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A Time for Renewal

Ali A Minai   Oct 11, 2001   interacts: 727

When those who are moderate do not speak as loudly as the militants, the militants speak for them too.

Daughters of Hajar

Mohammad Gill   Jun 5, 2007   interacts: 1054

Hajar was Prophet Abraham’s wife and the mother of Ismael. Abraham took them to Mecca (at the site of the Masjad-al-Haram) and abandoned them there

Again, Desperate Times

Zia Mian and A H Nayyar    Nov 14, 1999   interacts: 559

On seizing power, both Ayub Khan and Pervez Musharraf claimed to have a clear mission

Why We Need Islamization of Science

Kamran Meer   Feb 25, 2005   interacts: 557

Islamization of Science could relieve the madness of the modern age. Today I saw Mr. Gill’s article titled “What is Islamization of Science”, and was

Lighting The Nuclear Fire

Pervez Hoodbhoy   May 25, 2002   interacts: 509

nuclear affairs are now being guided by wishful, delusional, thinking

LUMS -- Lahore University of mis-Management Sciences

Bilal Tanweer   Sep 16, 2003   interacts: 188

If this is the level of planning in a university that is teaching management, god helps those who graduate.

Brahmin and Mullah

Anthony J Aschettino   Jun 30, 2001   interacts: 490

Hindu National Destiny and Indian National Destiny are not interchangeable terms.

Ghazali On Women In Islam

A Shiraz EvilTwin   Nov 30, 2000   interacts: 396

If you relax the woman’s leash a tiny bit, she will take you and bolt wildly...

Burqa Vaganza – A Satirical Backlash

Mohammad Gill   May 2, 2007   interacts: 435

Burqa Vaganza satirized by showing “modern youth in veil going out on dates and generally sneaking out of educational institutions, offices and homes for discreet

This Beloved Arab Colony

Haroon Moghul   Jun 20, 2003   interacts: 318

Often times, arguments and ideas are no more than recycled sloganeering, little sober effort in evidence. For this reason, the narrower sects of Islam upset

Lets Destroy The Bamiyan Buddhas!

Feroz R Khan   Mar 6, 2001   interacts: 245

Oscar Wilde once wrote that you destroy the thing you love and that which you love, will destroy you in the end.

Temporary Marriage in Islam

Mohammad Gill   Feb 8, 2006   interacts: 191

In addition to mutah, there is another situation of temporary marriage in Islam called “Nikah Halala” which arises when a husband pronounces a triple talaq

What are they Teaching in Pakistani Schools Today?

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Apr 15, 2000   interacts: 161

How Pakistan has been educating its young?

Huntington's Clash of Civilizations Thesis

M Asadi   Feb 2, 2007   interacts: 363

Why are such gimmicks, like the “Clash of Civilizations” created and for what purpose?

Taking the Lid off Sexual Fantasies

Khalid Sohail   Apr 17, 2006   interacts: 144

Over the years, as I listened to my patients’ fantasies, I found that most people behave in a way that is socially acceptable but in

Winning by Losing in the Middle East

Mohammad Gill   Aug 3, 2006   interacts: 347

The ongoing war is not between Israel and any bona fide government of the Middle Eastern countries; it is between Israel and Hamas (a Sunni

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