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
WWorld Read More 5 minute read IS SIALKOT INCIDENT SYMBOLIC OF WHAT WE HAVE BECOMEbyAsif ZaidiAugust 25, 2010 To me, yes. Initially I felt like writing a detailed article on this on my blog but then… Read More
WWorld Read More 4 minute read Pakistan: Massive destruction – little sympathybyAsif ZaidiAugust 22, 2010 The present floods in Pakistan are turning into a tragedy of a massive scale. We are not yet… Read More
LLearning Read More 9 minute read SHARIA LAW: A NEED TO REASSESSbyAsif ZaidiAugust 15, 2010 Most Muslims regard Sharia as a perfect and divinely ordained religious-ethical-legal system. In their view Sharia relates a… Read More
WWorld Read More 21 minute read MUSLIM SOCIETY AND WOMENbyAsif ZaidiJuly 22, 2010 FOREWORD: As we address this subject, a thinking mind has to acknowledge that there is no archetypical Muslim… Read More