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Iqbal Qalander

Posted in Culture, History, Iqbaliat, Islam, Pakistaniyat, Poetry on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

کہاں سے سیکھی ہے تو نے اے اقبال یہ درویشی
کے چرچا ہے بادشاؤں میں تیری بے نیازی کا

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Birthday of Hz Allama (ra)

Posted in History, Iqbaliat, Pakistaniyat on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today is the birthday of Hz Allama Iqbal, poet, philosopher and mystic and one of  the founding fathers of Pakistan. Despite recent attempts to “shelve” his teachings by some recent governments that feel that he is not liberal enough for their liking, he continues to be an inspiration to millions.

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Pakistan Will Triumph!

Posted in History, Pakistaniyat on October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Spread the message!

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Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir Jilani (ra)

Posted in History, Islam, Saints, Scholars, Sufism on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Sayyidna Shaykh Abdal Qadir (ra) is amongst the greatest awliya that this ummah has produced. In fact it would probably not be incorrect to say that he is perhaps the only global saint revered by muslims from East to West. He passed away on the 11th Rabi’ as-Sani in 561AH/1166AD. Many gatherings are held around [...]

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Eid Mubarak!

Posted in Culture, History, Islam on December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Eid mubarak to all of you! It’s Eid al-Adha, the day that commemorates the great sacrifice of Sayyidna Ibrahim (as). Again one is reminded in a very direct way of what true sufism entails: complete surrender to the will of the Beloved. As a Pakistani writer once said: “these sufis are dangerous people, they would [...]

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Lest We Forget Palestine

Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

A chilling documentary on the present state of affairs in Gaza. When people are forced to live in inhuman conditions will their humanity not suffer? If it does ( and it surely does) then they are not the only ones to suffer the consequences. See it for yourself here.

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Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad

Posted in History, Islam, Scholars on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Mawlana Azad is a twentieth century scholar that I have revisited lately. I read some of his work many years ago and had found him to be interesting. Recently I picked up his book Arkan-e-Islam(Pillars of Islam) from the local library and having read it felt that I had underestimated the man last time round. [...]

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