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HBS..Although this news relates to a specific problems with extremism in the UK, it points to a wider malaise afflicting Muslim societies all over the world (with a very few notable exceptions). As we saw in the aftermath of Salman Taseer's murder, Pakistan is no less affected by this phenomena...

David Cameron tells Muslim Britain: stop tolerating extremists PM says those who don't hold 'British' values will be shunned by government David Cameron will today signal a sea-change in the government fight against home-grown terrorism, saying the state must confront, and not consort with...

WikiLeaks cables: MI6 warns of new suicide bomb wave MI6 has warned that Britain faces a “unique” threat from a generation of home-grown terrorists who are not on the intelligence services’ “radar”, secret documents have disclosed. British-born radicals who...

I have been to Iran and can say with confidence that 95% of Iranians despise the current regime. I only ever met one individual during all the time I spent in various parts of Iran who had anything good to say about Ahmedinajad or Khamenei. Although I am not sure about how popular or otherwise...

In fact, the Chechens did run a de facto independent state between the end of the first Chechen war in 1996 and recommencement of hostilities in 1999.Instead of an Islamic utopia as promised by their leaders, what the Chechens got was a violent kleptocracy run by criminal gangs who oppressed and...

Which is why modern democracies have checks and balances to prevent elected representatives from over reaching themselves.

50 out of 105 survive Iran Air crash: report 50 out of 105 survive Iran Air crash: report Fifty from the 105 passengers and crew on board an Iran Air plane which crashed in bad weather on Sunday survived the accident, Iran's emergency services chief and media said. "So far no reports of...

I don`t know if the govt can do anything about it (apart from adopting a more conciliatory approach towards the West leading to easing of sanctions of course). I don`t know if the likes of Mahan Air (which I believe is private) is any better? It is frightening how most of these aircraft are...

I hope this is true but as with anything coming out of Iran, these figures are difficult to corroborate. The terrain in that part of Iran is mountainous and extremely difficult so chances of survival would be remote unless the crash happened whilst the aircraft was still on the runway. As far...

Especially if planes are in the state much of Iran Air's fleet is in..I have been on some dodgy flights in my life, including those of post Soviet Russia and the Central Asian stans but none have been as antiquated or poorly maintained as those of Iran Air. One of the planes I traveled on was a...

More details awaited... I doubt anyone would have survived the crash. Having traveled by Iran Air within Iran recently, I can tell you those things are flying coffins. Regardless of what the regime is up to, I think its unfair to punish the Iranian people (most of who oppose the regime) in this...

Despite possessing the vast majority of Sudan's oil wealth, it would appear that the South has seen little benefit from it.This apparent disparity in socio-economic indicators between the North and the South can only be down to systematic discrimination and neglect by the fundamentalist...

Penumbra, I take it you are slating the Adam just because its designed by Indians for if you weren't you would have known that apart from a better processor and graphics than the Ipad, what makes this tablet different to the 'cheap Chinese knockoffs' is its display which uses e-ink technology...

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Pak Marine, I respect you as one of the saner Pakistani voices on this forum and, although as someone of Indian heritage it should be none of my business, I share your sense of disgust at some of the opinions being expressed on the thread about Islam in the IR of Pakistan and numerous threads...

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I am surprised you don`t find this alarming. Have you considered what values and attitudes these 'millions of kids' are acquiring through such 'education' in madrassas? Sooner or later the radicals will reach a critical mass where they will be in a position to challenge the writ of the 'infidel'...

T-Faz, there is a Pakistani link though LOL:P Court documents showed that since the summer of 2009,Mohamud had been in email contact with a suspected terrorist in Pakistan's lawless northwest frontier province, currently a haven for al Qaeda cells. After discussing the possibility of Mohamud...

1) I am not claiming that every Muslim in the UK follows Wahhabism and recognise that there are moderates and fundamentalists in every society, be it Pakistan, Britain, US or India. But I am not convinced there is a qualitative difference in the causes for and trajectories of radical Muslim...

Araz,I can see that you endorse such punishments so maybe this would be completely lost on you but the textbooks contain detailed diagrams of where the cuts are to be made and how to reduce blood loss following amputation. Sounds more like a quick primer on how to go about amputating limbs...