Study abroad or not : Double standards of the young and smart
There is an excellent strategy to make anyone shut up during an anti-American rant, if they are 18 or younger, that is. Right in the middle of their ‘the United States of America (USA) is controlling...
View ArticleDefy Pakistan: How the right-wing turned rogue
The Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) is a tightly-held multi-party alliance of some 40 parties representing all shades of the country’s religious right-wing. It is led by veteran cleric Maulana Samiul...
View ArticleHow America occupied Kashmir
The ‘Defy’ Pakistan rally in Islamabad last month was like a breath of fresh air, as long as you change the definition of fresh to cancerous. A few thousand rightwingers, the type that give good,...
View ArticleWhy believe conspiracy theorists?
I read an article written in The Express Tribune yesterday by veteran journalist Nadir Hassan, titled “What if the conspiracy theorists are correct?”. In his piece, he said that all anti-US conspiracy...
View ArticleCan you justify barbarism? The Taliban did!
An odd thing happened on Wednesday when a group of American anti-drone activists went to the Islamabad Bar Association office for a discussion. Members of the Namoos-e-Risalat Forum (NRF), a group that...
View ArticleBoston Marathon blasts: Is terrorism Muslim?
Last time I checked, terrorism had no nationality or religion. It was defined as the senseless slaughter of innocents by perpetrators of violence. No matter what causes these terrorists claim to...
View ArticleWill Hakimullah Mehsud be the ‘man who wasn’t given a chance’?
Hakimullah Mehsud is dead. Pakistan should be celebrating because we are rid of the man who has caused so much pain to us over the years. However, I cannot shake off the sinking feeling that whether we...
View ArticleChanging the perception of Islam in the world is a Muslim’s responsibility
Ever since the Paris attack on November 13, 2015, and mass shooting in San Bernardino, California on December 2, 2015, that left 14 people dead, there is growing antagonism against the Muslim...
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