Kunwar Shahid
We cannot counter jihadism until we stop denying its ideological origins
It's insulting to the victims and detrimental to Islam’s prospects of reformation if the obvious influence of religion on religious extremism is snubbed.
How an Islamist made the case for secularism
A Pakistani cleric has found himself a victim of the very laws that he promotes.
Pakistan’s blasphemy law is a relentless guillotine for minorities
The number of Pakistanis being sentenced or killed for blaspheming against the accepted strain of Sunni Islam is on the rise.
The responsibility for ISIS doesn’t lie with the West
While it would be ridiculous to allow the West the moral high ground, it is even more absurd for the Muslim world to transfer the responsibility for ISIS on to the West.