Stare into space as your Islamiyat teacher announces to a room full of eight-year-olds that your namaz will never be valid as long as your...
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Islam is misunderstood because many of us – Muslim and non-Muslim – are ignorant of Islamic history. It is this secret history that can tell us not only...
Sochta hun bana hi daloon mein Ik firqa udas logon ka How appropriate is this verse to Pakistan’s prevailing situation? When Prof Iqbal Shahid...
The battle of Karbala occupies a hallowed place not only in the annals of Islam, but in the long struggle for the values of truth and justice...
Farhat Hashmi and Zakir Naik, two Wahhabi evangelists publicly misrepresent Imam Hussain’s sacrifice as “a battle between 2 princes”. In their...
لکھنؤ میں نخاس بازار کو شہر کا سب سے قدیم ترین بازار کہا جاتا ہے- اور اس ایک بازار میں کئی بازار جمع ہیں- اسی کے اندر ایک بازار ‘چڑی بازار’ کہلاتا...
“Please your Azadari is not PALATABLE; it desensitises little children and is not good for the Brand of Shia Political Islam (SPI) For most of...
ارون دھتی رائے کے بیان کو جس طرح سے آدھا شایع کیا گیا اور کلپ کو جسطرح پوری بات کی بجائے آدھی بات پر کاٹ پیٹ کر لگایا گیا اور پھر ایک دم سے ہندوستان کا سارا...
Call them the Mummy Daddy crowd. The Urban chattering class. The “educated types”. Collectively, these supposedly “woke” Pakistanis are the...
Pakistan’s Urban chattering classes are stunned that Gulf despots and stooges awarded Modi. This is after their own stooge, Imran Khan debased...
پاکستان کے درمیانہ شہری طبقہ کا باتونی سیکشن Urban Chattering section of educated middle class عرب کے مطلق العنان حکمرانوں کی جانب سے مودی کو ایوارڈ برائے فروغ...
ہندوتوا اور منڈی کی معشیت کو اکٹھا کرکے چلانے والا مودی اور بادشاہت کو اسلامی قلعی سے رنگ کر اُس کا رشتہ منڈی کی معشیت سے جوڑ کر چلانے والا یواے ای کا خلیفہ...
سامراجی طاقتوں کا اصول یہ رہا ہے کہ یہ جب کسی ملک یا علاقے پر حملہ کرکے، اس ملک یا علاقے پر قبضہ کرتے ہیں تو اُس ملک میں جبر اور ظلم کی شکار مذھبی و نسلی...
Is it legitimate to curse Hindus while talking about Kashmir or India? Unfortunately I had to listen some odd speeches in a seminar on Kashmir held in hall of...
The meaningless rhetoric by the nation’s leaders in the parliament of Pakistan resembled a circus in shallow braggadocio addressed at a populace...
Between history and the current, between religious and ethnic tensions, between principle and hypocrisy, there is so much to unpack when it comes...
Condemn Indian security forces over their alleged shelling of cluster-bombs against innocent people of Pakistani held #Kashmir and my sympathy...
Zaigham Khan’s “Brown Man Burden” (The News, July 29th, 2019) struck a cord. It reminded me of former acquaintances who fit the profile of PTI...
ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان میں تحریک طالبان کی جانب سے پولیس چیک پوسٹ پر فائرنگ اور ہسپتال میں خودکش بم دھماکہ سے شہید ہونے والے پولیس اہلکاروں اور عام شہریوں کے گھر...
Many of our friends are stunned that Imran Khan admitted that the strategic depth policy has been disastrous for Pakistan. The crucial...
Unwittingly, Imran Khan has once again stated some deeply problematic stuff. I do not like Imran Khan nor did I vote for him. Imran Khan...
ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان: تحریک طالبان پاکستان کا پولیس چیک پوسٹ پر حملہ اور ہسپتال پر خودکش دہشت گردی ،6 پولیس والے،تین شہری شہید اور 30 افراد شدید زخمی ، ہسپتال کی...
‘ مضحکہ خیز ایک ایسا لفظ ہے جو امریکہ اور برطانیہ کی وزرائے خارجہ محکموں کی میزبانی میں منعقد ہوئی ‘عالمی کانفرنس برآئے آزاد میڈیا’ کا زکر ہو...
In the last few months, it has become fashionable to (selectively) raise concerns regarding the religious rights of the ethnically Turk Uighurs...
#MehdiHasan recently had a detailed discussion with Andrew Beinart about why Democrat 2020 hopefuls are not being assertive or...
Of these deaths, 102,000 are expected to be combat-related and the remaining 131,000 will die because of malnutrition, cholera, and other...
How costly would a war with Iran be for the U.S.? One 2020 presidential candidate says it would be “devastating.” U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D...
While the United States is a deranged super power that likes nothing better than war mongering, it’s Establishment is currently divided. And that is good news...
Amongst the average, non-millennial Democrat voter, the goal for the 2020 elections is simply “Anyone but Trump” In reality, the Democratic...
Time to join some dots. The WhatsApp hack, “sabotaged” oil tankers, the push in the US to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood and...
The 2014 massacre of Anti-Taliban Sunnis by the then PML N government exposed Pakistani liberals in a manner never seen before. Pakistan’s leading human...
From very reliable sources it came in our knowledge that Karachi Police tried to play very dangerous tricky game to disintegrate the #KarachiDharna for...
There is a long history of attacks on Sufi shrines in Pakistan, which are equally revered by Sunni and Shia Muslims but are treated as ‘centers of polytheism’...
A recent Daily Mail article (May 2nd, 2019; link provided in comments section), presents Obama’s anger, frustration and delusions after Hillary’s loss...
Today is the 3rd anniversary of Shaheed Khurram Zaki’s martyrdom. In a short but blazing career, Khurram Zaki redefined human rights activism. As editor and...
کل لیٹ اس بلڈ پاکستان کے ایڈیٹر اور انسانی حقوق کی طاقتور آواز سید خرم ذکی کے ناحق قتل کو پورے تین سال مکمل ہوجائیں گے۔ اور پھر وہی احتجاجی آواز ہمیں اٹھانا...
Note: Being a Sunni Muslim I always feel shame whenever I see majority from my community active on social media keeping silence on this issue under...
Noor Derwaish id is blocked now. It’s a shame that there are no ‘strong’ voices when such ids are blocked. It’s not that people...
شاید تین برس پرانی بات ہوگی۔ عاشورہ محرم کے روز ایک ٹی وی چینل پر کراچی میں ایک قدیمی پانی اور شربت کی سبیل پر رپورٹ دکھائی جارہی تھی۔ رپورٹر نے نسل در نسل...
#Shias of Pakistan under persecution not only from non-state sectarian, anti-Shia violent radical militants like Lashkar Jhangvi aka #SSP which are...
