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Mr. Mohammad Sadiq
Even in the US, a nation with abundant resources, and so much emphasis on paperwork, planning... [more]
     
Allama Javed Ghamidi
A female leading mixed prayer is not a matter of right or wrong. Nowhere in Islam is such a... [more]
     
Saima Anwer
Education is also a big priority for us because it brings these children back to normal life... [more]
  When a knock at the door is not enough
by Aisha Sarwari
 
 

 
  What are the odds that I move into a house in the elite F/11 sector of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad and our land lord turns out to be a wife-beater – I in 4, according to the United Nations report on gender 2007. Flip it around and the same applies to 25% of all women in this country are said to have faced violence from their male relative, be it a father, brother, uncle, husband or son. Take this statistic to a new geographical location and nothing changes, the same 1 in 4 of all relatively empowered women of the developed world face... [more]  
  Times read: 2503   TalkBacks: 25   May 8, 2008    
An interview with Imam Zaid by W Ali You are not connected to this author through your circle of friends.
  Many of his students refer to him as the “new Malcolm X for Muslim Americans.” Trying to obtain an interview with the “new Malcolm” requires persistence, patience, and...[more]
Times read: 12754   TalkBacks: 11   Feb 14, 2008  
You're Back From Hajj...Now by Aishah Schwartz You are not connected to this author through your circle of friends.
  Then when you pour down from Arafat, celebrate the praises of Allah at the Sacred Monument, and celebrate His praises as He has directed you, even though, before this, you...[more]
Times read: 5634   TalkBacks: 10   Apr 11, 2008  
Causes and Consequences of Our by Karen Kwiatkowski You are not connected to this author through your circle of friends.
  To paraphrase John F. Kennedy in Berlin, 1963, in times like these, when the American dream seems overwhelmed by what has become known as the American empire, perhaps we are...[more]
Times read: 4147   TalkBacks: 6   Mar 26, 2008  
 
   
 
I recently received a marriage proposal from a family friends' son. He is really overweight, only has a BA, and no greencard. The only problem is he is pressuring my parents for a commitment from me even though I've told him I don't find him attractive because of his weight. He in turn told me I'm getting old and my eggs (ovules) are dying off! In anger I told him to go lay...
 
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    Gimmetruth
thank you for knocking. may we all have the courage to "get involved" when we see such an injustice. [more]
 
    Ferozk
Hi Yasser, this was a very topical article. I had been AWOL from Vibes for ages and just wandered back... [more]
 
    Mdekg
As pointed out by others, the problem of "honor" and "family values" creates a huge obstacle in... [more]
 
 
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  The tragedy that Musharraf is by Yasser Hamdani  
 
 
As I write these lines, Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is about to attempt another return to Pakistan in about half an hour. He comes with a new set of hair and a more cosmopolitan modern businessman like attitude, in contrast to his conservative,...[more]
 
 
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  My Kids and Lal Masjid Kids  
  So we thought we need to be part of the victory dance where the mullahs are getting shown their place by the forces and we thought we should take my daughter along so the cops can see us as non-enemy combatants, sort of use her as child sheild. We got to G6 close to the infamous Lal Masjid up until the cordoned walls of the mosque where a bunch of over aged adolescents are holding women and children hostage to further their dreams of undoing the state in Pakistan and establishing a khilafat. I talked to the troops nearby who...[more]  
 
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  If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?  
  - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  
 

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