I am currently reading a book titled "Jihad - The rise of militant Islam in Central Asia".
It is written by Ahmed Rashid, who is a journalist based in Lahore, Pakistan and is the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph. He also writes for The Wall Street Journal.
It's been an interesting read so far, and has gotten me quite intrigued in the history of Central Asia. It's also rekindled the interest I had in Islam from the days of doing research in undergraduate days for a Sociology professor...
More thoughts after I am done with the book...
The world is a strange place... People look but do not see... They hear but do not listen... They acknowledge but do not understand... Me? I just want to think... and be...
Monday, September 22, 2008
Update on FBI Game
Dey has kindly enlightened me further on how this game should be played! It needs to be asked in real-time, such as face to face, or on MSN, Skype etc... The idea is not to give that person a lot of time to think before answering!
so if you still wanna play, drop me a note somewhere on MSN or in a comment :)
so if you still wanna play, drop me a note somewhere on MSN or in a comment :)
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