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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 05:12 |
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Sufism - once just another variant of Islam, now bankrolled by Britain and the US as a 'moderate' form of the religion that could help counter extremism in Pakistan. But what is Sufism? Where did it come from? And what role does it play today? In the first of a two-part series on Sufism, Qalandar Bux Memon argues that modern Sufi leaders have become part of Pakistan's corrupt ruling elite, favoured by the West not for their 'moderation' but for their compliance.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 15:09 |
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Sunday, 24 January 2010 16:37 |
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Max Tookey reviews the case of Akmal Shaikh, the British-Pakistani who was executed for drug smuggling in China despite clear evidence of mental illness.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 24 January 2010 16:53 |
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:29 |
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By Asif Akhtar, cross-posted from Dawn
Pakistan’s recent appearance in the infamous US ‘countries of interest’ list, which isn’t exactly the list of most favoured nations, has brought the country’s international reputation to an all-time low. A fun Google experiment has been going around the blogosphere lately to see what popular Google searches say about certain things. Apparently typing in “Pakistan is…” reveals exactly how bad our public image has been lately.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 23 January 2010 17:59 |
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Saturday, 16 January 2010 19:48 |
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By Chaminda Jayanetti
They call it the art of the possible. In any given scenario, a government cannot just wish away imperfections and invent a perfect world. Its first job is to deal with what’s in front of it. Working with British Muslim community groups is no different in that respect. It’s just taken the British government a long time to work it out.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 13:13 |
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Monday, 04 January 2010 16:05 |
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 By Chaminda Jayanetti
Professional nutjob Anjem Choudary got what he really wanted this morning – not a demonstration in Wootton Bassett or fewer Afghan civilian casualties, but 20 minutes of primetime radio real estate on BBC 5 Live.
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 January 2010 05:19 |
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