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Some of the proposed topics of discussion at the Karachi Literature Festival which took place earlier this month caught my attention as I read about it in the press. In particular the panel discussion on ‘Secularism in Pakistan’ moderated by Irfan Hussain and featuring Hamid Khan, Javed Jabbar, Asma Jahangir,…
Ever since assuming the office of the Presidency, Morsi has worked resolutely to portray himself as a moderate Islamist working independent of American influence for the betterment of Egypt and the region. But beneath the veneer of Islamic rhetoric surrounding his domestic and foreign policy actions, Morsi is no better…
Geert Wilders finally arrived in Australia this week for his controversial speaking tour on the grand theme of 'Freedom, Islam and the West'. The delay, due to Immigration minister Chris Bowen needing over a month late last year to decide on the Government's position on hate-preachers, meant people in Australia…