The Speaker versus the Constitution
In seemingly acting out of fear of his boss Imran Khan, Qasim Suri has dealt a great blow to Pakistan’s fragile democracy. By Shehryar Awan Published April 6, 2022 – Updated about 8 hours […]
95 Years After the Monkey Trial, Tennessee Trying to Make the Bible the Official State Book
House to consider controversial proposal to make Bible the official state book Source: Tennessean The 99-member state House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on a proposal to make the […]
Russia’s Putin wants traditional marriage and God in constitution
Source: BBC Russian President Vladimir Putin wants marriage to be defined as the union of a man and woman in a revised constitution, ruling out gay marriage. It is among […]
Book Review: American Justice 2014 Nine Clashing Visions on the Supreme Court
Source: University of Pennsylvania Press By Garrett Epps, who is a contributing writer for the Atlantic and the American Prospect. His most recent book, American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution, […]
Are Trumps, Presidents, Kings, Queens, and Khalifas Above the Law?
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
Proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution seldom go anywhere
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER U.S. politicians say they revere the Constitution, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have plenty of ideas for changing it. Since 1999, 742 proposed amendments […]
Court finds cross memorial constitutional
Source: The Baltimore Sun Federal court in Maryland has ruled that a cross-shaped war memorial in Prince George’s County is constitutional, after an organization argued the structure’s presence on public […]
Ahmadis referenced in Reclaiming Pakistan by Jibran Nasir: Muslim News, San Franciso
Jibran Nasir on Reclaiming Pakistan references killing of Ahmadis A TALK4PAK EVENT at Fremont Mehran Restaurant By Dr. H. Koya, San Francisco Bay Area. https://fbcdn-vthumb-a.akamaihd.net/hvthumb-ak-xaf1/v/t15.0-10/s480x480/11095245_10207029298151275_706616605_n.jpg?oh=ab4755689b33b51d2ddf83803b542411&oe=55C2B9CC&__gda__=1439360669_b6d55f40a9f3b584bfb3b0f9526f7c70 (Also see attached word doc) FREMONT (Mehran Restaurant) More 200 people attended a hurriedly organized lunch by TALK4PAK group here today featuring visiting public speaker […]
Forum: A Muslim’s reaction to torture reports — tactics are just wrong
Source: New Haven Register By Sohail Z. Husain Halloween was over a month ago — a day to revel over ghoulish characters and hideous images. And now we are supposed to be in a season of merry. These days, though, it seems like scenes reminiscent of Halloween continue to haunt […]
Europe and America’s Journey from Religious Bigotry to Pluralism, A Book Review
Book Review: Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders Author: Denise Spellberg Review from Amazon.com In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension […]
Religion under our constitution by Yasser Latif Hamdani
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — The most important reason why it is not supposed to be a theocratic constitution is because it seeks to enable Muslims to live according to Islam and not force them to live according to Islam. Very few lawyers, jurists and members of the […]
FIJI’S PM GETS ROUSING WELCOME IN SFO AFTER SWEEPING TO VICTORY: FIJISUNTV
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – Former Fiji Military ruler Fran Bainimarama swept to victory and in the Septeber 2014 general elections with over 65% people voting for his party Fiji First Party. Here in San Francisco Monday September 29 more than 300 Fiji Americans of gave Mr. Bainimarama a rousing welcome […]
Pakistan aids persecution of Ahmadi Muslims by extremists
Telegrapgh.co.uk: by Adam Walker — For most Muslims, Eid marks the happy end to a month of fasting and spiritual development. It is a day filled with prayers, warm embraces and the smiling faces of children as they open their presents. For extremists, however, Eid only brings joy if it […]
Religious doublespeak- by Yasser Latif Hamdani
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — Given that religious scholars are nothing but shopkeepers of religiosity whose livelihood depends on such hatemongering, it is hardly surprising that Ashrafi resorts to such incitement to violence. The deadly attack on Ahmedis, killing one unborn child, two little girls and one old grandmother, […]
Majority votes cannot deny human rights: UN questions to Ireland reflect Atheist Ireland briefing in Geneva
Jane Donnelly and I, representing Atheist Ireland, briefed the UN Human Rights Committee this week in Geneva about religious discrimination in Ireland, particularly in the education system. The issues we […]
IMRAN KHAN, LeJ MUST STOP TERRORISM IN THE NAME OF ISLAM: DAWN
LeJ must stop terrorism in the name of Islam: Imran DAWN.COM | 2 hours ago A strongest contender for Pakistan’s top position in the next elections, Superstar Imran Khan, leader of Tahrik-e-Insaf in a recent Indian TV interview told the female host that his stop priority will be establishing “the rule […]
Faithful fragmentation: A Failed Islamization Experiment in Pakistan
Dawn: Nadeem F Paracha: When religious extremists assassinated Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 and Bashir Ahmed Bilour in December 2012, my mind kept going back to what some political thinkers had warned about decades ago. Men, whose warnings were not only ignored but labeled as being treacherous and ‘anti-Pakistan.’ For example, the following […]
Fiji Military to Monitor Parliament: Radio NZ
Fiji’s military to ‘monitor’ parliament From:AAP FIJI’S ruling military has warned it will closely monitor parliament when the coup-plagued nation finally elects a new government, as officials wrapped up work on a draft constitution. Military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup and tore up the last […]
Freedom of Thought: Independent
The Freedom of Thought 2012 report: the non-religious are still being persecuted By Waleed Alhusseini (Getty Images) Like many non-religious people around the world, I use the internet to express my thoughts. Especially in a country where the vast majority believe in one religion, and do not like to hear any […]
1974-Today: Conspiracy Theories and Ahmadies in Pakistan
Lutf Blog: – V : Conspiracy Theories The whole nation of Pakistan, including those who took up arms in exchange of petro-dollars are now eligible targets for collateral damage. In short, those who follow the “kuffar”, or help them, assist them, give them safe passage for military supplies are not worthy of being […]