It has become the statistic heard round the world. The Taliban are within 60 miles of Islamabad. Just 60 miles. Every dispatch about the insurgents’ recent advance into the Pakistani district of Buner carried the ominous number. Washington quivered, too. A top counterinsurgency expert, David Kilcullen, reiterated that Pakistan could collapse within six months. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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American rhetoric is full of devious political Language. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an interview with Al Jazeera in May 19 confirmed that “the US is going to be pushing for a two-state solution which, by its very name, implies borders that have to be agreed to”. But why the borders should be negotiated and agreed to? Aren’t …
Read More »Fears of Muslim anger over religious book By Christine Toomey
‘Does God Hate Women’ by Jeremy Stangroom and Ophelia Benson cites attitudes to women and criticises Mohammed’s marriage An academic book about religious attitudes to women is to be published this week despite concerns it could cause a backlash among Muslims because it criticises the prophet Muhammad for taking a nine-year-old girl as his third wife. The book, entitled Does …
Read More »Sri Lanka-Israel Relations By Kalana Senaratne
The Emerging Trend of Principled Diplomacy Concerns raised and votes cast, this way or that, for or against us, help dispel doubts which linger concerning inter-state relations or affairs between states. If we needed a counter-response to our response on Israel’s recent war in Gaza, we received it during the recently concluded Special Session on Sri Lanka at the UN …
Read More »What Next for the Muslims of Sri Lanka By Farwin Fousdeen
Sri Lanka’s 26 year old war is finally over. An ending that heralds an era free of suicide bombings, insecurity, and extravagant defense budgets. After what seemed like an eternity to many Sri Lankans, the world witnessed a truly mass celebration when the country’s Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim peoples set aside differences of every kind to welcome the end to …
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