Mohammad Who? Sir George Bernard Shaw in `The Genuine Islam,` Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936.

``If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.``
``I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion, which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence, which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity.``

``I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.``

He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms, established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come.

``HIS NAME IS MUHAMMAD`` May Peace of God Be Upon Him (pbuh) He was born in Arabia in the year 570 C.E. (common era), started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to One God) at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three.

During this short period of 23 years of his Prophethood, he changed the complete Arabian peninsula from paganism and idolatry to worship of One God, from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living, from utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since – and IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES.

Falling In the lioness persecutes
and waits
for the impeccable bastard
to choose and devour
what suits its malicious appetite

does she have a choice?

The Last Moments of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto rightly said by mantolives, Bhutto case can not be used as a precedent. however, now we see examples of such decisions every now and then. judiciary in Pakistan is working as a government`s tool to validate its ill doings. the most corrupt judges are promoted and those who take a stance are compelled to resign/ take fresh oaths.

Astaghfirullah, may God bless our nation.. Amen.

as far as the Ahmadi issue is concerned, Bhutto was surely under influence… otherwise he wouldn`t have done any such thing... weekness of the great leaders..isn`t it?

The Last Moments of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Quite unfortunate for the people of Pakistan to lose such a leader..

I wonder what the condition of late zia ul haq was at that time. Bhutto was pale and couldn’t walk (as per col. rafi) and I’m sure zia’s condition would have been even worse.

In Conversation with a Dog My dear BJ

You weren`t hard at all...

You just admitted the fact which I try to establish every-now-and-then, and that is to be an illiterate (jahil) you don’t necessarily have to be an illiterate! As a majority of jahils are literate ;)

Anyways, thanks for the verse, I would try to hold it next time... and btw I’m not a humorist but after reading the essay I just couldn’t hold, fold or mold it…

Best

jahil

In Conversation with a Dog BJ you are right... and I would not defy a word you wrote… but would still like to say …

“I couldn’t hold it…”

apologies to the ...concerned.... once again.

In Conversation with a Dog I usually don’t comment like this but for now can’t hold myself in spite of every effort I could make… so no offense Sunil sahib…

I just want to ask you that in which language did the conversation take place… Maliali? Urdu? Maliali? Hindi? Maliali? English? Or in any other language? Maliali?

And by the way how did you manage to complete the essay? Without the words…NO, ITSELF and ONLY?

Well I apologize for my bad humor but couldn’t really resist it..

A Moment of Silence salute...

simply awesome..

I miss you excellent work!
hope to see some more good stuff .... try some poetry im sure ull do good..
and dont worry about the comments ... just consentrate on expressing ur feelings the way u want..

scar[let] I also have some good and bad memories with red....

the good one is that RED is ``LAL`` and...

``ham har aik daes kay jhanday par..
ik lal sitara mangaen gay...``

and the bad one is....

There was a red handkerchief lying on my table
And files scattered all the way
I was shocked, I was stunned
For what I saw
For what I felt
There were intruders in my room last night
Who?
Why?
When?
A storm of questions came roaring through

The silence broke
As the phone rang
Treeen treeenn treeennn
I was scared, I was bewildered
Who?
Why?
When?
With trembling hands I picked the phone
And dropped it back in a similar note

Now I know.. though he did not tell
My entire fault was a reddest incline...

cheers

Homecoming of Zardari puts a smile on my face... God knows its out of shame or abhorrence….
We have precedents of recruiting members of the house/ government directly from the state prison (being held there on charges of corruption and heinous crimes) and governor sindh is no exception…
Isn’t there any Bhagat Singh amongst us?

If I am murdered…the ZAB saga! Re: # 22

i dont know about moin quershi`s wife but the wife living with shoukat aziz in pakistan is no doubt a pakistani.. if he has any other wife whom he has not disclosed to the public, i cant say.

If I am murdered…the ZAB saga! May be he was hardheaded, manipulator, womanizer, drunkard and whatsoever one likes to call him…

However, he was one of the best spokesmen history has ever witnessed in the whole world. He brought awareness in the masses, no matter for whatsoever reason. He stood tall in front of the superpowers where our generals bow.

I believe his qualities as a leader override his shortcomings as a person.

Extraordinary Rendition - A Tool for Torture Torture is a crime and to reveal a crime you can not commit a crime. It is the duty of the intelligence agencies to gather evidence against the culprits/ law breakers. However, when these agencies fail to perform their duties efficiently, they resort to torture which indeed is more heinous crime.

The information revealed through torture may or may not be authentic as there is no criterion of evaluating such confession or information. If this information at a later stage proves to be correct then we may convince ourselves and justify the torture committed, however, if the information proves to be wrong, there is no turning back. Hence, I suppose that instead of finding the easy way out to obtain information/ confession through torture, intelligence agencies throughout the world should try to handle their jobs more efficiently and concentrate on gathering evidence rather then torturing people.

Torture in any form no matter upon whom and by whom is a crime and can not be justified.

The Ultimate Violation Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law. Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Where law ends, tyranny begins. Margaret Thatcher

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts. Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi


In Pakistan tyranny rules, the government is a law breaker and the courts of justice are dictated by the symbols of injustice.. Hence, we are left with no other option then to resort to the court of conscience…. come out on the streets and bring revolution... throw the culprits/ dictators/ law breakers out of their offices and let the proletariat rule the country.

or else, some sympathetic ex-pats/ Pakistanis/ humanitarians would keep on arranging for the exile of the innocent.. and the culprits will carry on abusing the masses/ underprivileged while being in the country..

The Holy Mind Blow sitting back on the same chair where i was two days back, i read the whole article... applause!! great work and an impressive article based upon facts and things that should be criticized and brought to the lime light...

however, there were two things in the article which i would object to. NFK or any other asshole who calls himself a liberal or a marxist has no right whatsoever to pronounce a naat or “Nizam-e-Mustapha” as bloody or topsy-turvy. i 110% agree that the mullas, priests and religious extremists including the so called liberals, marxists and seculars (who have adopted these terms as fashion symbols and class distinctions) are wrong. NFK or anyone else has complete right to criticize personalities but being abusive towards religions and ideologies is not being liberal its being fundamentalist, being simply absurd. i think if NFK removes the words bloody and topsy-turvy from the article, it would reflect his intelligence rather than purporting his narrow thoughts which leave no difference between him and a third grade molvi.

well that was about the article, now NFK you being a proud marxist, liberal and an upright person would appreciate a fact that the downfall of communist party in the USSR following its disintegration (please note that i called it the down fall of the party and not the system) was based mainly on the gaps and holes the party leaders had provided to be exploited. and these were mainly based upon the same concept NFK has discussed in this article. The party leaders had become monarchs and the system was run on hypocrisy... the people of USSR were made to follow the idealistic theory of communism while the rulers and party leaders were enjoying the most dignified privileges that none else could have dreamt of.. there was a separate lane on every road for the party cars and there was no freedom whatsoever in any manner in the country.. the discussion would go on and i`m not here to write an article.

All that i would like to say is that constructive criticism is good and is badly needed to bring awareness.. but none of the bloody NFKs or stuff like that have the right to be abusive or critical about the religious emotions of the people. u may write against personalities of the day but should not play with the ideologies and feelings of the people.. no matter they r Muslims, Christians or whatever there religion or ideology may be.

i keep my fingers crossed to see NFKs next article about the reasons of downfall of the USSR and now for heavens sake don`t put all the blame of America like a stinking Mulla as America just exploited the loopholes your party leaders had provided them.