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After reading your post, I am somewhat regretting creating the poll above now because in hindsight I feel that i have played into the hands of the extremist by trying to create a division in the Pakistani people. Your message resonates with what i actually believe but i sadly lost my...

I am not arguing about the social context and islamic laws associated with those aspects and i think the five school of thoughts do a decent job in that. I am talking about a political evolution of a system and one in today's context not 7th century one. I am saying this with all due respect...

Pakistan’s Ismaili Shiite community is reeling from an attack Wednesday by gunmen that left at least 46 members of the religious minority dead in Karachi. The violence is the first of its kind directed at the community amid escalating militant threats against the predominantly Sunni Muslim...

long time no see akhelios, anyhow i don't want to start an old debate but i will say that there has never been a proscribed system of government in the quran and if there is this detailed system somewhere please do link it to me. Western secularism cannot work with in pakistani context and i...

honestly at this point, the ismaeli community should migrate elsewhere until the security situation is cleared up and preferably out west considering middle east is quite in unstable at this time. i have been on this forum long enough to know that sectarians violence has a very limited scope...

Well this report is a blow to US prestige(whatever left that is) especially among its close allies and strategic partners in Europe and NA. American model of governance is something that alot of countries looked up to as role model but this alleged practices are a reminiscent of a distant past...

What the heck are you talking about not needing a military at a time when the north is being claimed by the yanks and the ruskies. Do you even know the sacrifice Canadian arm forces have made from Op Gibraltar, foundation down to peacekeeping in Yugoslavia and cyprus. Our military is also...

He brings up valid points although it opens a scary Pandora box that I am not sure I ever want open but I give him props for going down that scary route. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @T-Faz : From...

The cycle repeats and repeats again but its fair to say that this won't be the last case sadly. I can imagine monsieur Jinah turning in his grave to know that people of his particular creed/sect are being slaughtered like no tomorrow for a cause that they sacrifised their lives towards, sounds...

When the states sets a precedence of declaring what the religion constitutes then the seed of of hatred is already sown among the populaces. I posted a pew poll that half the populace does not even recognize the founder as a muslimbso this incident should be of no surprise. Hatred begets more...

ahahah we will always butt heads on these topics as I tend to see things from an application perspective(engineering) and you see things from a theoretical perspective(science) though we all know engineering>sciences at the end of the day ;).

No body is blaming islam but what we are blaming is the way it is being implemented by the state. Show me a single example of a successful theocracy or islamic republique that is as peaceful or better, which the west should take as a role model. I showed those incidences to highlight the fact...

So here is the recap of the last few years: On October 7, 2005, eight Ahmadis were killed inside their Mandi Bahauddin place of worship. In November 2005, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army and United Presbyterian churches were attacked at Sangla Hill (near Lahore). The attack was over...

Who decides what "mullah" as you put it are competent or not and so hence the state gets involved in the business of religion. This is a very slipery slope because then you have to decide which ideology is acceptable to the state and here lies the problem with religion based republics. Mind you...

I really like your comment as that highlights a sense of pragmatism in the Chinese folks and hopefully it will reflect your government's approach in the future. I know china wants its national interests respected in the Asian realm but do you not think by having an aggressive approach in South...

Well the Pakistani state did set a precedence by defining what is a muslim and while I do agree with it on a more spiritual level but once you define what is a muslim then that starts a chain of reaction on what constitutes a muslims and further sidelining minorities like ahmadeaya people...

@Akheilos, this is why Pakistan needs some form of secularism or tolerance and again I am not a voter but this goes to my earlier discussion we had. I mean we can condemn this all day long but sooner or later you will have to admit that a secular or pseudo secular state can go a long way even...

Thanks for the detailed response and I could not have put it any better. This struggle is a moral lesson and can be used a source of motivation despite facing overwhelming adversity. I actually thought of that cricket politician guy in a similar aspect of courage to fight for democracy against...

errrrrr, @Akheilos Does one have to meet every criteria in this list :( , how about watching a game and having pizza on the weekends and being a total slob( I consider that macho ;).)

Found an interesting painting in the british museaum archives, I will add the description below. This is one of a group of nine paintings. They depict a durbar (public reception) at the Murshidabad court, and various Hindu and Muslim festivals and religious scenes. A Murshidabad artist...