Moon gazing – Abid Hussain:     A group of men, mostly old and middle aged, with varying lengths and shapes of facial hair and fancy headgear, gathered at a government building in Karachi on June 17 this year. Theirs was not a gathering

مفتی پوپلزئی کی ایک بار پھر عید سے پہلے عید – عامر حسینی: مسجد قاسم علی خان کے پوپلزئی ملا کی جانب سے اس مرتبہ بھی رمضان کے چاند کی طرح ، ایک دن پہلے عید کا چاند نظر آنے خا اعلان کردیا گیا اور آج خیبر پختون خوا و فاٹا کے

Saudi-centric Deobandi cleric Popalzai and the dilemma of secular Pashtuns – by Abdul Nishapuri: I don’t contest that Pashtuns are the most suffered ethnic group in Pakistan particularly since late 1970s due to the so called Afghan Jihad, increasing Deobandi and Salafi radicalization of their youths and the post-9/11 war on terror. Also,

سعودی عرب کے ساتھ رمضان اور عید – ابو زین الہاشمی: وطن عزیز میں کئی جاہل اور متعصّب لوگ عملی طور پر سعودی عرب کے ساتھ عید مناتے ہیں، جن میں سر فہرست خیبر پختونخواہ اور بلوچستان کے پشتون بیلٹ کے دیوبندی و سلفی حضرات ہیں۔ شرعی و عقلی و

On moon-sighting and national standardization:   Standardization of all types, from language to education curricula (or moon sighting in Pakistan), is an existential concomitant of the modern bureaucratic state. Standardized national languages have more to do with, in Gellner’s words, the ‘high culture’ of

Dilemma of two identities facing Pashtun intelligentsia – by Abdul Nishapuri: I don’t contest that Pashtuns are the most suffered ethnic group in Pakistan particularly since late 1970s due to the so called Afghan Jihad, increasing Deobandi and Salafi radicalization of their youths and the post-9/11 war on terror. Also,

The Moon (a true story) – by A Z: Being caught in the midst of two Eid days being celebrated in Canada this year, my mind goes back to an old episode a few years when I was in Europe. At the end of the Ramadan in 2007,

Eid moon madness in Pakistan – by Nadeem F. Paracha: Source: Dawn

Instead of blindly following Saudi Arabia, use scientific method for moon-sighting: Can we put a stop to the self-created Deobandi-Barelvi, Shia-Sunni, Pashtun-Punjabi conflict in the name of moon-sighting in Pakistan, UK, USA and other countries? Can we put a stop to the Saudi-ization of Eid and Ramazan in Pakistan and

Eid moon-sighting discord attains another peak in Pakistan: Predictably, Eid has caused a split among the clerical community in Pakistan again, but this year a dangerous political element has been added to it. The ulema of Peshawar have celebrated Eid on Sunday while the rest of the

Stop the Saudi-ization of Eid: Use the Scientific Method Instead: Stop the Deobandi-Barelvi, Shia-Sunni, Pushtun-Punjabi conflict in Pakistan. Stop the Saudi-ization of Eid and Ramadan in Pakistan. Why can’t Muslims in Pakistan use technology to ascertain the visibility of crescent in the country with naked eye or with telescope.

Hitler wants a united Eid!: Ever heard of the moon-sighting dispute in Pakistan and also in the USA, UK and other European countries? Even Hitler wants a united Eid…

Eid, the moon-sighting dispute in Pakistan and Europe, a self created problem!: Masood Ashar’s column in Jang 7 October 2008