Sunday, 28 November 2010

Singapore’s madrassas: another ‘exception’ to the secular state?

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Singaporean Muslims ought to be alarmed with reports that students from the Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah did not meet the Ministry of Ed...
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Monday, 22 November 2010

Chairman Mao’s new and improved People’s Republic of China

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China's emergence as a global actor on the world's stage has become conventional wisdom. The evidence supporting the notion is overw...
Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Eid al Mubarik and the Festival of the Egg

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Cultural ethnocentricity takes many forms. We all have it embedded within us. Readers of my blog realize that much of my writing about Pakis...
Friday, 5 November 2010

Dubai: the tale of the Ferrari and the Metro

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Having spent the last few days circulating in Dubai, I am more convinced than ever the city continues on its path towards becoming a global...
Thursday, 28 October 2010

Singapore and Australian exchanges: learning to play the SAX?

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Price and protectionism aside, the acquisition proposal between the Australian and Singapore exchanges is a potential winning stroke for bot...
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Friday, 22 October 2010

Of mothers, spouses and Singapore’s sharia

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Last week, I attended an Association of Muslim Professionals seminar on the subject of Islamic Estate Planning. Sitting in a room filled wit...
Monday, 18 October 2010

Taunting China Norwegian style – the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

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By awarding the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to a hitherto unknown Chinese human rights activist the Nobel Committee has achieved at least one ob...