Parties of God: The Bush Doctrine and the Rise of Islamic Democracy

Another story picked up from the March issue of Harpers that is interesting (and very long reading) about how the US and Bush have given rise to a different democracy in Muslim countries.
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Among the precepts of the “Bush Doctrine”—as loyalists to the current president call the set of foreign-policy principles by which they, and no [...]

Losing My Jihadism - Mansour al-Nogaidan

I missed this the when it first ran in the Washington Post, but stumbled on it the other day when I was catching up on old emails from friends.
BURAIDAH, Saudi Arabia: Islam needs a Reformation. It needs someone with the courage of Martin Luther.
This is the belief I’ve arrived at after a long and painful [...]

A Reminder

CAIR, a very controversial Muslim organization in the United States, has started a great ad series that emphasizes that all Muslims are not bad people and EVERY religion struggles with extremists in different forms.

It’s not just the American Muslims that condemn all acts of terrorism, but Muslims around the world. Don’t judge our religion [...]

Say It Ain’t So Nic Robertson - Part I

This is the first part of a review of Nic Robertson’s anti-Pakistan “journalistic piece” called “Pakistan: The Enemy Within.” This series will review the broadcast, questions that were not addressed about the madrassas and extremism and the key players that have kept this problem alive within Pakistan and in the region. It should be [...]

Pictures from the Seige

A collection of pictures of the continued siege at Lal Masjid in Islamabad from domestic and international media outlets, including CNN, BBC, Dawn, and The News.

Attack on the President?

The domestic news channels are breaking this story out of Rawalpindi that in the area around Chaklala Air Base, there was Light Machine Gun fire at the President’s plane. Dawn News (the newest private news channel) is reporting that a home that was rented by a couple on Thursday was found to have anti-aircraft guns [...]

Terrorist Arrested Dressed As A Woman

Domestic news channels are breaking the story right now that Maulana Abdul Aziz has been arrested while attempting to escape. How was he trying to escape? He dressed up like a woman and tried to sneak away.
This is the same cleric that threatened suicide attacks around Pakistan if an operation was carried out on [...]

Lal Masjid In Pictures

I got some great images from the internet for those that don’t know what these terrorists at Lal Masjid did yesterday. (here, here and here)

Lal Masjid - Firing Begins In Islamabad

With the start of the conflict between Lal Masjid and the Government of Pakistan, I found some really interesting blog entries and news stories that give a good picture of what is going on there.
Exchange of Fire at Lal Masjid
Chronology of the Lal Masjid Situation from Geo News
Radical’s Sortie part deux! Coming Soon!
Three more [...]