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Obama’s credibility gap in the Muslim world begins at home
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Aziz Poonawalla
I don’t think there’s much reason yet for anyone to complain about Obama’s foreign policy to the Muslim world, especially given that we haven’t even hit the 100-day mark yet. I personally would have preferred to see the “major speech in a muslim capital” occur in that first 100, but the reality is that Obama’s…
Mayor Karzai signs pro-rape bill in Afghanistan, scapegoats the Shi’a
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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…
smart power: Obama’s video to Iran provokes fear
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Aziz Poonawalla
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke extensively of “smart power” in her description of how America’s foreign policy would seek to engage the world. Obama’s video message to Iran, on the occassion of Nowruz, is destined to become a case study for “smart power”, given that it probably did more to influence the upcoming Iranian…
TRANSCRIPT: Obama’s Nowruz message to Iran (with word cloud)
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is the transcript and word cloud of Obama’s video to the Iranian people for Nowruz, which goes far beyond the general Nowruz statements issued by previous Presidents Bush and Clinton.The word cloud is notable in that the words “New” and “future” are so dominant. Interestingly, so too are the words “United States” – there…
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