Category: History

Open forum: What is the origin of Hijab?

Posted on by Lord Kavi

Here is an open forum. We can discuss together to find the best answer for this question. Please write your opinion and let’s start the discussion. What is the origin of Hijab? (with an emphasis on garments like Chador, Burqa …

Posted in History, Islam, Middle East, Philosophy | 3 Comments

The last of the veils are slowly dissipating

Posted on by Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine)

The extent of the Arab governments’ conspiracies against their own people and sub-serviance to the US and Israeli governments was known to most people. But the documents released from Wikileaks simply confirm and extend this knowledge. For example, we now …

Posted in Arabs, Awareness, Foreign Affairs, History, Israel, Middle East | Leave a comment

Why I am not a Muslim

Posted on by Lord Kavi

It’s the name of a book, written in 1995 by Ibn Warraq, Pakistani religious critic. The name is homage to Bertrand Russell’s “Why I Am Not a Christian”. Unfortunately, many Muslims are unfamiliar with this informative book. It’s the criticism …

Posted in Atheism, Awareness, History, Islam, Islamophobia, Pakistan, Religion | 27 Comments

Pakistanis The Best

Posted on by Shazli Gujjar (Pakistan)

If we don’t know the person we don’t know about its virtuous things we only have a blurred picture of his on our minds & if we listen to rumour then we firstly like to confirm it what we listen …

Posted in Creativity, Current Events, Economy, Education, History, Islam, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, Women, Youth | 2 Comments

Criticism of Joseph and Zulaikha in Arabic by Ahmed Zidan

Posted on by Lord Kavi

After Islamic revolution in Iran, beside math, biology, physics, chemistry and etc., a new subject introduced to the middle and high school programs. That was and still is obligatory and all the children should learn it: The Arabic course!

Posted in History, Islam, Mideast Youth, Philosophy, Romance, Sex, Women | 5 Comments

A Look into Psychology of Dictators

Posted on by Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany)

The behaviour of dictators like Ahmadinejad, Ghadafi, Idi Amin etc., is not solely a funny subject for people, a witty personage for media, and a caricature for satirists, above all, such behaviour is a potential to catastrophes for a whole …

Posted in Civil Rights, History | 2 Comments

The Futile War

Posted on by Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany)

During the savage war of 1980-1988 between Iran-Iraq, both dictatorial belligerents needed the war to impose their shaky regimes at home. The 1982 military gains of Iran could actually result into an honourable end of the war, but the Islamic …

Posted in History, Iran, Iraq | Leave a comment

Mass Executions of 88 in Iran

Posted on by Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany)

In the span of August to September 1988, massive crimes were committed in Iran. As Ayatollah Khomeini drank the “poison chalice” and accepted the humiliation of peace treaty with his arch foe, Saddam Hossein, he calmed down his frustration by …

Posted in History, Iran | 1 Comment

Lessons from the Japanese after the Bombs

Posted on by Anas Aljumaily

On August 6th 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb “little boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people. 65 years ago today on August 9th 1945, the United States dropped another atomic …

Posted in Arabs, Culture, Education, Events, General, History, Politics, Society, War, Youth | 1 Comment

Introducing Youngsters: The Notion of Individual Heritage

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

The article aims to introduce youngsters to the notion of individual heritage by raising awareness of their own tangible, intangible, social and cultural values. An endeavor made to build and stand youngsters in the role of historical detectives. The purpose of this paper is to explore the struggle an individual giving for intellectual heritage.

Posted in Culture, Culture and Society, History, Youth | Tagged , , | 2 Comments