Tagged: Sharia

“It’s About Sharia” – Reading Andrew McCarthy

Excerpts from the concluding part of a recent essay by Andrew McCarthy. Seriously thought-provoking (emphasis added). Read on…comments/thoughts welcome as always… *** Beginning of Excerpts *** There is no “moderate” sharia devotee, for sharia...

The demise of “Pashtunwali”…

Has the much-vaunted Pashtun tradition fallen by the wayside in the face of Taliban (pl. see last sentence of the extract below)? From a report in The Hindu (dt Apr 30 ’09):  …Islamabad (PTI): Taliban militants have...

On John Howard, LPG Cylinders and Hoax Emails – Part 1

Once upon a time, in the early days of the Internet, surfers implicitly “trusted”  information they found on the web - particularly information that appeared genuine, seemed like it had been properly referenced and sounded credible....

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...