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Articles with tag: Tolerance

An Eyewitness account from Gojra

Faris Kasim   Aug 7, 2009   interacts: 462

This was not the work of a foreign funded militant group or a separatist movement. It was actually the result of propagating religious chauvinism, intolerance of diverse communities, distorting history, glorifying the use of force.

Recalibrating The Moral Compass

Irfan Waheed   Jul 23, 2009   interacts: 199

As extremism has spread its tentacles across Pakistan, it has manifested itself in a familiar pattern. Barber shops are warned, and then blown up. Businesses selling music CDs are warned and then blown up.

A Difficult Code

Anand Mahajan   Jun 21, 2009   interacts: 23

In a train bound to Lucknow, I was sitting on the filthy floor of a compartment. The night before, they had assassinated Father of the church and his family with whom I, a recently converted young boy, used to reside.

Militancy, a Product of Fragile Social Fabric

Haider Ali   Apr 23, 2009   interacts: 15

The major chunk of our youth population is alienated to the extent that they have least trust in state, lack in sense of belonging, alarming level of cynicism.

Hop Aboard the Interfaith Express

Feroz Qutabshahi   Nov 19, 2008   interacts: 24

Ironically, the main organizers of Interfaith conference at UN was His Majesty King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, country with the worst record in history on religious tolerance.

Miley Sur Mera Tumhara

Shantanu Dutta   Oct 13, 2008   interacts: 22

These days it is not enough any more to be a Hindu alone. No – indeed you have to be a particular kind of Hindu.

The Madness of Crowds

Ejaz Haroon   May 25, 2007   interacts: 4

When mention was made of his (Jerry Falwell's) intolerance or his blaming certain segments of society for national tragedies, his defenders would point to the Bible and say that Jerry was only saying what the book says.

Why Do We Reject Our Past?

Abdullah Rehman   May 1, 2006   interacts: 207

I agree with the notion that I was a member of Indic-civilization for 5000 years, Muslim for around 1000 and Pakistani for 60. I wish our leaders would give us the chance to appreciate and accept all of these great periods as our national identity

Guilty of Gohana

Subhash Gatade   Sep 13, 2005   interacts: 7

Anybody can see that the ’spontaneous expression’ of anger of the upper castes against the dalits was led by an organised and experienced team of houseblasters.

On Tolerance

Ayesha H Ahmad   Jan 20, 2004   interacts: 58

Everyone cannot kill a human being. But do you support the people who say that Shiites are not Muslims?

A Broken Promise

Zahir Janmohamed   Sep 3, 2003   interacts: 150

When Pakistan was created, its founder, Mohamed Ali Jinnah, famously declared, “You are free, free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion

Tolerating Sexuality

Parthasarathy B   Jul 30, 2003   interacts: 36

Crime and Sex

Miscued Doldrums; The Saga Revisited, The Feud Recreated

Babar Hashmi   May 24, 2003   interacts: 49

The age-old anti-Pak syndrome grips dejected Indian musicians...

Mutant Muslims

Abdullah Arian   May 9, 2003   interacts: 27

Another case of art imitating life?

The Bombing

Temporal    Mar 5, 2000   interacts: 171

A temporary replica of Ka’aba was recreated for the occasion.

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