The beloved Prophet (PBUH)
Islam is the pinnacle of revealed religions. With the advent of Islam, the revelation of God's word to mankind stood completed. And our beloved Holy Prophet (PBUH) is the Last…
Reflections from the Holy Month
The Holy Month of Ramadan, or Ramzaan, is almost over. Like every year, hundreds of millions of Muslims have spent these last four weeks voluntarily depriving ourselves of food, water…
The web of holy deceit
When the much-hyped peace process with the Taliban began, this is what I wrote in this space on February 5: “If the Taliban do not want peace short of capturing…
Faith, forgiveness and the future
May 6 is etched in my memory – not because it ended in tragedy, but because it nearly did. That afternoon in 2018, as I stepped out from a routine…
Civic sense
ONCE I was travelling on a public bus. The gentleman sitting next to me had a bunch of bananas in his hand. He would take a banana, remove the peel,…
Spiritual democracy
WITH the political moral vision of the Quran, Islam defeated the corrupt socioeconomic structures of the world and linked human egalitarianism and monotheism. This was the fulfilment of the primordial…
Guiding youth
PAKISTAN is currently the world’s fifth most populous country. The majority of the population consists of youth between the ages of 18 to 30. The youth are our future, our…
Unity in diversity
COLLECTIVELY, we are all humans, yet we are divided in various segments. We are created by Almighty Allah from a single soul (4:1) but mutually we are different in many…
Spiritual outlook
THE modern world is a strange place. While man has achieved commendable advances never before seen in history, hundreds of millions of people still live below the poverty line. While…
Islam & rights
RIGHT from the time of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Islam has advocated for the protection of human rights. It says that every individual — male or female — possesses a…
