unflinching idealism ... since 1997 archivessitemapabouthelpfeedback
ideas, identities and interactions
  • Home
  • InFocus
  • Themes
  • Columns
  • Articles
  • Fiction
  • iLogs
  • Gallery
  • Unplugged
  • Writers
  • Interactors
  • Tags
Sign in | Join Chowk
web chowk
  • Article
  • Interact
  • read writer comments
  • add to favorites
  • get rss feeds
  • print
  • email this link

Democracy, not terror, is the engine of political Islam

William Dalrymple September 20, 2007

Latest comments   flat   threaded   latest   oldest   all
listing 240-256   11 12 13 14 15 16 17

#16 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 4:39:45 am
#15 Posted by harimau,

You're welcome :)
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#15 Posted by harimau on September 21, 2007 4:33:55 am
Ref zeemax #11

[Don't say I didn't warn you ... hindoos !]

Thanks for the warning.

The current government in India will react in the only way they know how.

They will call a Cabinet meeting and conduct a circle jerk.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#14 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 4:19:09 am
#13 Posted by jayp,

Not before very long it will be very 'real' for macacia as well. The rest of the world will come later :)
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#13 Posted by jayp on September 21, 2007 3:44:57 am
zeemax,

At the height of jihad in afghanistan, not even a single indian muslim came forward. Now it is more unlikely. What india has to worry about is teh pakis coming to india and messing things up.

For pakistan it is real, the take over by the jihadis supported by bearded general, and then it is a problem for the world.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#12 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 3:15:39 am
#9 Posted by echoboom,

:-)
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#11 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 3:14:51 am
Don't say I didn't warn you ... hindoos !

Osama bin Laden threatens India

Osama bin Laden and his second in command Ayman al Zawhri have called on Pakistanis to avenge the storming of the Lal Masjid. But what has set alarm bells ringing in Delhi is the reference to the Babri Masjid.

Osama bin Laden's new audio tape is not just another invective against Pakistan, but also goes on to compare President Pervez Musharraf's invasion of the Lal Masjid to that of the Babri Masjid.

“Pervez's invasion of Lal Masjid in the city of Islam, Islamabad, is a sad event, like the crime of the Hindus in their invasion and destruction of the Babari Masjid. And this event has crucial and critical connotations,” said Bin Laden.

This threat comes just a day after the Lashkar e Toiba issued a chilling call for Jihad against the Indian Government. Blaming India for playing an interfering role in Pakistani politics and for the growing violence in that country, Lashkar commander Hafeez Mohammed Saeed said, "Over the past years, India has been busy destabilising Pakistan. So there is a need to strengthen Pakistan's defence. This can only be realised if we step up Jihad in Kashmir and Afghanistan".

This is the third such video to surface after the sixth anniversary of 9/11, but for the Indian Government, what seems to be a cause of worry is the new found interest that the Al Qaeda top leadership is showing for Jihad against it.

(http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=2901)
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#10 Posted by KaalChakra on September 21, 2007 3:13:08 am
echodada, weclome back.

That is PRECISELY what it is. For the very first time in recorded history Pakistani 'secularists' seem worried Islam might possibly hit them in their tender spots.

But they also seem completely confident they will push it into submission again, and good old days will be back.

reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#9 Posted by echoboom on September 21, 2007 2:59:29 am
Zeemax:8 :)
Howdy Pardner?

JUB gaaf lagi phatnay
Khairaat lagi bUtnay :) :)
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#8 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 2:53:34 am
But I'm glad to see at last the 'K' chowk admin is publishing articles for the other side. Guess they hung out some undergarments as well :)
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#7 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 2:48:42 am
Re Egypt, that's a bomb waiting to explode. The sentiments there are even stronger than those in Pakistan. It's just that the Egyptian Jihadis are busy elsewhere at the moment. The moment Pakistan/Afghanistan is resolved, Egypt will be the next in a jiffy.

Best business to get in right now is guillotine manufacture.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#6 Posted by zeemax on September 21, 2007 2:45:23 am
Author,

Pretending that the Islamists do not exist, and that we will not talk to them, is no answer. Only by opening dialogue are we likely to find those with whom we can work ...

Bit late for that now, at-least in Pakistan. It was true before Jamia Hafsa massacre, but not anymore. The Jamia will be fully avenged as is clear by the unprecendented message personally from the Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin , terming Musharraf an apostate and Abdul Rashid Ghazi as the Shaheed, and the same reinforced by Al Zawahiri - on the same day. It is significant that Usama has never challenged anyone personally, not even Bush, but has done musharraf. Sehba must be hanging out a lot of soiled uniforms now.

This also explains the mutilation of the 16 commandos' bodies handed over in Waziristan. It appears that since they regard them as 'apostates', the most excruciating punishment was seen due to them, right in keeping with Islamic injunctions. The apostate Pak military now stands beaten and demoralized by a bunch of Allah's warriors in sneakers who are giving them prompot payback for their 'victory' over a bunch of schoolgirls in burqas with sticks.

There's a pattern to it all. Measured attacks on Islamabad/Pindi, IEDs to cut off surface logistics (Pak army has no food in Waziristan), abductions and selected releases after indoctrinations prompting mass defections, attack on the crack commando unit despite impenetrable security, and Fatwas towards locally recruited military personnel of not being given even a Muslim burial because of their apostasy.

Next is a major assassination. That will come soon.

And the hindoos should stop jumping like monkeys. Their turn will come once the domestic issues are resolved.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#5 Posted by jayp on September 21, 2007 1:55:22 am
The latest osama video calling for the overthrow of pak army is significant, at last osama has declared his intention to get hold of the bomb.

There are already reports that teh pak army, the 300 or so that surrendered to teh tribals did not fire a shot because they do not want to get killed. The pak army has never fought a war, all from kashmir to kargill was faught by the tribals and as such the pak army is in fear of teh tribals.

This is a situation that teh world has to address, if a few tribals come up to the military place where the nuclear materials are kept, it is more than likely, based on the pak army attitudes as demonstrated recently, the army will let the tribals have what ever they want.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#4 Posted by laddu on September 21, 2007 1:49:35 am
"As long as the west interferes in the Muslim world, bombs will go off; "

sheer propaganda!!

It is the muslim world interfering with the west - no one was worried about the rise of ayotollah's ; pukistani mullahs in the west till they confined their cult of hate in killing mushriqoons , munafiqoons only.

West and the rest of the idolator world gets worried when they start attacking like they did in 9/11 , 7/7, 11/7 , kaargil and so on .

It is a fact that the mullah world 'requires' careful cultivation and breeding of hatred towards kafirs and idolators like me that is the cause of woes of the muslim world.
Muslims have to tame the hate verses of Islam and those riding on the top of those verses in order to attack the non muslim world.
Unless and until Quran is pared down and hadiths banished from the civilized discourse muslim would would keep on suffering from the inherent hatred of Islam.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#3 Posted by jayp on September 21, 2007 1:28:15 am
Yes, political islam has to be accommodated and pakistan is the prime example. India has fenced the border, so is iran, there are hardly any foreign airlines operating to pakistan, hardly any foreign investment there, no tourists go there, and having a pak visa on the passport will ensure that you do not get any other visa, so hard to get out of pakistan because no one will allow them in.

We have a model developing and that is the way islamic republics are to be dealt with. I do not see any problems with that.

Even when clamity happens like the kashmir earth quake, that was used by the jihadis to go to pakistan for weapons training.

The world has to learn from experience and develop a standard approach to islamic republics like pakistan.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#2 Posted by harimau on September 21, 2007 1:05:22 am
Ref echoboom #1

[Isalm's resilience & unique ability to rebound has been unparalleled in the annals of human history.]

The only resilience shown thus far has been your ability to stagger home after an ass-raping by the mullah.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#1 Posted by echoboom on September 21, 2007 12:55:59 am
THank you Mr.Dalrymple. You indeed corroborate what muslims have been saying at this forum even prior to 9/11.

The west & the westoxicated scum will indeed be given the Iran-treatment..and not in too distant future either.

Isalm's resilience & unique ability to rebound has been unparalleled in the annals of human history.

"Baatil sey dubnay vaaley aye aasmaaN naheeN hUm
sau baar kar chuukaa hai, too imtihaaN hamaara"
...........................................ALLAMA IQBAL.
tr:
Oh heavens, suppressed we can't be by the secularoon creed
Hundreds of times have we been put to this test by you
echoboom
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
listing 240-256   11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Interact Index

    #256 laddu
    #255 laddu
    #254 zahid_e_khushk
    #253 Raw_Dust
    #252 zahid_e_khushk
    #251 laddu
    #250 laddu
    #249 zahid_e_khushk
    #248 laddu
    #247 KaalChakra
    #246 KaalChakra
    #245 laddu
    #244 zahid_e_khushk
    #243 KaalChakra
    #242 laddu
    #241 laddu
    #240 KaalChakra
    #239 zahid_e_khushk
    #238 laddu
    #237 zahid_e_khushk
    #236 laddu
    #235 tahmed32
    #234 laddu
    #233 Naqshbandi
    #232 laddu
    #231 tahmed32
    #230 laddu
    #229 arjun3
    #228 maffrejal
    #227 laddu
    #226 maffrejal
    #225 maffrejal
    #224 jayp
    #223 maffrejal
    #222 laddu
    #221 laddu
    #220 maffrejal
    #219 bubba
    #218 Salim_Chauhan
    #217 tahmed32
    #216 Salim_Chauhan
    #215 echoboom
    #214 Salim_Chauhan
    #213 echoboom
    #212 Salim_Chauhan
    #211 Salim_Chauhan
    #210 KaalChakra
    #209 mohar11
    #208 tahmed32
    #207 tahmed32
    #206 zahid_e_khushk
    #205 jayp
    #204 laddu
    #203 harish_hyd
    #202 tahmed32
    #201 bubba
    #200 zahid_e_khushk
    #199 mohar11
    #198 arjun3
    #197 TOLKININ
    #196 Naqshbandi
    #195 Naqshbandi
    #194 tahmed32
    #193 KaalChakra
    #192 Salim_Chauhan
    #191 zahid_e_khushk
    #190 Salim_Chauhan
    #189 KaalChakra
    #188 zahid_e_khushk
    #187 arjun3
    #186 bubba
    #185 kabuliwallah
    #184 zahid_e_khushk
    #183 viqarm
    #182 mohar11
    #181 zahid_e_khushk
    #180 laddu
    #179 zahid_e_khushk
    #178 Ranjit
    #177 laddu
    #176 Ranjit
    #175 tahmed32
    #174 Ranjit
    #173 zeemax
    #172 bubba
    #171 zahid_e_khushk
    #170 viqarm
    #169 laddu
    #168 laddu
    #167 laddu
    #166 Ranjit
    #165 Naqshbandi
    #164 Ranjit
    #163 bjkumar
    #162 shishapa
    #161 tahmed32
    #160 bubba
    #159 Ranjit
    #158 mohar11
    #157 mohar11
    #156 mohar11
    #155 KaalChakra
    #154 zahid_e_khushk
    #153 Raw_Dust
    #152 shishapa
    #151 Raw_Dust
    #150 zahid_e_khushk
    #149 shishapa
    #148 shishapa
    #147 zahid_e_khushk
    #146 shishapa
    #145 KaalChakra
    #144 Ajeet
    #143 mohar11
    #142 KaalChakra
    #141 mohar11
    #140 mohar11
    #139 zahid_e_khushk
    #138 Naqshbandi
    #137 mohar11
    #136 KaalChakra
    #135 zahid_e_khushk
    #134 zahid_e_khushk
    #133 Ranjit
    #132 tahmed32
    #131 zahid_e_khushk
    #130 bubba
    #129 Naqshbandi
    #128 zahid_e_khushk
    #127 Naqshbandi
    #126 Naqshbandi
    #125 Naqshbandi
    #124 laddu
    #123 laddu
    #122 laddu
    #121 laddu
    #120 bubba
    #119 zahid_e_khushk
    #118 Shah2
    #117 laddu
    #116 echoboom
    #115 laddu
    #114 laddu
    #113 bubba
    #112 laddu
    #111 laddu
    #110 laddu
    #109 laddu
    #108 jayp
    #107 Naqshbandi
    #106 Naqshbandi
    #105 Naqshbandi
    #104 Naqshbandi
    #103 laddu
    #102 zeemax
    #101 zahid_e_khushk
    #100 laddu
    #99 laddu
    #98 zeemax
    #97 zeemax
    #96 KaalChakra
    #95 zahid_e_khushk
    #94 Naqshbandi
    #93 Naqshbandi
    #92 KaalChakra
    #91 zahid_e_khushk
    #90 stuka
    #89 Naqshbandi
    #88 Naqshbandi
    #87 Naqshbandi
    #86 Naqshbandi
    #85 rf786
    #84 zahid_e_khushk
    #83 zeemax
    #82 zeemax
    #81 hamidm2
    #80 Naqshbandi
    #79 zeemax
    #78 hamidm2
    #77 zeemax
    #76 zahid_e_khushk
    #75 zeemax
    #74 zeemax
    #73 rf786
    #72 jayp
    #71 jayp
    #70 bubba
    #69 Naqshbandi
    #68 Naqshbandi
    #67 tahmed32
    #66 jayp
    #65 zeemax
    #64 zeemax
    #63 viqarm
    #62 tahmed32
    #61 Naqshbandi
    #60 zeemax
    #59 tahmed32
    #58 zeemax
    #57 viqarm
    #56 viqarm
    #55 viqarm
    #54 giani_240
    #53 giani_240
    #52 stuka
    #51 zahid_e_khushk
    #50 cliftonbridge
    #49 GT
    #48 cliftonbridge
    #47 GT
    #46 cliftonbridge
    #45 giani_240
    #44 zahid_e_khushk
    #43 cliftonbridge
    #42 GT
    #41 giani_240
    #40 GT
    #39 giani_240
    #38 Salim_Chauhan
    #37 GT
    #36 masadi
    #35 Salim_Chauhan
    #34 Salim_Chauhan
    #33 tahmed32
    #32 Ranjit
    #31 tahmed32
    #30 GT
    #29 GT
    #28 tahmed32
    #27 arjun2
    #26 Naqshbandi
    #25 Naqshbandi
    #24 HP
    #23 arjun2
    #22 arjun2
    #21 GT
    #20 rf786
    #19 tahmed32
    #18 zeemax
    #17 KaalChakra
    #16 zeemax
    #15 harimau
    #14 zeemax
    #13 jayp
    #12 zeemax
    #11 zeemax
    #10 KaalChakra
    #9 echoboom
    #8 zeemax
    #7 zeemax
    #6 zeemax
    #5 jayp
    #4 laddu
    #3 jayp
    #2 harimau
    #1 echoboom

Latest Interacts

  • nb: And back to NFP's... The Correct Turn
  • nb: I didn't know that,... The Correct Turn
  • akcheema: Re: # 182; nb thanks... The Correct Turn
  • nb: Cheema, hing is asafoetida... The Correct Turn
  • akcheema: Re: # 180 yaar nb... The Correct Turn
  • nb: HP, if it was... The Correct Turn
  • akcheema: dost_mittar and hamidm sahibaan,... The Correct Turn
  • ahmedmadani: When we who write... Politics of PPP and

THEMES

  • Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy
  • The Indian Story
  • Indo-Pak Relations
  • Personal Narratives
  • Religion Today
  • War on Terror
  • Role of Media
  • Call for Social Change
  • Hold Them Accountable
  • Environment and Us
  • Way of Life
more »

Top 5 Articles This Week

  • Popular
  • The Correct Turn
  • G-8: RIP?
  • Urdu News Columnists and Anchors -- should we always believe them?
  • Politics of PPP and Asif Zardari
  • Hop Aboard the Interfaith Express
  • Featured
  • There are a Lot of Monkeys
  • White Charade
  • Words of a Woman
  • FOX News and the Smelly Shoes
  • Dilemmas of Creative Children
  • 10 Years Ago
  • Regret
  • Blowing in the Wind
  • Crying Buddha
  • Kashmir
  • Communists and Congress Should Give Birth to ’Red Indians’

Write on Chowk Interact Guidelines Privacy policy Terms Contact

Copyright © 1997 - 2008 chowk.com. All Rights Reserved
Reproduction of material on any www.chowk.com pages without prior written permissions is strictly prohibited