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SufiLore #1 – Which way, Taliban?
Copying Tim Stevens’ (on ubiwar) and others’ concept of a material list provided continuously on stuff previously read or dealt with, I will start a regular material list, always on a specific topic, including a small number of links, with one line each to underline the reason why I included it. The material will include [...]
on Minarets
1) The first and one of only 4 minarets in Switzerland belongs to the Mahmud Masjid in Balgrist, up towards Forch. Now here in Switzerland, people are scared of the “signs of muslim power” -in Pakistan, this Masjid wouldn’t even be considered Islamic. It is run by the Ahmaddiya, which by law, is considered non-muslim [...]
Flawed Questions, Missed Alternatives, Rethinking Causes – lecture by Nazif Shahrani
Christian Bleuer on Ghosts of Alexander has provided some excellent material on AfPak – a lecture at ANU by Nazif Shahrani, which can be accessed here as an mp3.
He is talking about alternatives to the current war that were never considered, a Bonn agreement that was leading into the wrong direction looking for the wrong [...]
PBS Documentary/Obama’s War
As always – I was just about to Quit Firefox when on on my last scroll movement on Stephen Walt’s FP blog I stumble across a link to a new (to me) PBS Documentary on their AfPak Channel – Obamas War. Sit back and prepare to spend the rest of the evening watching and following [...]
Quest for the European Perspective – II
Staying with Rory Stewart (see the earlier entry) I want to share a lecture from Michael Semple who was envoy of the EU to Afghanistan. I found that at CNAS/Abu Muqawama Blog. It’s a beautifully messy lecture over 90 min. -
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