Archive for the ‘Muslims’ Category

There Are Signs

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Last September, a bomb blast rocked the city of Islamabad- the target was Marriot Hotel. There were many stories regarding the whole blast and the most famous were that of American Embassy being invloved in the whole affair. Though the authorities wanted people to think otherwise…
Today, the target was Lahore Rescue building. So many [...]

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“Oh Lord! Give me Strength”

Earlier this year or should I say the end of last year, all of us witnessed worst crisis in Gaza, where they actually closed all the borders and bombed the people of Palestine as if their lives were worth nothing. I remember watching this news report on BBC with my younger sister in which the [...]

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Down the Memory Lane…

I’ve been trying to upload the documentary “The Iron Wall” here for quite some time now, but am constantly failing. But I figured out another way. Posting a link here of my earlier post which has the whole documentary in three volumes, I think it’s worth the trouble watching it to understand that the jews [...]

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The Touchstone…

http://portail.islamboutique.fr/gaza2008/
Narrated (Abdullah bin Umar): Allah’s Messenger (P.B.U.H) said,
“A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to  an oppressor. Whoever fulfill the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his need; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him [...]

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Wataniyyat

I don’t think I have to say anything. Reminds me of my teacher saying, “Husn bazaat-e-khud daleel hai.” It speaks for itself.
Wataniyyat
(yani watan bahesiyyat eik siyasi tasawwur k)
Is daur mein mae aur hai, jaam aur hai jum aur
Saaqi nay bina ki rawish-e-lutf wa sitam aur
Muslim ne bhi tabeer kiya apna haram aur
tehzeeb kay aazar ne [...]

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Where do I stand?

“16th December! Did you hear any bell ringing?”
“Who? Me? What?!”
I tried really hard to answer the question but I really couldn’t recall anything. And I kept thinking…
“Suqoot-e-Dhaka!”
And I was dumbfounded! How could I forget? How can I not recall!? Everything went blurred… Am I so self obsessed and self absorbed and have turned into those [...]

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Zindagi

“Zindagi bebandagi, sharmindagi”

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Harf-e-Raaz – Orya Maqbool Jan

The following article came in the Daily Express- an urdu newspaper. Written by Orya Maqbool Jan. The article provides the ray of hope to those who are destitute by the current issues of Pakistan…
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/Article.aspx?newsID=1100448185&Date=20080720&Issue=NP_LHE

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Mera ik ik Sipahi hai Khyber Shikan…

Whose war are we fighting?
TO whom are we proudly showing our strength?!
Whose shoes are we licking?!
Maybe too many questions. But the answers are always ambiguous. The masters changed. The confused are becoming more confused. What system is this where justice is not there. And I’m not talking about the lawyers and judge’s movement. If there’s no center [...]

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A Dream forgotten…

With his back bent a little, holding a magazine in one of his wrinkled hands and walking very slowly, he emerged from the corner of the street. He met me on the way and while talking to me, for the first time ever, I noticed how he has faded from the last time I saw [...]

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