Monthly Archive: April 2009

Sharia does not permit us to lay down arms…

Excerpts from an eye-opening report in The Dawn (emphasis mine)  ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban will not lay down their arms in a northwestern valley as part of a deal that included the introduction of sharia law but...

Of Criminals and Elections

This post was prompted by a question posed by Suresh in an email to me a few weeks ago. Suresh wrote: I think Arun Gawali is a CONVICTED criminal, albeit he has possibly an...

Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part I

For the past several months, I have been thinking of digging up some old articles from this blog on the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi issue. Then, this not-so-widely-reported news from last week finally forced me...