Articles with tag: Faith
Confessions of a Religious Fundamentalist
Abrar Hasan May 26, 2008 interacts: 35
I just want you to understand that never mind the beautiful facades of different ISMS, at the base of it all we are all religious and all fundamentalists.
The Power of Faith
Nadeem Akram Apr 28, 2008 interacts: 157Religion has become a weekend thing, where offering Friday prayers means immunity from everything that is required of a Muslim.
Catharsis
MVJ Simon Dec 26, 2007 interacts: 3A walk through fire
Eyes shut tight
Stepping on red hot coal
Mind overcomes pain
The Gust of Suspicion is Not So Kind
mazhar butt Sep 29, 2007 interacts: 2Forcing its entry like a wanton thief
It steals from Heart the jewels of belief
Mother Teresa’s Moment of Truth
Mohammad Gill Sep 4, 2007 interacts: 98Soon afterwards the doubts and skepticism, not about her missionary work but her faith, began to assail her mind and lasted until her death.
On the Banks of the Wishing Lake
soma sarkar May 24, 2005 interacts: 5A lake protected by birds. Where wishes come true.
Psychemanica
Nadeem F Paracha Feb 2, 2005 interacts: 11I screamed inside. I played cool on the out. “I am the messiah,” said I. “I am.” “I.” My, my, what delusion. Since when was I reborn? Since he died. But what then when I die?
Hey JC, won’t you smile for me?
Farzana Versey Dec 20, 2004 interacts: 94Are we ready to believe that Jesus was not of virgin birth, he did not die on the Cross, he got married and was the father of three? As a woman, I find the idea of a male prophet who is vulnerable quite tantalising.
Bishop Spong’s Critique of the Traditional Christianity
Mohammad Gill Dec 20, 2004 interacts: 11Apropos of crucifixion of God together with Jesus Christ, Spong (9) remarked, “..any god who can be killed ought to be killed.”....
Of faith, Engineering and the Human Visual System
Irfan HAMID Jan 9, 2004 interacts: 30The creator of the human body must have had perfection in mind when he sat down on the drawing board.
It’s a Miracle
Alka Girdhar Jul 20, 2003 interacts: 60Faith runs deep in our veins. There are a few if any ‘non-believers’ amongst Indians, in fact in the whole subcontinent.
The Conversion Chiaroscuro
Farzana Versey Jun 30, 2003 interacts: 131Didi became a Hindu. Long before the RSS and the Pope got into a tiff about conversions. At that time it meant nothing to me.
For Better or Worse
Sheharyar Malhi Jun 7, 2003 interacts: 78Compromise is the key to a successful marriage but what happens when neither party is willing to do that?
Air Cdre Rizwanullah Khan Shaheed Memorial Trust
Samina Rizwan May 4, 2003 interacts: 26how will we make sure that the contribution to this world happens anyway, in the name of the dearly departed
My Beautiful Rizwan
Samina Rizwan Apr 5, 2003 interacts: 79Such was the overpowering presence in my life, of Rizwan - my husband, my friend, my soulmate, my shaheed.
Revolution of Regression
Ameer Afraid Feb 20, 2003 interacts: 13Establishing an Islamic Caliphate in New York
In Search of Peace and Flowers
Ras Siddiqui Feb 15, 2003 interacts: 43personal perspective on the January rally
The Case For and Against The Satanic Verses
Subroto Roy Dec 28, 2002 interacts: 33Evaluating Diatribe and Dialectic as Art
My Little Bit of Hindu
Ali A Nov 27, 2002 interacts: 287I made acquaintances with a consciously unknown, but subconsciously known part of myself, the little part of me that was Hindu, so to say.
The Kal Aaj Aur Kal of Secularism
Harish Nambiar Sep 23, 2002 interacts: 124There is a generation growing distant from religion, and yet engagingly indulgent of it. Not so much as a pathway to salvation as much as a familiar lane of the past.
All The Way To Maine
Dilip DSouza Sep 12, 2002 interacts: 30How some Pakistani and Indian kids found out that the enemy has a face.
ISNA 39th Annual Conference
Naeem Randhawa Sep 5, 2002 interacts: 37More than 32,000 attended the 39th ISNA conference in Washington.
Kashmir Fatigue
Ajay Raina Jun 17, 2002 interacts: 705I still have a home there and I am looking forward to my permanent return
Confessions of a BJP Supporter
Parag Vohra May 13, 2002 interacts: 275Why was the philosophy of the Sangh Parivar attractive to so many urban middle class Hindus?
Another One Bites The Dust
Shandana Minhas Apr 30, 2002 interacts: 600General Musharrafs ‘political correctness’ made it easy to ignore questions
The Aga Khani
Farzana Versey Apr 26, 2002 interacts: 277Since the Aga Khani does not fit a stereotype the believer cannot be recognised
Whose Iqbal — Ours or Theirs?
Zafar Anjum Mar 11, 2002 interacts: 182As if I am the traveler as well as the destination itself
Beta Chala Gaya
Temporal Dec 30, 2001 interacts: 16The journey for self-discovery takes us through interesting landscapes.
The Damned And The Damnable
Samina Wahid Feb 23, 2001 interacts: 46They left because they were out of the ‘right things to say.’
Anything But Vacant
Omar Phoenix Nov 19, 2000 interacts: 29I would like some thighs, cut the fat, I want it lean
Women in India: Are We Better Off?
Radhika Chandar Sep 8, 2000 interacts: 156What should the wife do if her husband beats her and troubles her?
Lets Live For Another Day
Amber Bokhari Jul 31, 2000 interacts: 11Pathways of darkness flowing, to a distant ray of light
The Puppet
Zeejah Jun 5, 2000 interacts: 20His icy glare froze the puppet back into the shape, forcing the sap out of it’s wide-open eyes.
Touch
A Shiraz May 25, 2000 interacts: 29In the West, by the way, that is where our son will eventually go to study...they brutally electrocute an animal to death...
Pagans and Competitive Conversions
Murad A Baig Mar 12, 1999 interacts: 67On conversions and reverse conversions
Incantation
Sheldon Pacotti Jun 29, 1998 interacts: 3Where intelligence can be enhanced with expensive pharmaceuticals, a poor boy needs an alternative medicine
A Day with an Orthodox Rabbi
Hisham Zoubeir May 27, 1998 interacts: 2Hebrew for God willing also sounds like insha’allah.
Recollections of my Grandfather
Asim Hayat May 21, 1998 interacts: 1They deserve their complete rest, after a simple, kind, and honourable life
For My Love
Mustafa A Menai Apr 14, 1998 interacts: 1...mullah wife gadding about in a dodge ’em car, quaking with full blooded mirth.
Status of Parents in Al-Quran
Kashif A Shehzada Mar 19, 1998 interacts: 7What sort of a relationship should we maintain with our parents? In what matters are we not allowed to obey them? Answers from a Qur’anic perspective.
Can People be Forced to Accept Islam? A Qur’anic Perspective
Kashif A Shehzada Feb 21, 1998 interacts: 13Does man have the freedom to believe or disbelieve the message of Allah? Who are the people who force others to their way of thinking? Answers to these and other questions, from a Qur’anic perspective.
The Beggar Boy
Mohammed Ibrahim Jan 31, 1998 interacts: 2He was an innocent-looking child with a bare back, his hair in knots, his body powdered with dust and dirt and his shorts torn in shreds.
Chowk Tales I
The Chowkwala Oct 7, 1997 interacts: 5The neighborhood paagal was busy cleaning the thick glass shell of the map of Pakistan. It was an amazing sight because almost always when he ventures into the Chowk there are people running behind and...throwing kachra at him...
Cry No More
Amber Bokhari Oct 5, 1997 interacts: 6I often ask my heart, when I remember your grave among weeds, ’Was it disease that killed you or was it the hatred?’
