The Quran repeatedly tells us to remember God. This is what is known as Zikrullah. One should remember God as often as one can. There may be some distractions in which you are engaged or some work in which your mind is focused, but even these may also lead, in an indirect manner, to the remembrance

It is worth recalling that this week is a normal week in the ravages of a chaotic world unleashed by powerful Gulf and Western powers. Turkey and Pakistan are equally responsible in several nations. Therefore, the same destabilizing forces have no reason to talk about peace, justice, freedom, prospe

Before 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (7th APCRSHR) opens in Manila later this week, Citizen News Service (CNS) spoke with Dr Amita Pandey on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) challenges in India.
Dr Pandey said: The progress in SRHR and gen

It must have happened to you, as it continues to happen to me. You tell yourself when you get out of bed in the morning, ‘I’m going to be good today. I’m not going to react to any provocation. I’ll keep my cool. I’ll maintain my patience. I won’t back-bite anyone. I won’t gossip today. I’m going to

Recently one Christian Minister of Punjab Govt. (Pakistan) was highly disgraced by Chief Minister. And he was so wounded up by this act and resigned from the ministry. But has he thought for one second that his reaction could be fruitful in the future or just wanted to be a spectacle for some days.

Gulf nations and powerful NATO powers alongside a major media war against Syria have all failed to either gain public sympathy at home, and in overthrowing the government of Syria. The “kitchen sink” of so-called Western democratic nations and feudal monarchs in the Gulf comprises of supporting al-Q

These days ‘human rights’ are a much-talked about subject. In addition to human rights, there are a great many human responsibilities. But these are not talked-about much today, including in the media, ‘social activist’ and NGO quarters, and even in government circles.
‘Human rights activism’ appe

One common characteristic among extremists from all religions is their belief in one true “path” while condemning and despising all others. Regardless of their claim that they “hate the sin not the sinner,” this attitude would most likely affect how they interact with people who hold different belie

The grand ambitions of Recep Tayyip Erdogan are unraveling in many directions because the Prime Minister of Turkey is suffering from many internal convulsions which are rocking this nation. Several years ago it appeared that Erdogan could continue to abuse many excesses based on the strength of the

General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi hinted strongly that he would run for the presidency of Egypt providing it is the“request of the people.” Of course, El-Sisi is in the driving seat for many Egyptians because vast numbers look at the situation in Iraq, Libya and Syria – and know full well that chaos to a

President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon made a shocking announcement whereby he made a Faustian deal with Saudi Arabia. Of course, given the fact that Saudi Arabia relies wholeheartedly on Western technology then France will obtain many military contracts. Therefore, two nations that are destabilizing

The events of the War of Independence (Bangladesh Liberation War) in Bangladesh in 1971 remain all too vivid for untold numbers of people from this nation. This is based on one of the worse crimes of the twentieth century and this says something given the Armenian/Assyrian/Greek Genocide of 1915; t

What the world needs today — perhaps more than anything else — is an acceptable formula for the attainment of religious harmony. This being currently one of the most important topics under discussion, I shall attempt to present here, in brief, the Islamic viewpoint.
Let us begin with a verse of th

Season of goodwill: If Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Isa (Jesus), a prophet respected and revered in Islam, is it so wrong to wish a blessed day for those who celebrate it?
DURING the days before Christmas last year, I wished my friends who were celebrating it "Merry Christmas" in mu

Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 29, Acts 10: 34-43, Matthew 3: 13-17
This Sunday is known as the Baptism of our Lord. The celebration of the baptism of the Lord is traditionally a time to contemplate both Jesus’ baptism and our own. We know from the gospel story that John had become a pretty successful ev