Articles with tag: muslims
30 Days in Afghanistan - Dinner Conversations
Naeem Randhawa Apr 28, 2008 interacts: 101I'm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Actually, I'm in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - and across and beside me, people are beginning to get drunk. Muslims are getting drunk.
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.
American Muslims and Presidential Elections 2008
Ahmer Muzammil Feb 9, 2008 interacts: 170Disagreeing with American foreign policies doesn't really mean that you are against 'us'. That stupid train has thankfully left the station and hopefully won’t return in Nov. 2008.
Aqsa Pervez: The Casualty of Patriarchy
Haider Shah Dec 21, 2007 interacts: 37Why are other Aqsas being slapped, punched, kicked, abused, followed, spied on, coerced, threatened, blackmailed, kicked out and married away? Why?
Death of Aqsa Pervez: A reflection on Canadian Muslim-Pakistanis
Nauman Mir Dec 16, 2007 interacts: 26As parents, we need to understand and acknowledge that our children deserve even more understanding and support because they are caught between two distinct worlds.
6th December 1992
M B Qasmi Dec 5, 2007 interacts: 86A turning point in Hindu Muslim relations in the post independence Indian history. It was a moment when all truths about religious coexistence suddenly proved false.
Nandigram Turmoil, Boiling the Nation
M B Qasmi Nov 26, 2007Left Front used a private army to recapture Nandigram in November 2007. 600 people were killed. The Muslim friendly, Kisan Friendly and Labourers friendly mask of Left is torn.
Understanding the Death Fatwa on Taslima Nasreen
Kisan B Apr 15, 2007 interacts: 402It has become a time honoured tactic to incite the faithful into attacking and murdering those dare to criticise Islam and has served the spread of Islam well by terrorizing people into submission and silencing opposition.
Indian Muslims
Aparna Pande Nov 7, 2006 interacts: 476The Sachhar Committee report, to be released in end-November, states that the condition of the majority of Indian Muslims is worse than that of even the Dalits. It recommends, among other measures, an allocation of 15% of all government funds for schemes
The Veil Issue, Once Again
Aparna Pande Oct 16, 2006 interacts: 24Veils were worn by women in Europe during the Victorian era and earlier decades. Society did not institute a banning of veils, rather over a period of time society changed and the veil vanished. Similar is the case of the hijab and the burkha. Education,
16% UK Muslims Stand by London Bombers
Irena Akbar Jul 4, 2006 interacts: 272The headline could well have been, “64 per cent UK Muslims against London bombers”.
Modi’s Men and their Mean Machines
Farzana Versey May 3, 2006 interacts: 204Every illegal religious shrine ought to be demolished. Yet, I wish to know how a 200-year-old dargah of a Sufi saint qualifies as being ‘illegal’, is bulldozed and leads to mob violence. Gujarat is becoming an experimental lab for the Hindu Ra
Taj a Mirage
Zahid Hussain Apr 20, 2006 interacts: 22I saw a group of young artisans. They looked timid and frightened, their head bent down trying to concentrate on their work, but at the same time wanting to communicate with the onlookers
Kibbutz Criminals
Farzana Versey Mar 22, 2006 interacts: 489Can we ever imagine a Jewish Mob? Can we see any identity for them beyond the rabbi, the kibbutz, the Holocaust? Can we even think about a vengeful Jew? So, has the Jewish persecution machinery been working overtime?
Australia’s Muslim youth -- A Battle for their Hearts and Minds
Saeed Khan Mar 14, 2006 interacts: 80Young Muslims are misunderstood by their parents and many live two lives - one inside their community and another outside
Muslims in Infidelistan: A Ready Reckoner
Salim Chauhan Mar 3, 2006 interacts: 466When you show up at the airport with your six inch beard, your plastic portable lota, and a prayer rug rolled up in your armpit, you invite quite a bit of unwanted attention. Your four wives, walking behind you, don’t help make your arrival any less
Looking for a New Islamic Fiqh
Yasser Latif Hamdani Dec 7, 2005 interacts: 92Today Islam needs a new Fiqh to implement its Shariat. Not many Muslims appreciate the difference between these two very important and distinct terms
Songs of Dissonance
Aisha Sarwari Nov 25, 2005 interacts: 117Out of all the tragedies this earthquake has brought, the loss of an educated and inspiring Junaid Jamshed is very dehumanizing.
ISNA Thugs
Umbreen Shah Sep 8, 2005 interacts: 276ISNA management has been unable to relate to their American-born Muslim constituency which is the future of Islam in America.
Muslims and the Road to Perdition
Zafar Anjum Aug 23, 2005 interacts: 324In today’s globalized flat world, Muslims must harmonize themselves with other communities and reap the benefits of a changed world. Like the true deputies of God on earth, let’s make it a better place.
Cause and Detect
Bhaskar Dasgupta Aug 5, 2005 interacts: 27Please do remember that I am ignoring the conspiracy theorists, who are a real funny bunch, blaming it on the intelligence services, the police, the Zionists, the military industrial complex, capitalism, little green men from Uranus
The Buddha is Smiling
Bhaskar Dasgupta Jul 26, 2005 interacts: 22An orphan’s curse would drag to hell
Which Road will the Pope Take?
Adeel Khan Apr 28, 2005 interacts: 47Major inter-faith issues lie ahead of Pope Benedict XVI, he succeeded Pope John Paul II, a man who supported religious relativism and worked to enforce better relations with Jews and Muslims.
