January 2016
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Politics
Bhutto Hereticizes the Ahmedis
The author preserves a Facebook comment by Ammar Ali Qureshi about whether Bhutto intended the 1974 amendment declaring Ahmadis non-Muslim, or was pushed by agitation, recalling a police officer’s account…
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Sahibzada Yaqub Khan
Marking Sahibzada Yaqub Khan’s death, the author posts notes by Hamid Hussain, Agha Humayun Amin and Abbas Raza, and asks unanswered questions about his role in March 1971, calling him…
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Geopolitics
More “collateral damage” in Bacha Khan University
After the attack on Bacha Khan University that killed at least 22, the author notes the same Taliban group that claimed the 2014 school massacre again claimed it, and mocks…
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Pakistan and India 2016. To talk or not to talk?
After the Pathankot air base attack, the author argues India should continue talks with Pakistan despite the doubts, reading the strategic situation through Myra Macdonald’s analysis and judging that some…
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Scott Atran: Parochial Anthropologist
A link, posted without comment, to an Aeon essay by Scott Atran arguing that ISIS is a world-altering revolution born of danger and death, brotherhood and joy.
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Brown Pundits
The Empire Strikes Back, at Pathankot
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Brown Pundits
Talking to Pakistan; For now..
