WWorld Read More 9 minute read 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 Read More 11 minute read 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 Read More 10 minute read 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 Read More 8 minute read 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 Read More 7 minute read 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 Read More 6 minute read 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 Read More 7 minute read 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… Read More
LLearning Read More 7 minute read DON’T TAKE ‘NOW’ FOR GRANTED: that’s all we havebyAsif ZaidiOctober 30, 2010 With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy we see… Read More
WWorld Read More 10 minute read MUSLIMS AND THE WESTbyAsif ZaidiOctober 9, 2010 The West and Islam have had an uneasy relationship for a very long time, which dates from even… Read More
WWorld Read More 9 minute read POLITICAL ISLAM: AN IDEOLOGY MIRED IN THE PASTbyAsif ZaidiSeptember 19, 2010 While political movements that function in the name of religion have been a world phenomenon for centuries, in… Read More