Attack in Mohmand

The recent attack on Frontier Corps (FC) post in Mohmand Agency is the first major US step in arm twisting the hopeless new Pakistani democratic set up.

Chillchinga, the US Soldier

The only desire now
To go home
To converse few words
In Spanish as he pays the price
For migration and adventure

Gen. Petraeus & Crocker's Washington Show is a Damp Squib

If an act of mercy is twice blessed, then an act of illegal invasion and brutal occupation has since proved to be doubly cursed for the invaders as well.

An Open Letter to Hizb-ut-Tahrir

What do you really mean by "re-establishing the Khilafat and carrying Islam to all Mankind by way of Jihad" on your website?

Life on the Periphery in the Absence of Humanism

While the clergy and the liberal intellectuals bicker, the million dollar question remains where all the moderates have gone...

Countering Our Very Own Frankenstein

According to media reports, pro-Taliban elements like the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Moham have already clashed with the military. The TNSM has reportedly seized all highways in the area, including the Silk Road leading to China.

Preventing More Lal Masjids

What should the government do after the guns stop firing and the hostages are out, whether dead or alive?

Pakistan – The Threat From Within

It is an open question as to exactly how much further Pakistan will move towards religious radicalism in the years to come.

Interpretation of Islamic Extremism in Mass Media

Interpretation of Islamic Extremism by the western mass media

Recent Terror in Egypt

Egypt is where it all started as early as 1928. Indeed it was not as much a reaction to non-Muslims or even colonial rule as it was opposed to its own co-religionists.

Will Pakistanis Listen and Act?

President Musharraf's response as extremism in Pakistan comes under scrutiny once again

A Season of Faith’s Defection

The message of tolerance is necessary not only for the Islamic militants but also for the so-called secularists, who in turn are extremist to the point of judging a man by his facial hair, or the clothes he or she wears.

The Commonality of ’Fundamentalisms’

Lalit Vachani documentary will resonate in Pakistan -- and other societies traumatized by ideologically-motivated violence -- due to the insight it gives into the minds of those involved in organizations that contribute to such violence.

A Case for Moderation

Battling conspiracy theories and extremism: The old complaints of corruption and violence had been replaced by antipathy against the government’s policies, especially its close relationship with the United States. Now, the poor, and the rich, the e

Muslims Vs. Modernity

A modern Muslim can revert to fundamentalism as was the case with Mohammad Atta, the September 11 terrorist, and countless other Lebanese, Iranian, Algerian, Egyptian and Iranian elites. What causes this reversion?

My Pakistan

I wonder whether Islamic extremism is the future of Pakistan, it surely seems the case in the northern and western parts of Pakistan, where ‘Taliban-like’, long bearded people have made their government, who have the education and civilization

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