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Lessons from Pakistan for Erdogan’s Turkey
Turkey and Pakistan have much in common, except for its decade-long economic boom and political stability. Of late, Ankara’s distinction over Islamabad seems at serious risk. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s smooth sailing ship has hit some formidable icebergs. The 60-year-old seasoned captain refuses to mend his course
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Letter to Prime Minister Erdogan, from Pakistan!
Being a journalist since 1993, I have always avoided writing in the first person. I am making an exception today. I am also making another exception by writing an open letter to an honorable Prime Minister of a sovereign republic, I always call my second home!
Pakistan and Turkey are two countries with one nation. In the words of respected Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, Pakistan and Turkey are two brothers from same father but different mothers. I believe that I have ample justification to speak directly to you, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Pakistan's myth-busting election
Never in Pakistan's checkered electoral history has a parliamentary term been completed and a smooth transition taken place in the capital, as well as the four provinces.
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Vienna Forum: whither alliance of civilizations?
Though French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo claims that ‘comic’ book biography of the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) has been edited by ‘Muslims’ and is ‘halal’, it has every reason to receive condemnations and in the worst case scenario, violent reactions from across the world.
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Would the Prophet Muhammad approve the violence?
The text of each news ticker at the bottom of the TV screen includes two words: ‘radical Islamists”. In the backdrop, a mob turns the place upside down. Cars are set on fire. Window panes of shop are shattered. Such has been portrayal of the reaction to a short film insulting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It’s funny to note that the visuals for other news appear for a short while only to fill the screen again with an angry Muslim mob and the subtitle ‘radical Islamists’ triumphs over the rest of the news subtitles!
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From winter of discontent to the Arab spring
Half a century ago in Vietnam, a Buddhist monk set himself on fire and triggered the fall of a regime. Since then, there have been numerous self-immolations with significant consequences but none as catastrophic as the one that happened in Tunisia.
Indeed, as we all know, Mohamed Buoazizi did not just set himself on fire. His death ignited the Arab Spring and spelled the doom of long held dictatorships and autocracies alike.
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