Battered and bruised Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani struggled to gain the confidence of the nation, in the aftermath of America's raid on Abbottabad. Even the loyal army officers and the dependable cadres, once the spine of Kayani's support base, openly challenged his version of events. In particular, many officers were not only perplexed, but less than convinced by the inability of the armed forces to…

The Post colonial era saw Muslim World being introduced to governance structures and ideas which were born and developed in Western Europe and which were introduced to the Muslim world as a legacy of the colonial rulers. Decades since colonialists ended their physical occupation of Muslim Lands, the Muslim World finds itself engaged in the fundamental debate about governance models and structures and the political, economic and social ideas on…

After spending months observing the callous slaughter and atrocious carnage of innocent Syrians at the hands of Assad's brutal regime, the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait finally mustered enough strength to lift themselves from paralysis and undertook the ignoble deed of recalling their ambassadors from Damascus. Even in their terse statements, one finds little solace for the Syrian people. "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stands before its historic…

After last week's killings and Oslo bombing by Anders Behring Breivik, someone in a part of London was asked about the reaction of Muslims there. His response was that they are just relieved and saying "Alhamdulillah (thanks be to God), the gunman was not a Muslim". In addition, they are pointing out the contradictions in the media reporting noting that if he had been a Muslim, he would have been…