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Rebuttal to Zakir Naik – I
by Awais Masood I always believed that there are limits to credulity and ignorance but I was proven wrong when I watched Zakir Naik presenting ‘arguments’ against evolution. [1] It was difficult for me to digest that a large number of people present in the live audience and watching on screens could buy into such […]
Creationism and Science
Editor’s Note: As the world moves forward, our society still faces the twin curses of ignorance and superstition. Science serves as a tool for expanding our knowledge of the natural world and it is the best tool we have. Only a scientific outlook based upon the the urge to learn and reason can take us […]
Pakistan’s Baloch: Life on the Margins of Punjab
Sources : Red Diary and Pak Tea House By Karlos Zurutuza Translated from the Spanish original by Daisann McLane A woman walks slowly across the Dera Bugti desert, laden with wood for her cooking fire. She’s headed towards the town of Pir Koh. For several hundred meters, she follows the gas pipeline that extends north, […]
When Science Teaching Becomes A Subversive Activity
To the Islamic orthodoxy science is still dangerous by Pervez Hoodbhoy I cannot quite decide which is the more dangerous of the two: George Bush and his obsession with ensuring U.S. global military dominance or the exploding power of brutal fundamentalist religious forces in countries such as mine. Believing only in their own version of divinely […]
A Swati Political Activist Discusses His Homeland
Source : Courtesy Diep and Raheem A talk on the current situation in Malakand and Swat was organized by the Amn Tehreek on 23rd July, 2009 at Nehrghar. The speaker Izhar (pseudonym) is a political and social worker from Madyan, Swat. An initiative of Institute For Peace & Secular Studies After appreciating the efforts of […]
Gulf Excess and Pakistani Slaves
by Rafia Zakaria Daily Times August 01, 2009 Pakistanis themselves, mired in denial and ever-ready to engage in the pantomime of pretending to be Arab, are inured to this reality of Arab racism. Easily appeased with the promise of Gulf jobs when their own country is in shambles they consider any paltry thankless employment a […]
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Secular Pakistan 
August 16, 2009 by Awais
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