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Manan Ahmed

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reason vs. polemics – how Pakistani intellectuals face the looming US approach on their country

Qalandar Bux Memon has recently published an article commenting on Hillary Clinton’s visit and her statements in Pakistan. Read it here at the Samosa, but it was also published in DAWN and referred to by Yasir here. I recieved emails from Pakistani Leftist Political Activists who praised the article and I guess it was cheered [...]

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 [...]