Islamist extremism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin. Both are products of fear breeding fear, scapegoating, the glorification of irrationalism, and a crisis of identity resolved through violence and bigotry, writes Nadeem F. Paracha Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan often tweets and delivers statements against Islamophobia. Interestingly, in Pakistan, these receive […]
This is a piece of satire. Dear fellow Muslims, especially those toiling in non-Muslim countries. How are you? When I began to play cricket, I was just a young impressionable fellow toiling in the UK. I didn’t know much about my country or faith, as much as I do now, which is a lot. For […]
1: The Anti-Ayub Movement (1968-69) After a decade of political chaos, military chief Ayub Khan imposed the country’s first martial law in 1958. It was initially a popular coup which Ayub explained as a ‘revolution.’ With his regime’s economic policies and industrialisation project bearing fruit, Ayub remained firmly in the saddle till 1965. The opposition […]