SARTAJ AHMAD SOFI The times we live in are called “post-modern”. It is undoubtedly the age of science and ultra-rationality, the end result of which is estrangement from religion. Religion considers “faith” and science considers “rationality” as the sole means for explaining all events in the world. The manifestation of this shift from religion to […]
AQIB MUSHTAQ We all know Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged people to switch off lights at their homes and in the darkness light lamps, candles or turn on mobile phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5. The prime minister told the nation that many people must have felt alone […]
Dr S Shafiq Ahme Divergence in strategies and thoughts about any public issue is natural and welcome. However, the harmful strategies and thoughts need necessary reform, correction, or rejection. Muslim educators complain that conventional thinking or fixed mindset is commonly prevalent among Muslims. And that it has caused tremendous harm to Muslims in particular and […]
Aqib Mushtaq It’s a frightening time in a dangerous world. Some of us are in areas that have already been affected by coronavirus. Others are bracing for what may come. All of us are watching the news headlines and wondering, “What is going to happen next?” As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the world, stress, […]
Dr Shahnawaz Mushtaq The number of Covid-19 cases in Kashmir has risen with each passing day. Though the health department is on alert, yet there is an equally strong need for people to be aware about the virus. Here are answers to some of the common questions about the risk and protection from coronavirus. 1. […]
Mohammad Shoaib Police have to play a multifarious role in society. Police is the first institution that people approach in case of any crime or emergency or if a wrong is done against someone. Police are the administrative machinery of the government charged with the preservation of public order and tranquility, the promotion of public […]
Arif Aslam I wake up for the early morning prayer, step out towards the place of congregation, and back in my mind is the motive that the community should see my connection with the Lord. Please don’t judge me, I am not a hypocrite. My prayer has all the required physical act but is devoid […]
Banday Abid The nurse has the privilege to open the eyes of a newborn, and to gently close the eyes of the dying –witness to both the beginning and the end of life. The history of nursing is as old as the history of mankind. The first Islamic nurse, Hazrat Rufaida Al-Aslamia (620 AD), obtained […]
Azad Hussain In the middle of widespread panic over the coronavirus, the central government has come up with a new domicile law for Jammu and Kashmir. Perhaps the government at the centre has found this a good time to avoid any kind of mass protest by people who would oppose it in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Hamid Rather At a time when the country is struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Union Home Ministry has issued a new domicile law, repealing 29 state laws and amending 109 others with immediate effect from March 31. It is no less than a massive bomb dropped on the people of Jammu and Kashmir. It […]