Osama bin Laden’s death must be weighted against what conditioned – and continues to condition — global jihad. Or else, America’s jubilation over the death of its Most Wanted may be short-lived. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Filed under World · Tagged 9/11, al Qaida, Hindustan Times, Hobbes, Holy War, Islamic Maghreb, Islamist extremism, Jihad, Lawrence Wright, Leviathan, news, Osama bin Laden, The Looming Tower, US Navy SEALS
English constitutionalist Walter Bagehot once said of the monarchy something appropriate to India’s minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid too: both don’t let in daylight upon magic. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged Islamic theology, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, minority, Monarchy, Muslim culture, Muslim Personal Law Board, Muslims, Parliament, Salman Khurshid, Urdu, wakfs, Walter Bagehot