Broken Wall - Paperback

by Baland Iqbal (Author)

Idrees leads a mob in mauling and burning a Christian man alive whom they have labeled as a blasphemer after he claims that his prophet was Jesus, not Muhammad. The violent episode is witnessed by Usman, Idrees' young son, as he peeks behind a broken wall. The child is traumatized by the incident and starts having hysterical fits.

Sweethearts Sania and Dalip, living in Toronto, are students going to a Canadian university; she is an Ahmadi Muslim from Pakistan, and he is a Sikh Indian. Her parents violently object to the relationship.

In Afghanistan, Professor Wahidi is haunted by a violent past: his family was brutally murdered by extremists a long time ago. In the present, he receives death threats over the phone and through letters for his revolutionary publications. He writes books and articles that belittle the purpose of religion and nationalism; his work earns the ire of the Taliban.

Three countries, three cultures, three stories.

Who decides the right to believe, to love, and to live?