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Islamophobia!
Hate speech has raised its ugly head again but with incomparable fallout. The low-budget, amateurishly-made film – Innocence of Muslims – re-ignited the flames of Islamophobia by mocking the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Within days, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published blasphemous cartoons of the holiest figure for the Muslims.
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Quran burning
On Feb 20, Afghan soldiers burnt their fingers while trying to retrieve the copies of Holy Quran in Kabul’s Parwan Detention Center. Four texts of Islam’s holy book were reportedly damaged while some could be salvaged in time. Soon after the news spread, outrage united the predominantly Muslim but generally bitterly divided Afghan people. Delay in damage control measures at the NATO as well as Afghan government levels led to escalation of protests into violent expression of revenge, leaving behind bodies of 30 Afghans and six US military personnel in days.
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Spring at last!
Tunisia’s historic first free and fair general elections, achieving a turnout rate many did not expect at all, are being regarded as exemplary by the international observers.
While the top three winning parties have accepted the results, vocal residents of Sidi Bouzaid have expressed anger the at the election authorities. The town is difficult to ignore as it is none other than the birthplace of the uprising that ousted Zine el Abidine Ben Ali from power in January.
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Spring at last!
Tunisia’s historic first free and fair general elections, achieving a turnout rate many did not expect at all, are being regarded as exemplary by the international observers.
While the top three winning parties have accepted the results, vocal residents of Sidi Bouzaid have expressed anger the at the election authorities. The town is difficult to ignore as it is none other than the birthplace of the uprising that ousted Zine el Abidine Ben Ali from power in January.
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France’s veiled polity
When the country’s heart favorite presidential candidate, Strauss-Kahn, quit the race after a high profile scandal in a New York hotel, the battle for coveted slot brings new surprises to the fore.
Now Muslim women, clad in dark-colored head-to-toe burqa, are campaigning for the presidency. Posters of Ms Kenza Drider are already attracting attention, months before the usual campaign time. By wearing the veil, she is breaking a French law imposed since April, liable to punishment and fines both.
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Status Quo Vadis?
Times have changed and the status quo is fragmenting. Turkish-inspired flotilla was the first spell of breeze for starving and caged people of Palestine. Israel was quick to send commandos and kill eight unarmed Turks and one American citizen. One year down the road, the aggressor preferred not to apologize, even at the cost of its relations with the leading friend from the Muslim world.
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