This is an 8th entry in the series of Things that are good to know about your Muslim friend. Make sure to read the first seven entries if you missed them, and which had to do with:
food
Good to know about your Muslim friend: fasting
This is a 3rd entry in the series of Things that are good to know about your Muslim friend. Make sure to read the first two entries if you missed them, and which had to do with:
Good to know about your Muslim friend: Purity and Impurity in Islam
This is a second entry in the series of Things that are good to know about your Muslim friend. Make sure to read the entry on celebrating Christmas and other occasions here if you missed it.
Distracted minds
To focus, to concentrate, to pay attention… seems so simple. Yet, it obviously isn’t for most of us. Every day, there is new research reminding us that we are losing this ability as we get increasingly immersed in this post-modern technologized world. Continue reading
performance-enhancing hypocrisy in professional sports
In today’s news, there were articles about Usain Bolt’s reaction to Tyson Gay’s reduced ban for doping. Both men are decorated athletes, with many considering Bolt to be the fastest man on earth for the multiple records he has set the past few years.
W. R. Davis. 2011. Wheat Belly. Lose the wheat, lose the weight and find your path back to health.
I finished reading Davis’ popular book almost a week ago, and I had a few points to share on it, because I am somewhat aware of the buzz surrounding it (on both sides of the equation).
on the modernity of vegetarianism
I am often asked whether I am a vegetarian, in large part because I usually resort to the vegetarian options whenever I have to eat out, due to my adherence to the dietary teachings of Islam
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