مسخ شدہ تاریخ درست کریں – حمیرا کنول: ماہرین تعلیم پرائمری تعلیم سے اعلیٰ تعلیمی کی سطح تک نصاب میں ترامیم کے لیے وزیراعظم کےحکم نامے کو وقت کی اہم ضرورت سمجھتے ہیں مگر ان کی نظر میں ابتدا تاریخ کی درستگی سے ہونی چاہیے۔ معروف مصنف

برصغیر میں سلفی دیوبندی تشدد کا آغاز: سید احمد شہید کی تحریکِ مجاہدین – از ڈاکٹر مبارک علی:     سید احمد شہید ۱۷۸۶ء میں بریلی میں پیدا ہوئے ابتدائی تعلیم کے بعد  ۱۸  سال کی عمر میں ملازمت کی تلاش میں نکلے اور لکھنؤ آئے مگر انہیں ناکامی ہوئی اور ملازمت نہ مل سکی ۔ اس

معاشرہ، عورت اور بہشتی زیور ۔ ڈاکٹر مبارک علی:     جاگیردارانہ معاشرہ میں عورت کی حیثیت ہمیشہ ملکیت کی ہوتی ہے۔ جہاں اس کی آزادی’ حقوق اور رائے مرد کی مرضی پر منحصر ہوتی ہے۔ اس معاشرے کا مقصد یہ ہوتا ہے کہ ایسی اقدار کو فروغ

The Wahhabi Republic of Pakistan – Deutsche Welle report: There are many people in Pakistan who oppose the Taliban and their militant activities; however, ironically, not all of them question the Saudi-Wahabi ideology that provides impetus to militant Islamists. It is not so difficult to find people in

Tracing the roots of religious extremism – A lecture by Dr. Mubarak Ali: “Tracing the roots of Religious Extremism: A Seminar series” is a program arranged by Institute for Peace and Secular Studies.  Well known historian Dr. Mubarak Ali delivered a lecture on April 16, 2011 under this program and talked in

‘Hindus are not our enemies’ – Interview with Dr Mubarak Ali: Our foreign policy is India-centric and any policy regarding India is vetted and approved by the Army. Pakistan Army is the real force behind our policy towards India Mazhar Jadoon Eminent historian and scholar Dr Mubarak Ali traces back

Past present: Is Sufism relevant to our time? – by Mubarak Ali: There are some people who, in view of the present religious extremism, believe that if Sufi teachings are revived, religious intolerance and fundamentalism may be controlled. The attempt to revive the past system and old ideas is not a

Debate on religion and state in Pakistan: Religion and State? Daily Times, January 21, 2006 SECOND OPINION: Who is listening to the ‘new debate’?— Khaled Ahmed’s TV Review This is the Muslim predicament. The new millennium has not seen the Muslims moving closer to the modern

A historical view of terrorism – By Dr. Mubarak Ali: A STUDY of terrorism from a historical perspective would shed light on the origin of this phenomenon and the motivation behind it. It has manifested itself in different hues and colours. Terrorism has emerged in different circumstances with different

Nzaria-e-Pakistan (The Ideology of Pakistan) and the Mullah-Military alliance in Pakistan… Nazir Naji: In this op-ed in Jang, Nazir Naji explain how the so-called ideology of Pakistan (Nazaria-e-Pakistan) was manufactured by the unholy nexus of Mullahs (Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr. Israr Ahmed, Dr. Safdar Mehmood) and Military (General Sher Ali, General Yahaya Khan, other

Was Jinnah a Secularist? – by Amir Mir: Perhaps the most contentious issue in Pakistan since its very inception in 1947 is the nature of the state. Should Pakistan be a sharia based Islamic state or should she be a Modern democratic secular state? The