Islam and the West *Obama to Muslims: Rhetoric and reality <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1444>*
*Can Obama win over the Arabs?* Ramzy Baroud | Arab News *Rhetoric & reality* Editorial in The News, Islamabad, Pakistan *The Grim Picture Of Obama's Middle East* By Noam Chomsky *Obama to Muslims: Put Up and Shut Up * *By Paul Craig Roberts* * * *Obama In Cairo: A Bush In Sheep's Clothing?* By Ali Abunimah,* *The Guardian, 05 June, 2009 *Obama In Cairo: A New Face For Imperialism* By Patrick Martin, WSWS.org * * *Obama In Cairo: The Devil’s In The Details* By Alan Sabrosky* *Obama speech seeks to heal ’breach’ with Islam* Stephen Collinson, Agence France-Presse *Muslims see shift in Obama speech, no breakthrough* 4 Jun 2009, 1916 hrs IST, AP * * *Obama calls for 'new beginning' in ties between US, Muslims* Mark S. Smith, Associated Press More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1444> Islam,Terrorism and Jihad *Why Hafiz Saeed and his L-e-T’’s links with ISI are unbreakable <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1443>* In the early 1980s, Hafiz Saeed joined the mujahidin war in Afghanistan which also brought him into close contact with Abdullah Azzam and Osama bin Laden. Their ‘dedication to jihad’ inspired him immensely. ‘Osama was a man of extraordinary qualities,’ he recalled. (10) Azzam, a Palestinian who had worked as a professor of Islamic jurisprudence at the University of Jordan in Amman had a huge influence on Hafiz Saeed. … Azzam helped Hafiz Saeed establish Markaz Dawal al-Irshad (MDI), an organization for Islamic preaching and guidance which was ideologically affiliated with wahabi Ahle Hadith. … Hafiz Saeed founded LeT in 1990, soon after the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan, as a military wing of the MDI to wage jihad against the Indian authorities in Kashmir. The LeT announced its arrival on the Kashmir jihad scene on 5 February 1993 with a ferocious attack on an Indian military force in Poonch district that killed at least two soldiers. Two of the guerrillas were also killed. Since then the outfit has been responsible for hundreds of guerrilla raids in the disputed territory. Within a short span, LeT emerged as the fiercest militant organization—it possessed not only thousands of well trained and highly motivated fighters, but also a huge propaganda network. Its main publications in different languages had a circulation of hundreds of thousands. Its main publication, Al-Dawat, had more than 80,000 copies printed and sold at major bookshops across the country. (13). LeT had worked in close coordination with the ISI, which also provided support to launch the militants across the border. LeT’s main stress was on jihad against Hindus, who it regarded as the worst polytheists, and against Jews who it claimed were ‘singled out by the Qur’an as the enemies of Islam’. LeT leaders maintained that Hindus and Jews were their main targets because they were ‘the enemies of Islam and Pakistan’. (26) A party document, ‘Why are we waging jihad’, argued that jihad was the only way to avenge history and re-establish the lost glory of Islam. It vowed to take back Spain, where Muslims had ruled for 800 years, and to re-establish Muslim rule in India. It said that LeT was fighting to liberate not just Kashmir, but the whole of India. It was one of the reasons why LeT’s attacks against Hindus had been so savage. In many cases the victim were beheaded. In December 2000 LeT extended its jihad from Kashmir to mainland India. – renowned Pakistani journalist and author *Zahid Husain * More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1443> Islam and Pluralism *Buddhism and Islam: A fascinating look at their relationship through centuries <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1442>* Montreal: Buddhism and Islam are two religions we do not hear mentioned in one breath very often. So it was with great excitement that I went to attend the conference, Buddhism & Islam – Encounters, Histories, Dialogue and Representation held at McGill University, May 29 and 30, 2009. The conference indeed turned out to be eye-opening. … This conference gave a much needed comparative religious perspective. More such efforts are needed to bring out the fact that most religious people when left to themselves are able to live together in a collaborative and cooperative way, enriching all the cultures and religions involved. This ‘cultural translation’ is an ongoing process, in spite of the hoopla surrounding fundamentalisms of all sorts today. - *Juhi Shahin* More.<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1442> -- Syed M. 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