Sheikh Salman al-Oadah People sometimes fancy themselves as being all-important, looking disdainfully from side to side, holding their noses high in the air. But if they would only regard these great and awe-inspiring creations around them, it would give them a sense of humility and they would become humble before their Lord. Things to Consider: 1. At the time of conception, between five and six hundred million sperm cells pass through the vaginal tract, each of them capable of fertilizing the egg and becoming a human being. But Allah in His wisdom selects one from all of those millions to … Continue reading Our Small Place in Allah’s Creation

loonwatch.com We haven’t done many pieces on Islamophobia in Australia but it is very prevalent there as was manifest by the race riots that took place a few years ago. The video below dissects one example of provocation by the media against Muslims to reinforce the caricature of an angry young Muslim. This piece was taken from a Dutch website. We took the google translation and made it a little more understandable. A Terrorist in Three Steps Are you a cameraman trying to capture an image of an angry Muslim to deliver the news that night, then this the formula … Continue reading Terrorist in Three Steps!

Gary McKinnon: a test case for principles Now Tories and Lib Dems who condemned the absurd pursuit of Gary McKinnon can save him Geoffrey Robertson guardian.co.uk The first acid test for Britain’s new government is not the economy, but whether it is capable of an act of simple humanity. Can Theresa May deliver on the repeated promise of Tory and Lib Dem leaders to end the torment inflicted by the state on Gary McKinnon, the hacker with Asperger’s syndrome, whom the Home Office wants to send to lengthy imprisonment and likely suicide in a US jail? His courtroom cruelty is … Continue reading FREE Gary McKinnon!!!

Miliband v Miliband: off the leash Freed from the restraints of office, David and Ed have both made a strong start in a leadership contest that will energise Labour Tom Happold guardian.co.uk Opposition suits Ed Miliband. Despite being one of the men who led Labour to its worst defeat in 28 years, he was positively chipper launching his leadership campaign yesterday. He seemed relieved to be out of office and able to speak his mind, free from collective responsibility and the need to defer to Gordon Brown. Miliband gave an impressive speech to the Fabian Society’s Next Left conference, speaking … Continue reading David and Ed Miliband – Both are nice guys so how does one choose?

VIEW: Free and compulsory education —Irfan Muzaffar & Faisal Bari With a burgeoning private sector in education claiming over 40 percent of all enrolment, the public sector schools lie in shambles, unable to retain and educate an increasing school age population. This gap between the rhetoric and practice has only widened through these years. There is, therefore, a strong sense of déjà vu about 25A that is not easy to dismiss Article 25A, according to the 18th constitutional amendment, declares “education free and compulsory for all children of the age of 5 to 16 years, in such manner as may … Continue reading Free and compulsory education for both sexes

VIEW: The fountainhead of religious extremism —Yasser Latif Hamdani Pakistan will have to undo the Maududian infiltration of its state and society. It means liberating our campuses of organisations like the IJT. It means purging the state and its machinery of elements that are furthering the Jamaat’s hate-filled agenda My article last week on Faisal Shahzad’s radicalisation elicited unprecedented response on the issue of Islamic organisations operating in the US, thereby necessitating this sequel. There are things that need to be said before it is all too late. Faisal Shahzad’s e-mail to the “peaceful ummah” as published in the New … Continue reading Mullahs – Enemy of Islam?

COMMENT: Nurses and medical care —Dr Syed Mansoor Hussain In Pakistan, nurses are very much the ‘invisible’ face of medicine. Unless we can empower nurses and the nursing profession, we will never be able to improve the quality of healthcare available to our patients International Nurses Day was celebrated on May 12. Unfortunately, in the largest hospital in Lahore no celebration or commemoration took place that I know of. Over the last year, much has been done about the rights of women in general and those in the workplace. Interestingly even today, nurses are probably the single largest group of … Continue reading Pakistani Nurses

COMMENT: The Clinton statement —Shahzad Chaudhry The total deaths of Pakistanis in this war against terror amount to around 27,000. And yet some question the ownership of this war? Secretary Clinton may have many reasons for her frustrations but that can never include Pakistan’s lack of commitment, paid for in blood When Faisal Shahzad attempted that crude adventure to light a fireball in Times Square, the most likely beneficiary through relative gains was thought to be India, since Pakistan’s loss is translated easily as India’s gain. Preet Bharara, the naturalised Indian-American legal expert of New York City, at least, would … Continue reading The War against Terrorism and Mrs Clintons statement

A daughter’s song Reviewed By Huma Yusuf dawn.com “Any astute reader can enjoy Songs for the unique peek into the lives, loves, letters, notebooks, and photographs of the Bhuttos that it offers.” Pakistan Fatima traces back to tell the Bhuttos’ tale INHERITANCE OF LOSS? Fatima traces back to tell the Bhuttos’ tale Halfway through her recently released memoir, Songs of Blood and Sword, Fatima Bhutto asks, ‘Why was everything in this family so complicated? Why was it so ugly, so violent?’ The same questions can be asked of the reaction to her book, which in Pakistan has comprised condemnations and … Continue reading Songs of Blood and Sword – Fatima Bhutto

International Cricket Council, ICC, president David Morgan. – AP (File Photo) dawn.com BRIDGETOWN: World cricket’s top administrator has insisted officials are “extremely vigilant” when it comes to ‘spot-fixing’ after Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria was arrested in a betting probe. But International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan, in an interview with AFP here in Barbados on the eve of the World Twenty20 final between Australia and England, insisted: “I can honestly say to you that I have no knowledge of any spot-fixing that I am refusing to tell you about.” Kaneria and a colleague at English county side Essex, Mervyn Westfield, … Continue reading ICC chief promises ‘vigilance’ after Kaneria arrest