"Invisible walls were also rising among communities, between neighbors, and even within families. The seeds of intoler…"

"Faced with insoluble social, political, and economic crises that threatened the very existence of Pakistan, Prime Min…"

"By early 1979, everything was ready. In Iran, the government of Bakhtiar had fallen on February 11, 1979, and the Isl…"

"Despite the press coverage of Dawalibi’s visits to Pakistan, the extent of his involvement in writing the laws was no…"

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

"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…"

"Just as Medina had provided a base for the eventual victory of Islam in Arabia, Pakistan would pave the way for the t…"

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

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