Posted by Sigismund on December 30, 2007, at 16:19:02
In reply to given the stories that have come of Pakistan, posted by zeugma on December 30, 2007, at 13:42:25
I have a sense of confusion thinking about Pakistan. Everyone opposes terrorism, everyone was involved with it on the ground floor, these are the only ones who can take on the militants, all this stuff.
Since Pakistan is beholden to the US for some of its upkeep, I suppose they have to say one lot of things for the domestic market and another lot for the international one?
This was interesting:
The dilemma faced by the Copts reflects a larger question now facing western policymakers. Throughout the Muslim world, political Islam is on the march. In the past three or four years, almost everywhere that Muslims have had the right to vote - in Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, Egypt and Algeria - they have voted en masse for the religious parties in a way they have never done before. The only two exceptions to this rule are Morocco and Jordan, the latter in an election marked by accusations of mass vote-rigging.
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