(From Islam, Muslims, and a Anthropologist) Many would have noticed that western leaders and countries seem to shift from one position to another about the wave of revolts in the Middle East and Arab world. One prime example: Tony Blair,…
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Blasphemy Heals Old Wounds
by Mustafa Qadri •
(From Mustafaqadri.net) Blasphemy is the one thing that Pakistani Islamists agree on. The murder of a secular liberal politician has prompted a worrying union of Islamists and the Taliban. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws make it a crime to defile the Quran…
Pakistani Ulama and Their Rhetoric (4): Maulana Mumtaz Kalyar
by Masood Raja •
(From Mashal books) Speaker: Maulana Mumtaz Kalyar Location: Jamia Masjid Hanafiya, Jaranwala, Faisalabad. Sect: Deobandi Language: Urdu Time: June 2010 Audio: Trascript: You who say things against Deobandi sect cannot show me scholars on your side equal to one-fourth of…
Pakistani Ulama and Their Rhetoric (3): Maulana Syed Shafaullah
by Masood Raja •
(From Mashal Books) Speaker: Maulana Syed Shafaullah Location: Jamia Masjid Muhammadiya, Phalia, Mandi Bahauddin Sect: Deobandi Language: Urdu Time: June 2010 Audio: Partial Clip: (Go Here for Full Audio Clip) Transcript: Allah told His Prophet PBUH in the 14th section…
Pakistani Ulama and Their Rhetoric (2): Maulana Raza Saqib
by Masood Raja •
(From Mashal Books) Maulana Raza Saqib Speaker: Maulana Raza Saqib Location: Jamia Masjid, Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, Rawalpindi Sect: Barelvi Language: Urdu Time: June 2010 Audio: Transcript: When Muslim refugees arrived in the court of Negus in Abyssinia, King Negus…
Pakistani Ulama and Their Rhetoric (1): Maulana Asmatullah
by Masood Raja •
(From Mashal Books) This is the first recorded sermon that we are posting on our website. As you read the transcript and listen to the audio, it is important to keep the speaker’s sectarian affiliations in mind. This sermon is…
What the Ulama Are Saying: From Mashal Books
by Masood Raja •
Mashal Books has just recently provided recorded Friday sermons from Pakistani Ulama belonging to different Sects. This is a great resource, especially for those interested in the role of religious rhetoric in shaping and political consciousness in Pakistan. I will…
Mashal Books: A Worthy Initiative
by Masood Raja •
The War Within Islam, Pervez Hoodbhoy
by Masood Raja •
(Fron NewAgeIslam.com) A New Age Islam reader sent the following letter to the editor: Here is a letter sent by Pakistan’s foremost progressive intellectual and physicist Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy to a friend: I am sharing with you some lines that I…
