The missing pillar: freedom of expression
Since the inception of Pakistan, it has been evident with the coming into power of every successive government – whether it was a dictatorship regime or a democratic one – that it bought along with it several new amendments and legislations to be enacted into the constitution of Pakistan. Our constitution grants us freedom of […]
Hijab, CAN and Religious Tolerance
On September 11, 2003, two teachers at the Franklin Science Academy in Muskogee, Oklahoma, were discussing the terrorist attacks that had occurred exactly two years earlier, when they spotted a sixth grader, Nashala Hearn, wearing a Muslim headscarf. The school’s dress code prohibited students from wearing “hats, caps, bandanas, plastic caps, or hoods on jackets […]
Children from Atlanta Jewish Academy Hail “Religious Tolerance” in Azerbaijan Following Visit
ATLANTA, April 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — A group of American Jewish children visiting Azerbaijan, a Muslim nation wedged between Russia and Iran, praised the country’s “religious tolerance” upon their return to Atlanta in the United States. 16-year old Mayaan Schoen pointed out Azerbaijan’s warm society and open culture. ” Azerbaijan is a prime example of […]
Executive Summary of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities
In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate Executive Summary of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities 25th-27th January 2016 WHEREAS, conditions in various parts of the Muslim World have deteriorated dangerously due to the use of violence and armed struggle as a tool for settling […]
French mosques open doors to public to promote unity and solidarity
Hundreds of mosques across France have opened their doors to the general public in an effort to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of recent terror attacks in the country. Organisers of the so-called brotherly tea parties hope to promote unity and discuss misconceptions about Islam. Omar Shabani, Chairman of the Grand Mosque of Arras, said: […]