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Saudi religious moderation: How real is it?
Meet
Mohammed bin Abdul-Karim Al-Issa, the public face of Saudi crown prince
Mohammed bin Salman’s version of moderate Islam.
A 54-year
old former justice minister, Mr. Al-Issa, one...
Terrorism and Mass Media: A Reflection from the Sri Lanka Terror Attack
The world
shivers at the mention of terrorism. The international news storylines mostly
present two hegemonic undertakings: the economic and power game ruling blocks
comprising US, Russia,...
A survey of Arab youth highlights gaps between policies and aspirations
Results of a recent annual survey
of Arab youth concerns about their future suggest that Arab autocracies have yet to deliver expected public
services and goods,...
Will Islamophobes take over democracies in the West?
One is alarmed to see how Islamophobes have
begun to dominate secular forces in `civilized’ western democracies. During the
2008 American presidential election `several Republican politicians...
RSS: Grim Reality under the Secular Veil of India
Religious
extremism is not something novel to mankind. Between 132-136 CE, Romans faced
the confrontation with the Jews. A Jew extremist, Simon Bar Kokhba, led the
revolt...
Could Pakistan be a China?
It is naïve for Pakistan government to
play China model overnight. China resents its history of humiliation at eh
hands of foreign powers (forcible take-over of...
Which system suits Pakistan: Democracy or technocracy?
General Zia
was enamored of the presidential system. He claimed that the Quaid-i-Azam had
opted for this system in a note in his diary. What was...
Not faith, ‘but those who manipulate the faithful’ driving wedge between religions
Following a string of hate-fuelled attacks on places of worship around
the world, the High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNOAC), said on Thursday...
Baku forum to push back against ‘rise of hate’ with strong call for cultural and religious tolerance
Just off a plane from Sri Lanka, Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNOAC), said on Wednesday that...
Want to curb violent attacks? Curb civilisationalism
Decades of Saudi global funding of Sunni Muslim
ultra-conservatism is perceived to have created breeding grounds for radicalism
in Muslim communities even if it was largely...