Of Boston and Quetta – by Ali Lahori: The American response to the Boston bombing provides a powerful example of how national tragedies should be handled. The entire nation came together to commiserate and support the victims. All of the key government agencies mobilized to find the
How American Muslims can respond to Boston – by Asra Q. Nomani: Editor’s note: Cross posting short excerpts from a brilliant article by Asra Nomani in the Daily Beast. “What these statements ignore is the existence of an interpretation of Islam—strains of ideologies with names like Wahhabi, Salafi, and Deobandi—that do
The good, the bad and the ugly – by Zarrar Khuhro: The writer is Associate News Editor, The Express Tribune Pakistanis are used to carnage. We’re used to bomb blasts, assassinations and industrial accidents. We know that when the tickers turn red, more often than not, something terrible has happened.