Archive for April, 2007
There is no compulsion in Islam
A lot of people are coming to my blog through a search for a Hadith that allows ’stopping evil with their own hands’. Yes, such a saying does exist in a book compiled decades after the death of the prophet and his companions. The Quran in my view takes precedance over all hadith. For those who are looking for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )A new Pakistani cricket team for the new captain
Now that we have a new captain, we must set upon the task of selecting the rest of the team. I am hereby proposing a team on a selection criteria, different than has been used before. Beards are out, clean shaves and fauxhawks in. Arabic recitations on camera is out, speaking proper English is in. Flashing at every short pitched [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )All hail the new Captain
So the PCB has finally decided upon a new captain in Shoaib Malik. For a while there it seemed as if the issue of the captaincy was going to be another big drama. People were throwing their hats in, others were retrieving their caps out of the ring. Mad house.
Shoaib is a good cricketer. Unlike most [...]
Shilpa, Aa pappian jhapian pa lein hum
Just a couple days ago, a great hue and cry was raised and a fatwa issued against a Pakistani woman, after pitures of her recieving a peck on the cheek made the urdu tabloid press. It is now the turn of religious fanatics in India to frown at the public display of affection by two people [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )The Land Grab behind the Lal Masjid / Jamia Hafsa drama
Ninjas from the Jamia Hafsa have been illegally occupying the children’s library. Mind you it is the only public children’s library in the capital city of Islamabad. That alone says some things about the priorities of our people but lets save that for a later thread. When I first heard the news, I was a little bemused and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Nilofar, Seenay nal lag ja, tha kar ke
I have spent two days trawling the web for the supposedly racy picture of the Nilofar Bakhtiar that earned her a fatwa from the Halwa courts at Lal Masjid. Will someone please show me. I am somewhat of a collector of inappropriate female images and would love to have the one that earned our tourism minister the wrath of the Halwa [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Is match fixing still a problem in Pakistan cricket team?
The question has recently been raised by a number of people. All of them from within Pakistan. All of them stakeholders in the health of our national passion. But who really knows. I for one, don’t know. But I think it is a very valid question, and I sure would like an answer.
Matchfixing in cricket [...]
Talibaat-e- Jamia Hafsa dance for the jehadis
I found this video on youtube a while ago. What better time than now to share some hijabi gyrations.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Ab tera kya banega Kaliya
On Friday, the citizens of Islamabad were blessed with the establishment of a new court system, with its own jurisprudence, and its own methods of imposing verdicts. The Lal Masjid mufti courts have been established by a group of rebellious islamists. It is going to run parallel to the two existing parallel court system that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Pakistan’s blood red Temple of Doom: Lal Masjid
A person commented in our piece on the Jamia Hafsa drama and tried to insinuate that we and some moderate visitors to this blog were unaware of the situation on ground in Islamabad. That we had somehow just become aware of Lal Masjid as this terrorist threat became public fodder. No my friends, we are [...]
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