Radical Islamism & Jihad *Will Pakistan Become A Theocracy? Is an Islamic Revolution in the Offing? <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1332>*
If Obama is going to talk about "good Taliban" in Afghanistan, Pakistan certainly has the right to make political negotiations to get a cease-fire. The human impact of the last 3 years on Swat valley has been intense - over 300,000 have fled.... So, there is no love lost between the centre and Baluchistan. ... Sindh, Karachi, and the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) are another beeswax. Only recently, rumours were afloat that Musharraf was cutting a deal with MQM and giving them autonomy under a federated Pakistan. ... there is a world of difference between a specific political group, however broadly defined, which can be numbered in the thousands and a state of 160-plus million people. The people of Pakistan have demonstrated, through a number of elections over the last 60 years, that they do not want their religious leaders in political power. There is no dismissing that reality. -- *Manan Ahmed* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1332> Islam and the West *The Politics of Faith: Even religious significance of Palestine is tainted by politics. <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1331>* ... we all know that Jerusalem and Palestine overall, is the ultimate journey of the faithful, at least the monotheistic faithful. Unfortunately, in a place like Palestine, politics clouds over even this. *Pope Benedict XVI will visit Israel/Palestine in May, travelling through Nazareth and Jerusalem. He will not, however, travel to the Gaza Strip,* which does not sit well with, if the petition is accurate, 2,000 people. Mostly Roman Catholics but also Muslims, Buddhists, humanists and even atheists have signed a petition put together by members of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, the University of San Francisco, and several other peace groups in the United States, calling for the Pope to travel to the Gaza Strip. “The people of Gaza in large part represent ‘the least among us’ today,” reads the petition, in reference to Christ’s penchant to “visit, eat and listen to the least among us.” According to Caritas, Jerusalem, a Catholic organization in the city, many Christian Palestinians felt that if the Pope does not visit Gaza, he should not come at all. The Vatican has yet to give any indication of a change in the Pope’s itinerary, which does not include the beleaguered Strip. It is unfortunate, to say the least, that even the religious significance of Palestine must be tainted by politics. *As we speak, Jewish extremists continue to force their way into the Aqsa Mosque to perform Passover prayers,* with complete disregard to the Muslim majority. It was acts like these that first started the uprising back in 2000 and if we are not careful will certainly lead to more bloodshed in the future. As long as the rights of one group – Palestinians both Muslim and Christian – continue to be swept aside for the rights of another, there can never be conciliation, religious or otherwise. -- *Joharah Baker* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1331> -- Syed M. Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. Wanna subscribe to this group, send email to [email protected] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ *********************************************************** The Official Website of Group is LAUNCHED, http://www.geocities.co -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
