‘Desirable’ Muslims
“I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.” Thus said the great reformist Egyptian scholar,…
Are Muslims the only victims?
FIVE Muslim men went to meet the head of the Hindu revivalist RSS. The idea behind the visit was wrapped in the cliché that there’s no alternative to dialogue. The…
Muslims aren’t this way elsewhere
IF even the Chinese are not safe here in Pakistan, who is? Because of CPEC and Pakistan’s national interest, the Chinese are the most privileged and protected of all foreigners.…
Muslims face dwindling representation in Modi’s India
More than half the voters in the Indian city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s muscular Hindu-first agenda.…
Muslims face frugal Ramazan as Ukraine war drives up food prices
Russia’s Ukraine invasion, which has already exacerbated food woes in parts of Africa and the Middle East, is marring preparations for the holy month of Ramadan and forcing a turn…
Genocide of Rohingya Muslims
Persecution of the poor and marginalised Rohingya Muslims at the hands of Buddhist majority in Myanmar has a long history, but since 2012, they are victims of the state-backed genocide.…
Muslims in danger
I am going out on a limb here. I told you last week that the events in Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover were fore planned in tandem with a desperate…
Divided Muslims
SINCE the annexation of India-held Kashmir in August, Pakistan has had to realise that it lacks the resources — diplomatic, economic, legal or otherwise — to respond to India’s unilateral…
Muslims and technology
EXCEPT for some defiant holdouts, most Muslims have come to accept the printing press, loudspeaker, weather forecasts, cameras and television, blood transfusions, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilisation. Earlier fears that…
India’s demonisation of Muslims
THE Modi administration has been at daggers drawn with Indian Muslims for years. Before the pandemic struck, a draconian citizenship law aimed at divesting millions of legitimate Indians of their citizenship based…
