I am Abdul-Baqi

Serving Flask App through uwsgi from a subdirectory on Nginx

what went wrong, and how I solved it

Posted on August 12, 2021

I have recently deployed a flask app on my DigitalOcean droplet. The app is simple and serves the verses of the quran based on URL link that specifes the sura no and verse number. [Read More]

Tags: technology flask python nginx uwsgi

the myth of eradicating poverty in all forms

Posted on January 29, 2021

First, the term ‘eradicating poverty’ is nonsense. Why? Before answering ‘why’, I need to talk a little bit about the term ‘poverty’. [Read More]

Tags: poverty sdg development economics

Exploring Quran Dataset on Kaggle

first steps using Table of datascience package

Posted on October 6, 2020

In this Tutorial, I am going to experiment with the Table class under the Datascience module for some exploratory analysis of the Quran. Let us get started. [Read More]

Tags: python technology data quran datascience

Temptations of the Modern Sciences

Muslims between over-veneration and over-rejection

Posted on September 18, 2020

Today we are in the age of science, technology, and communication. Wonders of science has encompassed almost every field of our physical life: Medicine, Engineering, Space, Computers, Transportation, Communication, just to name a few. [Read More]

Tags: science

When the Wolf wears Lamb skin

Horrors of the mainstream white America

Posted on June 14, 2020

Lots has been said and written about racialism in America these days. Joining the folks, I started to watch some documentaries and movies on the theme and thought to jot down an assorted list for others to benefit from. This is just my random pick and in no way it... [Read More]

Tags: WhiteSupermacy

It is complex to understand human

Posted on May 31, 2020

Robert McNamara the Defense secretary during the Vietnam war was a man of science and materialism. He would reduce anything complex into a bunch of charts and graphs. He would explain anything in quantitative terms with a number of indicators. For example, he would set a bunch of indicators and... [Read More]

Tags: poverty development

The Narrative of the Chosen One

Exploiting the false Story of David and Bathsheba

Posted on May 27, 2020

The greatest gift of God to Muslims is the Quran. The gift of the Quran is not limited to its text but the divine guarantee to keep that text intact from getting corrupted and mixed with man-made amendments. The Torah and Gospel were also divine texts, except that filthy hands... [Read More]

Tags: power WhiteSupremacy

Missing the Point

can we talk about why corona instead of how corona

Posted on March 13, 2020

And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent. [Read More]

Tags: virus corona

Seizure of your Lord

Corona the invisible army

Posted on March 9, 2020

A recent article in the New Yorker magazine goes as follows: [Read More]

Tags: virus corona

waiting for SDGs

is it like waiting for Godot?

Posted on February 21, 2020

In a fine 3rd Feb 2020 morning, I attended a lecture by Prof. Jeffry Sachs on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and his pessimistic view on the progress made by countries and challenges which SDGs are facing given the increasing hostility towards multilateralism and the tilting of powerful states like USA... [Read More]

Tags: sdg development