Author: Akif Khan
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Cut the crap – 1
When I get up in the morning, usually it’s this annoying sound of alarm. Three alarms that I have set on my phone. One rings at 7:50 am, second at 8:15 am and third at 8:30 am. I am obsessed with this grammatical structure that I wrote the missing “AMs” with the last two times…
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Bloody Self-Righteousness Syndrome
This self-righteousness is the reason that others get offensive to you. This self-righteousness of yours is the reason that others attack your faith. Do you realize, how much hurting is it when somebody judges you due to your faith? You can realize this only when you are in the same situation. When somebody makes a…
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The Battles of (Ir)Rationality
Last week I shared an article of Greenwald, which was in reply to Sam Harris and Dawkins “irrational Islamophobia” and alongwith it the emails exchange between Sam Harris and Greenwald on RSOP, when he retweeted Murtaza Hussain’s (A toronto based columnist) article on Sam Harris and Dawkins attitude. This is Dawkins infamous quote which spurred…
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FEMEN Redefining Feminism: A Potential Threat to Patriarchy, Orthodoxy and Hollow Liberalism
There is this news: bare breasted women standing against women oppression. Amina Tyler and FEMEN sparked a new debate in the international community when this Tunisian girl Amina, being a FEMEN activist, posted her topless photos on her facebook page against misogyny. Starting from three girls 6 years ago, the girls have been joining them…
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Hypocricy Marathon of New-Atheists and Islamists
Just came by this news yesterday. Where, University of Leicester is investigating the enforcement of gender segregation in a public address by Hamza Tzortsis, an Islamic Speaker. University showed its concerns on the handwritten posters directing “brothers” and “sisters” to separate sections of hall. The spokesperson of Hamza Tzortzis has this to say in response…
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Getting high on Muslim Conversions in West
Today in RSOP, a guy, religiously very passionate posted some text (his own thoughts or maybe some copy paste stuff) that there is a 25% rise in the Muslim conversions in France last year. Well to many of my friends and readers of this blog, it will be exciting enough, really cool and a big…
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Thy Love is Divine…
That embrace was very serene, When I was in a dream, Through that time memorable, That I envisaged; all I treasure. To call it just a vision, Will not fall into precision, I will tell you why, I feel that way, I try. The love is just a feeling of mine, Nothing though that I…
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Hazara Shia Genocide – Protest Updates from Islamabad
Right: Irfan Khudi Ali, Left: Ali Abbas Zaidi Courtesy: Ali Abbas Zaidi (http://ow.ly/gLfEQ) 10th of January, 2013, Thursday night was catastrophic for the Hazara Ethnic Community of Quetta when in a dual bomb blast atleast 100 Hazaras were murdered in cold blood. As usual Lashkar-i-Jhangwi accepted the responsibility. A well known peace activist Irfan Khudi…
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Thy Love is Hypocrite – Editorial
Originally published in The Rationalist, Vol 1, Issue II, Oct-Dec, 2012 After the success of our inaugural issue of “The Rationalist Pakistan”, the first online magazine of Pakistan that seeks promotion of “rationality and humanism“ based socio-political discourse , here we are with the second issue of our e-mag. With over 1500 online subscribers of…
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Movie Review – The Devil Inside
Since the advent of 21st century, the world has moved away from superstitions and heading more towards rationality. However, still there are conscious efforts being made to divert people from rationalist behavior. This movie, “The devil inside”, is a similar futile attempt in this regard. Released by paramount pictures this january, the story revolves around…