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Amr Musa: Fear of Another Path!

The Bush Administration recently and belatedly accepted the viewpoint of Arab governments that the continuation of the Israeli occupation is the main motive for the religious violence in the region and in the world, and that the blatant bias of the administration in...

Are These Regimes Victims of Religious Extremism?

Pakistan is an Islamic state but when it was established in 1947, it never crossed Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s mind that it would become a religious state. Jinnah was part of the Ismaili community. He was one of the Muslim leaders close to [Mahatma] Gandhi during the Indian...

A Country with a Selective Memory

He never took leave from either the national or country-based leadership or from the ruling family. He did not even take leave from the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of his Ismaili sect. Retired Brigadier General Ahmad al Mir Milhim passed away suddenly. He passed...

The Scene is Tragic and the Direction Poor

The scene is a composite one; it would be naive to attempt its deconstruction. It’s no longer possible to dissociate what is happening in Lebanon from what is happening in the West Bank, Gaza or Iraq; the conflict is the same. The problems here and there are...