Conversations With Europe’s Legendary Chief Rabbi
As I stood up to deliver my lecture at the University of Copenhagen, my host whispered that the Pakistani ambassador...
Monday, June 5, 2023
Kristiane Backer – MTV Icon Found Inner Peace Through Islam
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
Annette Bellaoui: Talking Women In Islam, With Music And Humour
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad Trains A New Generation Of Scholars
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
‘Hillbilly’ Muslim: Imam Pedersen Bridges Islam And Danish Culture
This piece is part of a series on Western Muslim converts, releasing during the month of Ramazan. The people profiled...
Where Have All The Heroes Gone?
Ernest Hemingway's great war novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), which was made into a blockbuster Academy Award-winning film...
Three Letters, One Humanity
In this article, I am presenting three remarkable letters for the reader to ponder. They were written in three different...
An Assistant Commissioner’s Diary In East Pakistan: Field Lessons
The stability and therefore the success of any national government depends on the district and subdivisional level of administration. When...
Using Scholarship To Build Bridges Between Jews And Muslims
With a flare-up of violence once again between Israelis and Palestinians, my thoughts turned to those figures who could bridge...
Battle For The Soul Of A Subcontinent
Modern India is a land of dizzying contrasts. Indian scientists have developed plans to send satellites to Mars, while Indian...
‘A Mercy Unto Mankind’ – A Dedication To The Prophet (PBUH) From East To West
When the Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings on him) returned to Makkah at the head of a large victorious...
Who Reflects American Identity: Trump Or Biden?
On my year-long study tour of the United States, many African Americans, when asked about American identity in relation to...
Vivekananda – Guru To The World
More than any other Indian, Vivekananda brought the Hindu faith to the United States of America. With his opening words...
When News Of Bhutto’s Death Almost Killed Me In Waziristan
There was a direct linear connection between Bhutto’s death and my near fatal accident. I will illustrate the principle of...
Plato’s Atlantis, Valmiki’s Ramayana And Modi’s Hindutva Today
The search for paradise on earth has always fired the imagination of scholars and dreamers, whether it is the Englishman...
When Giants Walked In Balochistan
In my first conversation with Nawab Akbar Bugti, he cited Ibn Khaldun. I was curious as to where the Nawab...
Lessons In Law And Order – A Case Study From My Time In Balochistan
A Baloch woman wearing her bridal jewelry could walk alone from one end of the Balochistan province to the other...
Memoir| When I Spent A Glorious Summer At Cambridge University
Dr Akbar Ahmed will be writing his memoirs for TFT about his eventful life and multiple pursuits. This is the...
Let Charles Be Charles
Our prayers and blessings for the departed soul of the late great Queen Elizabeth II. Her death represents the passing...
Facing Fear: The Coming Of The Terminator
“When sorrows come,” groaned Claudius in Hamlet, “they come not single spies, but in battalions.” Our world knows what he...
Race, Culture, Terrorism And ‘Deep Structures’: Conversations With Noam Chomsky
Rarely are men who are renowned in their time gifted with both intellect and a caring heart. Noam Chomsky is...
When Benazir Bhutto Launched My Jinnah Book At SOAS, London
“Benazir Bhutto has been killed, and we want you live on BBC television straight away, please.” It was early morning...
Mingling Of The Oceans: A Pedagogical Strategy To Check The Violence In Our Times
Prince Dara Shikoh was the crown prince of the Mughal Empire and son and heir of Shah Jahan, ruler of...
Fighting Cancer Taught Me About Resilience, Kindness And Gratitude – II
Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador...
Fighting Cancer Taught Me About Resilience, Kindness And Gratitude – I
Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador...
What We Learned From Malaika
On the last day of February this year, we lost Malaika. Our beautiful, noble, gentle, dog was run over by...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
9 May, The Domino Effect And The Unraveling Of PTI
Party members and some senior office holders of...
Mismanagement Plagues Punjab’s Model Bazaars Initiative
LAHORE: The Punjab Model Bazaars Management Company (PMBMC)...