Zeeshan Rasool Khan

                                                          The beauty of Islam lies in its teachings.With regard to its teachings, Islam is a unique religion . The teachings of Islam encompass all the necessary elements, which make the essence of humanity . The message of Islam is not restricted to conventional activities of Muslims only but is much broader. Besides five fundamentals of Islam--- Kalima (faith), Nimaz (prayers) , Zakat (charity), Sawm (fasting), and Haj (pilgrimage to mecca) - which mark the foundation of this religion, It stresses not only upon human rights but animal rights as well. Regarding human rights, Islam is the only religion that protects minorities, opposes casteism and racism, preaches equality and above all wants everyone to live a life of dignity. It is worth to take pride in being a follower of such a religion that aims at eliminating the poor and rich dichotomy. Veritably, the concept of Zakat is based on aforesaid point. Zakat is highly re

This year world Environment day was celebrated with the theme ‘’Beat the Plastic Pollution’’-The pollution about which we have been less concerned, so far. Regarding the theme of WED, it is indicative of consciousness of Environmental Crusaders , because Plastic poses a serious threat to our planet. This beautiful Blue Marble- Earth (as it appears from outer space, because of oceans) is slowly losing its sheen, for its oceans have changed into dump-site of plastic and other similar materials. Not only oceans, land on this planet also faces the same problem. Each year globally more than 35 million tones of plastic pollutants are produced and about a quarter of that ends up in water. We dispose plastic material away from our homes and think we perhaps are safe, but forget that the plastic material around us in our environment again is havoc creating. Also, we never give thought that this land and water are the habitats of many other creatures, which may be suffering from our ins