they once were and meet the people who contributed to my eventual existence. Wouldn’t that be amazing? Well, what if I told you I could do it?
I was [...]
Categories: Heritage
Tagged: Acadians, Canada, Cape Breton, Duncan MacLeod, English, family, French, Gaelic, genealogy, history, language, names, Nova Scotia, Religion
Since other bloggers have been sharing their thoughts on the Qur’an for the Let’s Read the Quran initiative started by Marina Mahathir and a few others, I suppose I should get off my proverbial butt and actually write something about it. So here goes…
My experience with the Qur’an has been quite different from that of [...]
Categories: Life
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