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ISLAMISTS RALLY FOR PAKISTAN’S BLASPHEMY LAWS

Asia, Discrimination, Foreign Policy, Multiculturalism, Pakistan, Politics, Radical Islam, Religion, Securlarism, Terrorism / By

ASIA NEWS JANUARY 10, 2011 By ZAHID HUSSAIN Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesFazalur Rehman, leader of radical group Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam, addresses a rally in favor of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws in Karachi on Sunday. ISLAMABAD—Tens of thousands of Islamists rallied Sunday in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi in support of the nation’s controversial blasphemy laws, and clerics threatened […]

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THE TROUBLED HEART OF PAKISTAN

Asia, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Nuclear Energy/Weapons, Pakistan, Political Corruption, Politics, Radical Islam, Religion, Securlarism, Terrorism / By

JANUARY 6, 2011 In an interview last month, the late Salman Taseer expressed concern about the radicalization of his country. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told me not to worry. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI Lahore, Pakistan On central Mall road, Governor’s House sits back across a wide lawn. The white, colonnaded mansion, built for British rulers

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MESSAGE TO IRAQI WOMEN – DRESS MODESTLY OR BURN IN HELL

Discrimination, Human Rights, Iraq - Surge, Radical Islam, Religion, Securlarism, Shariah Law, Terrorism, Women's Issues / By

2011 looks grim for progress on women’s rights in Iraq Men view a Baghdad display that warns that women who don’t wear the hijab, or traditional Muslim head covering, will be punished in the afterlife. The display, which depicts women engulfed in flames, was erected by Islamist leaders as part of what many women see

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CHRISTMAS – AS CELEBRATED BY THE PRESIDENTS

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> David Barton > > Even though Christmas did not become a national holiday until > 1870, it has a centuries old history in America. Interestingly, > in colonial America, the southern regions that were more > directly linked to High-Church traditions (e.g., Anglicans, > Catholics, Episcopalians) celebrated Christmas; but the northern > regions especially

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