Hindustan Times
Muslims, like Hindus and Sikhs, will not like to surrender their personal laws because they are just that: personal. Read more
(34 votes, average: 2.41 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 12:35 am
Filed under Religion · Tagged Anand Marriage ActHindu, Delhi High Court, DN Mulla, Hadith, Hindu Marriage Act, hindustantimes, Indonesia, Islam, Muslim marriage laws, Muslims, Quran, Shariah, Sikh, Soli Sorabjee, They call me Muslim, Tunisia, Wikipedia, Zia Haq, Zoroastrian
“You can crush the flowers, but that will not delay the Spring.” – Protest graffiti in a Cairo mosque Read more
(12 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Filed under Religion, World · Tagged arab spring, Cairo, Hindustan Times, Hosni Mubarak, Ibn Rushd, Islam, Libya, Morocco, Muammar Gaddafi, news, Saudi Arabia, They call me Muslim, Tunisia, Zia Haq, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
As the evening chergui, a mild Atlantic breeze, blows across the squeaky clean Moroccan capital, the city’s hip young crowds are out on the tidy streets, cafes and parks. There’s no sign of an Arab spring here. Nor is one being expected. Read more
(19 votes, average: 3.26 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Filed under Religion, World · Tagged African Union, Arab Spring leaders, Arab world, Atlantic breeze, Berber minority community, Casablanca, Islamic world, Libya, Mohammed VI, Morocco, Parliament, Taib Fassi Fihri, Tunisia
Journeying across the Maghreb region – the northernmost belt of Africa across the Mediterranean – last month pretty much got me what I consider to be a front-row seat to the Arab Spring. Read more
(10 votes, average: 2.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Filed under Religion, World · Tagged AR Abu Dawia, arab spring, Arab world, Casablanca, Ghazi Ghrairi, Hosni Mubarak, International Forum for Democratic Transitions, Islam, Libya, Maghreb, Mediterranean, Mohammed VI, Moroccan King, Morocco, rabat, Tangier, Tunisia, Turkey, Zia Haq, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or Bibi as he is called, made his speech at the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, speaking into the same microphone as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Read more
(38 votes, average: 3.08 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Filed under World · Tagged anti-Semitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bethlehem, Bibi, Bill Clinton, Christians, Dolphin submarines, Egypt, Gaza, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jews, Jordan, Libya, Lord Buddha, Mahmoud Abbas, Mecca, Muslims, Obama, Palestine, Palestinian, Prophet Mohammed, Tunisia, Turkey, United Nations
Al-Qaeda’s number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri had been violently plotting to overthrow Egypt’s regime for three decades but peaceful young men and women managed to pull it off in just 18 days in the end. Read more
(14 votes, average: 2.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Filed under World · Tagged al qaeda, Arab, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Bahrain, Egypt, Facebook, Indonesia, Islam, Libya, Malaysia, Muslim Brotherhood, tahrir square, tsunami, Tunisia
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt’s second president and one of the most important political figures of the Arab world, would often proudly say: “Nah-nu Abna-ul Feroin.” That’s Arabic for “We are sons of the Pharaohs”. Read more
(21 votes, average: 2.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, hamas, Hosni Mubarak, iran, Israel, Jordan, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestine, Pharaohs, Sayed Qutb, tahrir square, Tunisia, Tutankhamun, yemen
