According to Amnesty International: rape is greatly under reported because of the stigma attached to it, and even more rarely punished. Even so, their stats say: One in five women will be a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime (WHO 1997). In the USA a woman is raped every 90 seconds (US […]
Author: M K
Our dwindling resources: Chaos appears in the land and the sea because of the evil deeds which people’s hands have earned, in order to make them taste the flavor of some of their misdeeds – in order that they may come back -Surah Ruum [30:41] As Pakis we can feel acutely, the pain of dwindling […]
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Mohammad(S)
“Mohammad was twenty-five years old. He was of medium stature; inclined to slimness, with a large head and broad shoulders, and the rest of his body perfectly proportioned. His hair and beard were thick and black, not altogether straight but slightly curled. His hair reached midway between the lobes of his ears and his shoulders, […]
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Let the Heart Speak-Madressah Life
The moment we outgrow our frocks and piggy-tails period we start talking big. Our ideas and our thoughts may be as silly-sounding as “! L!kE 2 w@lK iN tHe r@!N so nObOdY c@n see my te@rS” or they may emerge as senselessly passionate rhetoric like “Why b0tHer to F!T in wHeN you c@n st@nd oUt”. […]
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The Royal Fiasco
As I woke up today & dragged myself half asleep to our living room , I found my mother watching the royal wedding on TV. I was already looking down my nose on this royal nonsense, partially owing to my coworkers bubbly (read:sickly) excitement about it for the last week and primarily because of the […]
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Privacy and Islam
“O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own until you have asked leave and saluted the inmates thereof. That is better for you, that you may be heedful. And if you find no one therein, do not enter them until you are given permission. And if it be said to you, ‘Go […]