Book review: How to be a bad Muslim
- Daily occurrences, Updates: 2019 Christchurch attacks and aftermath
- 31 August, 2023
How to be a bad Muslim By Mohamed Hassan Penguin Books, 2022 ISBN 978-0-14-377621-5
READ MORENot everyone has a Christian or first name, and surname. Millions of people — perhaps half the world’s population — have names that differ from this western-style pattern.
READ MOREEmployees from non-dominant cultures face regular problems at work.
READ MOREMany NZ schools have students from very diverse backgrounds. However, the staff seem to be overwhelmingly monocultural.
READ MOREMazlinah, a primary school teacher from Singapore, emigrated to New Zealand on 28 April 2009 during a teacher shortage. She left the country on 14 February 2023 having failed to secure a permanent job in a secular state school.
READ MOREOne’s given name may be an obstacle, if it does not fit conveniently into Western patterns.
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