Category Archives: Islam

Who gets to define terrorism?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Ethan Casey July 26th 2011 My column last week on drone attacks so clearly struck a nerve that I intended to write a follow-up this week, addressing some of the many comments and responses. I did publish … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 26, 2011
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Saved by the Sharia

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Islamic Sharia Laws 15 Apr 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com Saved by the Sharia By Dr Mahjabeen Islam The questions in the Pakistani mind centre around the vast difference between an American life and a Pakistani one. There is furore … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2011
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THE END OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE ARAB WORLD?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Mubarak’s Ignominious Departure and the Fear Factor by rahnuma ahmed Mubarak is gone! Egypt is free! Equally true is the fact that power has been assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. That the 30 … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 16, 2011
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PART I THE END OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE ARAB WORLD?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews `Go, Mubarak go!’  USA’s tottering user-friendly tyrants… By Rahnuma Ahmed Having grown up amidst popular uprisings, such as the Civil Disobedience movement in 1969, and much later, having participated in mass uprisings, foremost among them, the one … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 7, 2011
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The killer of my father

Subscribe to ShahidulNews ‘The killer of my father, Salman Taseer, was showered with rose petals by fanatics. How could they do this?’ Thousands of Pakistanis showered rose petals on the assassin of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab who sought … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 10, 2011
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Media and Mobs

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arundhati Roy Monday, November 01, 2010 (Courtesy: Znet) New Delhi, October 31: A mob of about a hundred people arrived at my house at 11 this morning (Sunday October 31st 2010.) They broke through the gate … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 3, 2010
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The Burka Ban – 1

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Europe’s Open-face Democracy By Rahnuma Ahmed France bans full-face veils in public. Women wearing the niqab cannot enter government buildings, public transport, streets and markets. Burkas are not “welcome” on French soil, says Sarkozy. It is a … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 1, 2010
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Flotilla Fabrication

Subscribe to ShahidulNews “The average person believes implicitly that the photograph cannot falsify. Of course, you and I know that this unbounded faith in the integrity of the photograph is often rudely shaken, for, while photographs may not lie, liars … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 27, 2010
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Power from the barrel of a lens

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 26, 2010
Posted in Colonialism, culture, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, politics, security, Terrorism, Uncategorized, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments