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Category Archives: History
The Mughal Caliphate
This is a re-post of an article by Raziq first posted in January 2010
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Islamist groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun and the Muslim Brotherhood claim that Muslims were ruled by a single political leadership which started from the time of the Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century and lasted until the last days of the Ottoman [...]
Also posted in Education, Islamism, Politics 21 Comments
The Mad Mullahs
On March 30 1953, TIME published an article called The Mad Mullahs on extremist sectarian violence that had erupted in Lahore. It places the blame squarely on the activities of the ‘Ahraris’. In 1953 the term ‘Islamist’ had not yet been coined but the events that are described are almost identical to sectarian violence perpetrated [...]
Also posted in Islamism 2 Comments
Wish you were here
Pictures from Afghanistan from a bygone age before it was decimated by the Soviets, the USA, Hafizullah Amin and, much later, the Taliban.
Big hat tip: Tarek Fatah
Posted in History 7 Comments
Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice
This is a cross-post of an article by Salil Tripathi for the Caravan Magazine of India. It is long (7000 words) but it is balanced, moving and well worth reading.
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A QUARTER CENTURY AGO I met a man who calmly told me how he had organised the massacre of a family. He wasn’t confessing out of [...]
Also posted in International Affairs 1 Comment
Sad, Paranoid and Delusional
This is a re-post by of an article by Raziq first posted in August 2009
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Fear mongering seems to have become a past time for some Muslims: the fear that the whole world is against Muslims and there are numerous forces out there wanting to undermine and destroy Islam. One of the chief instigators [...]
Mohammad Mosaddeq: Some Myths Dispelled
This is a cross-post of an article by Michael Ezra on Harry’s Place
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Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq was a popular Iranian politician. An Iranian nationalist, who hailed from a wealthy and prominent family he served as Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 – 1953.[1] According to one of his own cousins, as well as being “Distinguished,” he [...]
Posted in History 5 Comments
The Mughal Caliphate
This is a re-post of an article by Raziq first posted in January 2010
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Islamist groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun and the Muslim Brotherhood claim that Muslims were ruled by a single political leadership which started from the time of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century and lasted until the last days of the [...]
Also posted in Islamism 40 Comments
Independence Day
Thirty eight years ago on this day East Pakistan gained independence from the tyranny of West Pakistan’s feudal oligarchy and it’s clergy. Bengalis fought off the Punjab dominated military and state sponsored Jamat-e-Islami death squads Al-Shams and Al-Badr, and formed their secular state.
But the scars of its war with Pakistan remain. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley [...]
Guru Gobind Singh’s stance towards Muslims
This is a cross-post of an article by Jai from Pickled Politics
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I think a few more things need to be stated for the record in relation to Rajinder Singh [the Sikh who is supporting the
BNP]. While his reaction is understandable from a “flawed human nature” perspective, considering the apparent loss of his father during Partition, it [...]
Also posted in Interfaith, Sufism 32 Comments
One Caliph to rule them all