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Faith [updated]
Please answer the questions yourself, here, at American Street, or on your own blog. From American Street: Are you a religioius/ spiritual person? Were you born into your faith or did you come to it later? Was there a particular event in your life that changed your religious/ spiritual philososphy? Do you share your faith with others? 1. I am deeply religious. I would like to think that also means I am spiritual, but I know the two are not linked causally. Nor does saying something necessarily make it true. There is deity but God, Muhammad is the messenger of…
Understanding Pakistani Islam
A good article, by a favorite writer of mine, about history and perceptions of Islam in Pakistan, by Pakistanis. Technorati Tags: Pakistan