Voices Stories by Ramzan Rana
Independence Day celebrations and insults
New York is awash with festivities these days. Yet, according to the author, in the Pakistani-American community, certain unscrupulous individuals are bringing Pakistan’s national day celebrations into disrepute. more>
Shrouded justice
The writer says that it is not only the judges’ identities that have been kept hidden from the public eye in Saddam Hussein’s trial, but the witnesses and the evidence to be produced during the trial will be in secret as well. It is unjust, the writer adds, that Hussein has been charged for the murder of 150 Iraqis, while President Bush has killed 150,000 Iraqis during the past two and half years. more>
Wealthiest Muslim governments come up short on tsunami response
All Muslims are enjoined by the Koran to show generosity towards those in need. Why, then, the surge of stinginess in the wake of the South Asian disaster? more>