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Sabahat Ashraf, known in blogging and technology circles by his pen name "iFaqeer," is a communicator and activist based in the Northern California/Silicon Valley area. His blog can be found here.

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[24 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | ]
On Husain Haqqani

Is Memogate too much of an “amateur effort” to really involve Husain Haqqani?

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[24 Sep 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Defining the Responsibilities of our Religious Leaders

Aalims and daa’ees have been given too much responsibility in terms of leading the community.

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[11 Sep 2011 | One Comment | ]
Ten Years After 9/11: What Needs to be Done Now?

For Muslims, it is not only time to control how Islam is viewed but also, and more importantly, how it is practiced in the 21st century.

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[19 Aug 2011 | 3 Comments | ]
Karachi: When will People Push Back to Reclaim their City?

Maybe they are waiting. Maybe the people of Karachi have a better sense of what will or will not pay dividends in terms of actually changing things for the better.

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[30 Jul 2011 | 5 Comments | ]
Paranoia, the Pakistan Army and Misconduct

There’s another news report circulating of an officer of a Pakistani security institution doing something bad.

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[28 Oct 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
Musharraf: Dear Pakistanis, Forgive Me

Was Musharraf’s apology rare and classy?

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[29 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
“Are your people cockroaches?”

They ask me, are your people human cockroaches; or terrorists; or dead. This is my answer.

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[24 Jul 2010 | Comments Off | ]
On Banning the Niqab

To ban or not to ban: when we engage with the issue as one of freedom for women versus preventing the oppression of women, we’re buying into the Islamist-Islamophobic binary.