Shahbag in Bangladesh is shedding light on the tyrannical forces of religious oppression and the fifth column of militant Islamism. At the same time, Shahbag is demanding the imprisonment and proper sentencing of individuals who took part in the massacres of innocent people. This applies to the dark

Allama Mashriqi was one of the founding fathers of Islamia College (Peshawar). His long association with the said college, first as its Vice-Principal and later as Principal, brought about a revolution in education and gave new dimensions to one of the most educationally backward provinces of Britis

The present decade is braiding threads of dark future by incorporating nodes of increasing heart risk among women and children. According to World Heart Federation, “Heart disease is actually the number one killer of women, causing 1 in 3 female deaths.” This data leads to a pensive outcome and cite

In present times, in many countries some Muslims are engaged in armed conflicts in the name of ‘Islamic jihad’. The fact of the matter is that no movement can become a genuine jihad simply because its flag-bearers give it that label. An action can be considered an authentic Islamic jihad only if and

This year’s World Heart Day (29 September) theme focusses on a life-course approach to the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) with a focus on women and children. "It is a myth that heart disease and stroke only affect older, male, rich populations. CVDs affect as many women as m

I know – many of you will go against me after reading this, because you will not read and think – you will just follow the crowd.
First of all – we need to think that why we needed the Blasphemy Law, how this law became a part of our constitution. So, let us go back in the history - in 1927, the Br

United States and Iran continued to scale down 35 years of hostility between the two nations despite both the sides being sceptical of each other. But efforts are being put from both the sides to break the ice and establish some diplomatic relations. Iran was once a powerful ally of the United State

In Islam, war is not something that can be launched by members of the general public, whether individuals or groups. Rather, it is the task of a properly established government. Individuals do not have the right to engage in war on their own. Rather, war can be declared only by an established govern

God says in the Quran: “Mankind! We have created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes, so that you might come to know each other. The noblest of you in God’s sight is the one who fears God most. God is all knowing and all-aware. (Qur’an 49:13).
This

The Prophet Muhammad received his first Divine revelation in Makkah in the year 610 C.E. God had appointed him to spread the message of tawhid or the oneness of God. Now, with regard to this mission there was a major issue that he had to deal with. And this was that the Ka‘aba, which is in Makkah an

Most smokers would reply that no one tricked them into smoking. It was and has always been their sole decision to smoke. However, when one looks back it is not uncommon to see the different reasons why people, both young and old smoke. The common ones we all know: “we need it to be part of the group

The ghastly act of suicide bombing that left more than eighty people dead in a church of Peshawar yesterday (September 22, 2013) is condemnable on several counts:
While a crime of taking one life is as condemnable in the eyes of God as killing the entire humanity, taking as many lives as were lost

September 23, 2013
Yesterday, after our first morning service here at Christ Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin I was teaching Psalm 79 to our adult Christian Education class. This psalm is about the national lament concerning the havoc brought by brutal violence on God’s people in Jerusalem. The psa

The 2013 Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT) Conference was held in August, 2013 in Chiba, Japan to address the prevention and control of tobacco use worldwide, with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region. One of the important achievements of the conference was the signin

The Sunday Church Service at All Saints Church in Peshawar ended in heartbreak as two suicide bombers below themselves up while Sunday service just ended and killed more than 90 worshipers, 34 of them women, 7 children and more than 110 were injured. According to the Minister of Interior Chaudhry Ni