The minority Pakistani
A fellow citizen and a friend, a Christian by faith, had to leave Pakistan and seek asylum as he and his family were threatened by a militant organisation. The departments…
Muslims can easily quit their ghettos
It is axiomatic, yes. Muslims in India form a substantial chunk of the population — over 15pc of one billion. That they are in a bad way is confirmed by…
Religion and state
Today’s world is the world of democracy and we cannot have our own system irrespective of who we are or where we are. Most people in Pakistan also agree that…
The country we forgot to meet
Even six and a half decades after it was created, we really know too little about the country we live in. How many of us, for instance, realised that thousands…
For better or for verse
In a national newspaper one of our leading intellectuals and historians celebrated for popularising pro-people history by writing scores of books in Urdu has very recently penned an article against…
Monsters of our own making
Watching the latest fun and games in Iraq and the fine mess that the empire has made of the fabled Mesopotamia is both edifying and sobering. This is where it…
The battle of Armageddon
The nineteenth century reformer, Jamal ad-Din Afghani (1838-1897), wrote, “Every Muslim is sick, and his only remedy is the Quran.” But to some writers in the west, notably the Irish…
Justice: a lost cause
Last week, I attended a performance of The Testament of Mary in London, a monologue about the life and crucifixion of Christ delivered from his mother’s perspective. Based on a…
Islamic history
This is a continuation of the abstracts from an excellent article by Mahnoor Khan, posted by Pak Tea House, Lahore and forwarded to me by Barrister Dr Muhammed Javed Iqbal…
Lessons from Indian polls
“According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, a crime is committed against a Dalit by a non-Dalit every 16 minutes; everyday, more than four ‘Untouchable’ women are raped…
