Found 858 articles matching your filters across English (2012-11-29 to 2012-12-10). Top authors: Yoginder Sikand, Dr. S. Akhtar Ehtisham, Viewpoint, Sholeh Irani, Dr. Qaisar Abbas
Ayub Khan deliberately sought to court the Tablighis to counteract the influence of the Jama’at-i Islami. Maulana Kandhwalvi, penned a tract bearing the revealing title of ‘ Finta-i Maududiyat’. In Israel the TJ has been allowed to freely function. Shiv Sena a …
Let us take up the army first. Do we impute an independent class character to it? Army personnel are derived from all classes of the society though predominantly from a feudal/peasant base yet recruitment from urban bourgeoisie, bureaucrats classes especially …
David Samuels interviews Noam Chomsky You grew up in a home that was heavily influenced by Ahad Ha’am, the father of cultural Zionism. My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha’am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew together, and often the reading was …
When he presented his proposals for taming banks in late September, Peer Steinbrück was once again spoiling for a fight. The Social Democratic candidate for the Chancellery in next year's general election railed against the chase for short-term returns and exc …
I'm a French Muslim who is gay, and a feminist. I no longer want people in my country to think that it is an impossible blend, and that these different aspects of my identity are incompatible. Today in France, gay teenagers are almost 15 times more likely than …
Dennis Bernstein: Noted Documentary Filmmaker, John Pilger, is somebody who knows a great deal about the Gaza Strip, and about the extreme conditions Palestinians there have been forced to endure under a Brutal Israeli Occupation. Pilger has actually made two …
Sotoodeh, a brave human rights lawyer and women’s rights activist, was arrested on September 4. She has been on hunger strike since Oct. 31 Following is an online petition for the release of Nasrin Sotoodeh: In the face of increasing pressures the maneuvering …
Brothers misjudged opposition’s potential to mobilize people. Liberals and leftists have shown that they are almost as popular among people as Brothers and Salafis December last year, I met Ola Shabah in Cairo along with two other activists. Together we visite …
You can curb freedom of expression; you can never control freedom to think freely! Every citizen shall have the right to have access to information in all matters of public importance subject to regulation and reasonable restrictions imposed by law. Constituti …
Cowasjee: the last of his kind. Foul mouthed, acerbic, haughty at times. At other times warm, good natured, compassionate and kind. A fearless defender of public spaces, he was Karachi's benefactor Two weeks ago I had my usual Parsi omelette breakfast with Ard …
The Blockade denies the Palestinians in the Gaza strip their basic human rights. The blockade itself is the main reason that Hamas is still in power 'Hamas activists gave hints to my father that I was about to turn into a woman and it was time for me to put on …
It is not surprising then to find some 'modern' Pakistani Muslims coining contradictory catchwords like 'Muslim Feminists' or 'liberal Hijabi' to explain or perhaps justify their preferred social and religious behaviours One cannot help but wonder how come peo …
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still holding and Gaza's inhabitants will hopefully sleep undisturbed, at least in the near future. But the memories of the Israeli aggression will not faint any time soon. In the letter below, Marco Espvall describe h …
The merger will survive because it has more positives and no negatives. The cementing phenomenon is the ideology of Socialism that all three parties have agreed upon The merger of three left wing parties---Awami Party, Labour Party Pakistan, and Workers Party …
It has to be noted that the AWP merger comes on the heels of, and is organically linked to, the rejuvenation of the long defunct National Students' Federation (NSF), a historical flag-bearer of progressive campus politics The post-Cold War political, cultural …
Historically, within the Zionist movement there were Jews who wanted to live in peace with the Arabs in Palestine. A tiny Jewish minority had survived in Palestine despite expulsion 2,000 years ago Modern Jews, convinced that the establishment of a Jewish stat …
Cities can't be planned by inept and unimaginative bureaucrats, neither can they be built with bricks and mortar alone. What they need is creative and inclusive development policies For their expansionist activities, the transnational companies want infrastruc …
The liberalization of feminism over the last few decades parallels the liberalization of everything and the corporatization of poverty. It ties in to the mushrooming of NGOs. This liberalization has also captured the narratives that used to belong the left Ali …
Ideology exists as an established theory, however if the doctrine is not imbued in the heart and mind, then it should not be included in poetry just because the doctrine is true Qayyum Nazar: Let us return to your poems. After 1936, as you said, you had a chan …
Hindu, Muslim, Christian – religious channels are mushrooming in India. What impact are they making? What fuels their zeal? How authentic are the godmen? How altruistic is the spiritual industry? Supriya Menon finds out Press button, switch religion: Telly wat …
