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Articles with tag: conservatives

Urban Middle Class’s Steady Descent Into Conservatism and Religious Right

Raza Habib   Apr 23, 2009   interacts: 270

The latest stance being that terrorism is just a “reaction� and nothing else. The most banal argument is that if Pakistan stops attacking their “own� countrymen, the hardliners will throw weapons.

Oh My God

Shoaib Daniyal   Feb 18, 2009   interacts: 107

Every few days Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs or barbers pop up out of nowhere claiming that their sensibilities have been hurt.

The Other Side

Omer Aijazi   Dec 20, 2008   interacts: 15

There is not much value in trying to judge the world and maybe slightly more in trying to change it. But real power lies in understanding people around us and their motivations.

Free to Breed

Nadeem F Paracha   Aug 31, 2008   interacts: 43

How come there is no "talk" on TV when a group of fanatics attack a concert, a painting exhibition, a "mixed function" at a college, or force the way the fanatics deem "correct?"

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