مُلا، ملحد اور عام آدمی – عمار کاظمی: بلا تفریق ہر مسلک کے لوگوں کی ایک اچھی بھلی تعداد مولوی اور مولوی کے سیاسی کردار کو غلط سمجھتی ہے۔ ہم ایڑی چوٹی کا زور لگا کر انھیں ثابت کرتے ہیں کہ فی زمانہ ایسا کوئی مسلکی عالم
Converting Atheism into Islamism – by Peja Mistri: In the late 80’s when I completed my higher secondary school, I was already into reading books, not only the textbooks but all kinds of books. In my small town there was only one public library which had enough
قیدی – از عامر حسینی: نوٹ : قیدی ہندوستان کی ریاست مغربی بنگال کی ایک ایسی ہندؤ خاتون ادیب کی کہانی ہے جس نے ہندؤ مذھب میں عورتوں کو مجبور و مقہور رکھنے کا پردہ چاک کیا اور اس حوالے سے کئی ایک ناول
A defense of atheism – by David Baltimore: Book Review: The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins. x + 406 pp. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. $27. These are difficult times for rational people, particularly in the United States. Those of us who believe that scientific evidence should be the bedrock
Deobandi Atheism – by Pejamistri: I have noticed that all those self-proclaimed “atheists” who show their “atheism” by bad mouthing religions instead of liberal values of atheism come from “Deobandi” or “Salafi” background. I call them Deobandi atheist. It is simple. It seems that
پاکستان کے عجیب لبرلز اور عجیب ملحد: پاکستان میں کوئی بھی نظریہ اپنی اصل حالت میں قائم نہیں رہ پاتا یہی وجہ ہے یہاں کا لبرل ازم بھی باقی دُنیا سے نِرالا ہے- یہاں کہ لبرلوں (بالخصوص سوشل میڈیائی) کی لبرل ازم نیو ائیر اور ویلنٹائنز
Secular Sectarians: LUBP editor’s note: Ever wondered why secular, pro-human rights and liberal groups and activists in Pakitan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere are silent or vague on persecution of Sunni Sufi, Barelvi and Shia Muslims? Every
Dr Haider Shah: Rationalizing Prejudice: This refers to the one sided and insensitive polemic on Rawalpindi Ashura violence (in Viewpoint Online) by Dr. Haider Shah, an academic who also introduces himslef as a founder of a facebook page namely, Rationalist Society of Pakistan. By
In defense of organized religion – by Garret Keizer: Related post: Is LUBP an anti-religion blog? – by Sarah Khan Editor’s note: Lately, I have noticed a trend in Pakistan’s middle class urban chatterers and elitist liberals that they attack and ridicule individuals and communities on the basis of their religion
Morality and atheism – by Irfan Husain: Consider this demographic projection for the UK, and ponder its implications for a moment: within five years, the majority of babies will be born to unmarried parents. However, before you put this down to yet another example of Western
Secularism does not mean atheism or la-deeniat: Here are two excellent articles on this topic. The first one has been written by Anand Krishan in Indonesian context, and the second one by Munno Bhai in Pakistani context. Promoting faith-based secularism Anand Krishna Jakarta – 01/18/2010 When