Early History of Islam needs fresh appraisal — IX
Jinnah, within days of Pakistan’s creation, asked Muhammad Asad to establish the Department of Islamic Reconstruction M Aamer Sarfraz December 7, 2018 Allama Iqbal had lost faith in the […]
Pakistan: Wrong turns of the right wing
UMER ALI Full of contradictions The hanging of Mumtaz Qadri united all religio-political parties last week as together they protested against it. Blocking roads, closing down markets forcibly, thrashing journalists and attacking media houses for not covering their protests – all was done to send a message that come what […]
ISIS Really Wants Power—Not Islam
ISIS Really Wants Power—Not Islam February 18, 2015 by Qasim Rashid Recently The Atlantic published a piece titled, “What ISIS Really Wants.” The lengthy piece makes numerous fallacious claims about ISIS and its relation to Islam and Islamic doctrine. Accordingly, and significantly, it misses the strategy necessary to counter and […]