Category Archives: Current Affairs

It can be assumed that Muslims would remain indifferent when oppression is perpetrated by Muslims against non-Muslims (a matter of course in every Muslim country) or by non-Muslims against non-Muslims (as in Rwanda or Congo)

It is increasingly common among immigrant Muslims in the West to claim that one is carrying the banner of Islam to these lands, or that Islam does not recognize national boundaries and, since all land belongs to Allah, there was … Continue reading →

Chile has no “strategic depth” and yet it has won all its wars against its larger neighbours!  Poor Bolivia, with plenty of “strategic depth”, not only lost 120,000 mineral-rich square kilometres of its territory (an area about the size of … Continue reading →

There were murmurs in Japan about these abductions but the government did not take them seriously for “lack of evidence” until the late 1980s, when some North Korean defectors provided corroboration.  Finally, in 2002, after years of denial, Papa Kim … Continue reading →

The addition of the suffix “-gate” to any significant negative event or development, real or imagined, instantly transforms it into a national scandal and conspiracy, particularly if so desired by a couple of TV anchors and a lawyer or two.

France has been choosing its battles wisely, unlike the Americans who get into unjustifiable and unnecessary “shock and awe” wars that tend to become interminable tales of body counts and body bags

The history of Muslims spilling Muslim blood is nearly as old as Islam itself. Mankind’s propensity for violence afflicts not just Muslims. It was not too many centuries ago that Christians were tortured and burned alive by their own after … Continue reading →

Like all things Pakistani, including the country’s name itself, the “laang march” is deceptive, for it is neither long nor even a march of boots or bare feet.  Our “laang marches” are a very absurd and pathetic imitation of the … Continue reading →

But whereas thuggery operates against the will of the majority by intimidation, lobbies and interest groups can only succeed within a congenial and sympathetic, or at least a neutral and apathetic, public opinion, not against it.

While most religions keep to themselves, Christians and Muslims are in a dead-heat competition to convert whoever they might lay their hands on and no matter where.  As a result, the disaster I was able to avert for myself has … Continue reading →