Posted 07/15/10 | By Beliefnet
I had no idea that Mike Tyson was a muslim until I heard last week that he had traveled to Mecca for umrah (the minor pilgrimage, identical to the Hajj except that umrah can be performed anytime during the year and does not fulfill the muslim’s religious obligation to perform Hajj at least once in… read more »
Posted 07/12/10 | By Liz Clayman
This image was shot from the rooftop of an apartment building on Barrow Street in the West Village on July 4th.
Posted 07/08/10 | By Moign Khawaja
Two attacks on worship places of Qadianis took place on 28 May in Lahore in which more than 90 worshippers lost their lives. This was the news of the day item I did for Foreign Policy Journal that day. I could have written it the following way:
Two attacks on mosques took place on 28 May in Lahore in which more… read more »
Posted 07/07/10 | By Asif Akhtar
From lofty and very lonely heights, the foreign writer tries to decipher what went wrong with the game of cricket after the glorious days when the Imperial Sun used to shine all day from East to West. As the westerner purposefully sips on his mild cup of Twining’s Earl Gray tea with spice and cinnamon extract… read more »