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April 19, 2010
Saudi Arabia Awakens To Wahhabism's Dangers

With his strides toward a gentler Islam, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is leading the way back from the disaster into which Wahhabism and its twin, Khomeinism, threaten to lead the world.
February 20, 2010
Islam Does Not Imprison Women

Many of those who have not read the Koran regard the word of God as conveyed to the Prophet Muhammad as sanctioning such practices as the mandatory wearing of the chador by women. This is emphatically not the case.
February 13, 2010
Don’t Let Pakistan Repeat Past Mistakes In Afghanistan

Six decades of lost opportunities have shown that the only rational way forward is to quarantine the religious fanatics and take back only those who have freed themselves of the toxic ideology of the religious supremacists.
July 15, 2009
Iran’s Long Slide Back To Absolute Rule

Revolutionaries often end up adopting the habits and methods of those they once opposed. In Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has overseen a transformation back to absolute monarchy -- the difference being that this time, a cleric has control, not a dynasty.
April 17, 2009
Why Does Taliban Fear Women?

Only by denying women their freedom, and denying young men the kind of education that would equip them for the modern world, can Taliban-style extremists maintain their hold on power in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
March 13, 2009
Wahhabism-Khomeinism Is The Enemy Of Islam

Why is it the past few centuries have seen a steady decline in the relative standing of the Muslim world, when compared to the West? Because this is the era not of "landspace," but of "mindspace."
March 07, 2009
A Future Islam Can Be Proud Of

M.D. Nalapat says extremists want to undermine Muslims' confidence by promoting a culture of victimhood and urging them to withdraw from the world. But the core of true Islam can win out.
February 13, 2009
The Roots Of Terrorism Are Internal, Not External

For too long have feudal and other elites fooled the people by blaming on external factors problems caused exclusively by their own oppression and misgovernance. This cloak needs to be pulled away and the truth exposed. Which is the shameful misuse of religion and its symbols to conceal the absence of internal reform. Which is the attempt to divert public attention towards external conflicts in order to prevent people from looking too closely at their own situation and its real causes.
January 26, 2009
Only Nonviolence Can Achieve An Independent Palestine

If the current psychology of most Israelis has historical precedent, it is with that of the British nation during India's independence campaign.
January 07, 2009
Extremism Is The Enemy Of Islam

What is needed is for all true believers to fight the biggest danger to Islam, which is extremists who engage in acts of terror, and for them to obey the Koran by choosing the path of peace. One hopes that Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India will show the way in this necessary battle to rescue our society from hatred and murder.
December 02, 2008
Heeding The Warnings Of Mumbai

An influential voice in Indian affairs warns that unless the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks are identified and punished, the tragedy will be followed by similar attacks in the West as surely as the Kandahar hijacking was the precursor to 9/11.

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