This is the first in what will be an intermittent but recurring series — dealing with dilemmas of parenthood. Find all of them here: I was recently driving Rogue One (8 y/o) and one of his neighborhood friends (7 y/o), when I overheard an interesting conversation. The friend described an invention he had conceived. I won’t provide […]
Many non-Muslims do not know that Muslims are expected to base their lives not only on the Quran, but also on the collected sayings and traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). That collection is called the Hadith, and it is meant to be a significant source of guidance for day-to-day living outside of what is in the Quran. […]
Late Night Musings I write this having recently turned 37 years old (the blog is just over one month old). So it seemed a reasonable time to ruminate. While my birthday didn’t actually prompt me to think existential thoughts — I tend to space out and think about life all the time — my birthday was a […]
As part of a bi-religious dual-race multi-cultural marriage, raising children while teaching them different parts of two different religions, perhaps it isn’t a surprise that my wife and I occasionally disagree. What may be a surprise is that we don’t spend much time disagreeing about religion or race or culture. We do on occasion, but really […]
Entering Rogue One Someone on Rockstar Finance Forums asked if I was going to refer to my eldest son as “Rogue One” in my blog. Oddly enough, I hadn’t thought of that, but I love the idea. I am a Star Wars fan, but I’m a Trekkie at heart, and I did not think of […]
Are You Bi-Religious? As a two-religion household (Bi-religious? Multi-religious? Inter-religious? Not sure of the proper term), we celebrate twice as many religious holidays as most families. Eid-al-Fitr, Eid-al-Adha, Christmas, and Easter, are a part of our household vernacular. Despite growing up in a Muslim household, I heard a great deal about Christmas. It was impossible […]