A very tragic death of a 16 year old Aqsa Parvez in Canada by her father Muhammad Parvez has left most of us wondering why it could not been avoided?  The press and media is depicting it as the ‘honour killing’ and ‘not wearing hijjab’ is highlighted as the prime motive behind this gruesome murder.  The father and Aqsa’s older brother Waqas Parvez are now behind the bar since December 11, 2007 and will face trial in due course of time.
There is nothing to defend such a brutal killing of human being in …

They say, “Oh, poor girl, you’re so beautiful you know
It’s a shame that you cover up your beauty so.”
She just smiles and graciously responds reassuringly,
“This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Faith is more essential than fashion, wouldn’t you agree?”
This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect her dignity.
So lift the veil from your …

A hijab only poses a “long-shot” risk of injury to a soccer player, experts said Tuesday, as the debate continued over a 14-year-old Calgary girl’s head scarf.
Both Stephen Brown, a kinesiology expert at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University, and Maureen Simmonds, director of McGill University’s school of physical and occupational therapy, said it wasn’t impossible a hijab could injure a player.
But the chances of it leading to any significant injury were remote, they said.
“I don’t know what sort of imagination you have to have to see this as a safety …

 I am quoting the following two verses of chapter 2 in Quran and request you to just take couple of minutes and read these and try to relate with the current situation in the world.
When it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “Why, we only want to make peace!” Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.  [Quran 2:10-11]
Once you have done that, then it will be interesting for everyone to know how did you co-relate to …