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- BJP Today
- BJP, the only alternative M.C. Chagla
- 16-31 August 1997
>>>(From Shri M.C. Chagla's address to delegates to the first plenary session
of the Bharatiya Janata Party at Samata Nagar, Bandra Reclamation, Bombay
on December 29, 1980)
I am not a member of the party and I am not addressing you as a delegate.
Still I assure you that when I am talking to you I do not feel like an
...
- Communalism Combat
- What kind of a God will condemn a 'heathen' child to eternal Swami Agnivesh
- 1997 September
>>>SWAMI AGNIVESH, better known for his work among bonded labourers, is an
unconventional 'religious professional' who never minces words. In this
very candid -some may even consider it highly provocative - piece written
from a Hindu perspective, he raises some uncomfortable questions against
what he considers to be the 'soul-saving imperialism' of Islam and
...
- What kind of a God will condemn a 'heathen' child to eternal Swami Agnivesh
- 1997 September
>>>Generally speaking, as stated earlier, a Hindu has no problem living next
to someone who believes in an altogether different God. He has absolutely
no objections to whatever forms of worship he/she practices as long as it
is within accepted norms of constitutional and humanistic environment.
One of the proofs of this is the fact that the Syrian Christians have had
...
- Free Inquiry
- Review of 'Why I Am Not A Muslim' (part II of VI) G. A. Wells
- 1995/96 Winter
>>>Review of 'Why I Am Not A Muslim' (part II of VI)
(Why I Am Not a Muslim, By Ibn Warraq (Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,
1995) 402 pp., $25.95 cloth.)
(This review appeared in FREE INQUIRY, Winter 1995/96. The reviewer is a
Professor at the University of London, a member of the Academy of Humanism,
...
- Hindustan Today
- Is the March Over? Mario Cabral E Sa, Goa
- 1997 October
>>>"When all are baptized, I order all temples of their false gods destroyed
and idols broken into pieces. I can give you no idea of the joy I feel
seeing this done." Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552)
In 1567 The captain of Rachol Fort in South Goa bragged to his Portuguese
king back home, "For nights and nights went on the demolishing,
...
- Catholic nuns are aging Ravi Peruman
- 1997 October
>>>Catholic nuns are aging into a health care crisis. Of the sisters now in
the USA, only 569 are under age 30, just 3% under 40, while 70% are over
age 60. Buildings that once housed novices are being converted into
nursing homes. Health care costs for seniors are so high that orders are
selling property, seeking government aid and merging orders. Accounting
...
- Mid-day
- China is India's ultimate threat P M Kamath
- 1 September 1997
>>>The Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the US Congress,
Benjamin Gilman recently said in New Delhi that China's growing power poses
a threat to India. Parliamentary standing committee on defence also in its
report in 1995 had considered China as a potential security threat to
India. The report stated that China "is likely to remain the primary
...
- New Humanist
- Organisation
- The Ayodhya chargesheet R.C. Batura
- 21 September 1997
>>>Four years ago, on September 2, 1993, the then Prime Minister of India,
Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao, had in the course of his speech at a
Congress-Muslim conclave declared that charge-sheets in the Ayodhya temple
case would be filed within 10-20 days. Rao was in a hurry to please the
Muslim minority on the eve of the assembly elections then due in four
...
- Organiser
- Ayodhya back on national agenda Shyam Khosla
- 21 September 1997
>>>Special Court's order on framing of charges against top leaders of the BJP
and the VHP, including Lal Krishna Advani, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi and Ashok
Singhal, in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Baburi Masjid case is likely to bring the
Ayodhya issue back on the top of the national agenda. It may well generate
a national debate on the true contents of nationalist secularism and
...
- Sangh fancy v. Secular facts Satiricus
- 14 September 1997
>>>Some people never learn. Especially if they are RSS people. These people,
it seems, simply cannot get rid of their obsession with history. They
continue to cling to the silly belief that history and itihasa are one and
the same thing-that history means itihasa, and itihasa means Iti-ha-asa "it
happened thus". Consequently they are intellectually incapable of
...
- Britain lost the opportunity - and the grace Shyam Khosla
- 31 August 1997
>>>Great Britain should have volunteered to tender an unqualified apology
during the Queen's visit. Skipping visit to Amritsar or finding excuses not
to visit Jallianwala Bagh will only add insult to injury.
Inder Kumar Gujral's turn-round on his "advice" to the British Queen that
she skip Amritsar during her state visit is amusing. If H.D. Deve Gowda
...
- Jain Samaj Rebuffs move to Divide Hindus Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - 31 August 1997
>>>The Jain Samaj has made it clear to all concerned including the government
that Jains are not a minority and that those who are trying to seek that
status-or grant that status-should desist from such attempts.
The Jain Samaj has further reiterated their stand that they are Hindus.
Ever since the attempt of some people to get the Jains declared as a
...
- Sunday
- The Asian Age
- Apology for honour, not for revenge Madhuri Santanam Sondhi
- 8 September 1997
>>>We must be grateful to the Queen of England and members of the academic
community in Punjab, who, with some help from the Prime Minister, have
returned Jallianwala Bagh to the national consciousness. This return
cannot be a means of settling old scores - which is impossible - but
demonstrates the fact that history sought to be denied or ignored has a way
...
- A dithering State cannot tackle insurgency M.K. Narayanan
- 1 September 1997
>>>A great deal of pessimism exists in knowledgeable circles about the
over-all law and order situation in the country today. These persons are
especially worried that if problems are not suitably addressed it could
adversely affect the security situation per se posing a grave threat to the
nation. However, it would seem that those at the helm of affairs in the
...
- Emperor Gujral does have some underwear but, no clothes M. J. Akbar
- 31 August 1997
>>>The list of optimists who want to father a child out of an impotent
government is not only long but keeps growing. It is a curious paradox but
the very weakness of a government tends to breed hope. One is not talking
about mere carpetbaggers, who make up a substantial portion of any
capital's task force and whose chief pleasure derives from direct hits at
...
- Russians find solace in Buddhism as monasteries flourish Gareth Jones
- 19 August 1997
>>>Dmitry knew exactly what he wanted to do after quitting the Army, although
his decision dismayed his parents and surprised his former comrades.
"My aim is to become a Buddhist monk. I have been reading up on Buddhism
for many years and ave visited several Buddhist countries," he said.
He is one eight young Russians following a five-year course of study in
...
- VHP angry at convent conversion of students Amita Verma
- 27 August 1997
>>>Attempts made by three Christian missionary schools in Uttar Pradesh's
Uttarakhand region to convert students to Christianity through a
"self-awareness programme" has kicked off a series of protests in the region.
While the state government expresses its helplessness on the issue saying
that missionary schools are beyond its jurisdiction, the Vishwa Hindu
...
- 'Ulfa is no longer a people's movement' Sheela Reddy
- 25 August 1997
>>>The crux of your book appears to be that terrorism erupts wherever the
psychology of Us and Them is exploited by vested interests. In the case of
Punjab, Sikhism with its history of persecution and armed resistance to
that persecution provided an ideal breeding ground for furthering the
political and pecuniary ends of assorted politicians and religious leaders.
- Mark Tully pulls out all stops for Hindutva Bishwanath Ghosh
- 27 August 1997
>>>The BJP has found a new advocate in Mr Mark Tully, the former BBC
correspondent, who feels that Indian civilisation has a Hindu base to it
and that Hindus should proclaim their identity with pride.
The party is so thrilled with one of India's famous foreigners endorsing
its line that it has devoted seven pages to Mr Tully's views in a recent
...
- BJP is a clean, secular party, says ally George Venkatesh Kesari
- 20 August 1997
>>>Firebrand Socialist leader and the chief of the Samata Party George
Fernandes has described the BJP as a secular party, constitutionally as
well as politically, and said the present alliance of his party with the
BJP will continue in Bihar and other states.
Speaking to The Asian Age, Mr Fernandes said: "Let us have an open debate
...
- The Economic Times
- Advani still justifies demolition Political Bureau
- 18 September 1997
>>>Unfazed by the court's nood to chargesheet its top brass in the Ayodhya
case, the BJP has decided to be defiant over the demolition of the Babri
Masjid.
Indicating that the party would brazen it out in the coming days, BJP
president Mr L K Advani has justified the demolition of the disputed
...
- The Financial Express
- The Maran line in right Editorial
- 17 September 1997
>>>If news reports quoting industry minister Murasoli Maran in New York are
correct, the ICI bid to enter Asian Paints through a nine per cent stake is
likely to face a rough ride at the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
This is as it should be. The fact is ICI in trying to gatecrash into
India's best paints company without a by-your-leave from the promoters. The
...
- The rights wrong here Rahul Bajaj
- 27 August 1997
>>>The debate set off by Rahul Bajaj in this newspaper and other forums about
the role of for foreign capital in India appears to have touched a raw
nerve among India's liberal elite. Many newspapers have taken a negative
view of Bajaj's call for setting equity limits for MNCs and protecting
Indian companies from external takeovers for some time.
- The Free Press Journal
- 'Minority is not a nice term; it's time we redefine it' Tufail Ahmed
- 29 August 1997
>>>Despite the pioneering work on caste-like divisions among Muslims by
sociologist Imtiaz Ahmed of Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Press and the
academic world treat Muslims as a homogeneous community, thereby neglecting
the social discrimination suffered by their subgroups. The term 'minority'
has been in frequent use, ignoring its negative impact on the 'collective
...
- Dawood gets jobs in Dubai for 30 former IB, CBI, RAW men A B Mahapatra
- 30 August 1997
>>>Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has clandestinely employed number of former
Intelligence officials both within and outside India to seek their
expertise on various legal matters which has time and again thwarted Indian
intelligence agencies move to bring him to the country for trial.
According to intelligence sources, as many as 13 former senior CBI
...
- Dishonesty, thy name is Congress M V Kamath
- 22 August 1997
>>>'On one point and on one point alone, one can be in agreement with the
Congress. Coalition governments can never function in Delhi. We need a
strong Central Government for preserving the security and integrity of the
nation. But Kesri must be told that it is beyond the Congress to provide
the necessary strength. A party which has to ask Sonia Gandhi to lead it is
...
- The Freethinker
- Review of 'Why I Am Not A Muslim' (part V of VI) Daniel O'Hara
- 1995 December
>>>Review of 'Why I Am Not A Muslim' (part V of VI)
(Why I am not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq, Prometheus Books, UK ISBN 0 87975 984
4.=A322. Rationalist Press Association members: =A3 15, Including postage, from
RPA, Bradlaugh House.)
(This review appeared in the December, 1995 issue of The Freethinker, a
...
- The Guardian, London
- Uighurs smoulder under China's yoke John McCarthy
- 4 September 1997
>>>They dispute the name of the land they seek to liberate, and their Chinese
oppressors condemn them as "splittists". Trapped between farce and tragedy,
exiled Uighur nationalist groups have lacked credibility.
But early this year, as Uighurs in China stepped up their popular guerrilla
campaign against Beijing's rule in East Turkestan, the United National
...
- Muslims guerrillas warn of new Philippines conflict Adam Easton
- 2 September 1997
>>>A year after a peace deal ended 25 years of fighting between Muslim rebels
and government forces, the spectre of war still haunts Mindanao, the
second-largest island in the Philippines.
In the southern jungle 500 miles south of Manila a growing army of
discontented guerrillas threatens to derail the fragile agreement, despite
...
- The Hindu
- A genius and a saint R. Ramdas Thampuran
- 31 August 1997
>>>Narayana Guru was the initiator of a non-violent social revolution in the
late 19th century. R. Ramdas Thampuran outlines the life and teaching of
the guru on his 143rd birth anniversary
Sri Narayana Guru was an extraordinary phenomenon who strode over the
spiritual firmament of Kerala like a collosus during the late 19th century
...
- The Hindustan Times
- Not a negative role Rakesh Sinha
- 5 September 1997
>>>Ideological predisposition has been a predominant factor in evaluating the
role of various groups and individuals in the freedom struggle. Marxist and
subaltern historians, who are ideologically poles apart from the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), have bracketed it with the Hindu Mahasabha and
other Hindu organisations formed at various stages of the anti-imperialist
...
- Rare papers on Buddhist religion, philosophy missing Subhash Pathak
- 25 August 1997
>>>World acclaimed research papers and rare books of the Bihar Research
Society are mysteriously missing due to neglect by the society staff and
the State Government. Rarest manuscripts of Rahul Sankrityayan brought from
Tibet have not been seen for ages.
What is disturbing is that certain terms from abroad are reportedly at work
...
- The Indian Express
- Get your basics right - An open letter to PM Madhu Kishwar
- 26 September 1997
>>>When I read the front page lead story which said: Link Senior
School-Certificates with teaching of 5 illiterates.. Gujral, I found it
hard to believe that a thinking and well-informed person like you can come
up with such a naive reaction to one of the most serious problems facing
this country and could propose such a hare-brained scheme. You are reported
...
- A nation subverts itself Manvendra Singh
- 24 September 1997
>>>A Jammu and Kashmir Rifles battalion lost eight soldiers in an ambush to
the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Issac-Muivah) group at
Chiesema, near Kohima on July 22. This was 10 days before the much-hyped
ceasefire between the security forces and the militant group was to come
into effect. Ceasefires are agreed upon on the basis of covert negotiations
...
- 'X' police in TN to deal with Muslim fundamentalists P K Sajeesh
- 17 September 1997
>>>The Tamil Nadu Government is likely to clear a proposal to set up an 'X'
branch on the lines of the 'Q' branch, in the state police set-up, to deal
with the Muslim fundamentalists.
The police department is working out the modalities of including the new
department in the set-up. The proposal comes in the wake of the rise in
...
- Ex-ISI chief calls for jehad over J-K Press Trust of India
- 17 September 1997
>>>The former director general of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI)
General Hamid Gul, has claimed that his country was "coming to the brink"
of waging a nuclear war with India over Kashmir and gave a call to the
so-called Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) government to declare jehad (holy
war) over the issue.
- Ultras spreading disinformation: J&K Govt Aasha Khosa
- 6 September 1997
>>>Fifty-five-year-old Mukti lies m a local hospital coping with a paralytic
stroke, least aware that she has been made the butt of a high pitched
propaganda on human rights violations.
Her husband, Ghulam Mohammad, a National Conference (NC) leader at Wathrove
village in Ganderbal, had alleged that a policeman involved in
...
- BJP threatens suit over Nazi parallel in WB textbook Santanu Banerjee
- 28 August 1997
>>>The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to
take the Left Front Minister for Higher Secondary Education Satya Sadhan
Chakraborty, who co-authored a text book defaming the party, to court.
Rashtra Bigyaner Ruparekha, a prescribed text book for Class XI and XII,
according to party sources here, gave a distorted version of the party both
...
- Indian lobbying comes of age Chidanand Rajghatta
- 6 September 1997
>>>London has its literati and Paris its designers. New York has its brokers,
San Francisco its flower children. Even Chicago has its architects. But
Washington? Washington has its... lobbyists. Dark-suited oily sheikhs who
smile strictly with their mouths and talk power in a whisper that bespeaks
not just the flutter of greenbacks but the electronic beep of money
...
- Indian lobbying comes of age Chidanand Rajghatta
- 6 September 1997
>>>London has its literati and Paris its designers. New York has its brokers,
San Francisco its flower children. Even Chicago has its architects. But
Washington? Washington has its... lobbyists. Dark-suited oily sheikhs who
smile strictly with their mouths and talk power in a whisper that bespeaks
not just the flutter of greenbacks but the electronic beep of money
...
- TN witnesses one more 'Jumma killing' PK Sajeesh
- 1 September 1997
>>>The death of assistant jailor S Jayaprakash (44) in Madurai on Friday
afternoon is yet another case of 'Jumma (Friday) killing' in the State.
Sources said the assistant jailor could have been murdered by a dreaded
Islamic fundamentalist organisation as it believed that he had not
respected the sentiments of Muslims. The enmity between the assistant
...
- A legacy divided - Pitting Gandhi against Ambedkar Mushirul Hasan
- 6 September 1997
>>>A leading newsmagazine published excepts from the well-advertised book of
Patrick French. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the obvious target. The
editor was delighted, but the readers were not amused. It was unmistakably
clear from their sharp reactions that Gandhi still commands widespread
respect in our society. This was not all. Quite a few readers recounted the
...
- ISI threat looms over 'liberal' TN Muslims P K Sajeesh
- 30 August 1997
>>>Several Muslim organisations have sought police protection in the light of
threats made by an Islamic fundamentalist organisation - that those who
fail to follow its code will face attacks.
Muslim leaders, who have approached police for help, wished to remain
anonymous as they are worried the fundamentalists may target them if their
...
- Ghosts of the past Samudra Gupta Kashyap
- 27 August 1997
>>>Seventeen years ago, when a group of youths met in the Rang-ghar, a 17th
century Ahom amphitheatre in Sibsagar in upper Assam and announced the
formation of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), hardly had the
government and the intelligence agencies anticipated that this group would
one day rise to become a major secessionist force.
- The Observer
- Fascism will be inevitable if aggression is resurgence Arun Shourie
- 12 September 1997
>>>'Dalits fight back,' 'Dalit resurgence,' 'Dalit politics will never be the
same again,' 'Mumbai massacre a watershed' - headlines, news stories,
comments in the wake of the firing at the crowd in Mumbai. There was a
little hiccup - the leaders of the 'Dalits' whom these publications had
been building up for years were thrashed by the 'Dalits' whose resurgence
...
- Fanning the flames of terrorism Dina Nath Mishra
- 11 September 1997
>>>'Meanwhile, ISI activities in Afghanistan are also of growing importance to
Pakistan's ability to deter and contain India through the escalation of
Islamist terrorism and subversion. It has been a cornerstone of
Islamabad's strategic design that it would be next to impossible for an
India preoccupied with domestic instability and terrorism to launch a war
...
- Redefining minority Tufail Ahmad
- 1 September 1997
>>>Despite the pioneering work undertaken by sociologists such as, Imtiaz
Ahmed, to analyse the various communities within the Muslim society, the
media and the academic world treat Muslim as a homogeneous community,
thereby neglecting the social discrimination suffered by their sub-groups.
The term 'minority' has been in frequent use, ignoring its negative impact
...
- Is Dawood searching for a safe haven in Orissa? Imran Khan
- 28 August 1997
>>>Is the notorious mafia don Dawood Ibrahim searching for a safe haven on the
peaceful Orissa coast for his gang - is a question that has been worrying
the state officials for some time now.
Highly-placed sources said that they had information of the gang's
activities by officials responsible for coast surveillance. This issue
...
- The Pioneer
- Smouldering Seven Wilson John
- 31 August 1997
>>>Assam can never be a digestible part of India now or in the future - All
Assam Tribes and Races Federation, 1945.
There can be no greater irony than the fact that during the special session
of Parliament called by the Meghalaya-born Speaker Purno Sangma, not a
minute was spared for the troubled seven states or "seven sisters" which
...
- Alarming rise of Muslim fanaticism in TN T N Gopalan
- 31 August 1997
>>>Four Ghastly murders of Hindu Munnani activists in Tirunelveli and killing
of a supposedly liberal ulema in the State capital have sent shock waves
among the Tamil Nadu police.
It is premature to say whether a well-knit ISI-funded terrorist network is
behind the murders, a State police official said.
- The Salisbury Review
- The Sunday Observer
- Release from the jaws of death (Part III of IV) Kim Housego
- 31 August -
>>>Kim Housego says the Al-Faran hostages could have been freed. The third of
his four-part account.
It was in Anantnag that David and I had been released, on 23 June 1994. Two
days earlier, large crowds had taken to the streets, angrily protesting
against the murder of Dr Qazi Nissar, the mirwaiz (religious leader) of
...
- Only blood counts (Hostage in Kashmir - Part IV of IV) Kim Housego
- 7-13 September 1997
>>>All parties to a hostage drama have their own objectives, says Kim Housego.
And not always do they tie in with the hostage's release.
What baffles the security forces in Srinagar is why Al-Faran would continue
to hold the current hostages without pressing further demands. There have
been no direct negotiations with Al-Faran since December 1995 and no proof
...
- The Sunday Telegraph, London
- Want to be a high - flier in big business? Julia Llewellyn Smith
- 31 August 1997
>>>At a management-technology college in Kent, you can study for a degree in
economics, computing, information systems and English. You can also learn
the mysterious art of yogic flying.
The Maharishi College of Management and Technology in Tonbridge is the
first university in Europe to teach the principles of the Maharishi Mahesh
...
- The Sunday Times, London
- The Telegraph
- 50 lakh state voters traceless Press Report
- 22 August 1997
>>>Dear Shri Gill,
Under Article 324(1) of the Constitution of India, the superintendence,
direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for all
elections of Parliament and State Legislatures vest in the Election
Commission.
- For the Seoul of the state Sudip Chaudhuri
- 25 August 1997
>>>What should the state do? This is the moot question addressed by this
year's World Development Report of the World Bank. For years, the World
Bank has been actively propagating the idea that the state should not play
an active role in economic development. The state should decide how
resources are to be allocated. Such basic economic decisions as what
...
- Not in the affirmative Andre Beteille
- 30 August 1997
>>>Quotas cannot replace education as guarantor of socio-economic equity
Jawaharlal Nehru had said on the eve of Indian independence, "The spirit of
the age is in favour of equality, though practice denies it almost
everywhere." He then went on to declare, "Yet the spirit of the age will
triumph." A good way to assess the changes that have taken place in the 50
...
- Tamil to unseat Sanskrit in TN temples Malini Nair
- 17 August 1997
>>>The Tamil Nadu culture minister, Mr M. Tamizhkudimagan, last week
inaugurated a laksharchana (a lakh prayers) at the Madurai Meenakshi
temple. This week, he will participate in a kodiarchana (a crore prayers)
at the Kapileshewar temple here.
There is an unusual aspect to the rituals - they are not being conducted in
...
- Leaders turn graft crusaders to outdo BJP Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - 19 August 1997
>>>Crusade against corruption is the new mantra every leader is swearing by.
After the President and the Prime Minister called for a national movement
and a satyagraha against corruption, Mr Sitaram Kesri, Mr V.P. Singh and Mr
Jyoti Basu have woken up to the issue and flayed the corrupt.
Today, it was the turn of the Tamil Maanila Congress chief, Mr G.K.
- The Times of India
- Ayodhya: BJP opens up the wound Harkishan Singh Surjeet
- 26 September 1997
>>>The chargesheeting of 49 top ranking BJP leaders by the special court at
Lucknow on charges pertaining to the Babri Masjid demolition is being
sought to be exploited by the Hindutva forces to their advantage.
Undaunted by the charge- sheets, BJP president L K Advani in a signed
editorial in the BJP Today, has clearly indicated that in the coming days
...
- Citizenship denied to refugees from Pakistan Dwarika Prasad Sharma
- 10 September 1997
>>>"After ten years of residentship in the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere, you can
get citizenship but in Jammu and Kashmir, you can be denied it forever,"
says Hardit Singh Panchhi, chief of the Sharanarthi action committee.
Though Mr Panchhi represents refugees in the state who had fled that part
of it which was occupied by Pakistani "tribal raiders", and who enjoy full
...
- Congress: The 'messiah' school vs. the realists M D Nalapat
- 1 September 1997
>>>Sitaram Kesri's generous promise to Prime Minister Gujral that he would not
be disturbed for another year begs the question of likely developments
within the Janata Dal. Should there be an attempted palace coup within the
ruling party, then Congress support may not be enough.
Indeed, it is this very support that has created enemies for Mr Gujral
...
- Corporate India - The second coming of Swadeshi Tara Sinha
- 1 September 1997
>>>In 1947, Indian business was a small group led by men of substance, who
carried with pride their swadeshi credentials: Birla, Tata, Mafatlal,
Mahindra, Shriram, Godrej, Dabur... These pioneers were driven by the
belief that their endeavours contributed to Indian nationhood. Many
cherished a commitment to their country and their fellow citizens. Several
...
- The Times, London
- Gentle guru still seeking new ways to learn Nigel Williamson
- 3 September 1997
>>>There is an aura of serenity about Ravi Shankar that touches all who come
within his orbit. When you meet him it is almost tangible, but its power
works in less intimate surroundings too: in the humid and sweaty big top at
July's annual Womad gathering his mere presence reduced several thousand
boisterous, beer-swilling festivalgoers to hushed reverence before he had
...
- The Weekly Standard of New York, U.S.A.
- Review of 'Why I Am Not A Muslim' (Part I of VI) Daniel Pipes
- 22 January 1996
>>>Review of 'Why I Am Not A Muslim' (part I of VI)
(Daniel Pipes, a Professor at Harvard University, U.S.A.. is one of the
world's foremost historians. He is editor of the Middle East Quarterly and
author of The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West. This
review by him was published in The Weekly Standard of New York, U.S.A.. on
...
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