Ecumenically minded religious leaders should seize the initiative in imposing rationality and discipline among those claiming to be “true believers”either within their own faith or against the faith of others. To date,however,even as it succeeds in lowering the barriers between us,interfaith dialogue has largely failed to establish credibility with the truly . . . →Read More:Time to reconcile the different faiths?
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The Passport photo of 46-year-old Sunando Sen,pushed to his death because a woman thought he was Muslim (Photo:Christie M. Farriella for New York Daily News) A horrific crime if we’ve ever seen one–and a reminder that Islamophobia affects many communities outside Muslim ones. . . . →Read More:Anti-Muslim crimes on the rise in US  Leave a comment  Social Issues  After Islamophobic hate crime in New York City,Anti-Muslim crimes on the rise in US,anti-Muslim sentiment,hate crime,Hindus,horrific crime,Islamophobia,Islamophobia affects many communities outside Muslim ones,Islamophobic hate crimes,Mayor Michael Bloomberg,mayor wants public to ‘keep death in perspective’,murder,Muslims The city government’s plan to rename Fawara Chowk in Shadman after Bhagat Singh,the pre-Independence Indian freedom fighter,has been put on hold after it drew objections from “certain sections of society”, The Express Tribune has learnt. . . . →Read More:‘Certain sections of society’ oppose renaming of chowk after Bhagat Singh Leave a comment Public Gripes Bhagat Singh,Hindus,historical buildings,Muslims,pre-Independence Indian freedom fighter,rename Fawara Chowk in Shadman,rename Fawara Chowk in Shadman after Bhagat Singh,renamed Dilkash Lahore,Renaming of chowk after Bhagat Singh put on hold,Sikhs,‘Certain sections of society’ oppose renaming of chowk after Bhagat Singh By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD:A federal minister of state has accused the chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board,a federal government institution meant to look after properties and places of worship of non-Muslims,of wasting Rs4 billion in misadventures over the last four years. . . . →Read More:Akram Masih accuses ETPB Chairman of squandering Rs. 4 billion Leave a comment Corruption Akram Masih accuses ETPB Chairman of squandering Rs. 4 billion,ETPB chairman accused of wasting Rs4bn,ETPB Chairman Asif Hashmi,Evacuee Trust Property Board,federal minister of state,Hindus,minorities,Mr Akram Masih Gill,non-Muslims,properties and places of worship of non-Muslims,Sikhs,worship of non-Muslims . . . →Read More:Nights of Worship in the Hindu community KARACHI:The Sindh chief minister called for preparing a draft law with the help of legislators and lawyers belonging to the minority communities to protect the rights of the religious minorities at both the federal and provincial levels. The draft law would be presented in the Sindh Assembly and National Assembly for debate and legislation,said . . . →Read More:Sindh CM favors legislation to protect minorities’ rights Leave a comment Law &Order CM calls for legislation to protect minorities’ rights,help of legislators,Hindu community,Hindu girls,Hindus,Karachi,kidnapping for ransom,kidnapping of Hindu businessmen,minority communities to protect the rights of the religious minorities,protection the rights of the minorities,Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro,Sindh CM favors legislation to protect minorities’ rights By Ahmad Sultan In our national conscience, Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal occupies that lofty post of being the first person to have conceived the idea of Pakistan. The second thing that we know about him is that he wanted an Islamic Pakistan. Nobody has ever bothered to go beyond this simple fact to ascertain . . . →Read More:Iqbal’s irrelevance Eighteen bloodied bodies,shot Gestapo-style,lay by the roadside. Men in army uniforms had stopped four buses bound from Rawalpindi to Gilgit,demanding that all 117 persons on board alight.Those with Shia sounding names on their national identification cards were separated out. Minutes later it was all over;the earlier massacres of Hazara Shias in Mastung and . . . →Read More:Why should religion make us lose respect for human life? The government and the Hindu community were unable to break their deadlock on Tuesday over the divorce clause in the Hindu Marriage Act. The clause has proved contentious since the bill was drafted in 2008,with the government defying Hindu leaders who believe divorce is not part of their religion’s culture. . . . →Read More:Divorce Clause in Hindu Marriage Act challenged For several years now,across large parts of Rajasthan Hindutva activists have been targeting members of the Banjara community in the name of ‘cow-protection’. Scores of such incidents have been reported—more than 200 in the last decade. Typically,Banjaras transporting cows and other cattle are stopped by such activists and their animals are seized. Sometimes, . . . →Read More:Indian Nomads:Between Cows and Salt | |||
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