Entries from Bashir Goth at PostGlobal tagged with 'Pakistan'
India's Rough Neighborhood
Every nation has the right for self-defense to deflect real threats coming from any other nation. India, however, knows that it cannot emulate America because Pakistan is not Iraq or Afghanistan.
Not Just Pakistan's Problem
Islamist extremists who can pull off such a daring and coordinated assassination could easily do so in other parts of the world.
Pakistan to America: Keep Out
If the U.S. wants any future Pakistani leader to salvage a measure of legitimacy, it must adopt a hands-off policy there.
Men Die for Other Men, Not for God
Hard as it may seem, I can understand people rejecting change and determined to continue to live as the Prophet lived in the 14th century. But what I cannot understand is how they are able to twist the words and actions of the Prophet, in whom they so vehemently believe, and commit such inhuman crimes in his name.
Not the First Accused of Blasphemy
Britain knighted Salman Rushdie like many British citizens before him, honored for their service to Britain. Protesting this internal affair is like protesting against granting British citizenship to Rushdie, or to any other individual. Rushdie is not the first and will definitely not be the last writer with a Muslim name to be accused of blasphemy.
Even First World Pardons Their Kings
No judicial system in the entire world is free from political influence. At least the Third World doesn't brag about the independent of their judicial systems, while the First World hides behind the nobel language of its constitutions.
Politics Precedes Religion
Somalia/United Arab Emirates - Looking at the Middle East and the Muslim world in general one can see that Pope Benedict's tongue in cheek apology didn't go down well. One of the renowned scholars, Sheikh Yousef Al Qaradawi, said in...

