Op Ed by Yasser Latif Hamdani: Rohingyas and Ahmedis
Source: The Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani While Ahmedis can get passports as citizens of Pakistan, the officially sanctioned Muslims of Pakistan have to certify on the passport application that they consider Ahmedis non-Muslims Though there are some questions about the story but if Tahera Ahmad — the chaplain […]
Repeal Second Amendment: Video of an Event in Karachi
you tube: This is the edited version of the Karachi event. A significant portion of Jibran’s speech had to be cut out being contrary to the spirit of the event. A full unedited version will be posted separately. Watch
Believe it or Not! He is now supreme head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Source: Media Library.
Remember the Ahmadis of Lahore, remember the forgotten
Dawn: A small girl who I will call Hina, sits perched on a stool, in the one corner of the living room untouched by the light streaming in from a […]
Secular Pakistan
How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last month, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting debate on […]
Penalties proposed for false accusers of blasphemy
Tribune: The government has finalised a draft bill, which will now be presented in parliament for approval, to combat the abuse of the existing laws. The proposal, prepared by the interior ministry and vetted by the law ministry, aims to ensure that no one takes the law into their own […]
Turkey, Pakistan and Islam
Source: The Daily Times Ataturk’s ideas were shaped by the French idea of republicanism whereas Jinnah’s liberal democratic views were influenced by the turn of the century British liberal tradition By Yasser Latif Hamdani Both Hector Bolitho and Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah’s biographers, record that Jinnah had in 1932 bought Grey […]
AHMADI MUSLIM STUDENT TOPS WORLD RECORD: THE TIMES OF INDIA
It is in consonance with the divine promise, ” Members of your organization shall attain to such excellence in knowledge that they will found all with the dict of their arguments…” millions of Ahmadi around the world today stand as remarkable testimony to the magnificent truth contained in this prophecy […]
Pakistan Supreme Court Seeking Secularism to End Sectarianism
Pakistan Today: Justice Qazi Faiz Essa says govt will have to go back to original Constitution to abolish sectarianism Objectives Resolution not part of Constitution: Supreme Court The Supreme Court […]
Is Pakistan's Blasphemy Law licence to kill? Activist Jibran gives the answer: Fiji Sun TV
FREMONT, CA – Speaking to American Pakistanis at a Sunday luncheon meeting hosted by TALK4PAK group at Mehran Restaurant yesterday, social activist dissented from the common belief and cited examples of life of the Holy Prophet to argue that there is no punishment for death for Taheene Risalat – insulting […]
Is Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law licence to kill? Activist Jibran gives the answer: Fiji Sun TV
FREMONT, CA – Speaking to American Pakistanis at a Sunday luncheon meeting hosted by TALK4PAK group at Mehran Restaurant yesterday, social activist dissented from the common belief and cited examples of life of the Holy Prophet to argue that there is no punishment for death for Taheene Risalat – insulting […]
‘In Pakistan, anyone and everyone can be a target’
the Hindu: Around 1,000 Shia citizens killed in two years. Pakistan is a country of ghosts. They are everywhere, the victims and the perpetrators both. On Wednesday morning, six gunmen wearing police uniforms stopped an Al Azhar Garden bus carrying 60 Ismaili Muslims in Karachi. The bus picked up Ismailies […]
Secular Pakistan
Daily Times: How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last week, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque razed in Chakwal, Pakistan
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Jinnah & Pakistan debate: Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed’s remarks on the Ahmadi Community
Pakteahouse: May 5th, 2015 | 20 Comments By Yasser Latif Hamdani It seems to be that Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, who writes for the Daily Times, is not open to the idea of an engaged academic debate. His latest article in the Daily Times which I will link below proves it. Let us […]
US report assails Pakistan over state of ‘religious freedom’
Dawn: WASHINGTON: Violent attacks on religious minorities in India have increased after the Modi government came to power, according to a US congressional report released on Friday. The latest US Commission on International Religious Freedom report also noted that “Pakistan represents one of the worst situations in the world for […]
Pakistan: Shrinking space for reason
WHO was afraid of Sabeen Mahmud? Was it the state or a non-state actor that silenced a brave voice of reason? Was it a mere coincidence that she was gunned down after a seminar on Balochistan that she had organised? Or was it one of those shadowy extremist groups who […]
The fatwas that can change Pakistan’s blasphemy narrative
Dawn: This article is the second in a five-part series on the untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read the first part here. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most appropriate retribution for offenders, but the only one. This ideology […]
The fatwas that can change Pakistan's blasphemy narrative
Dawn: This article is the second in a five-part series on the untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read the first part here. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most appropriate retribution for offenders, but the only one. This ideology […]