"Here I may add an interesting footnote to the sociological history of modern Muslim India and Pakistan. Almost every …"

"It was the poet Iqbal’s hope that an Indian Muslim state might rid Islam of “the stamp that Arab imperialism was forc…"

"THE FUNDAMENTALISTS were known to English-speaking people in Pakistan as the “fundos.” They were to that extent a pre…"

"Salman, talking of this neurosis, said, “Islam doesn’t show on my face. We have nearly all, subcontinental Muslims, i…"

"The state withered. But faith didn’t. Failure only led back to the faith. The state had been founded as a homeland fo…"

"Pakistan is a living testament to the bankrupt idea of an Islamic State."

"Whatever the outcome of the Muavia case, the controversy sheds light on a hidden phenomenon, the frequent sexual abus…"

"Graduates” of the madrassas are supposedly either retained as teachers for the next generation of recruits, or are se…"

"Jamaati Ulama Islam ... figured as a fairly minor part of Pakistan's religious scene until the regime of General Zia …"

"I wish President Musharraf well, we want to work with him to bring greater balance in our own relations. But I have t…"