WHILE PROTEST REVERBERATESย on the streets of Chile, Catalonia, Britain, France, Iraq, Lebanon and Hong Kong, and a new generation rages against what has been done to their planet, I hope you will forgive me for speaking about a place where the street has been taken over by something quite different. There was a time when…
Introduction It is a common argument, made both implicitly and explicitly in Islamophobic rhetoric, that Islam, on the whole, is antithetical to modern secular notions of human rights. Whether it is through the lens of the rights of women in Islam and the oppression of women in the Muslim world, or through cited components of the shariโa regarding…
A Burdened Soul This isnโt a story I am proud of, and itโs not one I ever planned on writing. Itโs not even one I planned on living. When I was younger, I imagined that leaving Islam was a logical process, one arrived at through careful analysis of Islamic beliefs and finding in them something…
โPassive harassment for people of Kashmir, the unintentional remarks like quoting the infamous statement to justify the ill-bred occupation, is a concerning issue. It goes unnoticed and normally even the listener wouldnโt care to think about it in most cases.โ Kashmir had become stifling. It burdened me to realize that the world wonโt stop for…
Mir Sayid Mohammad Madniโs mausoleum often known as Madin Sahab is one of the oldest mausoleums situated in the vicinity of Hawal, Srinagar. The structure is 600 years old and was built in the 15th century by Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen, who, because of his efficacious rulership stature, is also known as Bud Shahโ the Great King.…
A season of death, a season of loss; our buds rest into coffins, our blossoms have the scent of scars. With a call for Namaz, there’s a greater call to visit graveyards. Decades of violence; an abode of learners, a valley blooming with the hues of knowledgeโ now cradles in the darkness of ignorance. From…
Trends have changed, philosophies of existence and their manifestations too have made a brutal and radical shift towards the โdistortions of something-ness.โ The world once had experienced Socrates, walking down from wild forest, with a swing of gestures on his face, reflecting a deep search with an endless pulse of confusions. The collective social psychology…