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Posts Tagged ‘Christian’

Bit of Self Analysis

By Tahir Hameed • Jun 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics

Beyond the normal din and cacophony of criticizing our government and establishment is a thing called self analysis and self criticism. How many of us really sit back and analyze ourselves before launching into tirades about others?
How many of us have actually thought of contributing to our society and towards charity? How many of us [...]



Shahbaz Bhatti… We are Muslims…

By Sana Ali • Mar 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

This is only a title. A title, symbolic of reassurance, that being Muslims our religious values does not allow martyring someone on basis of religious discrimination. A self assertion, that if it had been me I would not have even think about it. The inhospitably and the immorality was never been part of our teachings. [...]



Clash of Civilizations: Christians & Muslims??

By Dil Nawaz • Dec 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

As a student of history of relations between Muslims and Christians, the headlines have made grim readings for me personally, as I genuinely feel that there is a connection between both traditions of the Followers of the Books of Abraham.
56 killed in a Baghdad church and continuous attacks on Christian neighbourhoods of Iraq, Iraq’s Christian [...]



The Law Says Aisia Bibi is Blasphemous

By A Khokar • Nov 23rd, 2010 • Category: Features

Whether Aisia Bibi, a Christian by faith passed some derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad (saw) or not; it is a different story———— but being Christian the ethic of her religion that she peruses, give her the rights that it may not be obligatory for her to pay the due respects they way Muslim extend to [...]



Christian persecution still prevalent

By Arun R. Zaheeruddin • Jun 15th, 2009 • Category: Misc

A Church centre in Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan has been threatened with a suicide bomb attack. Can the Christians feel safe in Pakistan any more?



Free Speech as Expression and Essential Legality for Limitation

By Dr RazaHaider • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

In methodology of US law or else, whereby, it awards legitimately, “free speech” in the contest of expression, means, a “freedom to communicate with all forms of expression”…………… mode and platform to respond in lieu of speech is in the domain of retaliator, depending on his trait, qualities and threshold to accept brunt, and the brunt itself depends on his previous or innate abilities as tolerances.



Will you Vote for a Non-Muslim Prime Minister?

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though the constitution of Pakistan doesn’t allow a non-Muslim to hold the top office, but then who cares about the constitution here. Just for an instance ignore the constitution (which is extremely easy at least here), and let’s answer this question, would you accept if some competent, sincere, able, and deserving person becomes the [...]