Algerians and Moroccans speak French with a unique crescendo. It is more pronounced than the usual muffled and mellifluous Sorbonne French. Out of 24 francophone countries, an estimated 120 million people speak French in Africa. A sudden switch from Semitic Arabic to Latin French was certainly too harsh on Africans. So it took decades for...
As it lay in ruins and bitter poverty now, it wasn’t always this barren. From Nakfa in northern Eritrea to Finchawa in Ethiopia it was a splendid land of glorious kings. Their men at the avant garde of civilization and women epitome of African beauty, they made gold coins embossed with King’s seals and stories...
He looked just like another Indian. Barely a second look material. He mingled and was nothing conspicuous. His father now paralyzed, had only an acre of land, which is squeezed to pay for his studies as his brother prepares for Indian civil service exams. An avowed atheist and bohemian by nature he never had any...
One of the many interesting details to be learned by understanding human psychology is how a person’s unconscious fear works in a myriad of ways to make them believe that they bear no responsibility for a particular problem. This psychological dysfunctionality cripples a substantial portion of the human population in ways that work against the...
In 2015, Pew Global research published a comprehensive report that showed the support for relationships between tenets of Islam and laws of government in 10 Muslim countries across the world. When the question was put to respondents about how strictly should the Islamic law be applied to their countries an overwhelming 78% of Pakistanis responded...
Abdul Sattar Edhi has passed away. He was critically ill for some time. His kidneys have failed, and he was on dialysis. Yesterday evening his condition worsened, and he was put on the ventilator. The entire nation prayed for his health and recovery. Alas, his time had come to depart from this earthly abode. He...
Eid is the bi-annual celebration of Islamic faith that gathers the society in celebrating its diversity and gratitude. First, of them is celebrated after the month of Ramadan when fasting ends in order to thank Allah’s mercy upon us with which we start eating again. The core of Ramadan is to sacrifice the worldly appetite...
It was a letter filled with contempt, resentment, and disgust for the French government. A charge sheet of wrongdoings of a nation that called itself the defender of human rights and dignity. A country that mercilessly eliminated the remnants of the callous kings and queens. Slayer of Marie Antoinette and everything refined and aristocratic. Yet...
In the present era, thousands of students are acquiring postgraduate degrees in Pakistan. But the demand of these students is none comparatively to the annually produced postgraduates which results of high rate of unemployment in the country. There is a common notion about this dilemma that government is not taking necessary actions to produce employment...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the 12th president of Turkey. Apart from Abdullah Gul, he is the only president with an Islamic background and politics. The fight for semi-professional footballer at Imam Hatip School, Istanbul to the presidential palace was not a walk on the moon. An ardent supporter of Islamic values in a country forcefully...