Nick Clegg UK wants your vote, here’s your chance to ask him why he should or should not get it!

Put your questions to Nick Clegg Nick Clegg wants your vote, here’s your chance to ask him why he should get it Reddit Stumble Opinion Formers Campaign for an English Parliament Our aim is to get for England the same political recognition as a distinct nation and the same degree of self-government as Scotland. APIL – Association Of Personal Injury Lawyers Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) Electoral Reform Society Find more Opinion Formers in this category: Legal and Constitutional Related News New campaign targets expenses MPs MPs deemed to have committed “crimes against democracy” will be targeted by a new … Continue reading Nick Clegg UK wants your vote, here’s your chance to ask him why he should or should not get it!

More women parliamentarians needed in the Muslim world

Celebrating women parliamentarians —Muhammad Ismail Khan Talibanisation, at its very core, is aimed against women and can be present as much in the urban areas of Pakistan as in the tribal areas If you have followed the media on women’s parliamentarians, you may conclude that they have little to do except badmouthing each other by passing the most inappropriate remarks, either in talk shows or in the assemblies. But you should not follow only the media. Instead, you should look at the statistics. One of Pakistan’s most focused non-profit organisations, the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), has been … Continue reading More women parliamentarians needed in the Muslim world

Swiss stuff

The Swiss question —Meher Bokhari What the government needs to do is ask the SC if the letter it has been ordered to write to the Swiss government will in fact be in line with the constitution It is amazing how convincing and confident stalwarts of the PPP sound when questioned about their government’s commitment to fully implementing the December 16, 2009 detailed judgement of the apex court. One cannot help but wonder whether they feel as convinced as they sound. The federal government’s updated review petition includes many objections to the historic judgement. The government views as unfair the formation … Continue reading Swiss stuff

US vs Islamic Militants: Invisible Balance of Power

Pakistan: ‘arena’ of the next Cold War —Sajjad Shaukat Owing to the American perennial wave of drone strikes and a blame game that al Qaeda leaders are hiding in Pakistan, especially in Balochistan, a gulf has been created between Pakistan and the US, which is likely to widen in future We should not judge the multi-faceted crises of Pakistan, including the perennial wave of suicide attacks, in isolation. The rapidly developing geo-political differences among regional and global powers in Asia show that the next Cold War, which is in its embryonic stages, is likely to be waged between the Russia-China alliance … Continue reading US vs Islamic Militants: Invisible Balance of Power

Mullahism in education

Might is right —Dr Manzur Ejaz Almost every book being taught in schools, from grade one to high school is geared towards religious indoctrination and making children hate people of other religions. If you teach the stuff that is being taught in Pakistan, you will produce hateful people who can justify every destructive action through religion In his conversations, my friend Sheeda curses Pakistan like it is the most loathsome place. However, he is the only one from among my acquaintances who spends months back home every year. He has just returned from Pakistan full of furry and new curses for … Continue reading Mullahism in education

What of India?

Indian matters —Munir Attaullah While our political leaders, having not a clearly worked out policy to guide them, flounder and take refuge in vague generalisations and platitudes, the army, through a considered, clear-cut, and well enunciated policy, long ago seized complete charge of our foreign policy Why do I feel the need to write another short column on a subject as simple as what our policy towards India should be? Why should I reiterate views that I have so often expressed before in these columns? It is because most of the statements made by our officials, politicians and media pundits, before … Continue reading What of India?

Mullah Robert ‘Culus’ Spencer declares Takfir!

As his arguments become exposed, so does he. As many of you well know, I have taken it upon myself to refute Robert Spencer’s book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), cover to cover, page by page, and line by line.  I have already written several articles refuting Spencer, exposing him for the fear-mongering fraudster that he is. Omer Subhani, a reader of our website, blogged it out best: Spencer dodging LoonWatch… again Robert Spencer has said something like the following many times: “…I am always happy to debate any serious Muslim spokesman…” Really? Then why not debate the writer … Continue reading Mullah Robert ‘Culus’ Spencer declares Takfir!

Majority of United States Law Firms are AL QAEDA!!! (Fox News)

Rachel Maddow’s monologue is barely exaggeration.  It is almost exactly how the far right wing in our country operates. Enjoy: These neo-cons don’t actually believe in American values.  They don’t value our system.  They don’t support the adversarial system that forms the basis of our jurisprudential system.  These hatemongers don’t realize that in the American legal system, even Satan himself would get a lawyer and a fair trial.  That’s the greatness of our country.  Do these neo-cons not believe in the ideals of our great nation? Instead, they want to adopt the ways of dictatorships…simply greasing people suspected of terrorism, … Continue reading Majority of United States Law Firms are AL QAEDA!!! (Fox News)

In Search of the Moderate Muslim: It Takes an Ummah

Recently, I attended the burial of an important friend. My friend was a Rabbi. Rabbi Avner Bergman was an extraordinary guide and, even though I am Muslim, I considered him to be my very own Rabbi. At the encouragement of a Jewish American friend in DC and an Israeli friend in LA, I wrote about the impact of his loss in the Jerusalem Post because I wanted to show through our relationship, there is a special plane, a dimension in which Muslims and Jews can share a mutual love. Soon after publication, I received an anguished response from one of my closest … Continue reading In Search of the Moderate Muslim: It Takes an Ummah