Islamic Education, Madrassah Reform, Rationality and Dawkins
Asif Naqshbandi Nov 29, 2006 interacts: 130The Muslims need to adapt a modern mindset which requires changes to traditional education.
Which Islam?
Mohammad Gill Nov 24, 2006 interacts: 252Although many of us despise the western style secularism, western science and philosophy, western democracy, and modernity, we do not have any reasonable and pragmatic
Wahabism in Centers of Learning
Osama Shahid Nov 2, 2006 interacts: 340Where open discussions on social and religious issues were the norm, one sees a sudden aversion to any difference in opinion. It is fast becoming
Veil for vendetta
Nadeem F Paracha Oct 22, 2006 interacts: 82If countries and society can (and should!) heap scorn at swastika-wearing neo-Nazis, so should they at people trying to make religious statements with hijabs and
Marriage in Hiding
M A Shah Oct 18, 2006 interacts: 36A muslim female cannot marry a non- muslim man and a Muslim man can marry any muslim, christian or jewish woman. Who decides who wants
Muslims ‘Unveiled’
Asif Naqshbandi Oct 16, 2006 interacts: 279Muslims should be willing to adapt to the host culture as much as possible
Hijacking of Islam
Murad A Baig Oct 10, 2006 interacts: 296Most Muslims believe that the Quran is the infallible, eternal and unchangeable words of Allah but very few know how much the teachings of The
My Ramadan
Fiza Asar Oct 5, 2006 interacts: 279This year before Ramadan I thought to myself – “at last after four years Ramadan back home!” Interestingly enough, last year I had Pakistan to
One Man’s Religion as Another Man’s Belly Laugh
mehul kamdar Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 6The funny side of the Pope’s comments - why can’t people laugh anymore?
Nature and Natural Disasters
Salman Hameed Oct 2, 2006 interacts: 11Today, astronomers can predict eclipses with high precision for thousands of years. One day we will be able to do the same for earthquakes. Such
Muslim Reformers - A Peek Into the Past
Bhaskar Dasgupta Sep 26, 2006 interacts: 70The remarkable story of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a polyglot, agricultural scientist, lawyer, judge, scientist, author, publisher, political leader, and most of all an educator
Infallibility No guard Against Stupidity
Patrick Masih Sep 18, 2006 interacts: 317I’m not sure what is more vexing, the fact that the pope said what he did, or the calim that he didn’t mean to cause
9/11: DOB of Islamophobia
Irena Akbar Sep 17, 2006 interacts: 213People all over the world are marking the fifth anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack ever. It’s time they marked five years of the onset
Mullahs: Dulha Bhais of the World
Ibrahim Malick Sep 17, 2006 interacts: 44The flames of hatred are easy to fan and difficult to extinguish. When the flames are stoked by religious fervor, they are even more dangerous.
Has Hinduism had the Longest Tradition of Continuous Religion?
Murad A Baig Sep 7, 2006 interacts: 345Hinduism, as generally practiced in India today, is very different to the forms of religion of earlier times. In the beginning, as in all religions,
Sehra
Anil Kala Aug 31, 2006 interacts: 19Sehra ki bheegi ret meN, maine likha aawaargi.... I was puzzled. The words made no sense to me. Sehra always meant to me a flowery
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