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State Religion

January 27, 2010 by

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By Nusrat Pasha Interfaith Harmony is unattainable until there is Interfaith Equality. Equality, on the other hand, is bound to remain a fantasy as long as there is a State Religion. As soon as you start talking about a State Religion and involve that religion in legislative matters, you inadvertently open the door to theocracy. […]

Jinnah’s Will to the Nation He Founded

January 26, 2010 by

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By Nusrat Pasha This nation still has hope if it succeeds in reverting to Jinnah’s Will : 1 : “….Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics….Religion is merely a matter between man and God”. [Jinnah, Address to the Central Legislative Assembly, 7 February 1935] 2 :  “….in the name of Humanity, I care more […]

Identity Crisis: Rethinking the Politics of Community and Region in South Asia

January 24, 2010 by

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By Ayesha Jalal (Harvard International Review, Summer 1999, vol.xxi, no.3) (Selected portion of the article) On the eve of the twentieth century, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) wrote a poem called ‘The Sunset of the Century’: The last sun of the century sets amidst the bloodred clouds of the west and the whirlwind of hatred. The naked […]

Conspiracy Theories and Rebuttals

January 19, 2010 by

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It is an unfortunate and painful reality that Pakistani youth is mired in revivalism and conspiracy theories. Search for answers in this age of information and dis-information leads them to believe everything that appears on TV screens.  It is the need of the hour to refute such gross distortions of historical, political, religious and economic […]

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