For a thematically organized collection of newspaper articles, see LINK
For a quick introduction to a diverse collection of short posts, see my author page at LINKEDIN
For the CURRENT website on which my newspaper articles are listed, see: AZNEWS
Articles on this page pertain mostly to Non-Eurocentric History, and Evolution of Secular Thought.
I have created a separate site for my short articles. Currently, it is not complete, but it has my more recent newspaper and magazine articles (which are not present here). Eventually, I hope to transfer articles listed below to the this other website: Short Articles
The Islamic World View is radically different from the way that we learn to look at the world in the course of a western education. The followiing articles are meant to provide a half-way house. That is, they show the flaws in Western ways of thinking about the world and provide a means to transition to an alternative world view. See also my discussion of "Building Self Confidence" for further information; particularly important is central subpage on Decline of Morality in the West.
Most of these articles have been published in newspapers in Pakistan, and few a in Turkey and in Indonesia. Some urdu translations are also available.
Some references for articles on Ibn-e-Khaldun
This page maintained for historical reference. Newspaper articles and links below have been moved to The News (new page)
A soon to be launched Newspaper (to be called the Express Tribune) has asked me to write a weekly column. These will be posted here: My weekly column in Express Tribune.
1. The Dark Side of the Enlightenment Project
published in Turkish Daily News, Monday, Nov 26, 2007
published in the Jakarta Post on Wednesday, Oct 15,2008 -- with a lively discussion attached.
published in The News, (Pakistan) on Monday, May 12, 2008
2. Failures of Modernization Theories.
published in Pakistaniaat: A Journal for Pakistan Studies Vol 1, No 2. 2009
11/11/2008: Jakarta Post with title: From the Rubble of Modernization: Choosing our own pathways to progress
published Friday, Nov. 30, 2007: Turkish Daily News
Thursday June 5, 2008: The News:
3. The Ways of the Eagles. This original full length article was published in the Intellect magazine. An edited version substantially shortened is entitled:
European Transition to Secular Thought : This edited version was published in two newspapers, with different titles:
The News: Not Just Europe, on Friday, Oct 24th, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008. Jakarta Post: Social Movements: Lessons from European History
published in The News (Pakistan) on Thursday, February 12, 2009
see also: Main Page on Legitimization of Pursuit of Wealth and its harmful consequences, which indexes lots of material on this topic.
published in The News (Pakistan) on Monday, June 15, 2009 with title: The Cynics and the Deluded
7. Our Traditional Educational Systems.
published in The News (Pakistan) on Monday, December 1, 2008,
published in Pakistaniaat: A Journal for Pakistan Studies Vol 2, No 1. 2010
8. Thoughts on Education and Character Building.[ Unpublished Draft ]