Jordan, The next country to get an American dose of democracy

The next country to get an American dose of democracy is Jordan. Why am I saying this? Because the unholy triangle of Trump, Netanyahu (prime minister of Israel) and Mohammad bin Salman (MBS, crown prince of Saudi Arabia) wants King Abdullah of Jordan to relinquish his authority over the Muslim

Madrisa vs University

Abubaker why didn't you point out that I was making a mistake? I asked the best programmer of my class. He raised his head, looked at me, gave me a faint smile but didn't answer. At that point I realized that it was out of respect for "ustad ji" that he

The Unholy Trinity : Trump, Netanyahu, Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) and its objective

There is a talk of “deal of the century” to resolve the Israel-Palestine issue once for all. The deal is basically that Egypt will provide a piece of land in the Sinai Peninsula where Palestinians will be forced to relocate. For this the murderous regimen of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be handsomely compensated by the crown prince

Aleppo, Syria: A Shia Sunni fight?

Now a days our social media is full of news regarding the atrocities being committed in Aleppo, Syria. This reminds me of October, 1990 and a 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl named Nayirah. Before reading any further you should spend just four minutes and watch Nayirah to get the full impact at

Nayirah was not who she was presented to be. She was the daughter of Saud

مادیت اور ھمارا نظام تعلیم

This is a multi-part presentation dealing with the issue of how current education, especially our higher education system, is promoting a materialistic world view and what should we do about it. The slides are in English but the narration is in Urdu. Here is first part

This is part-2

Here is the last part

Money Creation and Islamic Banks

Creation of Money and Islamic Banks

Dr. Asad Zaman[1]

1      Introduction

In ancient times, alchemists searched for the secrets of turning base metals into gold. In modern times, the fractional reserve banking system has turned the dreams of the alchemists into a reality. However, the secrets of credit creation by banks are kept hidden from the general public. For this reason, discussions and controversies about Islamic banking have not mentioned this crucial issue, even though rulings about the legitimacy or otherwise of financial transaction within Islamic law depend on it. 

Pakistani & Egyptian Armies and the Current Yemen Crisis

Why Saudi Arabia is so hell bent on getting Pakistani army into Yemen instead of Egyptian army? This is a question that has been bothering me for the last several weeks. All the discussion in Pakistan has been that since Saudi Arabia has asked us, so should we or should we not send our army into Yemen. My question is, why SA is not so much interested in Egyptian army? After all the current head of Egypt is an army man, who received 20 billion dollars from SA and other Gulfy friends,