Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: British Indian Army, India, Indian Army, Islamabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmiri people, Pakistan
Image via Wikipedia ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 : Pakistan will continue extending its political, moral and diplomatic support to the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir in their struggle for the right of self-determination. This was stated by the Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Iftekhar Aziz in a ceremony held at the embassy on Wednesday to observe [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Islam, Keith Ellison (politician), Muslim, People of the Book, Quran, Religion and Spirituality, Tea Party Nation
Image via Wikipedia The bigotry of Judson Phillips reminds patriotic America about the statements of Hitler. The world cannot appease the likes of Judson Phillips. Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcom X gave their lives struggling with the people of color–so that they can dump the racist bigotry of those who judge people by the [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Bal Thackeray, India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Mumbai University, Rohinton Mistry, Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena Flag. Image via Wikipedia MUMBAI: A battle for the cultural soul of Mumbai is brewing between Hindu radicals and the cosmopolitan urbanites who are the global face of this Indian city. The radicals appear to be winning. In the last few weeks, the Shiv Sena group has blocked the broadcast of a hit [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Arundhati Roy, Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi, Dileep (Malayalam actor), India, Indian National Congress, Kashmir, Srinagar
The cacophony of voices emanating from Srinagar are unified in their demand for “Azaadi”. Are they reaching the tin ear of Bharat? Even the Chief Minister, progeny of the Abdullah dyynesty has talked about “Azaadi” and about including Pakistan in the discussions. Much to the chagrin of the BJP, the Indian National Congress has clearly [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Brookings Institution, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Stephen Cohen, United States, Washington DC
Stephen Cohen is one of the most virulent Anti-Pakistan Islamphobe that works for India Inc. He sees a Pakistani behind every conspiracy and blames everything on Pakistan. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Pakistan and India may both be anxious about the US stand on Kashmir , particularly when the K-issue is on the boil again, but foreign policy expert [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: Ali Ahmad Kurd, Asif Ali Zardari, Asma Jahangir, Bal Thackeray, Bar Association, Hindu, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Lahore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, National Reconciliation Ordinance, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, secularism, United States
In one of the most contested elections of our time, Asma Jehangir has brought dirty politics where it doesn’t belong–in the Bar Association. Asma Jehangir has won the elections for the Lahore Bar Association. This is seen as a great victory for the left in Pakistan. Asma Jehangir is a Civil Rights Activist and great [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: ASEAN, Asia, Beijing, Burma, China, Deng Xiaoping, Hanoi, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, South China Sea, United States
A top Obama Administration official has said that the US would not hesitate to join hands with other countries in collectively addressing certain Chinese action. The official, however, refuted reports that the United States is lining up countries against China and this is the main purpose of the Asia trip of Secretary of State Hillary [...]
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Posted on 27 October 2010. Tags: David Petraeus, Haqqani network, Osama Bin Laden, Politics of Afghanistan, Taliban, United States, United States armed forces, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
An intense military campaign aimed at crippling the Taliban has so far failed to inflict more than fleeting setbacks on the insurgency or put meaningful pressure on its leaders to seek peace, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials citing the latest assessments of the war in Afghanistan. Escalated airstrikes and special operations raids have [...]
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Posted on 26 October 2010. Tags: Fatima al-Masumeh Shrine, Islam, Lauren Booth, Mick Jagger, Muslim, Religious conversion, Swansea University, Tony Blair
Sarah Jane Darby and Lauren Booth. Image by Getty Images via @daylife Why ARE so many modern British career women converting to Islam? Tony Blair’s sister-in-law announced her conversion to Islam last weekend. Journalist Lauren Booth embraced the faith after what she describes as a ‘holy experience’ in Iran. She is just one of a [...]
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Posted on 26 October 2010. Tags: Allahabad High Court, Ayodhya debate, Babri Mosque, Constitution of India, Hindu, India, Muslim, Supreme Court
The much awaited judgment of Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court in the title suit filed by Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and others was at last delivered and has been welcomed by some and criticized by others, mainly by litigant parties. Those who want to see the controversy end for once and all are [...]
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