Two columnists in Pakistan's Urdu newspapers have stirred a debate recently about the role of Islam as perceived by Islamists in Pakistan and the diverse experiences of Muslims worldwide as viewed by liberal activists in different parts of the Islamic world, including in Pakistan.
At least 15 people are dead and 27 are injured following an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine located in the city of Shiraz, Iran Wednesday according to IRNA.
Initially, the singer had criticised musicians who leave behind their career in the name of awakening and said it perpetuates a "wrong narrative" attached with music.