Category: Islam

  • Stop the Political Clash of Civilizations

    If you are like one of the millions of people who feel that the leaders of the world should stop running around in circles and start working to finally solving the Middle East Crisis, if you are one of those pro-peace activist, then you should definitely join hands with Avaaz.org. Avaaz is the voice of…

  • Yeh Hum Naheen – Say No to Terrorism

    Yeh Hum Naheen¸ (This is NOT us) is an NGO headed by Waseem Mahmood and a number of like minded popular Pakistani vocalists have choosen to join hands and raise their voice on behalf of the Muslim world coming together in the form of a an amazing soul touching sound track, featuring names like Haroon,…

  • Are you a Fundamentalist?

    Guest Post: Fariha Akhtar Few years back in one of the social sciences class, our instructor asked us “Are you Fundamentalists? Our instant reply was “No, Sirno way. Then he asked, “Do you believe that the Holy Quran is meant for all times and for all kinds of environments? This time our reply was “Yes,…

  • Enlightened Moderation: Desi Version of Enlightenment!

    Guest Post: Fariha Akhtar Most of us believe that everyone needs to modernize in order to cope up with the dynamics of this world. We feel that its ok to change ourselves with changing times as long as we dont compromise on our religious principles and so Mush came up with the concept of Enlightened…

  • Silencing Saddam

    Its been barely two weeks since Saddam Hussein was sent to the gallows. There is not a soul on the earth who would have been sympathetic with this murderer but strangely after watching the ‘assassination’ haphazardly orchestrated by the American forces he may have potentially become a hero. I look beyond the jeering crowds, I…

  • Eid Mubarak & a Happy New Year

    I wish all my readers a very Happy Eid Mubarak and a joyful and exciting new year. Lets hope we can together make this new year be a more peaceful year for the entire world. As in tradition of my Eid-ul-Fitr post I have again initiated a blogroll of bloggers around the Pakistani Blogoshpere who…

  • Halal & Wine Culture

    A few days back when I was returning home from a pleasure trip to South Korea and Thailand I was a witness to a very interesting incident which irritated me tremendously to an extent that I felt the need to discuss this with all my readers. On my last leg home after enjoying the chilly…

  • The Truth about the Israeli Lobby

    The following letter was sent to Jeff Blankfort by James Abourezk, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota. The letter is important to read as it does lend an interesting light to the impact of the Jewish lobby upon the American politics. The response could be in reference to the article written by Jeff Blankfort titled…

  • 236 years of US Military Conquest in 90 seconds

    Have you ever wondered which American Presidents and political parties were responsible for America’s deadliest wars? Republicans, Democrats, or the Founding Fathers? This 90 second illustration easily answers all our question by actually illustrating the history of American conflict from the Revolutionary War to Iraq. It gives a new meaning to the term we call…

  • Muhammads (PBUH) Christian Covenant and Benedicts Indictment

    By: Dr Arif Alvi Article published in Dawn Tuesday 24th October 2006 & a digital newspaper version of the printed article can be found here, while the original full version with all relevant images is being reproduced below In his lecture on Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections Pope Benedict the XVI, stirred…