Arson: what really fires it up?
I could hear the screams from the trapped men despite their being several yards away and the windows in my car being tightly closed. They dangled trapped by their seatbelts in their overturned car. Several of us had run up to help them but then someone shouted a warning to stop and get back to [...]
Women walking home alone at night: safe or stupid?
Here in the UK we’ve seen yet another vicious murder, this time of Sian O’Callaghan, a young woman who was kidnapped and killed as she walked the half-mile home in the small hours after a girls’ night out. As of Friday March 25th we know that the man arrested in connection with this murder – [...]
The facts about honour killings in Islam
Honour killing is a cultural practice that has not derived from Islam. Capital Death was mentioned in the Quran: ‘’ whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as Image by hoyasmeg via Flickr if he had slain mankind entirely.’’ Quran 5:32 – no mention [...]
Princess Misha, Sakineh Ashtiani: Tales of death, religion and politics
I was young, once; we all were young. I could overhear murmuring coming from my eldest sister’s bedroom about ‘mawt amira’- death of a princess. I felt sad; when we are young, princesses and princes are associated with fairy tales and have influence over our fantasy worlds. But this was no fantasy. In the case [...]
The Vatican: Hierarchy of Crimes?
I’m sure we each have our own ideas about which crimes are worse than others – and our ideas may differ greatly. I mean there are some obvious ones, I suppose, like most people would agree motiveless murder is a worse crime than, say, nicking a doughnut from the local bakery. But then there are [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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