Articles with tag: mad
A New Kind of Charity this Ramadan
Fawad Butt Sep 1, 2008 interacts: 7Being vigilant and demanding transparency is not optional but imperative. We must learn to treat our donations as investments in the future of Pakistan.
Global Warming: Green with Controversy
Mutaal Mooquin Aug 15, 2008 interacts: 8Its effects will happen 30 years down the road, and then you say, "Okay, do something about it."
Restoring the Civil Rights of Ahmadis
Chowk Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 200The persecution of Ahmadis even under the present mangled constitution is patently unconstitutional.
The Cruel Expulsions
Mutaal Mooquin Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 19Reaction to “Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad”
Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad
Atif Mian Jun 8, 2008 interacts: 696On Thursday, June 5th the principal of Punjab Medical College in Faisalabad expelled every student who belonged to the minority Ahmadi community from his college.
Persecution of Religious Minorities In Islamic Countries
Feroz Qutabshahi May 9, 2008 interacts: 470Meaningless protests over stupid cartoons do not achieve anything. Speaking up against injustices in their own countries does.
The Deoband Declaration on Terrorism: Why Now?
Dost Mittar Mar 3, 2008 interacts: 183On February 25, 2008 an “All India Terrorism Conference” was attended by over 10,000 Islamic clerics, scholars, muftis and teachers.
Bullhe Shah and His Veil of “Meem”
Mohammad Gill Feb 4, 2008 interacts: 363One of the attributes of Allah is “Ahad,” meaning “One.” This is the spirit of monotheism. Ahmad is the name of prophet Muhammad.
Islam as a political weapon in Pakistan
Mubarka Ahmad Dec 31, 2007 interacts: 473Manipulative Politics through the Bhutto and Zia Regimes
The Sudanese Teddy Bear Saga
Hammad Siddiqi Dec 4, 2007 interacts: 121President Omar al-Bashir decided to overturn a court ruling convicting Gillian Gibbons for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, a rare victory for progressive, moderate Islam.
On disowning Bhagat Singh and Other Vagaries
AliHasan Cemendtaur Oct 26, 2007 interacts: 48“Zia Ul Haq ordered to destroy all Hindi and Gurmukhi books of the library. The books were thrown in a nala (sewage channel) that ran by the library.”
Neoliberalism and Madrassas: An Unholy Connection
Ahmar Mahboob Oct 26, 2007 interacts: 71How these schools (madrassas) are perhaps an indirect consequence of structural adjustment policies that are dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.
The Ramadan Ordinance
Saad Anis Oct 2, 2007 interacts: 8In 1981, the Ramadan Ordinance was issued by President of Pakistan Zia ul Haq, whereby eating, drinking and smoking in public during fasting hours in the month of Ramadan was declared unlawful.
Dillu Ram Kausari: The Hindu Poet who Loved The Prophet
Asif Naqshbandi Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 209One quatrain, in particular, shocked the entire community in India, both Muslims and Hindus.
Confronting Ahmadinejad in U.S.
Tallat Abid Sep 25, 2007 interacts: 39University authorities failed to draw clear-cut distinction between criticism and insult. Free society does have few limits too.
Towards God?
Mahesh Prabhu Sep 23, 2007 interacts: 11I don't know as to whether the world is moving towards God. But these two leaders (Ahmadinejad and Bush) are certain to push to world to brink of disaster.
Ramadan Special: Tales of Sufi Wisdom
Asif Naqshbandi Sep 12, 2007 interacts: 287Since Ramadan is supposed to be a month for bringing dead hearts back to life all the episodes here chosen have the theme of life and death.
Purani Gali
Muhammad Tariq Sep 8, 2007 interacts: 5A glimpse of life in the mid-sixties Islamabad. How madrasas have changed in Pakistan in the last forty years.
The Paradox Cult
Shabbar Shah Sep 3, 2007 interacts: 5The hypocrisy with which the cult leaders lure and seduce; poor and illiterate parents and their children alike, under the banner of Islamic teachings.
Of Taufel, Howard And An Apology
Salil Kader Aug 20, 2007 interacts: 17Same day that Simon Taufel expressed disappointment with his decision, another Australian, PM John Howard, ruled out an apology to the Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef
Preventing More Lal Masjids
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jul 10, 2007 interacts: 961What should the government do after the guns stop firing and the hostages are out, whether dead or alive?
Meeting Poet Ahmad Faraz
Ras Siddiqui Jul 9, 2007 interacts: 29What do you say when you meet what many consider the greatest living poetic craftsman of the Urdu language today? When you meet Poet Ahmad Faraz, you can pretty much say whatever you want.
Rest in Peace Pakistan (1947-1974)
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 1223You cannot understand Pakistan until and unless you understand how the demise of the ideal of Pakistan was brought about by its own people
Bad Vibes
ahmad hayat Jun 21, 2007 interacts: 12One should, at all costs, try not to enrage an intelligent man with authority and if one has to, it should be by the expression of one’s stupidity and not by the display of one’s intelligence
In Memory of my dear Friend
Jarrar Jaffari May 25, 2007 interacts: 14Almost a week after the suspension of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJ), I felt concerned about Hamad’s safety so immediately I punched in an email inquiring about how was he doing?
150 Years: Recounting Untold History
M B Qasmi Apr 27, 2007 interacts: 56This May of year 2007 is making 150 years of those untold stories of the heroes of the India’s war of freedom.
My Ramadan
Fiza Asar Oct 5, 2006 interacts: 279This year before Ramadan I thought to myself – “at last after four years Ramadan back home!” Interestingly enough, last year I had Pakistan to miss, but this year I am terribly missing Ramadan in college.
Celebrity Courts and Kangaroo Justice
Farzana Versey Apr 18, 2006 interacts: 116I protest against this abuse of a cause by people like Aamir Khan, for it is gimmicky and counter-productive. News channels are behaving like nautch girls and social butterflies as the nawabs of vigilance. Page 3 justice is the latest fad
Linguistic Imperialism
Zia Ahmed Oct 20, 2005 interacts: 310Ramadhan? I may not have fasted since I was sixteen, but I’m pretty sure that the month of big appetites and short tempers is called Ramzan.
More Tales of Sufi Wisdom
Asif Naqshbandi May 22, 2005 interacts: 44Onlookers were amazed, the venerable old Sufi kneeling next to the stray dog
Sanity
Xoheb Sheikh Feb 7, 2005 interacts: 15I was taken aback. The paintings… the craft, the harmony, the beauty in them. And they were made by an abnormal girl?
Madrassahs and Schools
Xoheb Sheikh Nov 14, 2004 interacts: 9The void, at present, is getting wider.
Nomad
Temporal Aug 29, 2004 interacts: 12cascading life’s love and tears
mended and broken relationships
waves upon waves of sunrises
urge him to newer frontiers
Defending the indefensible?
Omar R Quraishi Jan 24, 2004 interacts: 73A graduate of today’s madressah system, in all likelihood, will have a worldview that is quite at odds with that of someone who has studied in a mainstream school.
To Kill the Mockingbird
Zafar Anjum Aug 5, 2003 interacts: 128In India, Hindutva groups and sections of the government and the press have started a campaign against the Madarsahs, branding them as centers of obscurantism and breeding grounds for ‘terrorism.’ This feature is a reality check.
Ramadan: Then and Now
Altaf Bhimji Jan 18, 1999 interacts: 15Looking a few thousand miles into the past
Seasonal Swings
Neelofar Farooq Nov 9, 1998 interacts: 3The city’s notorious matchmakers get down to business and tie up the loose ends...
