Just thought of sharing the unique speech President Barack Hussein Obama gave today in Cairo, Egypt.And yes, it is in deed very relevant to us... Read Full Story
The Maldives is about to achieve an important milestone in its road to meaningful democracy and good governance. The first every multiparty parliamentary elections is due to take part on 9th of this month. An election that could potentially change the Maldives, forever - for good or for worse…As I understand, there are heated debates going on regarding which candidates should win the 77 seats, Read Full Story
A friend of mine happened to show me this video (see below) on Youtube last night...Looks like it was a conceptual plan former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made up to 'sell' to the people at one of the elections, but somehow did not go ahead with doing so. It looks like the plan fell apart at an initial stage due to whatever reason.There are a huge number of talking points regarding this Read Full Story
When psychologist Susan Fiske and a team of researchers at Princeton University performed MRI brain scans on heterosexual men who viewed a series of images showing both scantily clad and fully clothed men and women, they found that the men had an unmistakable response to women wearing less clothing.The less they wore, the more likely it was for the premotor cortex and the posterior middle Read Full Story
We have recently been shocked to discover the damage done and the horrible extent to which paedophiles have been able to operate in our small community for so long without being noticed. The extent to which this has spread dictates the urgency of stepping up the measures to stop it spreading further. It is a responsibility of everyone to stand up against the spread of this heinous crime in our Read Full Story
In one of my previous posts (on 20/12/08: http://www.muizzu.com/2008/12/parents-what-is-your-daughter-watching.html) I tried to highlight the importance of being mindful of what our young children, especially girls, are exposed to from the local and global media and the entertainment industry. I would like to stress more on this topic, based on a recent US study into how music and its lyrics Read Full Story
Religious extremism is a term that is much debated across various spheres around the world. Thus it becomes imperative to give a meaningful definition to this term before proceeding. I believe it is very clear that one could be regarded as an extremist in general if he/she steps outside any set boundaries. Thus in this regard one can be referred to as a religious extremist if the person steps out Read Full Story
Most of the youth of the “100% Islamic” Maldives is about to celebrate yet another non-Islamic occasion: the Valentine’s Day.But I wonder if we know what we are doing! I wonder if we know that celebrating such a day is simply imitating a pagan (thus non-Islamic) custom just like zombies or automatons!Anyone with a little bit of historical knowledge will acknowledge that Valentine's Day began when Read Full Story
Just wanted to highlight the dire HUMANITARIAN status of people of Gaza, and humbly appeal for the urgent need to give whatever aid (financial or otherwise) to the people of Gaza!
I understand there are few appeals being conducted in the Maldives as well, which is very good. I have provided links (on the right hand side) for the urgent Gaza appeals run by UN (both UNRWA and UNICEF), the DEC ( Read Full Story
Part 2: What is the Bible?
An examination of the Bible is necessary today because of the many questions being raised by religious people of all circles, including Jews and Christians, as to its inconsistency with contemporary church teachings as well as its inconsistency within itself.
The word "Bible" comes from the Koine Greek word "biblios" and it simply means the same as the word "book" in Read Full Story
