Month: October 2012

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Documentary to explore the rise of Islamic Militancy – “Jihad without Border” – Screening on Sunday Oct 21st, 2:30 PM at Baituz Zafar, NY

http://queensledger.com/pages/ad_details/listing_details/details/47715384-documentary-to-explore-rise-of-islamic-militancy   Shahriar Kabir’s documentary on Rise of Islamic militancy and future of secular democracy in Pakistan  Jihad without Border   ‘Jihad without Border’, the 2nd part of Shahriar Kabir’s Jihad Trilogy (“Trilogy”), explains the rise of Islamic militancy in Pakistan.  The Historical Documentary focuses on a nine thousand year old tradition […]

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Blasphemy: Time for Muslim soul searching

Much of the scandalous consequences are attributable to an active history of hostility between the West and the Islam. by Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Now that the public protest, violent or otherwise, in response to the recent […]

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Turkey shows double duplicity on Syria

Source: Asiatimes: With the blessing of the US and its other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners, as well as its own national legislature if not the entire Turkish population, some of whom have been holding mass rallies in opposition to Ankara’s war policy vis-a-vis Syria, the Turkish government has […]