Pakistan

Fatima Jinnah: A sister’s sorrow

Dawn: One of the most fascinating characters in the initial saga of the painful birth of Pakistan is Fatima Jinnah, the frail-looking, graceful but gritty sister of the founder of the nation, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. She was a passionate political worker, a determined activist for women’s rights and a qualified […]

Amer Aziz: Seeking religious freedom

Source: signalscv.com | Amer Aziz Amer Aziz is a resident of Santa Clarita and a member of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and The Muslim Writers Guild of America. A Pew research study found that, as of 2012, as many as 198 countries and territories around the world imposed restrictions on religious minorities, […]

Islamabad: Mosque named after a murderer

Businesses named after known criminals. Mumtaz Qadri murdered Salmaan Taseer – now a mosque named after him I was spending a lazy afternoon lounging in the Osama bin Laden library, bemoaning the dire lack of buildings honouring our local murderers, when my Smartphone informed me of this fascinating new development. […]

The Convenient Omissions From Islamic History

Courtesy: Ansar Raza: Missionary Vaughan Jama`at Source: Pak Tea House July 26th, 2013 | 149 Comments This is an insightful and intelligently argued article sent to us by Miss Mahnoor Khan. She makes a very pertinent point that the present Muslim mindset and for that matter to some extent even extremism, are outcomes […]

Asian parents in care homes

theguardian: by Sarfaraz Manzoor — “There are not too many Pakistanis because their children have been brought up with different values – their children would be too ashamed to put their parents in a care home,” says Fareeda, who is from Lahore and has worked as a full-time care officer […]