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Posts Tagged ‘muslims’

United States of Islam

By Aftab Alam • Nov 21st, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Like individuals, nations also born and die, and disappear from the landscape. This phenomenon is also as old as the phenomenon of birth and death of individual has been. And one can say that the ping pong of birth and death of nations has been parallel to the birth and death of individuals in a [...]



Sikhism in Jeopardy

By ahsan • Oct 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Discrimination against different communities such as Sikhs, Christians, and Muslims is rampant in India and it’s spreading like plague. No doctor can cure this disease, and no miracle cure is possible. Different types of discrimination are prevalent in India such as religious discrimination, racism, nationality, social status etc. The Sikhs are discriminated on racial, linguistic [...]



Pakistan’s Insensitivity to Non-Muslims

By Mudassar Jawad • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is not only a multilingual, multicultural and multiethnic society but it is also a multi-religion society. The latest census data indicates that around 4% of the total population is Non-Muslim; little over 6,000,000. Though 6 million may look smaller number when compared to the total population of 170 million but it is still more [...]



The sinners of Gojra

By Arun R. Zaheeruddin • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If one were asked to define the Pakistani people in a breath, the word uttered can only be “gullible”. We, Pakistanis, live the lives of robots or zombies. Our thought processes are a fermented product of conspiracy theories that the media gives air to and the vile perceptions of the mullahs.



کیا ایک لڑکی پر تشدد ہزاروں اموات سے بڑھ کر ہے ؟

By Yasir Imran • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

عالمی میڈیا اور تمام ایسے لوگ جن کو طالبان کے خلاف زہر اگلنے کا موقع چاہیے ایک ایسی ویڈیو کو بھرپور انداز میں اچھال رہے ہیں جس میں ایک لڑکی کو طالبان کے ہاتھوں کوڑے مارتے ہوے دکھایا گیا ہے جبکہ آج کی ہی خبر میں امریکی طیاروں کے ڈارون حملے میں ۳۲ افراد کی جاں [...]



Muslims in India: Identity And Security Issues

By Isha Khan • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Our great nation— India was freed on 15th August 1947 after 190 years of fight against British tyranny, beginning from the battle of Plassey in July 1757 between Nawab Siraj-ud Daulah and East India Company. Year 1857 has been the hallmark of Indian’s ‘unity in diversity’ culture when all Indians with their religious, linguistic and [...]



Mumbai’s Jewish and Muslim Heritage

By Shayan Khan • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Until two decades ago the highly cosmopolitan Mumbai (or Bombay) stood as a shining example of the peaceful co-existence between Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Parsis or any other religions and sects. I doubt that the centuries-old traditions would vanish in the wake of a tragedy unleashed by a few hot-headed and misguided/brain-washed young people this [...]



Ticket of Paradise at the Expense of…………

By Amber Ghaffar • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: Misc

IN APRIL 2007 My one of the biggest dream came true and ALLAH selected me for UMRAH .After seeing Ka aba my next aim was Like all other muslims,to kiss the holy stone HAJR E ASWAD ,it was not the easy task at all .when i first time reached near to it i releazed [...]



The Myth behind

By Dr RazaHaider • Jul 25th, 2008 • Category: Misc

a non religious discussion to disembark such schools as Ahmedis(Qadianism). Claim is an offensive terminology to express legitimate and illegitimate belongings and shares



Talk about Freedom..Talk about Discrimination

By Ammar Yasir • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

So it was decided that Senator Obama will run for the Presidential elections on the ticket of the Democrats. And since then we all observed in his speeches that this fella wont be any different from Bush if given the opportunity. His pro Israel and Anti-Iran Speeches are just a teaser. Other than upcoming war [...]