A charitable deed must be done as a duty that man owes to man, so that it conveys no idea of the superiority of the giver or the inferiority of the receiver Charity towards man, in its widest sense, is laid down in the Holy Quran as the second great pillar on which the structure [...]
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The worth of charity in Islam
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Mad in the middle
The political and social aspects of Islam in Pakistan can be seen as existing in and emerging from three distinct clusters of thought. These clusters represent the three variations of political and social Islam that have evolved in this country: i.e. modern, popular and conservative. The modern aspect of Islamic thought in Pakistan has its [...]
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There is blood on our hands
The different kinds of violence that run through our country have turned it into a zone where war, and the chaos it brings about, is a perpetual phenomenon. Most recently Ahmedis have been its victims, with 90 killed in the bloodbath in Lahore. In past months Shias have suffered similar violence. Ethnic battles rage on [...]
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Jewish life under Muslim rule
No one should speak of Muslim life under Jewish rule, especially in the land that was promised to the Jews and then denied; for such speech (or writing in this case) is simply not allowed in the ‘civilised’ world where I happen to be living now. The ‘civilised’ world is only interested in Muslim ‘terrorists’ [...]
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Blasphemy Law let loose hell again
The religious riots in the Gojra tehsil village of Korian and other areas are ‘frightening’, where zealots have taken law in their own hands by burning down many Christian-family houses, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Saturday. A mob of Muslims, following announcements on mosque loudspeakers that Christians had burned pages from [...]
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