This is what the women of Pakistan, a poor country with a low literacy rate, have achieved against all the odds. Can 'advanced' countries match this?
Mariam Chugtai tweeted
In the last 20 months, Pakistanis women have brought home an oscar, an emmy, the nobel prize and the asian gold in cricket - Khadija Amjad
I have already written a few pieces on Malala and I urge our writers to write about this tweet, the role of women in Pakistani society in particular and Muslim society in general.
We do not always agree with brother Mehdi Hasan and his understanding of Islam but this is a wonderful defence of Islam by him at the Oxford Union Debate
Source : Oxford Union
Mike Ghouse takes up the mantle of interfaith communication and answers the objection from the Sunnis that it is un-Islamic.
Source : Rehan Allahwala
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