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Bishop Spong’s Critique of the Traditional Christianity

Mohammad Gill   Dec 20, 2004   interacts: 11

Apropos of crucifixion of God together with Jesus Christ, Spong (9) remarked, “..any god who can be killed ought to be killed.”....

Primetime Pope and the Maverick Mother

Farzana Versey   Oct 7, 2003   interacts: 72

Can we pull up the Pope for human frailties...and what was Mother Teresa doing in a paddy field?

The Sudanese Teddy Bear Saga

Hammad Siddiqi   Dec 6, 2007   interacts: 121

President Omar al-Bashir decided to overturn a court ruling convicting Gillian Gibbons for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, a rare victory for progressive, moderate Islam.

The Curse of Mullah

Atif Mian   Aug 5, 2003   interacts: 88

The bill declared the wearing of shirts and trousers as “Un-Islamic” (and hence un-constitutional), and called for a strict ban on shirts and trousers in

Mohammad Yousuf: A tribute

Ahmer Muzammil   Dec 3, 2006   interacts: 80

I would like to say a sentence or two about the Pakistani who broke Sir Viv Richard’s long standing record for most runs in

My Perspective on Islam

Rasheed Talib   Aug 7, 2003   interacts: 56

Humanists cannot endorse terrorist targeting of innocents no matter how just the cause

Islam, Marathons and Choice

F Zamanov   Jan 28, 2006   interacts: 68

I would like to say a few things on the religious opposition to women's participation in the Lahore marathon or any other healthy sporting activity.

An Alternate View

Tamim Ansary   Oct 2, 2001   interacts: 66

Who has the belly for that?

The Bride Burning

Begum F Shahnaz   Nov 23, 1998   interacts: 5

Mankind will not stand by and witness our burning:  Mankind will not immolate truth.

Science, Psychology and Spirituality

Khalid Sohail   Aug 7, 2006   interacts: 56

When temporal lobe of right side of the brain is stimulated, human beings have special experiences that are known as ’spiritual experiences’ in religious traditions

Changing Muslim Hearts

Anne Shamim   Jul 31, 2005   interacts: 57

'It sucks to be Muslim.' Those were the words uttered by my 15-year-old son as we sat glued to the TV, watching coverage of the

I Spy Hindutva

Vaibhav Jain   May 9, 2008   interacts: 137

Attempts have been made to 'saffronize' at both the ground level (by editing textbooks) and by challenging conclusions of scholars who have attempted to rewrite

Rights (un)Defined

Hafsa Ahsan   Mar 13, 2004   interacts: 52

A women’s magazine recently took out an “Ibne-Adam” edition

The Power of Faith

Nadeem Akram   Apr 29, 2008   interacts: 157

Religion has become a weekend thing, where offering Friday prayers means immunity from everything that is required of a Muslim.

Religiosity is the Death of Religion

Murad A Baig   Jul 28, 2004   interacts: 43

Rituals, penances, processions and offerings packaged as joyous distractions cost much less than the effort of understanding and practicing the moral, social and philosophical tenets

Riba and the Pakistani Economy

Musa Sami   Jun 7, 2006   interacts: 67

There has been a large amount of debate in Pakistan as to what exactly constitutes ‘riba’. Is it interest in all its totalities or does

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