Haidar's Corner

Silence is sometimes so loud It drowns out your voice Lost in rapids of thought Which can deceive Like oasis in the desert Mirages from afar Disappearing over the ridge Swimming against the tide Of sand or water What will we get Is it dreams or wakefulness Only a slice of reality will reveal A bite giving a taste A taste holding the savor A savor releasing impulses Like currents they flow Into the delta of consciousness Merging anonymously Into embrace of mind's sea. Haidarwali 201604191207hrs

Nothing erases hurt's scars Imprint like death's grasp Experience deepens the ridges Like running water Eats away paths Cold hands of memory Hold me in icey strangle Amid a windy winter I seek shelter My frozen heart in pieces Repair beyond reach I am now friend to Reaper Neither warmth nor succor This vessel will harbour Chilled spices of anger Bottled up... Carelessly positioned... Awaiting to be shattered... Maje Amin 201604240022hrs

Societies that are developing must begin to address a form of structural violence that has been unconsciously embedded into the fabric of everyday life. This muted violence sees us unintentionally depriving certain segments of society access to the same 'resources' and 'facilities' every other person can access devoid of hassles. This is due to the empirical construction of reality by the social circumstances holding sway at any particular time and/or place. Institutions that are setup to address problems of people, gradually become 'structured' such that they inadvertently 'disable' some people while 'enabling' others with the creation of a default position. Again, we can see that this ties-in to the theory of unintended consequence of purposive action that makes them exacerbate conditions of suffering for certain categories of people even as this was not the intended outcome that caused the action to be taken. Usually this structura...

On one hand we have ‘Yan Boko’ (Western-educated folks) who have a zeal that is capable of seeing the achievement of great feats but yet lacking in the full tools and competence afforded by religious jurisprudence to enable them be ‘authoritative’ as well as have the requisite validity in the eyes of the masses to put forth stands and decisions.  On the other, we have scholars who have a 'fixed' interpretation of what our reality should be and being the repositories of ‘legitimacy’ and what is ‘right or wrong’ they determine the extent to which a society moves.  It is this gap that needs to be bridged because to my understanding there are issues that are fluid and that need contextualization and perhaps a combination of Qiyas, Ijtihad and Ijma to arrive at ‘contemporary’ stands regarding our realities and the ways forward that are peculiar to our particular circumstances. So will it be a new breed of scholars that would arise and gain ascendancy who are well ...