حکیم محمد سعید
حافظ حکیم محمد سعید کے وحشیانہ اور بے رحمانہ قتل پر کون ہے جو تڑپا اور بے قرار نہ ہوا ہوگا، وہ بین الاقوامی شخص، مملکتِ خداداد کے ہمدرد و مسیحا، پاکستان کے معمار، اس کا مقدر چمکانے اور بنانے کے لیے فکر مند، ہمدرد فاؤنڈیشن کے سربراہ اور مدینتہ الحکمت کے بانی، عالم، مصنف، مدبر، عالی دماغ، سچے اور پکے مسلمان، قوم و ملت کے بے لوث خادم، مخالف ہوا میں طب کا چراغ روشن کرنے، علم کو فروغ دینے، حکمت و محبت کا خزانہ لُٹانے والے، غریبوں اور مصیبت زدوں کے درد و غم میں شریک، پہلو میں درد مند دل رکھنے، پاکستان کے تشویش انگیز حالات سے بے چین اور پریشان رہنے والے کو چند دقیقوں میں جن لوگوں نے موت کے گھاٹ اُتارا وہ بڑے خوں خوار، درندہ صفت اور انسانوں کے بھیس میں وحوش سے بھی بدتر لوگ تھے۔ آخر اس فرشتہ صفت، پاک دل، پاک باز، رحم و مروت کے پیکر، مجسم شرافت اور اخلاقی خوبیوں سے منور انسان کا قصور کیا تھا، ذوق مرحوم کے شاگرد محمد مظفر خاں گرمؔ رامپوری کا وہ قطعۂ تاریخ وفات یاد آگیا جو نواب شمس الدین خاں مرحوم کو پھانسی دیے جانے پر کہا گیا تھا
یہ دست درازیِ ستم کس سے بیاں ہو
بے جرم و گنہ مسند نواب کو الٹا
تاریخ معمے میں نئی طرز سے لکھ، گرمؔ!
کیا چرخ نے ’’نوابی سہراب‘‘ کو الٹا
جو مملکت اُس اسلام کے نام پر وجود میں آئی تھی جو سراپا امن و سلامتی ہے اور جس کے آئین میں خون خرابہ اور قتل و دہشت گردی کی کوئی گنجایش نہیں اور جس کے ماننے والے (مسلم) ساری دنیا کے لیے سراپا رحمت ہوئے ہیں، آج وہی مملکت جہنم کا نمونہ بنی ہوئی ہے، کراچی مقتل میں تبدیل ہوگیا ہے، پاکستان...
Freedom of Expression: A Comparative Study from Islamic & Western Perspective Living on the earth is all about freedom and as we know that the first man on the earth Adam was sent on the earth with the freedom to worship only to Allah. This freedom is a blessing of Allah and the value of it would only be judged in the era of slavery. It is an ultimate principle in Islam that the total submission is to be Allah alone. Thus, a man would never be a slave of any other person and whenever they become a slave to any other authority they are treated inhumanly. Allah (SW) made this glorious world for human beings and granted them the status of Ashraf ul Makhlūq. Human has such value which can be testified by this reason that everything is tightened to them and the world is only created for them. But human can only be benefited from the world till they are better for them and others, living friendly and create atmosphere of peace. So, till the end they will be benefited and blessed. They will also be in peace and freedom if they take care and have the respect for humanity. As man is a social animal and doesn’t live without his community. Sometimes due to controversy in thinking and other routes fall in conflicts, for which a proper law is administered. The differences in views are not forbidden. It is important, not to cross limits and to create peaceful atmosphere in order to rest humanity in peace and make the world peaceful. This article deals with the comparison of Islamic freedom of expression and the modern Western criterion of freedom of speech. The study concludes that the Islamic and western thought on freedom is different from each other. In this study comparative and critical approach is adopted.
Ernest Hemingway''s Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea is an extraverted individual who is rarely ever home; he is usually out there in the sea. On the other hand, he lives a lonely life and is secluded from the people around him. He thinks of himself as a champion angler who, despite his old age, can catch big fish. He dreams of his past glory and hopes that once again he will be what he was in his youth. His desire to be the champion angler once again blinds him to his old age. Lonely and alone, Manolin, Santiago''s apprentice-boy believes in him and in his dream. He is the only companion that he has both in the sea and on the land. Santiago thinks the world of himself in being the ''champion angler'' which he was in his youth. The long dry spell of not being able to catch fish has made him sceptical and has earned him the title, ''salao,'' from his peers. In addition to repeating his past feats, he wants to prove to his people that he is more than what they think of him. While his strict adherence to the old and traditional ways to catch fish shows his love and attachment with the sea and fishing, it also shows how he has failed to stay in touch with time. Thus his personality is lopsided, which prevents him from partaking in the mainstream life; hence being marginalized and ostracized. He will continue to face such problems until he compromises a sense of himself between what he thinks he is and what the world around him thinks of him: he has to re-connect with his unconscious as Jung would say.