Articles with tag: Minorities
Gojra Incident ... Shame
MD Waqar Aug 6, 2009 interacts: 150I have no regret to mention that I am ashamed what had happened in Gojra with the minorities living in Pakistan. I am ashamed of those who did this criminal act for whatever the reason. Shame! Shame on all of us.
Hop Aboard the Interfaith Express
Feroz Qutabshahi Nov 19, 2008 interacts: 24Ironically, the main organizers of Interfaith conference at UN was His Majesty King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, country with the worst record in history on religious tolerance.
The Muslim Protagonist and the Past Three Years
Vaibhav Jain Nov 11, 2008 interacts: 120What better a movie to begin with than Rang De Basanti? RDB will stand out for long as ‘The Generation X Movie’ in the annals of Bollywood.
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid!
Feroz Qutabshahi Nov 5, 2008 interacts: 72From the march in Alabama to the victory speech in Grant Park, the nation has come this far in such a short span of time is nothing hosrt of a miracle.
Of Medical Students, Passports and Religous Tolerance
furkan ali Jul 14, 2008 interacts: 427Who am I to declare that Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Quadiani is an impostor nabi? Why on earth am I even being asked the question?
Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad
Atif Mian Jun 8, 2008 interacts: 696On Thursday, June 5th the principal of Punjab Medical College in Faisalabad expelled every student who belonged to the minority Ahmadi community from his college.
Persecution of Religious Minorities In Islamic Countries
Feroz Qutabshahi May 9, 2008 interacts: 470Meaningless protests over stupid cartoons do not achieve anything. Speaking up against injustices in their own countries does.
The Ramadan Ordinance
Saad Anis Oct 2, 2007 interacts: 8In 1981, the Ramadan Ordinance was issued by President of Pakistan Zia ul Haq, whereby eating, drinking and smoking in public during fasting hours in the month of Ramadan was declared unlawful.
Rise of Hindu Right Wing Ideology
Hussain Abbas Aug 16, 2007 interacts: 138Today, when a Hindu shouts an obscenity at Pakistan the Indian Muslim has to shout two to show their patriotism towards India.
Rest in Peace Pakistan (1947-1974)
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 1224You cannot understand Pakistan until and unless you understand how the demise of the ideal of Pakistan was brought about by its own people
Pakistan Quarters
Muhammad Tariq Mar 4, 2007 interacts: 24The name probably symbolized the fact that it gave shelter to the families of most of the government servants, keeping the administration of the newly formed nation running, Karachi being the capital then.
An Untouchable Apology
Bhaskar Dasgupta Dec 20, 2006 interacts: 260The untouchables of Hinduism are a wretched lot. While it is not at the level of genocide, it is an institutionalised social discrimination over a very long period of time.
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer, but Ten Million Make a Swarm!
Bhaskar Dasgupta Oct 8, 2006 interacts: 5Sub-continental minorities are still looked on with suspicion and there is no true secular treatment, such as the lack of a uniform civil code.
Minorities in the Western Societies
Nasim Hassan Aug 20, 2006 interacts: 13Certain basic steps that must be taken by the immigrants as well as the host countries to affect peaceful and harmonious integration.
Jerry’s Pakistan
Yasser Latif Hamdani Aug 16, 2005 interacts: 522The jazba that there is for Pakistan seems to be entirely in the non-Muslim Pakistanis and they have a much better way of showing it too. No law-breaking, no gunfire, no silencer-less motorcycles, no women-teasing as has become commonplace on Independence
Carnage and Casuality
Patrick Masih Jul 23, 2003 interacts: 123Mustering up my most objective, nonjudgmental demeanour, I asked him what difference it made, since those who lost their lives were innocents. He said that they may not have been criminals but they were kafirs.
They Shoot Kashmiri Pandits, Dont They?
Farzana Versey Mar 29, 2003 interacts: 269They say they will act as a “buffer against the export of jehad into India”. They who ran away?
Towards Greater Tolerance
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jan 30, 2003 interacts: 281Anti-Pakistanism and neo-Indian Nationalism
USA and Muslims
Sameer Jan 9, 2003 interacts: 213Muslim extremists generally dislike non-Muslims and they hate various people at local level
Organized Irrelevance
Haroon Moghul Sep 4, 2002 interacts: 41Are Muslims hopeless? With the OIC, they are...
The April Fool Referendum
Asma Jahangir Aug 21, 2002 interacts: 381a critique of the April 30 referendum and what it may mean for the coming elections
The Hindu Right
Ra Ravishankar Aug 6, 2002 interacts: 184Advani’s yathra in an air-conditioned Toyota left a trail of blood in its wake
The April Fool Referendum
Asma Jahangir May 12, 2002 interacts: 30The military may win this battle but it will destroy the very nation it is so proud to rule
1971: A Forgotten Story
Farzana Versey Jan 5, 2002 interacts: 218We ‘forgot’ to ask for our men to be returned
The Passion of The Pacifist
Farzana Versey Dec 20, 2001 interacts: 56An interview with Asgharali Engineer
Muslims and The West After 11th September
Pervez Hoodbhoy Dec 7, 2001 interacts: 570America has exacted blood revenge for the Twin Towers
The Real Jehad
Temporal Aug 14, 2001 interacts: 393Birth control and Education together should be the focus of our Jehad.
Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ
AH Amin Jul 8, 2001 interacts: 323An interview with a war hero ...
The Soft Option
Farzana Versey Dec 3, 2000 interacts: 592How can we say that Pakistan is misrepresenting the term ’jehad’ with regard to Kashmir when we Indians are doing the same?
Should Pakistan Honor the Lahore Resolution?
Bilal Ahmad Oct 18, 2000 interacts: 515why Pakistan failed to become a confederation in accordance with the spirit and content of the Lahore resolution?.
Faith, Religion and National Direction
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir Aug 16, 2000 interacts: 208A winner makes commitments, a loser makes promises
Indians and Pakistanis Must Start Anew
Udayakumar Jun 27, 2000 interacts: 228The richest resource on the earth can only be human resources
Where did Pakistan go wrong?
Lalit Mohan May 27, 2000 interacts: 95...you will find that in the course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims...
Can Clinton Stand in Front of the Taj?
Amitava Kumar May 8, 2000 interacts: 21Vices or not, Clinton certainly got to go as far as India
Talibanization or the Turkish Model?
Omar Mirza Mar 2, 2000 interacts: 199My son is a U.S Citizen, and he is going to Afghanistan to join the Taliban.
Text of Speech by Gen. Pervez Musharraf
Press Room Oct 17, 1999 interacts: 129The choice before us on Oct 12th was between saving the body - that is the nation, at the cost of a limb - which is the Constitution, or saving the limb and losing the whole body
Connected to: Harsh Kapoor
Nausheen Saleem Sep 2, 1999 interacts: 4SPIDER talks to Cyber Warrior Harsh Kapoor about his stance on the recent blocking of the Dawn Internet Edition in India
The Decline and Fall of Pakistan
Feroz R Khan May 10, 1999 interacts: 28Pakistan on the crossroads of a dilemma
Human Rights Groups Slam Sharif
Beena Sarwar Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 6Women are often the first victims of such moves
Repercussions of Nuclearization
Saba Khattak Sep 6, 1998 interacts: 4The question of women and public space in the nuclear debate hardly exists in the popular imagination
UN Sanctions Against Iraq: 10 Myths
Elias Davidson and Nadeem Khan Feb 12, 1998 interacts: 4Economic sanctions against industrialized countries, which include a ban on foreign trade, can be more lethal than limited military attacks.
Chowkwalas Interview Pak. Law Minister
Chowk Staff Jan 1, 1998 interacts: 23Chowk readers conduct a cyber interview with Law Minister Khalid Anwer
