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check you PMs. thanks.

Please keep controversial issues out of this thread. My condolences and sympathy to the bereaved, injured and suffering.

Such videos mostly give only anecdotal information. So one cannot rely on them. There is always this debate about what constitutes "true Islam". The efforts of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan are praise-worthy, and his intentions are good. But the concern is whether his views honestly represent the...

It would be great if that was true. But it would not be possible to enforce Sharia punishments (including harsh punishments like stonings, beheadings, lashes, amputations etc) unless there was an Islamic state to do it.

I've read a debate between Ali Sina and the folks who run faithfreedom.com (links: page 1, page 2). Ali Sina may have good reason for keeping himself anonymous. In any case, it is the thoughts that are important, not the identity of the person. Anyway, leaving all that aside ... Will you say...

Ghazwa Times is a mouthpiece of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Here is some news from Jan 2009: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 26/11: jamaat-ud-Dawa The Gates Are Open www.outlookindia.com The ban on the JuD has been a farce. It's business as usual...

Yes, it is better for such debates to remain an intra-Muslim affair. Efforts by moderates are commendable, but I think it is an uphill struggle. Eventually, I think it will be a showdown between the Ali Sina camp (Faith Freedom International) and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa or Zaid Hamid camps...

Amazing. Just a few days after 26/11 there was an issue of the "Ghazwa Times" saying that 26/11 was a glorious victory for the Mujahids of Islam.

There are differences in opinion about this. The constitution of Saudi Arabia is just the Quran and Sunnah, is it not? So, Islam is being regarded as a political system. In Christianity on the other hand, there is a built-in secularism (at least in theory, if not in practice). “Render unto...

I did not mention any particular religion. I was stating some general principles in a friendly way. Anyway, suit yourself. There are, however, some factual inaccuracies in some of your statements. Some time back I had posted...

Useful idiots can be recruited under all kinds of pretexts!

Not defending him ... I said that the attitude was not correct.

Nobody should call themselves by any label, or accept any ideology blindly. People should take a stand any issue only after having fully studied and understood it. For proper understanding of any issue, one has to look at both sides of the argument, both the pros and the cons. If one in...

Although such attitudes are regrettable (because they are unproductive), who knows, the LeT may have murdered some of his relatives.

There could be some truth to this. Here is an article by Rajinder Puri, who is generally a credible source. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination by Rajinder Puri Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on January...

This is so silly. First, Kapoor says "possibility" of a limited nuclear war exists. This could well mean there is concern about a Pakistani first strike, since India has a NFS policy. Second, Pakistani FO starts talking about India's agressive plans. Third, people start saying India is...

Hindi has evolved from the ancient Khadi Boli dialect of the western UP and Delhi region. Urdu uses a number of words from Arabic and Persian but the grammatical structure is the same as Khadi Boli and interestingly, almost 100% of the verbs are from Sanskrit. Modern Hindi also has some...

It is likely that the plan would have been nipped in the bud, had the ISI felt uncomfortable with the initial target list. The events that happened in Mumbai, and are now happening in various parts of Pakistan, are a natural consequence of Pakistan's policy of nurturing and using non-state...

This sounds like a relatively realistic indication of what actually happened: So, the target list that had been approved by the ISI was expanded by Al Qaeda, at least as per this correspondent's sources. The indictment of the accused is a positive step, but from the delays that have happened...

There are many countries that find much to complain about in Pakistan's behavior, so India is not alone in its predicament.