Knowledge is power?

“Knowledge is power, but it is power for evil just as much as for good. It follows that unless man increases in wisdom as much as in knowledge, increase of knowledge will be increase of sorrow.”

Bertrand Russell (Impact of Science on Society, pg. 120)

A Treatise on the Islamic Faith

A Treatise on the Islamic Faith
This is a translation of an unfinished treatise on Islamic beliefs by Hasan Al-Banna before he was assassinated. It has been accompanied by a brief analysis of the treatise and was originally submitted as my final year thesis.
Note: This document is copyrighted and may not be reproduced or distributed […]

The Reality of Prayer (Arabic)

The Reality of Prayer (Arabic)
A lecture in Arabic reminding people about the true purpose of prayer. Delivered in France.

A Critical Analaysis of Evolution and Atheism

A Critical Analaysis of Evolution and Atheism audio

A Critical Analaysis of Evolution and Atheism powerpoint

My Religion

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”  Albert Einstein

Cigna HealthCare kills 17 yr. old by refusing to pay for liver transplant

The family of Nataline Sarkisyan is planning to sue Cigna HealthCare for the murder of their daughter. Despite Nataline being fully insured and having a matching donor ready, Cigna refused to pay for her liver transplant on the grounds that her healthcare plan “does not cover experimental, investigational, and unproven services.”
Nataline’s doctors at the UCLA medical center […]

School Tricked Into Electrically Shocking Students

Seven school officials at a Massachusetts special needs school were fired after wrongly administering electrick shock treatment. A prankster, pretending to be a member of the administration, phoned in instructions to administer electric shocks to some of the students. The school officials woke up two of the students and told them that they had been […]

Americans Are Stressed Out

One-third of Americans suffer from extreme stress which drives them to overeat, drink, and smoke. Despite the privelidge of living a very luxurious life in comparison with the rest of the world, Americans complained of low salaries, too much work, and a lack of opportunity. Many admitted to having difficulty dealing with stress which leads […]

Baby I’ve Got the Blues…the Post-Ramadan Blues

Yeah, I’ve got the blues…unlike Mr. B.B. King, however, these blues are not due to a foolish misadventure in the notoriously treacherous lands of love or because of empty pockets and holes in my shoes. No, that’s not it. They most certainly aren’t the “blue box blues” the adorable little girl from the Kraft Macaroni & […]

Be A Rebel…With A Cause

Be A Rebel…With A Cause 
A lecture about the challenges of being young and how being a rebel is a natural part of life, provided that it is channelled in the right direction.