Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective
I read today that the government are proposing new legislation that would bring in supposedly new restrictions on people who are on Jobseeker's Allowance, in which people who refuse work or "community service" will...
Am I the only person noticing that Google’s web services are getting a bit flaky? Almost every day I notice that web searches fail (as in, fail to connect altogether), and I can’t connect...
Following on from my earlier post about being under pressure to give money to charity, another row has broken out about the decision of a British news presenter, Jon Snow, not to wear a...
The X26 is the bus I've been commuting to work on most of this week. It has one main benefit, which is that it runs directly from New Malden, where I live, to Croydon,...
So, Roshonara Choudhary, the stupid woman who tried to murder the MP, Stephen Timms, has received a 15-to-life sentence. Today, the Guardian (and probably other papers) printed transcripts of her interviews with the police...
Anyone who’s lived in London for a while knows about “charity muggers” – people who approach you in the street to get you to sign up to make direct debit donations to their charity....
Update: I have now received nearly £80 which exceeds the likely amount needed (with another promised), so jazakum Allah khair to everyone who donated. The donate button will remain, but the appeal is ended...
Last Thursday I went to my GP in New Malden (or rather, one of the GPs at the clinic I’m registered at), and asked him to refer me to those who might be able...
I’ve not always been a coffee drinker – I was first introduced to it by my Mum and it was an instant, and not sweet to my no doubt immature taste buds. I came...
Parents tell how every day is a battle to care for teenager struck down with chronic fatigue syndrome – The Daily Record "Chronic fatigue syndrome", in this context, is M.E. (the symptoms described are...
Last night I saw a Crimewatch appeal for information regarding the murder of PC Keith Blakelock, a policeman who was murdered during riots on the Broadwater Farm estate in north London in 1985. Blakelock...
BBC News – Tetraplegic man's life support 'turned off by mistake' This story really did shock me — I didn’t mention this earlier today in case it upset friends of mine but someone else...
Earlier today I saw a comment on Astrid van Woerkom’s blog in response to a criticism of the “communication shutdown” wheeze from various autism chairites. There has been much criticism of the scheme here...
Six-month delay by NHS cost woman a cancer lifeline | Mail Online This got flagged up on Facebook today, and the person who posted it also linked an article about boys getting inappropriately medicated...
The Labour Party in the UK has rules that state that any member who stands in an election against the labour candidate, or who openly supports a candidate opposing a Labour candidate, is automatically...
The other day, just after I finished my post on the “communication shutdown” supposedly in aid of autism, the fire alarm went off in the Bentalls centre in Kingston where I had written it...
New Report: Assisted Suicide – how the chattering classes have got it wrong The Centre for Policy Studies (which is, as I understand it, a traditionally Tory-aligned think tank) has published a report by...
I saw this "Communication Shutdown" event through a critical article highlighted on FWD/Forward — a scheme to raise awareness of autism by "shutting down" social networks for a day (1st November): WHAT IS COMMUNICATION...
Joyfully kissing her beautiful baby boy – the girl branded too stupid to be a wife or mother | Mail Online I've been following this story on and off since I first heard of...
It was reported in the Guardian today that a story released by the Home Office and G4S (formerly Group 4 Security, a contractor which handles deportations of failed immigrants to the UK) about how...