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Articles with tag: EID

The Holiday Season

Azra Rashid   Dec 19, 2007   interacts: 53

The message in all monotheistic religion remains the same - believe, submit, follow and sacrifice. All three religions prey on people's vulnerability and desire for acceptance.

The Rooster

nabendu debsharma   Jun 24, 2006   interacts: 18

A loose translation of a story by Syed Muztaba Ali, set in East Bengal around 1920.

Heidi Fleiss and Shahrukh Khan – Spot the Difference!

Farzana Versey   Feb 6, 2006   interacts: 86

Will Heidi’s male brothel empower women? In Shahrukh’s film why does the woman submit to a ghost only when he transforms into a look-alike of her husband? Why has it now become our overarching ambition to reveal liberalism mostly through the l

Ramadan Special: The Felicitations of Fasting

Asif Naqshbandi   Nov 9, 2003   interacts: 27

The one who fasts has two joys in which to delight...

Prayer and Foliage/Compassion and Consistency

Aaria Ahmed   Oct 29, 2003   interacts: 24

Two views on Ramadaan: 'I pray for peace, and love and happiness' --Aaria Ahmed; 'I hope for compassion and consistency' --temporal

My Little Bit of Hindu

Ali A   Nov 27, 2002   interacts: 287

I made acquaintances with a consciously unknown, but subconsciously known part of myself, the little part of me that was Hindu, so to say.

The Taste of this Eid

Bina Shah   Dec 23, 2001   interacts: 10

it made no difference that we had all tried to be so good

When the Lights Hurt the Eyes

Farzana Versey   Nov 14, 2001   interacts: 384

Our superstitions are world-renowned. We feed the poor in designated months...

Maut Ka Kuwaan (Well of Death)

Rozaiba    May 26, 2001   interacts: 135

A pimp, two eunuchs, a maulvi, and a new 100 rupee note

Just Another Stupid Love Story

Urstruly    Apr 8, 2001   interacts: 224

Women show varying degrees of interest in my wrists

Unquestionable Changes?

Sobia Aslam   Jan 25, 2000   interacts: 42

Where did the sehra go?...once a part of the ~QThings to wear on the Big Day~R manual for men...

The Basanti Dye

Yousuf Saeed   Feb 6, 1998   interacts: 12

By four-o clock in the morning the whole sky became Basanti. It seemed as if mustard was flowering in the eyes of the sky….

Selective Islam in Pakistan

Imran Khan   Jan 21, 1998   interacts: 50

I feel there are certain western countries with far more Islamic traits than us, especially in the way they protect the rights of their citizens.

Love Means Never Having to Say You Are An Infidel!

Moe Chaudry   Nov 26, 1997   interacts: 21

Can you be a Muslim and marry a Jew? A closer look at inter-religious marriages.

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