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dear pervaiz i'm very thankful to you for a very memorable
launching ceremony of my book. You did it really with sincerely &
love----thanx a lot from the bottom of my heart ---bye&cu
shakila with duain |
Dear Mr. salahuddin,
I am 100% agreed with you regarding this terrorists activities.
Is it possible to arrange a special meeting regarding condemnation and
a strong resolution to be passed against this.
let the people express there thoughts about the situation in Pakistan.
This meeting must be organised by Family of the heart. Please
think about it.
Sincerely,
Afzal Khan |
Assalam o alaikum
Your selection of articles is praisworthy.Your emails are much
appreciated
Hameed Malik |
I am very happy to see information regarding
your organisation. It is very good group of intellectuals providing lot
of encouragement about career in writing.
Please proceed and keep in touch.
Sh Abdul Azeem |
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dear pervaiz!
umeed rakhta hoo k app or
sab ahbab kareet say hon ghay.aap ki mail mili aap k jazbat jan k khushi
howi.
intaha pasandi kahee bi ho ma iss ki bar
pur tur pay muzamat karta hoo hamay zati satah pay qumi satah pay or
benalqawami satah pay intaha pasand quwtoo ki bar pur tur pay mazamat hi
nahi balkay amli ya ilmi tur pay jo bi kar saktay hai iss k liye karna
ho gha.
aap nay meri pic aad ki thanks liykin mera
nam theek kar lyee shoaib mohsin or ma ye chahoo gha k young hearts may
meri daughter ko bi as a member shamil kar kiya jaye tu ma iss k wastay
aap ka mashkoor hoo gha or muj ko ye bayee k muj ko kia zumadari
adakarna ho ghi as a member iss k liye meri rahnamai karee ma intzar may
hoo.
my daughter name meerab shoaib or app ko
pic bi send kar raha hoo
take care
best regards
shoaib mohsin
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DEAR
PERVAIZ!
KASAY HO? ABI KUCH LAMAHA T PAHAY MERAY SHAHER MAY
BOMB DHAMAKHA HOWA HAI BOHAT SI JANAY CHALI GHI HAIN JIN MAY ZIADA TADAD
BACHOO KI THI DIL BOHAT IFSORDA HAI KAI KAHOO SARA SHAHER HI NAHI SARA
MULAK LAHO LAHO HAI ...
MA AAP KA
SHIKRIA ADA KARNA CHAHO GHA K AAP NAY APNAY QADAMO K SATH MERA QADAM BI
SHAMIL KAR LIYA HAI ASAL MAY IVSANIAT HI ASAL MAZAHAB HAI JIS MAY RANG
NASAL TAHZEEB TAMDUN OR HAR QISAM K TASUB KO BALAY TAQ TAKH K SIRF OR
SIRF INSANI RISHTOO KI BUNYAD PAY KAM KARNA HO GHA ISS LIYE HAR QISAM K
TASUB KO BALAY TAQ RAKH K AAP JO CHARAG JALA RAHAY HAIN YE AAK ROSHAN
RAH GHUZAR KI NAVEED HAI....
SHOAIB
MOHSIN
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DEAREST!SALAM!NAMSTAY!WAHAY GHURO GI KA
KHALSA! AAP BOHAT ACHA KAM KAR RAHAY HO ISS LIYE MA BI AAP K QADAM SAY
QADAM MILANA CHAHTA HOO KIA AAP MUJ KO AAPNI ISS TEAM KA HISA BANAYE GHAY
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SHOAIB MOSIN |
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Dear Pervaiz Sahib,
Many thanks for this wonderful interview.
Where could I have a copy of it. ? You are a wonderful man and some
times do miracles by discovering & introducing such PEARLS & JEWELS
on your site !
Khaleel Y. Siddiqi
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Your organization is doing a good service in
discussing and sorting out important issues and subjects. I suggest you to
call a meeting to discuss the rise of Mullahism resulting in suicide
bombings and extremism which is spoiling the image of Islam and Pakistan.
Syed Hussain
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THIS IS NICE SITE AND ESPECIALLY NAME OF
SITE "Family of the Heart" IS SO
SUPER, AND CREATIVE, THIS IS TIME I AM HERE IN BARCELONA
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Dear Pervaiz, Every time I am typing Urdu, I
am thanking you . I have no words to thank you actually. May God bless
you.
Parvin |
absolutely wow, yeh to sub parhay likhay
adabi logon ki batain hain, jo alfaz say khail saktay hain, un ko pro
saktay magar hamaray pass to seedhi sadhi c batein hain, kay Pervaiz sahib
aap nay yeh jo dil walon ki mehhfil laga rakhi hay is ka lutf barhy barhy
adabi mehfilon main bhi naheen ata. yahan na koi banawat hay, na dikhaawat,
koi kisi ko neecha dikhanay ki koshish naheen kirta, sub dost yaar hain.
aik doosray ka haath thamay chaltay ja rahay hain zindagi ki pagdandi
per,girtay parhtay aur lurhaktay. magar aik doosray ko thamay. hum aksar
woh purani baithaken yaad kirtay hain.aur ji chahta hay kay kaash reverse
gear hota zindagi ki garhy main. magar khair Allah aap sub ko khush aur
salamat rakhay ,aameen. mohabaton kay saath Huma Baig.
( i don't have uedu type) hope u can understand my writing. )
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Dear Pervaiz Sahib,
Thank you very much. I shall insha Allah contact Dr. Sohail soon.
I do have website of 'Family of the Heart'.
Coordinating these get-togethers, you are doing a very important job; and
I would very much love to meet you soon.
Warm regards and best wishes.
Zubair
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Dear Pervaiz Sahib,
Thank you very much.
I am a retired civil servant from Pakistan. I retired as Member, BOR,
Punjab. I have now moved to Canada where I occupy myself as a freelance
journalist. Last year I interviewed Prof. Emeritus Dr. Qadeer, Prof Nasir
Islam, Tarek Fatah, Farzana Hassan and Raheel Raza, to name but a few, for
Pakistani daily, the News.
I would like to interview you for the News. I hope you shall be able to
spare some time.
The best way to contact me is through email.
Regards
Zubair Masood |
Pervaiz
Sahib,
Thank you for your kind
email. I will certainly visit your forums, and think that your way of
thinking is both civil and civilized. Even when we don't agree with
someone, it behooves us to act politely and without malice, and I'm glad
to find people who agree :)
Allah hafiz
-Jameel |
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Dear Pervez Sahib,
A very happy and
promising new year to you and the family.
Your
FOTH is an amazing
medium and prominent forum for superb intellectual discourses and
discussions. I thank you for carrying my views as well.
I have a question
about the Chowk forum that is also a leading forum for the writers to
participate. It is eminently a prestigious conduit for productive brain
storming. I have been sending my articles to the Chowk which they have
been publishing. But of late it is perhaps my 15th article
that chose to ignore. The titles and themes of the articles were as
usual current and critical. I have been in the writing business for 25
years now as the editor of various English newspapers in Pakistan. These
articles which are not carried by Chowk are later sent to other
periodicals and are instantly published with gratitude.
What could be the
possible reason for outright rejection of my submissions although
earlier they published around 20 articles sent by me?
Since
Dr Sohail is
very close to Chowk, I wonder if he could decipher the latest treatment
of my articles because if these are being rejected in the same fashion,
I better stop sending them and rely on other periodicals and dailies.
Kindly guide me.
With very warm
regards,
Saeed Qureshi
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Parvaiz Sahib, Aslamo Elekum
Happy and a healthy new year.
May Allah bless you for such a beautiful service you are rendering. Keep
it up.
Salam |
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I am interested in your organization purely
for the purpose of literary activities. Sohan Rahi |
Hi Mr. Salahuddin,
I have read about all these information by your web site and than accepted
your invitation so Inshallah I will be there on Feb 14 2010. and one thing
more it is good to have seminar at this topic b/c it is very sensitive
topic for our people who are living in western countries and raising their
kids in this country. People from our culture get into conflicts when they
come across to discuss about this topic due to our education, values and
western society perceive it shyness or something like that.
It is essential to invite people from multi culture and all age groups to
educate them. Thanks.
Ara. |
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Dear Pervaiz Sahib,
I am much obliged for your kind email and
ushering me into the prestigious fold of "Family of the Heart". It was
equally exhilarating to have a brief yet lively chat with you on the
phone. Please find attached my photograph. My blog is placed hereunder
that can as well be passed on to other friends to have a glimpse of my
recent articles.
With warm regards and best wishes,
Saeed Qureshi
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DEAR PERVAIZ SAHIB,
KINDLY FIND SOME HISTORICAL FACTS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT FROM
THE HISTORY OF MUSLIMS (ISLAM). CLERGY, POLITICIANS AND
PARTICULARLY POETS HAVE TWISTED FACTS AND CONCOCTED EVENTS IN SUCH A
MANNER THAT THEY TURNED INTO DRAMATIC STORIES. THIS NOT ONLY
TARNISHED THE IMAGE OF OUR ELDERS BUT ADVERSELY REFLECTED ON THE
TEACHINGS OF ISLAM ITSELF ULTIMATELY DIVIDING MUSLIMS INTO DIFFERENT
SECTS..
Khaleel Y. Siddiqi
B.A., LL.B., D.S. & B.M.(LONDON, UK)
khaleel@rogers.com
Phone: 647-628-1933
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DEAR PERVAIZ SAHIB,
I AM JUST BACK FROM MISSISSAUGA AND FOUND YOUR GREETINGS FOR THE MEW
YEAR. THANKS SO MUCH. I TOO SINCERELY WISH YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
YOUR ORGANIZATION "FOTH" IS INDEED DOING A BIG JOB BY OFFERING ITS SITE
FOR FREE DISCUSSIONS ON ANY SOCIAL , CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS TOPIC. LONG
LIVE ..... YOU AND DR.KHALID SOHAIL ! REGARDS: SKY.
Khaleel Y. Siddiqi
B.A., LL.B., D.S. & B.M.(LONDON, UK)
khaleel@rogers.com
Phone: 647-628-1933
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Dear Pervaiz
Thanks for your greetings. All the best
from all of us who read your regular messages.
Thanks for keeping us informed of all the
prominent literary happening around us.
You are doing great voluntary work.
Misbah Ansari
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Pervaiz ahib and other members of the FOTH:
Rajinder Sud and family wish you all the best in the
New Year. We are proud of the good work The Family is doing. Please keep
it up and light more candles to bring light to this world suffering from
darkness of the mind and narrowness of outlook.
Rajinder
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Dear Saleem...thank you for your kind
words. Pervaiz Salahuddin has put some of my books on website
My last two books are published by Abbas
Shad publisher of
Dar-ush-shaoor Lahore
Hope to see you one day and listen to your
music.
affectionately
sohail
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Dear Mr. Perwaiz
Thanks a lot for such a warm welcome. I would try my best to spread and
increase these humanist thoughts , in fact we have many like minded people
here in Karachi Pakistan who r not aware of your site, but I would
definitely introduce it to them and will keep in touch. It would have been
a joyful event for me to meet people like u over there in Canada and
participate in various gatherings, I m also a singer, I play harmonium and
perform in concerts. Mr. Nisar Bazmi the famous Pakistani film music
director was my teacher for 8 years, now Mr. Taj Multani is my teacher.
but I m thousands of Km away, may be one day we will meet, Dr. Khalid
Sohail is well acquainted to me . He sent me his marvelous books few
months back and his letter he wrote to me is an asset.
Please let me know how can I obtain other books and literature?
Can I get addresses or phone numbers of our humanist friends in Karachi
Pakistan?
regards to all my humanist friends.
Saleem Khan
Karachi
Pakistan
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Nothing special except that I am a religion
less, wisdom full logical, reasonable, broadminded, open-minded,
freethinking, scientific person. I m not superstitious and dio not
believe in any metaphysical supernatural power controlling us. I
emphasize not to waste time , energy, resources & money in useless,
fruitless activities and events. Division of humanity on the basis
of ideologies is inhuman.
I also do not believe in sanctification of anything a deity, human, city,
location, house, stone, pillars, walls, icons language etc. I live in
present and look forward in future. I enjoy life in all respect and allow
others to do so.Saleem Khan |
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Dear Pervaiz,
Assalam o Alaykum.!!!
Hope this finds you in the best of health.
It is wonderful to get your mails.
I am rather much inspired by the name of
your organization.
No doubt we all need Heart to Be a Family.
(A Community Where all are friends, apart
from Region, Religion, Color, Creed or Caste).
As I am living very far from your country
I cannot participate in you trainings. For that I do feel perturbed.
But if you don't mind do enroll me as the
member of your esteem FOTH
organization.
Pervaiz,
I am 56, Ghazala Alam, from Lahore,
PAKISTAN. I want a platform all around the world to work for peace &
harmony.
"UNIVERSAL PEACE & HARMONY INTERNATIONAL"
is the suggested name for this group.
I have started visiting schools & colleges
as to touch the young generation to come forward for the cause of Peace
& Harmony.
But I am alone & have no support from
anyone. As people are not much aware of any such idea.
My means of income are rare, as I do work
even at 56 (Now I have started my 57 Blessed year) & earn my own
living...
If you do not mind kindly extend my
message of Peace on your portal & hopefull you can also contribute some
efforts towards this noble cause.
The work is not very difficult as you
already have ONE platform. FOTH can arrange a walk,
aling with students and other general
public, carrying banners with slogans of PEACE for everyone existing on
this earth.
I hope you will feel good with this idea &
we can then exchange further more about this & one day we can manage
something for humanity.
Hope to hear a very positive response from
you at the earliest.
Best Regards,
Ghazala
Ms. Ghazala Alam.
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Your Message: Dear Pervaiz, Got one email a
few days back from your forum. But it was all about some names and
articles. Yesterday Mubashir Tahir told me about this forum and
surprisingly this morning I found FOTH mail. Well if Ch Hameed, Prof
Pervaiz Pervazi and Dr Hoodbye are your members, they must have thought
good about you so why not I ask for its membership.
Two years back I moved from Karachi to London. By end of Oct I plan to
visit Toronto. May be If there is any forum in those days, I would wish to
attend that and meet you again after 31 years. Last time I met you was in
Frankfurt when I visited Mubashir with whom you were sharing lodging. I
still remeber your "CHCHA KHUSH KEETA AAY", Regards. Daud Tahir
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Dear Pevaiz Sahib,
Encouraged by your COURAGE of publishing,
on your web-site all type of articles, painful or sarcastic, I wish to
subscribe some of mine. They will be in Urdu becasue I do not have full
command over English language and can not thoroughly express myself.. My
Urdu articles will be, however, composed on "In-page" program.
You know that I am a Muslim because I was
born in a Muslim family..... just an accident of birth ! I am not
proud of this accident nor also ashamed of, for it has been something
beyond my control. I want only to be known as a Gentleman, an honest
human being.
Kindly confirm if you may be
able to open the articles composed on "in-page" program and that
you will publish them on your web-site.
Best regards: SKY
Khaleel Y. Siddiqi
B.A., LL.B., D.S. & B.M.(LONDON, UK)
khaleel@rogers.com
Phone: 647-628-1933
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Thanks you sir, for showing glimpses of your
nice personality. I am really impressed. The contribution you are making
is real sort of humanism. The way
Dr.
Baland Iqbal and
Dr.
Khaild Sohail are appreciating you, infarct is manifestation of big
person in you, to whom they just are recognizing.
Really happy to find someone of your caliber.
Thanks
Nasir Ali
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"Among the things you can give and still
keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart."
~ Zig Ziglar (1926-)
When God measures man, He puts the tape around his heart not his head.
So,"Family of the heart" Keep on growing!!!!
Ameer jafari |
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I am highly impressed with your aims and
objectives. I myself am of exactly of the same bend of mind and have been
nourishing a desire to find an organization like yours. Please accept me
as a member. I shall abide by the rules that Family of the Heart sets
forth. I am a retired engineer having served most of the time in Pakistan
army but have served as a diplomat ( first secretary), served as director
general in Ministry of Petroleum and served as general manager of a multi
billion Rupees business company. I am located in Montreal, Canada at
present. ghulam Yusuf |
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Dear Sikander..In my humble opinion humanity
is still going through evolution. We have to overcome hundreds of years
of conditioning to embrace humanity but enlightened people like you will
guide the way. all the best...sohail |
Dear Sohail
i loved your thoughts. This is the biggest truth that we are all member
of just one family. We are all brothers and sisters. But unfortunately
advertantly or inadvertently we get into trap of some kind of biases which
does not let us detach from our subconscious parochial belief and we
refuse to accept that fact so we continue preaching verbal humanity but in
practice we are and tend to reflect our own selfish biased identification
with a vivid sense of pride and superiority thus antagonizing others and
ultimately we are again some kind of religious/national/ethnicity etc
biased identification. Its a hard but a great noble task that you have
undertaken and you will always find me on your side in this struggle. I
am Pakistan based and would love to contribute. SIKANDER HAYAT
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Adab
thank you for posting the pictures. just look at the pictures it look like
i have participated in your picnic, keep up the good work.
Bashir
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Thank you Pervaiz Saheb for remembering me. Sitham tau yeh
hai ke this is one FOTH function which is not too far for us to drive!
I've been meaning to respond.
I would love to be there, however, in the afternoon I'm invited for a
poetry reading at a library and evening is booked for a family wedding. I
know you need an advanced notice. If at all I can get out of the afternoon
reading committment, I will but I doubt it.
There's a song Jagjit did some justice to:
Yeh karein aur woh karein, aisa karein waisaa karein
zindagee dau din kee hai, dau din mein hum kyaa kyaa karein
All the best.
Zohra Zoberi
Bridging the Gap
Enlightenment through Entertainment
905-450-9904 or 416-433-5607
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dear tabby...my comments about Pakistan
are in my article
Pakistan in Crisis
I am sending you a copy. I hope you enjoy
it...sincerely khalid sohail
ps...every member of the FOTH has his/her
views about Pakistan / India / Bangladesh and we respect that as we are
a group of free thinkers. we are not a religious or political party. we
love dialogue.
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Dear Rajinder...thank you for your
peaceful thoughts. We are all members of the same family, a human
family, family of the heart, children of Mother Earth Sending you a poem
you might like...
sincerely,
sohail
We Are All Children of Mother Earth
When would we realize?
We are all children of Adam and Eve
Our enemies are our distant cousins
Alienated by ethnic and religious walls
Separated by linguistic and national borders
Divided by the history of holy wars
When would we become aware?
We all belong to the same race
The same tribe, the same family,
the human family
We all share
the same moon, the same sun,
the same mountains, the same valleys,
the same deserts, the same jungles,
the same winds, the same oceans
When would we recognize?
We are all children of mother earth
Khalid Sohail
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Dear Mr. Pervaiz:
Thank you for welcoming me to the
FOTH and I assure you that I
will contribute to your cause or should I say our cause whole-heartedly.
You may be based in Pakistan and I may be from India but in essence we
are all from the same planet and zulm is zulm which has be fought. I
come from a family in a town not a village but a renowned town in India
and my father has fought for the uploftment of the Dalits and I am using
the word with a lot of guilt. Way back in 1926 my father and three other
prominent citizens of the town summoned some Dalits to a well situated
right in the centre of the town, gave them bath and asked them to
provide some water so that everybody could watch that my father and his
people did not discriminate against anybody because of their caste,
colour or creed. The mayhem that followed this event is a long story but
my father and his people could not care less.
Similarly our family has fought for the
Muslims who had chosen to stay behind in INdia after 1947 and were being
persecuted by some bigoted Hindus.
Mr. Sikander Hayat is being sent a copy of
this email and I leave it to him to provide you his email address. If I
do so it would mean that I am encroaching upon his provacy.
There is another gentleman Mr. Ghulam
Yusuf an ex-colonel of the Pak army whom I am also sending a copy and
let us see if he shows some compassion and chooses to join in your
crusade. Please do let me know if he does because I really do not know
him any more like I used to, because of his reaction to the 26 eleven
Mumbai massacre by the same kind of people who perptrated the Gojra
massacre.
I am a retired Immigration Counsellor who
helped hundreds if not thousands of Paki Sunnis, Shias, Ahmadis and
Christians in settling down in Canada. One of them you may even know,
Edwin Williams from Pindi whose daughter is now aspiring to come here
and I am instrumental in paving the way for her. Originally I am banker
but took the counseling business after retiring from The Royal Bank of
Canada in a senior position.
Do let me know how can I be really an
effective member of the FOTH. In the meantime tons of good luck and
prayers.
Rajinder
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Pervez sahib
Its never easy to organize an three in one event. Normally a single event
is hard to organize but you did a great job. The BBQ was great. One cannot
do anything if the performers fail to show up. I hope you are not putting
that program on youtube as i played really bad. Would it be possible to
get the recording of the music section?
Thanks
Zafar
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Saturday kay liyay buhat buhat shukria.
Buhat maza Ayaa. Jaldi janay kay liyay maazrat.
Janab, main Nazish ko bhi message attach kar raha hoon. Agar ho sakay to
inhain bhi family of the heart kay invitations ki list peh dal lijyay. In
kay husband humaray dost hain aur yeh log Maryam aur meray buhat aziz hain.
Acha Janab buhat shukria
Atif |
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Pervaiz sahib,
Hope you are doing well after that (
tiresome ) picnic event.
Got the pics, I really admire your QUICK
and very fast work style .
I have a request that could you please
tell me the details about the person ( Naeem Sadiq ) who wrote the
article below with the title, 14th august .
I would also
like to know about how the members of FOTH feel in this regard and also
if anyone has registered his or her opinion ( written) about this with
you ...?? or how you feel about this.
In fact i want to send this to a Lahore based MAGAZINE to
publish it so that people over there can KNOW how pakistani community
REACT to these ruthless killings.
Please send me if you have any such
printable material with you. if not then you can ask them for their
COMMENTS , VIEWS, OPINIONS IN DETAIL....
with thanks
tabby
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Pervez Sahib
Yesterday you did a great job in
organizing the picnic event but the music program would have been better
if proper tabla player and harmonium would have been arranged. Sumona
sang really well. Would it be possible for you to send me the video of
the music program.
Thanks
Zafar
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My Dear Parvez Salahuddin, Thank you very
much for all the hard work you put in to make the yesterday's event a
grand success. But for you and the kindness of Zahid it would not have
been possible. You have taken disproportionately pictures of "Ladies".
which is nice as IQBAL says "There is all that color in universe because
of the existence/presence of women'. Regards Anwar
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Pervaiz Salahuddin sahib
Asalamoalaikum,
Hope you are doing fine
Thanks a lot for inviting
me on picnic+musical evening , i would have loved to
enjoy the company of all of you and also music session
which i love the most. I am afraid that i won't be able to join you
because of my " car " problem ( i do not drive ) as my son is busy
with his official commitments on 15th august .I feel bad that i have
missed this great event.
Once again thanks a lot.
I really appreciate your
efforts and work in the area of literature n also bringing our Pakistani
community together through these kind of entertaining events.
PLEASE DO KEEP IT
UP
sincerely
Tabby (Shahida Tabassum)
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Dear Pervaiz Salahuddin Saheb:
Thanks for your kindness. We try to
anticipate our happiness in order to double it. I too anticipate it and
do hope that the happiness resulting from shared thoughts would enhance
it even further. Please convey my regards to Khalid Sohail and the other
wandering souls of the tribe. Mukhlis:
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Jinab Pervez Sahib,
This is to thank you for making me a part
of the illustrious assemblage of the FOTH. Merely to be on the panel is
a great honor. I am indeed very happy and I am sure we can promote the
cause and values for which we stand.
Best Wishes,
Saeed Qureshi
Saeed
Qureshi
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Your Message: I am a journalist of long
standing. In Pakistan I worked with The Muslim, independent English daily
published from Islamabad, during the stifling days of ultra orthodox
Islamic dictator Ziaul Haq. Following the forcible closure of the paper by
the government, I joined daily Pakistan Observer as a Deputy Editor.
Thereafter, I established my own opinion weekly Diplomatic Times that I
edited till the day of my arrival in the United States. I have extensively
written on diverse themes and I am still in the writing business. My
articles and literary contributions run in hundreds if not thousands. I am
an independent, liberal and a strong believer in the inevitability of a
civil society without bars from pressure groups such as religion,
feudalism, army and similar oppressive organs of a state and society.
Humanism is my emblem. I live in Dallas Texas for almost 8 years now.
Saeed
Qureshi |
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AT PRESNT, I DO NOT WANT TO SAY ANY THING EXCEPT TO BECOME
YOUR MEMBER. I WILL DEFINTELY PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE-DISCUSSIONS. I AM
NOW 76 AND POSSESS VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE HAVING SERVED IN PRIVAT & PUBLIC
SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS. BY ACCIDENT OF BIRTH, I COME FROM AN EDUCATED
FAMILY AN INHERIT KNOWLEDGE FROM MY FAMILY ELDERS IN ADDITION TO WHAT I
COULD ACQUIRE IN COLLEGES & UIVERSITIES. I WOULD LOVE TO PASS ON THE
EXPERIENCE I GAINED TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THROUGH YOUR ESTEEMED
F.O.T.H.
Khaleel Yousuf Siddiqi
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Whatever I have seen of FOTH postings,
mostly in the last few months, has been very impressive. Topics discussed
are in general interesting, relevant, intellectually stimulating, literary
in character, and professionally presented. The people involved in, and
committed to the spirit of, FOTH are well known. I can visualize this
assembly as an emerging, powerful, literary venue for a presence that goes
largely unnoticed in our day-to-day struggle to survive in this part of
the globe. Congratulations to all of you!
Wali Alam
Shaheen
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Hello,
I have been receiving your emails for quite sometime and enjoy them time
to time. As a armature Urdu literature reader and small critic I would
love to participate and involve more in the family of the heart
activities. Can you give me more information of your program, purpose and
driving force behind this ,please. I greatly appreciate your input in
poetry, poets and Urdu literature in general.
Sincerely,
Shazia
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Pervaiz Sahib, you are
the fastest gun these days, You put the stuff on the website, before we
hit our [SEND] button
J
(must be eating too many prathas
full of ghee these days)
By the way, you have
post 301 typed as 3001 in
the index. Although, no earth shattering consequence is expected because
of this, but you might like to correct it when have time.
Regards,
Javed I.
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Your Message: Every individual during his or her short life span can add
to the happiness of the world at large by having a positive attitude that
is neither forced nor contrived, neither a display nor an act. The
positive stance should come from the bottom of the heart.
Namet Ilahi
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Dear friend!
I appreciate your services in Family of The Hearts. Really you have done
very well. You know we are well aware of each other since my membership in
FOTH. Thereafter I have been reading the discussions between renowned
scholars and watching their videos on FOTH forum and its credit goes to
you who are providing for us all such information on the net. I am once
again feeling pleasure to enter your name in the list of my Facebook
friends and this is a great honor for me. May you live long my dear
friend. Aameen.Hafeez Khan |
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http://familyofheart.com/09/May31/COMMENTS/
Pervaiz bhai
Thank you for the kind words - and also
for creating the opportunity, along with Dr. Sohail to make the forum
possible, and in a civilized manner! That is a great achievement.
At the end of the day we can take
everything, sit back and reflect and choose what to accept and what not
to.
The person who finds the most of his own
mistakes and improves, comes out the winner
Feroz
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Pervaiz, I
usually try browsing through most of your emails and enjoy. Articles,
debates, papers, discussions on variety of topics are always very
interesting and help enable enhancing the knowledge and perspectives.
The subject
letter was though very long but extremely valuable and interesting. I had
the intention of browsing it as usual but found so interesting that I
could not resist and read in full. The writer has really taken lot of
pain utilizing his best resources and efforts unfolding the correct
history and realities. Writer’s vocabulary and way of expression is found
marvelous. He deserves very high appreciation. This letter should be
mailed to every Pakistani living in Pakistan and abroad.
Regards,
Munawar Mirza
Investment Advisor
9212-F2CT
Dundee Securities Corporation
408-105 Commerce Valley Dr. W.
Thornhill, ON L3T 7W3
Ph: 905.763.2339 Ext 34 | Cell: 416-873-1558 | Fax: 905.881.2130 |
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Parvaiz Sahib
AOK
aap ke email barabar mausool hotai rahtay
hai'n aur aap ke udhar ke adbi aur sayasi sargami'on maloomat hooti
rahti hai. idhar June mei'n USA aur canada ke mukhtasar dooray par gaya
tha. umid thi ke waqat mila tau aap say mulaqat karoonga magar aysa na
hoo paya. Inshallah April mei'n phir irada hai. koshish karoonga ke
mulaqat hoo.
aap ka
Parvez Muzaffar
UK |
Hafeez Khan made a comment about your note "FAMILY OF THE
HEART LAST SEMINAR "RELEVANCE OF QURAN IN THE 21st CENTURY"":
Salahuddin Sahib! FOTH main aapki khidmaat waqayee qaabil-e-tehsin hain.
Aapne aik ready made muwaad farahim karkay hum logon per aik bohat barha
ehsaan kya hai. Waisay to yeh Mawaad FOTH main bhi dastyaab hai magar
istarah yakjaa nahi.. Thank you brother. Allah may shower His blessings to
you always and give you a good health so that we may be benefited by your
unselfish services in FOTH. Aameen!
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Dear Akbar, When Rafi Aamer could not come
to the seminar I asked Pervaiz to ask you if you would like to speak
as I am quite impressed by your ideas. I am so glad we are opening some
windows so that fresh air and bright light of enlightenment can come in
people's hearts and minds. all the best...sohail
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Dear Dr.Sohail sahib,
I am so happy with the
FOTH discussions now going on. People are opening up and embracing freedom
and distancing from the dogmas. This is a good and positive sign. Freedom
is taking over fear. Thanks to you and my good friend Pervaiz for this
wonderful opening.
Regards
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Dear Pervaiz Sahib:
- Thanks for the other day and arranging
the seminar. I have been too busy to even say thank you.
- It was nice to see you the other day.
You looked good.
Regards,
Tahir
--
Tahir M. Qazi, MD
Clinical Neurophysiology
Neuromuscular Diseases
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Dear Pervaiz Sb ,
Thanks for the link.It was a great idea to upload the Seminar on You Tube
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I wish and hope you are keeping good health and enjoying life fully.
Best Wishes
Najma
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Dear Pervaiz,
It is unfortunate that the change of location will prevent me from
attending the Seminar. For this reason, and in order to make the forum
fruitful, engaging, and "relevant," I strongly recommend to the
participants the following (must) READINGS:
1) THE STORY OF THE QUR'AN. By Ingrid Mattson.
2) MAJOR THEMES OF THE QUR'AN. By Fazlur Rahman
3) "BELIEVING WOMEN" IN ISLAM: UNREADING PATRIARCHAL INTERPRETATIONS OF
THE QUR'AN. By Asma Barlas, and
4) THE QUR'AN: A SHORT INTRODUCTION. By Farid Esack.
Salaam,
Ibrahim
PS. I am still waiting for a "Response" from Dr. Suhail.
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Dear All!
Asslam o Allaikum
First of all plz give me an opportunity to introduce my self.
I belong from Lahore, by profession iam a lawyer and now a days working as
Editor (Pakistan) of Weekly Newspaper "Leader Canada" which is being
published from Toronto. I also write column in the said newspaper on
regular basis.
The Weekly Leader Canada may be viewed at
www.leadercanada.com
Iam very pleased to be member of "Family of the Heart"
If any one from you has a news, story or any activities of "Family of the
Heart" from all over the world, plz send me and we will appreciate by
printing in our weekly newspaper.
Thanking You all
Take care
Allah Hafiz
Mudassar Faizi
Advocate
Editor (Pakistan)
Weekly Leader Canada
www.leadercanada.com |
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Dear
friends...we are planning a literary evening with rubina's story and
rafi's poetry...
Dear Rubina...i
requested baland iqbal to write a review of your story...qasoor kay
khussay...and he kindly agreed and will present in our literary...planning
the last Sunday of June 2009. Can you please send him the story?
Dear pervaiz...baland
has an exam the 3rd week but is available the last Sunday of june....can
you book danish's restaurant from 2---5pm and then we will have buffet
dinner....
dear rafi raza...would
you like to present your poetry
Dear rasheed
nadeem...can you write a review of rafi raza's poetry....
thanks...sohail |
Sohail .... How are you doing sir ji?
Recently 'Sawat' mey ak no-jawan lerki ko ser-e-am korey perh geye hey
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How about 'Family of Heart' ka ak seminar in 'islamic punishments' per
hojaeye ?? Khasa jalta hova topic hey!
by the way If I get a chance may be I will read a short story on this
topic too ..
is it a practical idea??
Baland
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Dear Sohail
I am impressed. I was wrong
about you. But I learned something today. We have nothing to lose by
hearing new ideas. Actually we could all learn something.
Regards
Feroz |
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Dear
Friends..As a moderator of the seminar I welcome Mr Feroz Karamali to our
seminar. He is more than welcome to share his views and speak for 10--12
minutes. That is the time allotted for all speakers and I hope they
respect that. They will have more time as panelists when they are having a
dialogue with the audience. I request Pervaiz Sahib to add Feroz's picture
to the seminar panel. Welcome Feroz to the seminar. I do not think anyone
is threatened by your views. We might disagree with you but your point of
view is always welcome as we encourage honest dialogues and passionate
discussions. That is how we learn from each other.
all the best
sohail
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Pervaiz sahib
I was looking
at the speakers for 'Relevance of Quran to 21st century'. Of all the
speakers, and the moderator, only one believes that Quran is from God,
This is quite
an imbalance, for people who do not believe in Quran to be talking about
its relevance.
The relevance
of Quran takes on a very serious meaning once it is proved that it is from
God and contains knowledge that will help mankind. Therefore there should
be someone speaking on this behalf. There should be at least 2 speakers
for, and to against, for a fair seminar.
I know FOTH is
controlled by non-Muslims who are pushing their own agenda. But FOTH loses
it purpose of being a fair exchange of ideas in this case, and the panel
of speakers should be revised. I would be glad to speak on the relevance
of Quran in the 21st century.
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Regarding the
FOTH seminar on May 31, 2009 'Relevance of Quran to 21st century'. it is a
shame that we always have the same speakers. No fresh ideas, just the same
old beliefs of the speakers perhaps repackaged a little. This is almost
like having an Ulema.
Feroz |
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A Statement by
the Asian Human Rights Commission
What a disgrace!
How could a country that claim Islam as its founding
religion deny a segment of its population their right to define themselves
as Muslims and to practice their faith in whatever shape or form they
wish? Equally relevant, how could any self-respecting person consider the
late Zulfikar Bhutto (a leading member of the feudal Bhutto clan) as a
"secular" and "liberal" national leader when it was his regime that
declared the Ahmadi Muslims as non-Muslims? The ultimate in arrogance,
indeed ignorance, is when a person, let alone a political leader, gives
himself/herself the right to define another person or to deny people the
right to define themselves (e.g. Golda Meir, a former prime minister of
Israel, denied the existence of such a thing as the Palestinian people).
When has Islam become the "monopoly" of certain self-appointed "guardians"
of the faith? I strongly believe that one of the greatest dis-services,
indeed damages, that numerous Pakistani leaders, be they military
dictators like the late Zia and Yahya Khan, or despotic feudal landlords
like Zulfikar or the present Asif Zardari, have "managed" to inflict on
Islam and Muslims is their ignorance of the true spirit of the very faith
to which they claim to belong. Pakistani leaders (and their so-called
secular intellectuals) should give themselves the chance to read the
excellent writings of such great Pakistani Islamic scholars like the late
Fazlur Rahman (author of ISLAM & MODERNITY, and MAJOR THEMES OF THE QUR'AN)
and Asma Barlas (author of the magnificent book "Believing Women" in
Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretation of the Qur'an), or the
writings of professor Tariq Ramadan (especially his recent book titled IN
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PROPHET: LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD)
and professor Ingrid Mattson (author of THE STORY OF THE QUR'AN). They
could learn something useful that would, hopefully, prevent them from
engaging in such ludicrous practices, such as denying the Ahmadi Muslims
the right to define themselves as Muslims and allowing hateful actions
against them.
Regards,
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Dear Pervaiz,
I will be more than happy to speak on behalf of liberal
Muslims in a debate hosted by Dr. Khalid Sohail and FOTH. I do not
consider socialist Muslims as not being liberal, but I do believe some of
them have become obsessed with anti-Americanism, which is not the same as
anti-imperialism and the two are vastly different traits.
While both Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito were both
anti-American, they were far from being anti-imperialist. Why then is the
anti-Americanism of Jamaat-e-Islami, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas,
Hezbollah and the Ayatollahs being painted as anti-imperialism? None of
them have a problem with what Allama Iqbal called "Arab Imperialism" or
the colonial ventures of the Central Asian Muslims into
India
or the invasion of Sind by Muhammad Bin Qasim.
Looking forward to a healthy exchange to warm up the
winter.
Tarek Fatah
http://www.ChasingaMirage.com |
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Dr. Sohail snatched words from my
mouth.
Dekhna Taqreer Ki Lazzat Keh Jo Uss
Nay Kaha
Main Nay Yeh Jana Keh Goya Bhi Mere
Dil Main Hay
Being an optimist I wish Dr. Sohail's
dream comes true. I had same wish since my student days in Punjab
University. Born and raised in an extremely conservative and religious
family I was newly converted to humanist-socialist thinking. That was the
time when I was young, ambitious, motivated and highly convinced that my
newly found Nirvana is the only hope for humanity. My first few days in
university were a big sock to me. Campus was filled with Moudoodists and
they had a complete control of both residential and academic buildings of
campus. The second shock was to see liberals divided in an infinite number
of small groups like NSF, PSF, NSO, PSO, ISO, MSF, you name. All year
round they fight with each other on petty things but cobble a fragile
alliance during elections that they always loose. I observed similar
phenomena among progressive poets and writers, the same
writers whose writings triggered my paradigm shift from a narrow minded
fundamentalist to a thinking liberal. After meeting them in person soon I
found that beside their ideology many of these great writers also share
jealousy, cocoon thinking and self-praise. I have observed a very similar
trait among prominent groups of moderate Muslims. Fundamentalism
feeds on ignorance and poverty but 'enlightened moderates' starve
themselves with their cocoon thinking.
I completely agree with Dr. Sohail and
appreciate his noble intentions. We can succeed if we agree that
heterogeneity of views breeds Creativity, diversity is beautiful and that
difference of opinion or criticism should not be taken as personal.
Tahir Ahmed
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Dear
Javed Chaudry Sahib....I thoroughly enjoyed your story. I wish you write
more stories and share with us. Creative Writings have indirect and
metaphorical communications and readers can enjoy them by putting their
own meanings to them. That is why folktales and mythologies of different
cultures have survived over the centuries. I call it wisdom literature. I
do not think anybody will be upset by your story, at least I am not. I
think we need to have big hearts and sense of humor which is good for our
mental health.
in
appreciation
Dr
Suhelenstein
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dear
i like ur post
u r doing a nice job
keep it up
shahzad nayyar
pakistan
0321 8110989 |
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Hello,
Since now i am getting email from family of heart, so it looks now i am
also one of members of it. Even thought i cannot attend the session but i
hope in next two year i may be (when i will came there for my graduation).
something i would to say about your book, i have read that but not getting
time to send you my feedback, may be there is so much in my heart to write
about it but getting time and appropriate words to write them down, but i
hope in this week i will.
Again thanks for considering me also a member of "Family of Heart".--
Regards
Muhammad Adil
cell # 0302-691-5531
university email
1833@nu.edu.pk
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Dear Pervaiz sb.,
Many thanks for your e-mail and for posting my poem.
Hope everything is fine,
Kind regards,
Mutaal Mooquin |
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Janab Parvez
Salahuddin sahib
asalam alykum
I hope this email reaches you in good health and well being. Mein bhi aap
ka hunnam hoo'n u.k mein qayaam hai. shairi sai dilchaspi hai. aap ki
website dekhi achi laga. naam nai impress kiya
''Family of Heart''
isliyee socha aap ko mubarakbad doo'n.
Mujh ko ilm nahi ki aap ko shairi say dilchspi hai ki nahi'n likhyeega.
mere walid Mahutram urdu ke maqbool poet hain. un ki profile munsalik
hai'n.
aap ka
Parvez Muzaffar
u.k
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Dear Moderators
I have two suggestions.
1. First suggestion relates to the order of messages. Right now, the last
message appears at the bottom of the link. Perhaps it should appear at the
top of link.
2. The second one relates to the name of the main link, "Hyde Park kona".
Family of the Heart is a group with members who think beyond the box,
original thinkers. Our forum name should also be original name, not a copy
from another place.
May I suggest FOTH Free Speech Forum?
Other suggestions welcome, of course.
JC |
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DEAR PERVAIZ SAHIB,
HOW ARE YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION & YOUR ASSOCIATES ?
YOU ARE INDEED DOING A WONDERFUL JOB TO ENLIGHTEN MUSLIMS ABOUT THE
PROGRESSIVE THOUGHTS AND TO INTRODUCE THINKERS LIKE SHIRAZI. ALTHOUGH I DO
NOT AGREE 100 % WITH SHIRAZI, YET HIS BOOK PROVOKES "THINKING & STUDYING"
KORAN FROM AN ANGLE DIFFERENT FROM THE EXPLANATIONS OF TRADITIONAL MULAHS
& ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHERS.
MR.NASIR SHAW'S COMMENTS ARE VERY CORRECT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEM.
THANK GOD THAT WE STILL HAVE SUCH NORMAL PERSONALITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY
LIKE THE WRITER & THE CRITIC.
AND, OFCOURSE, YOU TOO DESERVE ALL PRAISE FOR PROJECTING SUCH SUBJECTS.
BEST REGARDS: SKY
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