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What if Rajiv Gandhi hadn’t unlocked the Babri Masjid in 1986?
This article first appeared in the online version of the newsmagazine ‘Outlook India’ (issue dt. 23 August 2004) at the URL http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20040823&fname=UCol+Koenraad&sid=1 In 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi gave in to Muslim pressure in the Shah Bano affair. Overruling a secular court�s decision that the repudiated wife Shah Bano was entitled to alimony from her… Continue reading
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mezquitas (mosques) of Cordoba,Spain
The Great Mosque of Cordoba extended and revised architectural review When the Umayyad were supplanted by the Abbasids in 750 and the centre of Islam relocated from Damascus, Syria to Baghdad, Iraq, a Umayyad prince named Abed Al-Rahman I moved to Spain where Muslims were already established & founded a dynasty with Cordoba as its… Continue reading
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Muslims challenge Christians’ use of Cordoba mosque
Europe Features By Sinikka Tarvainen Jan 3, 2007, 8:29 GMT ‘; var PageContent= ‘Cordoba/Madrid – Few buildings are as emblematic of Europe\’s Muslim past as the Great Mosque in Cordoba. \nThe southern Spanish city was once the capital of Moorish Spain, where the mosque was promoted as the third Islamic pilgrimage site after the… Continue reading
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Kemalist Ideology- Turkish National Secular Movement
Secularism meant separation of state and religion. Kemalist secularism is Laïcité (Laiklik), the absence of religious interference in government affairs, and vice-versa; solidified in public educational, government subsidized cultural and legal affairs. Kemalist Secularism does not extend to Agnosticism or Nihilism; it meant independence of thought and independence of institutions from the dominance of religious… Continue reading
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Civilian Claims on U.S. Suggest the Toll of War
Soldiers hand out instruction cards after mistakes are made, so Iraqis know where to file claims. “The Army does not target civilians,” said Maj. Anne D. Edgecomb, an Army spokeswoman. “Sadly, however, the enemy’s tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan unnecessarily endanger innocent civilians.” There are no specific guidelines to tell Army field officers judging the… Continue reading
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Growing Islamophobia
President Bush reacting to the unearthing of the alleged bombing plot over the Atlantic August 10 remarked: “This nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.” On Aug. 7, during a press conference from his ranch in Texas, he… Continue reading
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Reclaiming Rights of the people of South Thailand
Updates from Southern Thailand is a monthly newsletter produced by the Reclaiming Rights program of Nonviolence International Southeast Asia (NISEA). The newsletter Charged! intends to inform the international community about current news on the conflict and human rights situation in the three southern-most provinces of Thailand – Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani.… Continue reading
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History of Siamese stance to Terminate Islam in the South of Thailand
The beheading of a Buddhist village leader in Thailand’s Muslim-dominated south has provoked worry across Southeast Asia. The murder committed by the Islamic separatists was believed to be in response to the deaths of 84 Muslims at the hands of Thai authorities. Although the level of violence is new, the conflict has a long history.… Continue reading
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Qur’an Desecration – The Raw Story
THE PRESS Newsweek report on Quran matches many earlier accounts RAW STORY Contrary to White House assertions, the allegations of religious desecration at Guantanamo published by Newsweek May 6 are common among ex-prisoners and have been widely reported outside the United States, RAW STORY has learned. Several former detainees at the Guantanamo and Bagram airbase… Continue reading
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Why I am saying sorry for London’s role in this horror
The British government’s refusal of such an apology is squalid. Until recently, almost unbelievably, it refused even to recognise the slave trade as a crime against humanity, on the grounds that it was legal at the time. It helped block an EU apology for slavery. Two arguments are brought forward against official apology – not… Continue reading
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Sanhedrins & their claim to The Third Temple
Third Temple Rabbi: Muslims would agree to Third Temple 1/3/07 Rabbi Dov Stein of the Jewish Sanhedrin has told YNet News that he believes Muslims would agree to the rebuilding of the Third Temple, and that Islam has not always been so hostile to Judaism. Stein believes the Al-Aqsa Mosque was built to protect the… Continue reading
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Dummies guide to Brainwash the British Public?
Channel 4’s programme titled “The Begineers guide to Islam“, designed to put -off free thinking non-muslims from finding out the true essence of Islam. A posh girl from chelsea (Peaches Geldof) visits Morocco trying to learn about Islam. The programme content is poor, with a propaganda outlook paints a morbid picture unrepresentative of Islam. We… Continue reading
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Secularism
History of the word Secularism The meaning of the word secularism is not shrouded in any mystery. It is not an ancient or archaic word having been used by Chaucer or Shakespeare.A beginning may be made with the dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED Vol.IX 1978) states that Secularism is the doctrine that morality should… Continue reading
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Black day of so called Indian Secularism
By the time the last of the domes of the Babri Masjid came crashing down at 5.45 pm, scattered spirals of smoke could be seen at a distance. Realising that Muslim houses in the city were being attacked by the karsevaks Ritambhara quickly began to urge the authorities on the public address system to stop… Continue reading
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George W. Bush: A Symptom of Disease
The fact that such a misfit could ascend to the presidency is testimony to the effectiveness of the capital system. Under capitalism, political power is not derived from the people, as would be the case in a democracy; nor does it not flow from the bottom up—it matriculates from the top down. It is really… Continue reading
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Israeli Textbooks and Children’s Literature Promote Racism and Hatred Toward Palestinians and Arabs
Another section deals with news stories from the U.S. and Israeli press which examine the danger the Florida millionaire poses to Israeli citizens with his schemes to buy or confiscate Arab land for “Greater Israel.” One quote from the Meretz Party’s Ornan Yekutieli states: “The investments of Moskowitz in the city [Jerusalem] are blood money.… Continue reading
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About Me
A South Asian Muslim on his journey..sometimes confused and dazed.. These are collected articles, bits of knowledge picked up along the way. Visit the pages and posts to find a vast array of subjects that irked my curiosity. Hope you may find a gem or two to enlighten you. Peace be upon you.
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