:: Fundamentalism
Recent articles from the archives
Ways of the Taliban
Malik Rashid Nov 5, 2008Its tradition of gory acts of public beheading, suicide bombings and acts of terrorism is rapidly unmasking the Taliban in NWFP and swinging public opinion against them.
The Psyche of Al-Qaeda
Khalid Sohail Nov 4, 2008To have a better understanding of the psyche of Al-Qaeda we need to understand the ideology, personality and political strategy of the organization’s leaders as well as the followers.
Reforming Religious Fundamentalists
Khalid Sohail Oct 1, 2008What would you do with religious fundamentalists, especially those who adopt militant practices, have violent consciousness, and have become involved in armed struggle...
Zalim Online
Tariq Aqil Sep 28, 2008An eye witness to the horror and carnage by the religious fanatics in Pakistan
Jihad Revised
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 26, 2008Pakistan, which is being torn apart by jihadists from within and across its border, needs to make this latest work by Fadl available widely in translation.
Into The Thick of the Battle
Ather Naqvi Sep 22, 2008It is in the interest of the US that Pakistan is given a free hand to deal with the Taliban on its side of the border. This is Pakistan’s war now.
Don't Shoot the Messenger
Shandana Minhas Sep 21, 2008We can go blue in the face shouting about the pernicious predators, but we stay silent while innocents are slain within our own borders.
The Frontier Mail
Veeresh Malik Sep 21, 2008Are the bomb-blasts in India and Pakistan all part of a greater plan, and if so, whose?
The Marriott Bombing: ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’?
Beena Sarwar Sep 21, 2008The message was clear: they can strike Pakistan’s capital, and they care nothing for democracy or for religion.
Boot Point
Nadeem F Paracha Sep 21, 2008Party chief Altaf Hussain and the MQM Rabita Committee cancelled Liaquat's membership after accusing him of "spreading religious hatred through his TV shows"
Swat: Can the deal work?
Zubair Torwali Jul 10, 2008After the peace deal between the Taliban and the government people thought that normal life would return to the troubled district of Swat.
Another Lal Masjid in the Making?
Ahmad Bilal Jun 8, 2008The walls were filled with anti-west hate slogans, “Al-Jihad Al-Qital� (holy war, bloody battle) written everywhere around the central mosque. This was not the Bahawalpur I knew.
Muslim Profanities
Kyla Pasha Feb 24, 2006I look at pictures of the ravaged Al-Askariyya dome, and I want to know: what is the religion of a mosque-destroyer? Does a bomber say Fatiha over the people he’s killed?
You Failed Us Mr. President
Mubashir Butt Oct 12, 2004In the words of great Martin Luther King Jr.: “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice' and justice we demand from you sir.
Ashura: Atonement, Mourning and Return
Kyla Pasha Mar 2, 2004Someone’s holy work is death, I register. And someone else’s is reporting that 150-word story for the AP. And someone else’s yet again is that bold typeface. This is it. This is grief for the electronic age.
On Tolerance
Ayesha H Ahmad Jan 20, 2004Everyone cannot kill a human being. But do you support the people who say that Shiites are not Muslims?
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