Tagged: Shariah

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...

Another fine example of pseudo-secularism

Some of you must have already read about the recent SC directive to states and UTs to frame laws “to make registration of marriage compulsory, irrespective of religion”. Apparently, some states have made “registration...