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Articles with tag: Lal

The Paradox Cult

Shabbar Shah   Sep 3, 2007   interacts: 5

The hypocrisy with which the cult leaders lure and seduce; poor and illiterate parents and their children alike, under the banner of Islamic teachings.

Boots, Beards, Burqas and Bombs

Beena Sarwar   Aug 23, 2007   interacts: 30

The Lal Masjid operation has intensified Gen Musharraf’s problems - An Analysis.

Our National Mea Culpa

Feroz R Khan   Aug 13, 2007   interacts: 39

The Individual, The State and Lal Masjid: The failure of Pakistan to develop a tradition of dissent in its politics

Lal Masjid: Lessons Learnt

Muhammad sadiq   Jul 26, 2007   interacts: 227

What is the take away for the Government, the Clerics, and the Liberals.

Moral Policing is the Same Everywhere

M B Qasmi   Jul 22, 2007   interacts: 7

The Lal Masjid\'s occupants might have changed, when will the moral policing system in Indian subcontinent change?

A Letter To President Musharraf

Khadija Hassan   Jul 13, 2007   interacts: 541

Mr. President – we do not desire any more simpleton rhetoric or illogical declarations. We want you to take positions and then stick to them. … We want to allow alcohol and its attendant sins, regulate them, and use them to generate MUCH NEEDE

Preventing More Lal Masjids

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Jul 10, 2007   interacts: 961

What should the government do after the guns stop firing and the hostages are out, whether dead or alive?

Countering Our Very Own Frankenstein

Beena Sarwar   Jul 10, 2007   interacts: 6

According to media reports, pro-Taliban elements like the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Moham have already clashed with the military. The TNSM has reportedly seized all highways in the area, including the Silk Road leading to China.

Machiavelli’s Amma

Amrita Rajan   Nov 29, 2004   interacts: 27

Chances are you’ve recently heard of that very tepid storm in a coffee mug – the arrest of the Kanchi Seer. The woman behind it all, “The Enlightened Leader” of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, is one of those rare specimens - an interest

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