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Salam, an Ahmadi, is reviled in Pakistan for his religious beliefs. In his defence, Hoodbhoy has taken to the media repeatedly. [ 45 ] He also features prominently in the video documentary "Salam – the first ****** Nobel Laureate" [ 46 ] and is among the notable signatories of the Humanist Manifesto.
Pervez Hoodbhoy and A. H. Nayyar. Rewriting the history of Pakistan, in Islam, Politics and the state: The Pakistan Experience, Ed. Mohammad Asghar Khan, Zed Books, London, 1985. Pervez Hoodbhoy – What Are They Teaching in Pakistani Schools Today? (International Movement for a Just World)
Solidarity message from Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist, mathematician and activist to the International Conference in London, 22-24 July. Hoodbhoy speaks of Mashal Khan, lynched by a mob at his university, on accusations of blasphemy. The conference will remember the victims of blasphemy and apostasy laws, including Mashal Khan.
As a counterpoint, the film features noted nuclear physicist and civil activist Pervez Hoodbhoy, who provides broader context on the history presented by Abdul Aziz. The film also tracks the lives of two adolescent students in madrasas run by the Red Mosque (named Talha and Zarina), and a village chief (Tariq) who creates a school centered ...
Islamist author Muhammad Qutb (brother, and promoter, of Sayyid Qutb) in his influential book Islam, the misunderstood religion, states that "science is a powerful instrument" to increase human knowledge but has become a "corrupting influence on men's thoughts and feelings" for much of the world's population, steering them away from "the Right ...
Pervez Taufiq said he had just flown into Los Angeles from Cancun last week with his wife and three sons when he was confronted by another flyer who had been on the same flight onboard a transfer bus.
Fourteen members of a small religious sect in Australia have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an 8-year-old girl, who died after they withheld insulin needed to treat her diabetes because ...
According to Pervez Hoodbhoy, a Pakistani physicist opposed to fundamentalism, under Zia the government organized international conferences and provided funding for research on such topics as the temperature of hell and the chemical nature of jinn (supernatural creatures made from fire). [119] [120] In prisons, religious instruction is ...