DENYING THE GENOCIDE WILL NOT HELP
In separate articles we have discussed how the killing of Shias in Pakistan fulfils the preconditions of genocide.…
PAKISTAN STUMBLING FROM SECTARIANISM TO SHIA GENOCIDE
PROLOGUE: This article attempts to examine the rise of sectarian conflict in Pakistan and how it has assumed…
ALLAMA IQBAL AND IMAM HUSSAIN
Iqbal’s range, quality, and quantity are truly impressive. Apart from Urdu, he also wrote prodigiously in Persian and…
RATIONAL THOUGHT AND RELIGION
The religion often distrusts rational thought because of its inability to build the essence of religious or mystical…
WHAT IS A LIFE WELL LIVED?
Our notion of what signifies the success of a person’s life is deeply subjective and steeped in our…
ISLAM AND DIVERSITY
In the face of negative stereotyping against Islam and Muslims in the post 9/11 world, it is very…
RELIGIOSITY IN PAKISTAN – (A Lament !)
(For the purpose of this article ‘Religiosity’ means ‘exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal’) I am often…
PAKISTAN FROM A LAND OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY TO RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY
I am often astounded by the amount of religiosity on display in the present day Pakistan. The realization…
DON’T TAKE ‘NOW’ FOR GRANTED: that’s all we have
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy we see…
MUSLIMS AND THE WEST
The West and Islam have had an uneasy relationship for a very long time, which dates from even…