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1. 1. British Museum exhibit offers visitors a chance to experience Muslim pilgrimage

   Asian News, Wednesday 25 January 2012 Qaisra Khan and I are standing in the Round Reading Room of the world-renowned British Museum in London.

2. 2. Time to turn around worrisome trends in Pakistan

   Asian News, Wednesday 12 January 2011 Once again the viciousness that haunts Muslim communities has manifested itself in the form of a brutal assassination of the Pakistani Provincial Governor Salman Taseer last week.

3. 3. New, independent media empowering women

   Asian News, Thursday 16 December 2010 All too often, it seems that it’s a man’s world, especially in the Middle East.

4. 4. Muslim culture, British identity

   Asian News, Monday 13 December 2010 The Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, Lord Altaf Sheikh urged the British Muslim community to join the armed forces and police in order to promote tolerance and mutual respect between Muslims and non-Muslims in Britain last month.

5. 5. My not-so-kosher Hanukkah

   Asian News, Friday 10 December 2010 This year I found myself the co-host of a not-so-kosher Hanukkah. What is a not-so-kosher Hanukkah? You will understand once you have read my story.

6. 6. Blasphemy in Pakistan: time to repeal a flawed law

   Asian News, Wednesday 08 December 2010 On 29 November, the Lahore High Court blocked the government from pardoning Aas iya Noreen, a Christian Pakistani woman accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad.

7. 7. British Muslim women tackling stereotypes head on

   Asian News, Friday 03 December 2010 When it comes to discussing British Muslim women, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we lead a one-dimensional lifestyle: the niqab (face veil)-and-nothing-but-the-niqab.

8. 8. Pakistani women have a league of their own

   Asian News, Wednesday 01 December 2010 At a time when many Pakistanis think that not much seems to be going right in Pakistan - the country’s national women’s cricket team and their win at the 16th Asian Games in China has made it possible for many Pakistanis to see a silver lining surrounding their problems.

9. 9. Bridging sectarian divides in Pakistan

   Asian News, Tuesday 30 November 2010 A blast at a mosque in Darra Adam Khel in northwest Pakistan earlier this month killed more than 60 people.

10. 10. Stabilise Karachi to stabilise Pakistan

    Asian News, Wednesday 03 November 2010 While Pakistan grapples with the worst recorded flooding of the Indus River Delta, the country’s financial cap ital, Karachi, is on the brink of what is being described as a civil war.

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