Book review by A. G. NOORANI ‘Christians, Muslims & Jesus’ by Mona Siddiqui; Yale University Press; 288 pages; ₤20. This book is a good answer to Charles Malik’s reproach. Mona Siddiqui, a devout Muslim, is Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the Divinity School, Edinburgh University and author, among other works, of ‘How to […]
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By Shamshad Ahmad[1] Who runs our foreign policy? Today, despite being a critically important country in many ways, Pakistan does not even have a foreign minister. Why is it so? Surely it is not for any lack of importance for foreign affairs in the present government’s priorities. It is just the opposite. The fact that
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By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)[1] (Abstract When British forces pull down the Union Jack {hopefully} for the last time in Afghanistan this year, it will be a hugely symbolic moment[i]. Next year may be the first since at least 1914 that British soldiers, sailors and air crews will not be engaged in fighting
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By Shafqat Kakakhel[1] Abstract (This paper seeks to probe the genesis of the water dispute between India and Pakistan, focusing on post-partition developments, the nearly decade-long negotiations brokered by the World Bank, culminating in the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty in September 1960 and to review the implementation of the Treaty. It refers to
By A. G. NOORANI[1] Abstract It is hard to expect that Muslims will not be affected by political setbacks. But retreat into the past is no solution. “Back to Islam” can be – provided it is Islam shorn of the dross which came to cover Islamic thought over the centuries. Self-confidence alone can prepare Muslims
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By Yasser Latif Hamdani[1] Abstract In Pakistan, the state’s constant struggle to define the role of religion in governance and policy has also been reflective of the struggle of the Muslim community in South Asia to define itself politically. The question before us in Pakistan, which is so self-consciously aware of its Islamic identity as
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The first Quranic revelation allowing Muslims to fight came immediately after the Holy Prophet (PBUH) moved to Medina in 622. However, the permission was conditional and strictly restricted to self-defence. War was never to be used for the propagation of the faith. Its purpose was the defence of all religions otherwise “all monasteries and churches
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