Religious extremism in Pakistan Religious extremism tends to a state of mind of a person about his religion in which he has such firm belief on his concepts such that any negotiation from it is unbearable for him. He becomes aggressive towards the society. As not only he considers himself to follow the religion strictly in his way but wants the society to do so. If unfortunately someone refuses his thoughts‚ he can go to any limit to make that person acting upon his ideology. He can even commit
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Islam VS The West Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking‚ oppressed by religion‚ and inhumanely governed‚ comparing them to their own enlightened‚ secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking‚ and that distance is narrower than they assume. Islam is not just a religion‚ and certainly not just a fundamentalist political movement. When people think of Islam they think of all the crazy beliefs and a religion
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The Indian media display certain defects. These should ideally be addressed and corrected in a democratic manner. But if the media prove incorrigible‚ harsh measures may be called for. The time has come when some introspection by the Indian media is required. Many people‚ not only those in authority but even ordinary people‚ have started saying that the media have become irresponsible and wayward‚ and need to be reined in. Only a couple of days back I read in the newspapers that the Union government
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Osama Bin Laden’s life started on March 10‚ 1957‚ in Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia. Osama’s life started out great. He was very wealthy and privileged growing up. He was also a demure boy while he was young. Bin Laden was tall for his age and had an athletic physique. Osama befriended Abdul Aziz‚ a lifelong friend‚ on a trip into the desert. He also was befriended and influenced by Abdullah Azzam‚ who influenced his beliefs later in life‚ when he was in school. While he was young‚ Bin Laden spent as
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Kashmir conflict. During the winter of 1998 -1999‚ some elements of the Military of Pakistan were covertly training and sending Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces‚ some allegedly in the guise of mujahideen‚ into territory on the Indian side of the LOC. The infiltration was code named "Operation Badr"; its aim was to sever the link between Kashmir and Ladakh‚ and cause Indian forces to withdraw from the Siachen Glacier‚ thus forcing India to negotiate
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In the literature‚ The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ the idea and representation of justice‚ and its relationship to that of the treatment of women in Afghan society‚ the ever-changing politics of Afghanistan‚ and the desired results of redemption and forgiveness‚ become illustrated through the novel’s characters and motives. Justice can be defined as the quality of being guided by truth‚ reason‚ and fairness. The Kite Runner illustrates the power of influence from an outside power and its effects
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Afghanistan have been on the heels of this man for more than six years now. Bin Laden is still on the run and is believed to be hiding in the vast mountains of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Border. In the early 1980’s Bin Laden joined the Afghan mujahideen in order to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. After ten years he split from this group and created Al-Qaeda; which he claimed would have a more military role. It was clear that it was Osama Bin Laden who organized and authorized
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SOMALI ATROCITIES The precursor to the al-Shabaab was the Al-Ittihad Al-Islami‚ or “Unity of Islam.” This Salafi extremist group wanted to return to early Islam‚ and they took control of Somali in the 1990s. They even got some of their funds and guns from al-Qaeda leader‚ Osama bin Laden. Furthermore‚ the group started to become divided in 2003 after the old guard wanted to create a new political front‚ while the younger members longed for the creation of a “Greater Somalia
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Afghanistan. First‚ India has had to contend with many significant security chal¬lenges that stem from the Taliban’s regime in Afghanistan in the 1990s. Pakistan has raised and supported several militant groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba‚ Harkat-ul-Mujahideen/Harkat-ul-Ansar‚ and
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Zahid Shahab Ahmed: Madarsa Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 1: Autumn 2009 MADRASA EDUCATION IN THE PAKISTANI CONTEXT: CHALLENGES‚ REFORMS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Zahid Shahab Ahmed Abstract Educational institutions in Pakistan function under three separate systems— public‚ private and madrasas. The media and the government turned their attention towards the madrasas only after the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks‚ as there was a growing perception that terrorism
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