Link to the original article On May 11th, the world’s second most populous Muslim country, Pakistan, will mark a historic election. The country’s 66-year history is marred by the presence of martial laws and never before has one elected [...]

Note: This piece was originally accepted for publication in a leading Pakistani daily newspaper on May 2nd, only to be declined 4 days later.  During a match in the 1989 India-Pakistan cricket series, K Srikanth started protesting after he [...]

We have seen the pictures of the Tsarnaev brothers. We know their names, and we are learning facts about their lives – one a boxer, and the other a student. But we still don’t really know their identity. And neither did the brothers, as [...]

Link to the original article Our hospital’s chapel is typically empty. I offer my afternoon prayers there. Yesterday, as I was hopping from one patient room to another, I saw the dreadful slide of “Breaking News” of the Boston [...]

Link to original article Here are your choices: flay, frown, fume or feel any number of positive emotions about Time Magazine‘s covers, but don’t make decisions based on them. Take for example, last week’s dual-covers of [...]

Link to original article Whose Islam is it anyway? March 13, 2013 This cannot be the Islam of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), who offered his own mosque to a Christian convoy from the tribe of Najran when it was time for their prayers. PHOTO: AFP Billa [...]

More than 30 years ago, when my parents enrolled me in St. Anthony’s, a Catholic school in Pakistan, our neighbors expressed a concern: Will my faith be at risk because of attending a Catholic school? But I experienced no conflict. I noted [...]

Link to the original article Sen. Mitch McConnell is guilty on both counts: What he believed to be news was a joke, and what he missed was the real news. It started on Nov. 12, when on The Duffle Blog, America’s John Stewart for the fake [...]

Link to the original article Never go to a barber shop while you are still mulling over controversial news like, “Obama invokes gay rights in inaugural address.” Because your mind may sputter an even more controversial question [...]

Link to the original article Pakistan went through a Rosa Parks moment on Jan. 10 when twin bombings killed more than 100 members of the persecuted Shiite Muslim sect. The families refused to bury their kin. They protested — in subfreezing [...]