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9/11 of Pakistan
If gruesome murder in Peshawar of 149 people including 132 students, many of whom being under aged, does not start our war against terror and we still allow certain depraved minds among us to continue to propagate and confuse us saying that it is the…
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The Message of Muharram
The paramount passion of Islamic Culture is a believer’s desire to sacrifice everything in the way of God. “Say surely, my prayers, my sacrifices, my life and death are all of Allah, the Lord of the worlds”(6:163) was the most favourite prayer of Muhammad (PBUH)…
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Al-Ghadir: A Message of Muslim Unity & Reconciliation
On the most jubilant occasion (مهرجان الغدير العالمي الثالث) of the day of Ghadir, felicitations of immense volume and profundity to all the Muslims over the world are on board. It is prayed that all the Muslims reap good fortune, receive Almighty Allah’s bounteous blessings,…
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Imam Ali: Paragon of Humanity
Muslims in the length and breadth of globe are celebrating the birth of this holy man about whom Holy Prophet PBUH said, ”Oh Ali, you are my brother in this world as well as the Hereafter.’ How unfortunate that in Pakistan, country of the pure,…
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Living Miracle of Islam
This is the largest congregation of pilgrims anywhere in the history of mankind. This is the 40th day of Imam Hussain and his companions’ martyrdom in Karbala. Along with the Quran this is no less a living miracle of Islam. It is now at the…
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America’s Frankenstein’s Monsters
The US President George W Bush is trying to create yet another monster in the Middle East like his father’s predecessor, Ronald Reagan, in Afghanistan who supported and sustained the resistance movement in Afghanistan against Soviet intervention.Al-Qaeda and other resistance groups then fighting against the…
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9/11 of Pakistan
If gruesome murder in Peshawar of 149 people including 132 students, many of whom being under aged, does not start our war against terror and we still allow certain depraved minds among us to continue to propagate and confuse us saying that it is the…
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Lift the Gaza Blockade
This is the worst of times for humanity, and those facing the brunt of the Israeli war machine in Gaza have proved to be the bravest people. Their suffering is mounting and so is their perseverance. They are not mere figures falling, but the slow…