Poem: Waris Shah Vs Aitzaz Ahsan
by Bradistan Waris Shah Vs. Aitzaz Ahsan (In the Court of Supreme Judge ALLAH The Almighty) A Tribute to Late Amrita Pritam aaj aakhaaN Aitzaz nuuN aaj aakhaN AITZAZ AHSAN nuuN, kitoN Chamber vichchoN bol, te aaj kitab-e -Knoon daa koii aglaa varkaa phol ik Uthyaa sii Wada Kanoon Daan, tuuN likh likh maare Byaan, aaj SWAT DE Dhiyaan rondiaa, tainuN Aitzaz Ahsan nuN kahen Jaag dardmandaaN diaa dardiaa, Jaag Pakistani Jaag … Read entire article »
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Obituary:Javad Nurbakhsh- A Sufi Soul
A leading Iranian Sufi, he was also a noted psychiatrist, author and medical clinic director By Leonard Lewisohn The Guardian, Wednesday 7 January 2009 The master of a branch of the Nimatullahi order of Sufism in Iran, Dr Javad Nurbakhsh not only furthered the cause of his religion, but was also one of the country’s leading psychiatrists. When the upheavals of the Iranian revolution in 1979 caused him and many others to emigrate, he continued to organise the practice of Sufism abroad till his death in Britain at the age of 81. Sufism is the mystical tradition within Islam whose followers – Sufis, or dervishes – espouse a religion of love based on poetry, music, and utilising various esoteric contemplative practices, the most important of which is a type of interior prayer … Read entire article »
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Interview:British-Pakistani Novelist Tariq Mehmood
UK Political Debate: Q & A with Tariq Mehmood Tariq Mehmood is a broadcaster, writer and filmmaker. His first two novels are both set in Bradford UK. He has published two illustrated books for children. Tariq co-directed the award winning documentary Injustice. He is the editor of Sangi, the only magazine in his mother tongue, Pothowari in UK. Tariq and Rock musician Aki Nawaz host the Political Show “The Point” in UK on sky satellite 836. Tariq is visiting Pakistan to cover current political situation. … Read entire article »
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Racism Debate UK:Jade,Shilpa and Imran
Advisory Warning: The Article is Intended for starting a debate on issues of Race and Religion. Some readers might find the discussion offensive,but it is printed in the spirit of freedom of expression.The debate is not in favour of or Against any racial or religious Group.The editors reserve the right to disagree with the author.-PTH … Read entire article »
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Imran Obama Debate
The Imran-Obama Debate: Yes we can. By Bradistan Calling The election of Barak Hussein Obama, the first Black President of United States of America, has started interesting debates all over the world. In Britain the search is on, for a “first Asian or Muslim prime minister”, although all the indicators and the analysis of the political hierarchy tells us that it might be another half a century before such a election becomes a possibility. … Read entire article »
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Imagined Homeland*
By Raza Rumi It irks me when I hear simplistic platitudes on Pakistani society, state or people. The heterogeneity of Pakistan is by itself an anthropologist’s dream, a planners’ headache and a sociologist’s challenge. Despite the sixty-one years of drumming the uniform nationalism mantra, Pakistan’s regions and their peoples refuse to toe the line sponsored by the official textbook masters. This is why one minute there is a delightful speech on being a Pakistani and the … Read entire article »
it is written on the clouds
temporal credit musuf it is written on the clouds how you’d smile today dress tomorrow the heart of the mirror of Truth broken in pieces ensconced and cherished reflected collective sighs grins, groans and grunts writ on the floating ships seen in the possessed shards the conundrum – why are you angry with me one day and smile the next you say that too is decreed the fog of fall with its abrahamic colors shrouds un-heavenly judgments the smoke of saffron lets no wails through nor does the miasma of fire or the smaze of voices gods are invented through the … Read entire article »
Two poems by Rehman Baba
by Aadil Shah Abdur-Rehman (1650 – 1715 A.D) widely known as Rehman Baba was a great Pushtu Sufi poet who is regarded as the most read and quoted Pushtu poet of the larger belt of Afghanistan and the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan. There isn’t much known about his life due to the lack of eyewitness accounts yet a few legends portray him to be a reclusive poet, singing his poems near the Bara River while strumming a Rebab. His poetry shows him to be a poet who had full command on fiqa (jurisprudence) and tasawwaf (Sufism). A powerful Sufi touch in his poetry notwithstanding, he was not inclined to a particular order of Sufism and it is more likely that Rahman Baba was an free soul, with an individualistic practice of Sufism similar to … Read entire article »
The Ultimate Union of the Heart-Mind
temporal Dil say jo baat nikalti hay, asar rakhti hay Par nahiN, taaqat e parwaaz magar rakhti hay Words that emanate from the heart carry (more) weight Without wings, they can fly (great) distances – Iqbal The large majority of those who live in the west have difficulty in understanding what it is to think with the mind of the heart. Voltaire perhaps came closest: Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. … Read entire article »
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The passion of Hussein Hallaj: voices of dissent (part 2)
by Shaheryar Ali The movement of Mysticism emerged as a reaction against the nexus of Arab imperialism, the clerics and the emergence of culture of the rich and the fashionable, against which the “rough shirt” of wool became the symbol of resistance and etymological root of the word “Sufi” [though controversial from Soof] , I continue the story from where I left it-…. Bayazeed and Rabiya shook the very foundations of “Islam” as defined by the Mullahs. … Read entire article »
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Hussein Hallaj: dissent within Islam and the birth of mysticism (part I)
by Shaheryar Ali I am He whom I love, and He whom I love is I. We are two spirits dwelling in one body. If thou seest me, thou seest Him And if thou seest Him thou seest us both Mansur Al-Hallaj Two Hussein’s are important in the search of any attempt to reconstruct [or reconcile as is the more academic fashion these … Read entire article »
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