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Iddat is the mandatory waiting period to be observed by widows or divorced Muslim women. The main reason for it is that by the end of four m...

Western writers know very little about Islam, so they say that Shia Muslims celebrate Muharram when in fact it is not something to celebrate...

Embed from Getty Images Pakistani men are mostly illiterate and are easily provoked, particularly if they feel (or are told) that their ...

  It's the sacred month of Muharram (the month of mourning) and I have yet to understand why some Muslims indulge in self-flagellation a...

One of the major advantages of living in the twenty first century is that you can watch foreign movies on Netflix. Indian films have been ba...

I don't know how many Shia sub-sects there are in the world. I know of at least four that exist in Pakistan. Those who call themselves t...

In 2005 I went to Saudi Arabia for performing Haj with my wife and daughter. We wanted to see the huge cemetery outside Madina where some Mu...

In a shocking development, some Indian ministers were invited by the Saudi government to visit holy places in Saudi Arabia. Until now, non-M...

I've never deposited my hard-earned savings in interest-bearing bank accounts, even though I'm not deeply religious. It was because ...

In most countries, a man can't have more than one wife. In Turkey, polygamy is banned. In Pakistan, if a man wants to take a second wife...

I can understand the illiterate Pakistani man wanting to have ten children at least. But I can't understand why even Pakistani graduates...

Every year Muslims throughout the world slaughter millions of goats, cows, camels and sheep to commemorate the festival of sacrifice known a...

Why do older Pakistani Muslims think that Islam is in grave danger if our youngsters enjoy themselves? A couple of days back, a female gover...

Those who can't understand why some people in Pakistan have become part of a cult that glorifies Imran Khan should study a little-known ...

Pakistan is perhaps the only country where people kill others for indulging in what is called "blasphemy". This can mean anything ...

Last night was one which almost all Muslims (until recently) regarded as one of the holiest nights in the year. It was the night of the full...

Way back in 1970, I received a wedding card from my Baloch contractor. The card had two names printed, both males. One was that of an uncle,...

Until recently, there was no debate on what "shaheed" meant: a man who died while defending Islam (or an Islamic country). This of...

In my apartment building lives a family that keeps dogs and cats as pets. I sometimes meet the lady when she walks with a couple of her dogs...

When I was around five or six, we had a servant who used to say that solar and lunar eclipses happen when God punishes the sun and the moon ...