The Pyrrhic Win

Dr. S. AUSAF SAIED VASPI OBSERVES that a badly bruised Congress has done it, but the Indo-US nuclear deal was really worth a dogfight in Parliament?...

• Unclear About Nuclear: The Left-Right March To Nowhere
  By SOROOR AHMED

Trapped between Tauhid and Shirk

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!  (Iqbal)
Lately, my writing for Payaam has taken a bit of a hit. Reasons are many. But they all could also be summed up into one. Regardless, gone are t...

JUSTICE HAS BECOME A DEAR COMMODITY

Getting justice has become very difficult. Around 60% of people languishing in the jails of country are those who are detained in the name of investigation. The numbers of such person who are held for the purpose of investigation may be around seven ...

International Criminal Court Instrument for justice or geo-politics?

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Louis Moreno Ocampo, has applied to the Court for a warrant of arrest against the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir. He is accused of committing the crime of genocide, crimes aga...

The Turkish Constitutional Court disregards popular will

On June 5, 2008, the Turkish Constitutional Court annulled the Parliament’s amendments to Articles 10 and 42 of the Constitution.
The Turkish Constitutional Court’s verdict annulling the Parliament’s amendments to Articles 10 and 4...

Godmen and Mortal World Happenings at Asaram Bapu's Ashram

 Death of two students of Gurukul (traditional schools run by Hindu Gurus) of Asaram Bapu's Ashram (July 2008) has raised multiple questions. The children staying in the Ashram were missing for some time before being found dead near the river. T...

In The Land Of Qurtaba And Gharnata

The Ministry of Culture and Information of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia invited the Editor of the Radiance Viewsweekly to attend the World Conference on Dialogue but he was unable to go there owing to his pre-occupations. He recommended my name to the min...

OBSTACLES TO ISLAMIC ECONOMICS RESEARCH

Excerpts from the lecture of DR. MOHAMMAD NEJATULLAH SIDDIQI in the Seventh International Conference on Islamic Economics, Islamic Economics Research Center, KAAU, Jeddah, April 1-3,2008...

The Dollar's Reign Of Terror

One of th...