This article is from the ‘The Better Life’ magazine Nov 2014 issue Decapitation is separating the head from the body. Beheading is intentional decapitation with an axe, sword, knife, wire, or by a guillotine. From 1351 until it was abolished in 1870 it was a legal punishment in England for persons convicted of high treason. The [...]
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Darul Iman Jamia Masjid Qurtuba’s story is as dramatic as the sectarian history of Pakistan. The newly-built mosque in Islamabad’s Margalla foothills is calling upon its followers to stop discriminating along sectarian lines and to start praying together – in whichever way they like – under the same roof. Zahid Iqbal is a local businessman [...]
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..police however are refusing to take the victim’s statement, and three weeks on from the incident the criminals still go unpunished. As too often happens in Pakistan, when the victim is a Christian and his executioners belong to the Muslim majority and the violation of laws and rights takes place in complete indifference. The article [...]
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Lowe’s, the national hardware chain, has pulled commercials from future episodes of “All-American Muslim,” a TLC reality-TV show, after protests by Christian groups. The Florida Family Association, a Tampa Bay group, has led a campaign urging companies to pull ads on “All-American Muslim.” “‘All-American [...]
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We hear much from the religious political parties of Pakistan about the rights granted to women by Islam. Of course, Islam has granted equality of opportunity and full rights to women. It is sad comment on the moral fabric of these religico-political leaders, who claim to be fighting for the introduction of Islamic values in Pakistan, that [...]
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