Pakistan

ISLAM IN THE PRESS: post by H. Koya

  Witnesses: Libya consulate attack seemed planned, may have used anti-Islam … Fox News TRIPOLI, Libya – It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic militants, sealing off the streets leading to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. They set up roadblocks […]

Living with death by drone – LA Times

Jennifer Gibbson reports on LA Times Last week, Stanford University and New York University released a major study about the use of drones in the ever-evolving but never-ending war on terror. Unfortunately, many commentators missed the report’s key message: Drones are terrorizing an entire civilian population. I was one of […]

LUMS, Dr. Salam and Dr. Hoodbhoy

Daily Times; COMMENT : Hounding the dissenters — Dr Mohammad Taqi An integral accompaniment to this hounding of the politicians from Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy to Asif Ali Zardari has been the harassment of the dissenters in the intelligentsia Pakistan has an unfortunate track record of hounding dissenters from Dr Fatima Ali […]

ISLAM IN THE PRESS : post by H. Koya

Foreign Islamic militants worry Syrian rebels but also provide a powerful … Fox News ALEPPO, Syria – The presence of foreign Islamic militants battling Syria’s regime is raising concerns over the possible injection of al-Qaida’s influence into the country’s civil war. Syria’s rebels share some of those misgivings. But they also see in … See all […]

5 Things Americans Need to Know About Pakistan

Huff Post: Richard Clarke described Pakistan as a nation of “pathological liars” on the Bill Maher Show last year. He also called Pakistanis “paranoid.” In the public mind there is little apart from suicide bombings, terrorism, violence and corruption associated with Pakistan. Commentators freely call Pakistan a “nursery for terrorism.” […]