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Posts Tagged ‘Quran’

We are Responsible for our Problems

By Mohammad Yusha • Aug 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Day in and day out we blame leaders like that going to solve anything. Our focus is on everything except ourselves. Even if we got good leaders what will change? Will all the crimes and sins come to a halt? Bad leaders are a punishment for the actions of Pakistanis.
Look at the extremist mindset. People [...]



Army Act 1952 Challenged

By Inam R Sehri • Jul 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

On 18th July 2011, a joint constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court, seeking that certain provisions of military laws be fixed down because they deny fundamental rights of fair trial and due process of law through independent and impartial tribunals. The petition was filed through advocate Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry by Ghulam Sarwar and [...]



God Save Pakistan

By Tahir Hameed • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Men make societies and from these societies make up nations. From these very societies rise men and women who sit in power and those that make up the judiciary and others institutions in the land. It is unfortunate that in Pakistan, each man seems to be out on a mission and that is to make [...]



Burning of Quran! What does it Reflect?

By Asad ur Rehman • Apr 6th, 2011 • Category: Features

Quran is the last and most important Divine book for the Muslims around the globe. It provides them guidance in every walk of life and not only to Muslims to every individual on the planet. There had been few conspiracies going on against Muslims and Quran from a long time. Sometimes caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) were drawn to ignite Muslims and sometimes their holy book was humiliated but Muslims faced these challenges with utmost patience and courage.



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 [...]



Polygamy violates a Muslim woman’s rights

By Shaukat M Malik CPA • Jun 11th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Every man living today would love to have the option to live with more than one wife; even four wives quietly accepted by society and sanctioned by the law of the land. Variety is the spice of life. However, this is not the case outside the Muslim world where men and lawmakers understand such an [...]



Mosque an Important Social Hub

By Alam Rind • Jun 8th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Khateebs’ of a community mosque without enjoying the degree of respect they deserves are continuing with the social service deeply embedded in the Islamic belief system and teachings. They have deep ingress into our society. Our marriages and funerals just can’t be organized without their presence and active participation. They are often approached to find [...]



I am Muslim, I am Pakistani

By Syed Haris Farooq • May 30th, 2010 • Category: Features

Instead of boycotting facebook let’s follow the guidance from the Qur’an and Hadith. Let’s join together and learn, share, follow the beautiful teachings of Islam and become better Muslims in the process of doing Da’wah - “with wisdom and beautiful preaching “.
Many Muslims are boycotted facebook as an act of revenge - to cause a [...]



Every One is Answerable

By Rai Azlan • May 25th, 2010 • Category: Politics

There was a time when Muslim empire stretched itself from the land of Arab and spread far away, defeated the super powers to make its presence sure in every corner of the world. It was the time when the Muslim armies were considered the best one in the word the administration system was so good [...]



Does Fauzia Wahab Considers Constitution Above Than Quran?

By Rohail Butt • May 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

More loyal to the King than the King has been proved once again during this era of the Pakistan People Party, as the secretary information of the party, Ms Fauzia Wahab has said that the reason why the rulers were answerable to the law during the era of Hazrat Umer (PBUH), the second caliph of [...]