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its called korakoram anomaly; recently it has been called into question. most agree that more studies are needed to confirm whether glaciers are growing or shrinking. one thing is certain that there will always be condensaton in the winter which will provide fresh water for consumption during...

Wherever US has sent it's forces in the past, it has never left. If we start from Japan, Philippines, Korea, Singapore to Middle East and Europe its the same story of stationing US forces and never leaving. The only exceptions are humiliation of Vietnam and South America which is close to home...

Question: What does the Qur'an say about sectarian violence? Modern-day violence among sects of Islam spring primarily from political, not religious, motives. The Qur'an is very clear in its guidance to Muslims that it is wrong to divide into sects and fight one another. Answer: "As for those...

According to Ibn Khaldun: the ideology that enabled a conquest (or revolution or independence) becomes progressively less relevant as the inheritors of the movement settle down. The cause becomes less relevant to the next generation which have opened their eyes in a different environment and...

Indian IB (or newly made RAW) was not capable enough to have conceived and executed all the subversion activities in East Pakistan that brought small amount of Pakistani Army to it's heels. There was a concerted effort from USSR which provided India all the planning to execute and foment unrest...

I think that the gathering at his arrival will eclipse Imran Khan or Tahir-ul-Qadri's launching ceremonies (if the financiers, promoters and arrangers of the event are the same people who brought IK/TuQ). And I also think that once the interim govt. is in place, NRO will be dug up again and...

India already had the parts it wanted, and then lost some of the most important to China in 1962. Pakistan has probably strategically more important parts through which it connects to China and the CAR (and blocks India very effectively which it resents). We are lucky that the population of...

Dubai is probably the only Asian city which has registered a negative population growth. Boomtown of yesterday is in bust today. The real estate bubble has burst and the future seems unsettled for the time being. Investors from UAE are now looking for greener pastures to invest. Investing in a...

Lets start with two very big names: W. Montgomery Watt & Karen Armstrong.

Only Jinns - not angels - are made of smokeless fire not the kind that we see around. I don't remember what angels are made of. But, there is a mentioning of two kind of verses in Quran at the beginning of chapter 3: Muhkimat: or commandments which are clear cut and describe the moral code...

This is not the oldest surviving copy. Just search for 'oldest surviving copy of Quran'. Infact, most of the great religious texts have first been memorised by the disciples of a Prophet and written later; whether Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism or Christianity. Among the Muslims we have tens of...

This is just a fringe of Western researchers writing with religious conviction and vested interests to create doubts about Islam. A far larger number of Western researchers have concluded - by looking at the language and writing style of Quran - that it was written by a single person. The...

How did that knowledge reach Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the places were far apart, communications and travel limited and written word in short supply. Even if Greek knowledge did reach to Arabia the best contender as a theory of nature was described by Aristotle: Earth, Fire, Water and Air. That...

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When he was young, Obama also used to go to a Madrassah; he still carries an Arabic/Islamic appendage in his name. That does not mean he still is a Muslim or has feelings, in the remotest sense, towards Islam or Muslims. This guy probably converted to Islam as a part of his mission. Maybe he...

This is the second part of Book review, again I have selected only the more interesting parts - minus the commentary by reviewer: The book is a dense technical and institutional history of the places and personalities – PAEC, Khan Research Laboratories, Bhutto, Zia, A.Q. Khan – that went into...

Hitting Paydirt with Feroz Khan’s ‘Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb’ – Part I « Timothy Nunan These are the excerpts from a review of the book. This is the ultimate insider's guide to the development of Pakistan's nuclear capability. According to author...

In my humble opinion, some times, groups of people (clans, tribes, nations) do go to war among their own folk. It does not mean they become enemies forever. Their destinies may be shared by more than a small span of time when they are at conflict. There is nothing wrong in having a conflict...

More than Wahabbism, I think it is the alliance of spiritual and temporal authority in Saudi Arabia (Al-Saud's and Clergy) which made a pact with the devil when getting assurances from USA in 1945 (The secret Al-Saud Roosevelt meeting at Great Bitter Lake) that they will not be overthrown or...

Rich traditions and culture in Central Asia are due to results of invasions of Mongoloid populations from the East - Avars in 6th century and then Mongols in 12th century which not only changed the ethnic/genetic pool of the region; it also imposed the culture of conquerors on the conquered...