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In Today's Newsletter
Start Shia Sunni Dialog Now
Improving Pakistan's Internal Security
Talk to your children about tolerance
Religious minorities of Pakistan
Iqbal, Quran and Muslim Unity
Crime Survey Result
67% Pakistanis cook for their Mom!
Wedding Intellect to Love
A former drop out now loves school
Latest Online Poll: Sectarian Violence
Develop Pakistan One Family at a Time

Assalamu Alaikum

When in a Karachi Shia masjid a suicide bomber killed worshipers on a recent Friday, the first people who rushed to the rescue were worshipers from the nearby Sunni mosque in the Sindh Madrasah. They tried to save lives and comfort the injured before the police and others could arrive. We came to know about this because a Shia writer wrote about it in the Pakistani daily newspaper Dawn. Shias have similarly come forward to help their Sunni neighbors in crises. It has been reported that Shia and Sunni both regularly participate in each other's funeral prayers.

May Allah bless those hearts moved by the needs of others. People like these are the true faithful whose actions reflect their character. These are the silent majority of Pakistanis who need to work with each other to isolate the terrorists amongst them and the extremists who support them.

This silent majority must come together through dialog to defeat the terrorists who have been responsible for killing as many as 4,000 Pakistanis in the past 15 years through their sectarian violence.

Yes Pakistan team

Shia Sunni Dialog in Pakistan: Why and How
When in a Karachi Shia masjid a suicide bomber killed worshipers on a recent Friday, the first people who rushed to the rescue were worshipers from the nearby Sunni mosque in the Sindh Madrasah. They tried to save lives and comfort the injured before the police and others could arrive. [read more]

Improving Pakistan's Internal Security
Lawlessness and violence has reached the level of an unofficial civil war in Pakistan. The situation is killing the country in many ways. Apart from destroying its image and hope for its future, the economy is also suffering because of it. [read more]

Talking to Your Children about Tolerance
Develop a model for Pakistani-American community, as well as in Pakistan itself, to eliminate intolerance. This article offers some guidelines to start working on ridding the atmosphere of intolerance found amongst Pakistanis. [read more]

Religious minorities of Pakistan
It is sad that some Pakistanis have taken their anger towards American bombing of Afghanistan and Iraq to inflict pain and terror on Christians in Pakistan. Whereas government has taken steps to safeguard churches and Christian properties, it is the duty of the majority community to assist Christians. [read more]

Iqbal, Quran and Muslim Unity
Muslims are supposed to work together towards a common goal set by the Quran and shown by the Prophet (PBUH) through his Sunnah. They are brothers and sisters because they are bonded by the common ideology of the unity of God and the unity of humankind. [read more]

Crime Survey Result
Here is the result of the crime survey we had taken last year. [read more]

67% of our visitors have cooked for their Mom
Survey Question: Have You Ever Cooked For Your Mom?

Yes	67.28%
No	30.25%
No Comment	2.47%

Who is behind the recent sectarian violences in Pakistan?

Wedding Intellect to Love
"In the West, Intellect is the source of life, In the East, Love is the basis of life. Through Love, Intellect grows acquainted with Reality, And Intellect gives stability to the work of Love, Arise and lay the foundations of a new world, By wedding Intellect to Love." - Allama Iqbal

A former drop out, now loves school, thanks to HDF
Nine-year-old Clanelius Ishaq was an elementary school drop out. But an HDF project has brought him from being a dropout to becoming a bright student today who thirsts for knowledge even during summer breaks when school is out. [read more]

Civil stife has killed more Pakistanis
"Since 1970, three times as many Pakistanis have been killed in civil strife as the number of casualities in its three wars against India." - Human Development In South Asia 1999. Pg 6

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