In the Times of Futile Debates
Nov 15th, 2013 | By Maryam Sakeenah | Category: Latest, Pakistan
We gloat over carrion; we gather to pick up the pieces. We discriminate between dead bodies under labels of ‘halak’ (merely killed) and ‘shaheed’ (martyred). As we do so, we don God’s hat, partaking of what is exclusively His right with a self-righteous audacity. Our opinions on the dead may not be worth a shred […]
