A Young Pakistani Physicist Who Loves Nuclear Reactors
Last week, I was in Dallas, Texas to speak on a panel regarding the elusive peace between India and Pakistan – two neighbors that…
Another Pakistani Journalist Threatened. Will the State Protect Him?
June 10, 2017: Another Pakistani Journalist Threatened. Will the State Protect Him? ( Huffington Post) Pakistan is not an easy country for journalists. State…
Be Global Citizens: My Advice to Public Affairs Students at Cornell Commencement
August 1, 2017: Be Global Citizens: My Advice to Public Affairs Students at Cornell Commencement (Huffington Post) Last weekend I delivered this speech at Cornell Institute…
Taseer will live as an icon for a sane, just Pakistan
Salmaan Taseer, businessman, publisher and Governor of Pakistan’s largest Province, was killed by his bodyguard a zealot who like his supporters thought that Taseer had…
With trust at an all time low, the U.S. media must return to its principles
January 4, 2017: With trust at an all time low, the U.S. media must return to its principles (Huffington Post) Journalism in the United States…
Pakistan Needs Deradicalization Programs. Force Alone Won’t Cure Intolerance
Even by Pakistan warped standards, recent turmoil in the country is extraordinary. On Sunday, a suicide bombing in a public park in Lahore killed…
Dear Infidel: The Dilemma of British Muslims
I was a student in the United Kingdom when The Satanic Verses – the controversial novel by Salman Rushdie – created pandemonium across the…
Bridging the Divides: Muslims in Europe
Islam is ‘incompatible’ with Western civilization is what we hear at the start of a new film Journey into Europe that looks at the…
Save Palmyra From ISIS’s Rampage
The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have placed on view a relic from ancient Palmyra in Syria. In addition,…
Islam Needs Reformation from Within
“Would you permit me to teach my children that God is greater, more just, and more merciful than all the (religious) scholars on earth…
Is Islamic Mysticism Really Islam?
By Omid Safi There is a lovely story from the life of the Prophet Muhammad, remembering that a mysterious visitor came upon him and…
Rumi’s Poetry: ‘All Religions, All This Singing, One Song’
Coleman Barks is a great translator. His recent essay here is a great read especially in terms of debates on Islamophobia Rumi: The Big…