In chapter 10 of my forthcoming book, Muslim Mechanics, I address two business concepts: the Product Life Cycle and the Market-share/Product-growth matrix. The purpose of both business concepts is to examine a product and determine where it stands concerning consumers that use it and competitors that try to take business away. Both ideas together will help us evaluate how different religions react to current trends and what strategies might be employed to make faith more viri

Last week, I came across an interesting news article on feedspot.com, an internet news aggregator. The article's title was "Pakistan: 70,000 Arabic teachers hired for compulsory teaching of Quran." The substance of the article is the capital city of Pakistan, Lahore has approved the appointment of 70,000 Arabic teachers for compulsory teaching of the Qur'an in all schools of the province. With a population of 11 million, Lahore is the capital of the Punjab province and the se

A few weeks ago (December 14, 2021), the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill identified as H.R.5665. The bill, "Combating International Islamophobia Act," is not a law yet, but moving in that direction. In the United States, a proposed regulation must be passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and then signed by the President. As to H.R.5665, should the Senate vote to pass the bill and the President sign the bill into law, the Department of State would s