Articles with tag: Sharia
A Non-Muslim Appraisal of Islamic Sharia
Dost Mittar Jul 9, 2009 interacts: 122Like the Pashtoon, the Sikh did not want to give too much freedom to his daughter; he too did not want her to go out unaccompanied by a male relative or not covered by a chaadar.
Am I a Skeptical Muslim?
saeed qureshi Jul 2, 2009 interacts: 293The story of Islam from the rift on the succession of the prophet, the end of the Muslim glory in Spain in 1492, to the end of Ottoman caliphate in 1924, is all about the struggle for power.
Hangman and the Priest
Ibrahim Malick Apr 24, 2009 interacts: 6It is not enough that Jamaat-e-Islami does not win votes. Their ideology has hijacked our entire parliament, our entire nation.
Pakistan Is Partitioned By Its National Assembly
Syed Hussaini Apr 13, 2009 interacts: 362As reported by the Geo TV website, your “National Assembly has passed the resolution in support of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 for Malakand Division.� The President of Pakistan has signed it.
State of Denial
MD Waqar Apr 7, 2009 interacts: 87Today I congratulate everyone because General Zia’a dream has been fulfilled as a teenaged girl was flogged in Swat.
Lashes to lashes, dust to dust
Shandana Minhas Apr 7, 2009 interacts: 342The Taliban existed before the drone attacks began. They existed before 9/11 happened. They were dismembering dissidents and hanging their bodies from lamp posts, long before the word Predator entered our local lexicon.
The Psyche of Al-Qaeda
Khalid Sohail Nov 4, 2008 interacts: 179To have a better understanding of the psyche of Al-Qaeda we need to understand the ideology, personality and political strategy of the organization’s leaders as well as the followers.
Fight Hudood, Protect Women
Beena Sarwar Mar 6, 2007 interacts: 414Pervez Musharraf’s amendment of Pakistan’s Sharia laws represents only a partial victory against legislation that many have been fighting against for over two decades.
Hasba Bill 2005 - An Analysis
Saad Anis Aug 13, 2005 interacts: 7The federal government openly opposed the bill in line with its liberalist policies. Several sections of the bill have already been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Being Imrana
Zafar Anjum Jul 12, 2005 interacts: 292Imran’s tragedy has shaken up the redoubtable polymath Salman Rushdie, the ultimate symbol of a person suffering under a draconian fatwa, into writing a scathing attack on the Deoband fatwa and the culture of honour-and-shame prevailing in India and
From Photo Sessions to Reality
naeem sadiq Apr 12, 2005 interacts: 17For once the eloquent ex- City Banker Prime Minister was at a complete loss for words. He stood stunned and speechless ... after all Mukhtaran Mai was the first rape victim that the Prime Minister had ever seen or met.
