Zubair Idris (God) Most Gracious! It is He Who has taught the Qur’an. He has created man. He has taught him speech. (Surah Ar-Rahman, Ayat 1-4) You hear it in a bustling school classroom, a busy marketplace teeming with shoppers, a crowded football match, a political rally – people screaming, s[...]
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December 5th, 2009 - 5:41 am § in Cover Story
Muslims at the Immigration Check posts
Pial Khan Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains’, famous French philosopher Jacques Rousseau. Inspired by Rousseau and other philosophers, America’s founding fathers made Liberty, Equality and Justice the cornerstones of their Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, the third President of[...]
November 2nd, 2009 - 7:38 am § in Cover Story
CHT: Beauty and Brutality Board on Same Boat
Wahidul Islam People always tend to live on an even surface but the same people tend to visit uneven surfaces, I mean the mountains of the earth. River cruise is an interesting hobby for most of us but people, whose lands are frequently devoured by the river, want to move away from the vulnerable ba[...]
October 4th, 2009 - 4:54 am § in Cover Story
Muslim Heritage: Town Planning and Architecture
Zubair Idris Life in cities like 9th and 10th century Cordoba in Spain and Baghdad in Iraq was a pleasurable experience. This was high civilization with free education and health care plus public amenities like baths, bookshops and libraries lining the paved streets, lit at night. Rubbish was colle[...]
September 7th, 2009 - 9:50 am § in Cover Story
Help them Smile
My question was very common – what do you want to be? The answer was not simple – I want to be Kopian. I asked again and again to be sure of what he answered. At last I decipher the name ‘Kofi Annan’. I got stuck for 5 minutes. What a visionary career plan it [...][...]