In his passionate speech to the parliament, Prime Minister Imran Khan stuck to his narrative that it was ‘their’ war in which we sacrificed 70,000 people and that we were ‘not recognised.’ He argued that Al-Qaeda and the Taliban never intended to cause any harm to Pakistan and that becoming part of the U.S.-led War […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has acquitted Pakistani Christian couple Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar in a case of blasphemy against them, which had earlier led to a death sentence from a local court. Even at a time of rising agitation by religious far-right parties using such issues, the case of this Christian couple can […]
365SharesIslamic history is full of famous women scholars, scientists, and teachers who defying the odds shaped their intellectual worlds. In a twitter thread, Ali A Oolmi sheds light on scientific and religious contributions by Muslim women in pre-modern times. Sutayta al Mahmali was one of the great mathematical minds of 10th century Baghdad. She was […]