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If you were to run into Burt Prelutsky on the streets of Los Angeles or Chicago, you would see an affable looking elderly white male going about his business. A…
The dispute between the two strands of Islam has existed for the last fourteen hundred years, yet they have learnt to live peacefully with traditional grace and there is no…
41 per cent decline in militant attacks during 2015 Security forces conduct counter-insurgency operations as campus force raised to protect educational institutions Merely two years ago, Balochistan had become a…
This is a brilliantly mischievous story with which many of us may be familiar, yet at the pain of repetition it is worth revisiting as it has a powerful lesson…
The blessed month of Ramazan has come. Those with meagre or no resources will once again face the daunting task of increased prices and struggle to put food on the…
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Western world turned its attention towards containing the influence of Muslims and Islam. Although they have failed to do so, the West’s…
Amidst the chaos of managing busy schedules for meetings, project goals, and deadlines, one tends to underestimate the value of ‘strategic time out’, even if it is only for few…
Last week the ministry of religious affairs and interfaith harmony organised an international conference on promotion of religious tolerance which was attended by grand mufti of Egypt, Shwaki Ibrahim, and…
In this hectic life that we lead, everyone is busy in some way or another. In our daily lives we either seek wealth or peace of mind and heart or…
Pakistan’s future also depends on the way the country is perceived by the world outside. The country’s narrative needs to change. It is viewed negatively by the world at large…
The Hagia Sophia was built in 537AD as a grand Orthodox Christian basilica in Istanbul and remained so till the Ottoman conquest in 1453 when it was converted into a…
The following tale is taken from Rumi’s Masnavi, which I never tire of reading. It is a free rendition of the English translation by R A Nicholson.The following tale is…
For the past few weeks, we have been seeing and hearing about the horrific persecution of Muslims in the Arakan district of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Fanatic Buddhist monks and regular…
We lost our social cohesion and civil anchorage, in fact, our place in history, when River Hakra, the legendary Saraswati, turned away from us thousands of years ago. It was…
Recently, the Sindh Assembly passed a resolution to make the forced conversion of anyone below the age of 18 a crime. The proposed law – which has yet to be…
