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A Season of Faith’s Defection

Fahd Raza   May 20, 2005   interacts: 12

The message of tolerance is necessary not only for the Islamic militants but also for the so-called secularists, who in turn are extremist to the

The world of the Wise Lord

Nazar Khan   Feb 8, 2005   interacts: 169

The other ancient philosophy emanated from Zoroastrianism which explained that a man’s life is a struggle between the good and the evil. Its monotheistic concept

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

Church Lures Gujarat Tribals to Christ

Sunil K Poolani   Nov 15, 2005   interacts: 199

Poverty is forcing the tribal community to embrace Christianity

Disowning Altruism

Kazim Saeed   Mar 28, 1998   interacts: 4

Is any feeling for the interests and good of others compatible with the world-view forced on you by the 2-year entry program at Goldman

America’s Moral Compass

Omar Mirza   Jan 30, 2005   interacts: 164

The Western social contract is far more tolerant and fair than the Islamic social contract rooted in 7th century notions of intolerance.

Intolerance in Official Practice

Raza    May 3, 1998   interacts: 15

Why is it necessary to condemn someone’s personal beliefs in a place as irrelevant as the passport form?

Alliance of Religious Leaders

Zahid S Ahmed   Mar 31, 2004   interacts: 12

World Youth Peace Summit Asia-Pacific was held on February 29, 2004 in Thailand where young people appeared with genuine commitment to work for the cause

Selling Spirituality

Khalid Sohail   Jul 6, 2006   interacts: 157

The biggest tragedy is that there is an increasing number of simple, innocent, naive and gullible people who follow these pseudo-mystics and after wasting a

Reinterpretation of Islam in Turkey

Mohammad Gill   Feb 29, 2008   interacts: 307

Reinterpretation of Quran (and Hadith) is allowed in principle although no effective reinterpretation has ever taken place in the Muslim world.

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.”....

God-shaped Hole: Contemporary Relevance of the Spiritual

Farrukh Khan   Nov 18, 2004   interacts: 9

From a world of certainty and solace provided by God– in the next world if not this one– the 19th century sciences, philosophy and political

Infallibility No guard Against Stupidity

Patrick Masih   Sep 18, 2006   interacts: 317

I’m not sure what is more vexing, the fact that the pope said what he did, or the calim that he didn’t mean to cause

Anushakthi Amma

Udayakumar    Sep 21, 2004   interacts: 18

It is year 2015. The Kalankulam Nuclear Power and Bomb Project (KNPBP) has been functioning since 2007. The farming villages, fishing villages, and the dalit

Pagans and Competitive Conversions

Murad A Baig   Mar 12, 1999   interacts: 67

On conversions and reverse conversions

Salam, Science and Secularism

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Jan 11, 1998   interacts: 16

...I have chosen to talk not about Salam’s brilliant successes but, instead, his most spectacular failure ...

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