Let me start with a preface that this essay is based entirely on my lived and anecdotal experience in Pakistan, a small subset of the Islamic world. Accordingly, it does not reflect an opinion upon the global Islamic community. In fact, one of the main motivations for this essay is…

Imagine you are stuck in a room with nothing but a limitless supply of paper and pencils. Not a hard scenario to imagine given the unprecedented times. Let’s say, in this bleak enclosure, you are also provided with a chute that can pass pieces of paper back and forth to…

Is there an objective reality? Probably. Maybe. Does it matter? Part of the human condition is being doomed to seeing the world only through a series of lenses and mirrors. Your eye does not exactly show you the “world”, it bends light of a limited wavelength from a limited field…