IslamicLawBlog

"Pakistan’s ruling Coalition has less than forty-eight hours left to fulfill their pre-election promise with the nation to restore the high court judges that General Musharraf fired by means of the 2007 Emergency Proclamation last November, an action contrary to the Constitution. The country's lawyers are likely to protest hard and refuse to cooperate with the new government if the Coalition fails to deliver the promise. The Pakistan Peoples Party, the chief party of the Coalition, appears to be uncertain about the modalities of restoration even though it had previously agreed that the judges would be restored through a Parliamentary resolution followed by an executive order. Since the sacking of the judges was unconstitutional per se, the cumbersome constitutional procedures were deemed unnecessary for the restoration. More pressing problems await the Coalition. The shortage of food items and electricity frustrates the common people on a daily basis. The court system is less ...

Divine texts are the common heritage of human beings. They cultivate human spirituality. Too much time is spent finding faults with divine text and too little attention is paid to understanding their unity of purpose. While doubters question the authenticity of divine texts and while factions set one divine text against the other, divine texts are munificent in establishing the truth. The Hebrew Bible warns that among nations gone astray from the path of God, “the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired man a maniac.” The Qur’an affirms: “We have sent thee revelation, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers after him: We sent revelation to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms.” The New Testament declares, “All scripture is God-breathed.” The Buddhist Dhammapada proclaims, “Blessed is the devotion of those who dwell in unity.” The Bhagavad Gita’s call to unity is no less vivid when Krishna procla...