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the misogyny of the Ummah
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Aziz Poonawalla
I often find fault with the way in which Yasmin Alibhai-Brown makes her arguments in the pages of the Independent, but I have to concede that on the merits, her main arguments are usually sound. Her latest essay is a good example – she labels the state of women in the Ummah “a dark age”…
the improbable reach of Pakistan’s Taliban extends to Binghamton, NY?
By
Aziz Poonawalla
The Taliban’s Pakistani franchise apparently suffers delusions of grandeur: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baituallah Mehsud claimed on Saturday responsibility for an attack on a U.S. immigration centre in New York state in which 13 people were killed. “I accept responsibility. They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction to…
Mayor Karzai signs pro-rape bill in Afghanistan, scapegoats the Shi’a
By
Aziz Poonawalla
In an explicit bid to appease hard-line Islamists, Afghanistan’s “president” 1 Hamid Karzai has signed a bill into law that essentially legalizes rape of a woman by her husband: Critics claim the president helped rush the bill through parliament in a bid to appease Islamic fundamentalists ahead of elections in August. In a massive blow…
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