Recent content by M Javed Iqbal

Both your candidates are very rich. You elected JFK whose girlfriend just disclosed how characterless he was and the case of Monica is fresh in memory. So spirituality and piety have no role in electing a president. How can you justify such selection in view of your claim of loving Jesus Christ...

I have read NT and found Christ to be a kind and helpful person. He won hearts by healing the sick. He talked about a God Who was Kind & wanted to comfort the tired bodies and minds of common man. But today I see priests creating a fatalistic atmosphere by their Armageddon and end of world...

Three prominent saints of Pakistan, including Syed Sarfraz Ahmad Shah and Dr Rafiq Akhtar have predicted that there will soon be a change for better in governance and Pakistan will rise to unimaginable heights shortly. Have you seen the article by Mr Qidwai in daily Jang? They say that the...

far greater armies? Today I saw this Ayat of Quran Karim: 3:160 If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust. Do you know if Holy Quran was not so miraculously encouraging, small...

Yesterday a Muslim quoted this Ayat in reply to my question: 52:21 And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds. I...

fellow humans? Towards the beginning of second millennium the world saw Christian armies attacking the holy land in the name of crusades. 700 years later they attacked Asia and Africa for colonizing these and with the beginning of third millennium came attacks on Algeria, Afghanistan, Iraq and...

...Pakistan? A corrupt to the core political leadership, equally corrupt army leadership, laws protecting the interests of aristocracy and incidence of taxes on poor people alone are similarities between Pakistan and Egypt. But do you think People are so hard-pressed in Pakistan to raise up and...

...deliver a lecture? Do you think this gesture will bring more understanding among Christians and Muslims or pave the way for more hectic debating ? Muhammad Javed Iqbal

I have received some hate mail about the last Mughal ruler Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir who was considered a living saint in his own time. He ruled the largest India, from Kanya Kumari to Kashmir and Kabul to Assam for the longest period (56 years). Yet he lived simply and earned his livelihood by...

instead of discussing who was better suited to become a caliph. For you can not go back in time and correct or change anything. Why not start from ?: " One who recognizes himself , has recognized God " What does this saying of Ali RA mean ? Muhammad Javed Iqbal

Ramadan : Do you know that your debate is based on ignorance ? Was not Muhammad (SAW) first prophet created and sent in the last ? So if Ali RA was made last caliph, does it mean an injustice to him? Was Ali not youngest of all caliphs? Do you know that most Muslim saints are the progeny of...

Whenever I raise any point about truth of Islam, I am stormed by answers from my Jewish and Christian brothers/sisters that it was already mentioned in Torah or NT. Could you kindly tell me why G-d Almighty sent Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David and Christ with almost...

...racism in Israel? Israeli Rabbis have forbidden Jews to rent houses to non Jews in the holy land. Isn't it pre-historic racism which should best be consigned to dust bin of history? What is your opinon, frankly speaking ? M J Iqbal

Jerusalem Post's Report of Jan 2: Some nine months ago, Eliahu issued a halachic edict against renting or selling land to non-Jews in Safed, signed by another 17 local rabbis. That statement was the basis for the recent so-called rabbis’ letter, which was signed by nearly 50 city rabbis...

If someone had told me, two days ago, I would not have believed it, but since 1432 H has been declared year of Imam Mehdi,, so may be! http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.islam/browse_thread/thread/bf110e136be2b590?hl=en# Do you think the dispute can be resolved now ?