Muslim women’s struggle
LAST Sunday, on International Women’s Day, women from various sections of society marched for their rights and freedoms in all important cities of the country. The heavens did not fall…
The colonial school curriculum
HOW does one see India’s past? The question took centre stage on Monday as Prime Minister Modi offered lessons from his knowledge of India’s past while celebrating independence day from the Mughal-built…
From Shantinagar to Jaranwala
I just want to make sure their church is burnt to the ground,’ said a middle-aged woman in Cinema Basti Jaranwala to a senior police officer just as the police…
Walk in their skin
COMMON SENSE dictates that if you truly wish to empathise with another human being, all you really have to do is put yourself in their position — slip into their…
The roots of extremism
EXTREMIST militants receive considerable support from their apologists who take exception to criticism of religious extremism and claim this is not the only form of extremism. The point is valid…
A ‘minor incident’
In Spain last month, hundreds of people protested against the sentence handed down by a court against the five young people of ‘La Manada’ or ‘the wolf pack’. People all…
Saudi women at the wheel
Change has come to Saudi Arabia at last. King Salman of Saudi Arabia has decreed that women can drive. Many of us, especially those living in the kingdom and the…
Dark brotherhoods
On Sunday, Jan 29, 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette walked into the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre during evening prayers and opened fire, killing six people and wounding 19 others. He was quickly…
Ramadan and Ramazan schedule
In the departure lounge near Gate No 308 at the Istanbul airport there’s a coffee shop, which has thrown a few chairs and tables near the exit to cater to…
Fleeing to Thailand
During the last four years, thousands of Christians have left Pakistan to seek asylum in Thailand from where media reports of their plight in prisons and detention centres have been…
