Monthly Archives May 2025

Remembering a Martyr-Teacher

Remembering a Martyr-Teacher
by | May 2, 2025 | No Comments

“A teacher is not just someone who transfers information. A real teacher builds, challenges, awakens.” (To Kindle FIRE: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1259302265415397) Today, May 2, is not just another date on the calendar. It’s Teacher’s Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran—and it’s no accident that this day is tied to the memory of a martyr (shahid). Forty-five years ago, on a quiet evening in Tehran, a bullet silenced the voice of Ustad Murtada Mutahhari—or so the killers thought. Little did they know that
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Siargao Speaks About the Constructed Myth of Chosenness

Siargao Speaks About the Constructed Myth of Chosenness
by | May 2, 2025 | 2 Comments

This morning, as I sipped my turmeric-blended coffee, a Facebook post barged into my feed like an urgent knock on a peaceful door. It wasn’t just another travel blog or a dreamy Siargao sunset. It was a cry for help, a roar of resistance. It came from a frustrated local, someone who had seen enough of what she called “terrorizing behavior” from a group of tourists—specifically, ‘Israeli’ nationals—treating Siargao not like a guesthouse of peace but a battlefield of entitlement.
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Loyalty vs. Competence

Loyalty vs. Competence
by | May 1, 2025 | No Comments

Just weeks after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) proclaimed on January 25, 2019 that the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) had been ratified through the January 21 plebiscite, I sat down with a sense of guarded optimism and wrote a two-part column titled “Four Enduring Challenges to Revolutionary-to-Ruler Transition” (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BxkAvd2RG and https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1W1CUYgELE). It was my small contribution, a humble roadmap of sorts, for what would soon become the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Or, so I thought. Drawing lessons
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Top Seller in April 2025

Top Seller in April 2025
by | May 1, 2025 | No Comments

As it’s already the month of May 2025, let me share with you ElziStyle Bookshop’s top sellers on Amazon during the previous month of April (Shawwal-Dhu’l-Qa‘dah): * Lady Zaynab Limba (compiler), 12 FINANCIAL STORIES FOR MUSLIM KIDS, ed. Mansoor Limba, 71 pages.        Paperback via Amazon (International): https://amzn.to/3ZXakgh   eBook: https://www.elzistyle.com/product/12-financial-stories-for-muslim-kids    – – – – – About the Book “Muslim Kid and Money: 12 Financial Stories for Muslim Children” is a delightful and thought-provoking treasury of tales that brings
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