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Book Review: Mier M Bar-Asher’s book explores linkages between Judaism and Islam

Saleem Rashid Shah The Judeo-Christian tradition of the West highlights the connection between Judaism and Christianity. However, its parallel Judeo-Islamic tradition is often overlooked. In his recent book, Jews and the Quran, Professor Mier M Bar-Asher of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem delves into the ties between Islam and Judaism. In this illuminating exploration, the author unravels the historical links, theological nuan...

ISI chief was defending Jihadis before CIA when 9/11 happened

Saleem Rashid Shah Renowned Pakistani journalist Zahid Hussain's book No Win War: The Paradox of US-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistan’s Shadow starts with an interesting and consequential meeting between two intelligence chiefs - General Mahmud Ahmad, the ISI chief in 2001, and George Tenet, the CIA Director at their Headquarters in Langley. Mahmud happened to be in Washington on the fateful day of 11th September 2001 and before ...

Zameer Uddin Shah: Sarkari Musalmaan who served country as soldier, diplomat and educationist

Saleem Rashid Shah Lt Gen (Retd) Zameer Uddin Shah in his autobiography refers to himself a ‘Sarkari Musalmaan’ - a Muslim who, according to him, is pro-establishment and supports the government of the day. A Sarkari Musalmaan defines his religion in a way that is acceptable to the establishment and projects himself as a modern rationalist by being submissive, or worse, by actively pandering to the bigotry agai...

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Maulana Azad searched rationale in religion and passionately pursued India's pluralism

Saleem Rashid Shah Many books have been written about Maulana Abul Kalam Azad but Maulana Azad: A Life by S. Irfan Habib stands out from the rest as it delves deep into his multifaceted personality. Habib brings out the greatness and weaknesses of Azad’s personality and gives a humane texture to the biography. Born in Mecca in an orthodox family of Islamic scholars, Azad was the youngest of five children with his three siste...

Women's status in Islam must be seen in context of pre-Islam Arabia

Salim Rashid Shah/ It's said and passionately argued by most of the scholars of Islam that ‘The basic message of the Quran is socio-economic justice and essential human egalitarianism.’ It's in this light that the status of a woman in Islam must be explained and subsequently theorized. Friday Musings Pre-Islamic Arabia was steeped in darkness to an extent that women were significantly invisibilized and reduce...

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