To wear the Hijab is certainly NOT an Islamic obligation on women. It is an innovation of men suffering from a piety complex who are so weak spiritually that they just cannot trust themselves! The prophet had instructed Muslim women to use the extra cloth in their headscarves to cover their breasts. Nowhere was their [...]
I thought TPS should publish this interview for the very interesting insight which Flavia Agnes( a victim of male chavunism in her christian marriage)brings to the issue of women’s rights in Sharia.
Flavia Agnes is a leading feminist scholar, women’s rights lawyer and social activist based in Mumbai. She has written and worked [...]
By Pradheep Shanker, M.D., M.S.
www.Neoavatara.com/blog
This week gave an interesting contrast to the potential futures of India and Pakistan.
In Pakistan, the government has been trying feverishly to come to some agreement with tribes in its western provinces, in order to bring some sort of peace there. So the Pakistani government basically [...]
The common experience of British dependencies in Asia was direct, custodial rule over a prolonged period. I believe that this is the principal reason why constitutional democracy has fared better there than in the Arab Middle East.
That experience was shared by the two largely Islamic states that had formed part of colonial India: Pakistan [...]
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Phillips, has said that the United Kingdom may introduce the principles of Islamic Sharia law into some aspects of its legal system. According to an Arab TV channel Lord Phillips, the most senior judge in England and Wales, said there was no reason Sharia law principles [...]
I am an Indian Christian and I have no knowledge of Sharia or even my own religion. But i found this article interesting and i hope others from this country which produced the worlds first Islamic woman leader and eliminated her due to the fear of her popularity will also [...]
