By Linda S. Heard
I’ve written often about the US military’s endemic culture of hate towards Muslims. The disdain for human life that produced the Dasht-i-Leili massacre in Afghanistan that the Bush administration declined to investigate, the inhumane treatment of chained detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the bestiality and torture Continue reading
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Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad
THE notion of judicial independence and impartiality has always been an integral part of Islamic law. Regarding the administration of justice, the Quran declares: “Surely, We have revealed the Book to you with truth so that you may judge between people by means of what Allah has taught you. And be not one pleading the cause of the dishonest.” (4:105)
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S Iftikhar Murshed
Seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal was convinced that “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it for religious conviction.” It is said that the infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists, and this explains the wars of religion in previous centuries, as much as it does the creed of Al-Qaeda in the contemporary era or the current sectarian nightmare in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq
Another feather in the cap of the federal government was the passage of the anti-women practices law that amended the Pakistan Penal Code. One such amendment was an addition of a new section, which specifically addresses the issue of female inheritance, or the lack thereof.
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Dr A Q Khan
Nowadays one is often pained to see that people not only use respected titles undeservedly, but also use them against clear and unambiguous edicts of the Holy Quran. Our golden history is full of heroes who more than deserved the title of “shaheed” (martyr) because they sacrificed their lives for the sake of Islam and to protect the edicts of Allah and His Prophet.
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By Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad
PHILANTHROPY, in simple words, signifies acts done for the welfare of mankind. Every religion has philanthropic components to it. Islam is no exception; in fact, Islamic injunctions make acts of charity obligatory.
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Mir Adnan Aziz
“When you approach a town, you shall lay seizure to it, and when the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword. You may, however, take as your booty the women, the children, the livestock, and everything in the town, all its spoils, and enjoy the spoil of your enemy which the Lord your God gives you. In the towns of the people which the Lord your God is giving you as a heritage, you shall not let a soul remain alive.” (Exodus 20:15-18; Deuteronomy 20:12-16).
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Asghar Ali Engineer
HOW to understand the Quran is an important question. Generally we pick and choose a verse to prove our point. Thus, many Muslims have different positions in understanding the verses of the Quran.
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By Qasim A. Moini
ACROSS Pakistan today, buildings will be lit up, processions will be taken Continue reading
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By Dr.Waqar Maqsood
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Religion follows three aspects of mental activity: acquire knowledge on the basis of observation, form an intuitive idea of the laws of universe, consider all the natural laws with the arrangement of their links to be consistent with the idea. So religion shapes the mental frame work according to the ideal situation.
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