So there's a lot of hate for Muslims out there and it's rising here at the end of 2025. One of the main avenues of attack is how terrible Sharia Law is, and I took these attacks very seriously when they flared up 24 years ago near the end of 2001. So much so that, unsatisfied with the social media takes on Sharia, I researched and read about its history and its mechanics.
Accurately and precisely defining a problem is the first step to solving it. What that means is not having a precise and accurate definition is the best way for malicious actors to prevent them from being solved. And I think that's exactly why we don't have a good term for the group of countries that are responsible for the most evil in the world today.
In life, either you win, or you get something to work on and we, here in Milton Ontario, have a lot of work to do.
As Islamic History Month draws to a close, I want to talk about history in general a little bit. My novel that just released "Under the Full and Crescent Moon" is a work of fiction inspired by history and I do have some credentials on the subject.
It's surprising the number of things that need to be done after you're done writing a book to give it a good shot in the market. There's a lot of supplementary writing to do, and, nowadays, a whole lot of marketing effort that authors need to be put in too with things like making a website, newsletter, social media post and things like that. And I've done all of that and continue to do so for my novel "Under THe Full and Crescent Moon"
In Zohran Mamdani's remarkable speech on the 24th of October 2025 the candidate for the mayor of New York city brought to bear the rigour of his academic father to understand and define a pressing problem and the artistry of his filmmaker mother to, in less than 10 minutes, communicate it.1 Which is not only the reality of Islamophobia...
It is surprising how little has changed in the world's first livestreamed genocide despite the loud proclamations of 'ceasefires' on the 10th of October 20251 and a 'peace summit' on the 13th2.
I saw a video of a Palestinian man released from Israeli torture who found out that his family had been murdered by Israel. He was besides himself with grief; the small little gift he had made for his daughter now useless.1
Let us talk about the civilians murdered on the 7th of October 2023. Civilians such as Awni El-Dous.
October is Islamic History Month or so I'm told and what better way to celebrate than picking up my novel that's based on Islamic history!