Why I Am Not A Muslim?

Life is spent in the fastidious guarding of a few empty possessions that sit around like a congregation of useless whores

Mohammad Yousuf: A tribute

I would like to say a sentence or two about the Pakistani who broke Sir Viv Richard’s long standing record for most runs in

Holier than thou?

Losing My Religion

When my son, aged 6, shortly after 9/11, comes to me and gingerly asks me – Mama, am I a Muslim? I am stumped. And

My Perspective on Islam

Humanists cannot endorse terrorist targeting of innocents no matter how just the cause

Unbinding India

“The heroes here are not the Gandhis and Nehrus but the banias…Hindutva is such an impoverished image of our past. Spirituality is only one strand.

Confessions of a Religious Fundamentalist

I just want you to understand that never mind the beautiful facades of different ISMS, at the base of it all we are all

Islamic Calendar Development for North America

In the third and last article of our series on moon sighting, the author discusses the history and motivation for lunar calendar development.

Sehra

Sehra ki bheegi ret meN, maine likha aawaargi.... I was puzzled. The words made no sense to me. Sehra always meant to me a flowery

Questioning the Hadeeth

Questioning the Hadeeth: The hadeeth restrict a lot of our actions, thoughts and put a cloud over the whole spirit of religion. The solution is

Rights (un)Defined

A women’s magazine recently took out an “Ibne-Adam” edition

What will I teach my daughter?

I memorized the thirtieth Para by the age of ten.

Women in India: Are We Better Off?

What should the wife do if her husband beats her and troubles her?

A Reply to ’Should We Still Have a Lunar Calendar?’

The lunar orbit’s periodicity can, in a sense, be sabotaged by natural events...

The Commodity called Spirituality

Of all the blessings of capitalism that I have experienced to date, the one that I have found most amusing is the Spiritual Industry.

The Power of Faith

Religion has become a weekend thing, where offering Friday prayers means immunity from everything that is required of a Muslim.