Articles with tag: Tolerance
An Eyewitness account from Gojra
Faris Kasim Aug 7, 2009 interacts: 462This 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: 199As 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: 23In 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: 15The 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: 24Ironically, 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: 22These 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: 4When 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: 207I 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: 7Anybody 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: 58Everyone 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: 150When 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
Miscued Doldrums; The Saga Revisited, The Feud Recreated
Babar Hashmi May 24, 2003 interacts: 49The age-old anti-Pak syndrome grips dejected Indian musicians...
The Bombing
Temporal Mar 5, 2000 interacts: 171A temporary replica of Ka’aba was recreated for the occasion.
