Read More WWorld THE EXTREME TOLERANCE OF INTOLERANCE IN PAKISTANbyAsif ZaidiFebruary 13, 2013 Pakistan is probably the only country I have seen where hate and intolerance can be and are openly…
Read More WWorld THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SHIA GENOCIDE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT ITbyAsif ZaidiFebruary 3, 2013 PROLOGUE: We have a responsibility, as individuals, as professionals, and as organized groups, to not be passive bystanders,…
Read More WWorld DENYING THE GENOCIDE WILL NOT HELPbyAsif ZaidiJanuary 29, 2013 In separate articles we have discussed how the killing of Shias in Pakistan fulfils the preconditions of genocide.…
Read More WWorld PAKISTAN STUMBLING FROM SECTARIANISM TO SHIA GENOCIDEbyAsif ZaidiJanuary 23, 2013 PROLOGUE: This article attempts to examine the rise of sectarian conflict in Pakistan and how it has assumed…
Read More PPeople ALLAMA IQBAL AND IMAM HUSSAINbyAsif ZaidiNovember 17, 2012 Iqbal’s range, quality, and quantity are truly impressive. Apart from Urdu, he also wrote prodigiously in Persian and…
Read More RReflections RATIONAL THOUGHT AND RELIGIONbyAsif ZaidiJuly 1, 2012 The religion often distrusts rational thought because of its inability to build the essence of religious or mystical…
Read More RReflections WHAT IS A LIFE WELL LIVED?byAsif ZaidiJune 11, 2012 Our notion of what signifies the success of a person’s life is deeply subjective and steeped in our…
Read More LLearning ISLAM AND DIVERSITYbyAsif ZaidiApril 30, 2011 In the face of negative stereotyping against Islam and Muslims in the post 9/11 world, it is very…
Read More WWorld RELIGIOSITY IN PAKISTAN – (A Lament !)byAsif ZaidiMarch 6, 2011 (For the purpose of this article ‘Religiosity’ means ‘exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal’) I am often…
Read More WWorld PAKISTAN FROM A LAND OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY TO RELIGIOUS BIGOTRYbyAsif ZaidiMarch 6, 2011 I am often astounded by the amount of religiosity on display in the present day Pakistan. The realization…