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Climate, WTO, Nukes: The heat’s on India(Comments Off)
Today, India finds itself in danger of being cast as a bit of a villain on the international stage. On three separate fronts – climate change talks, world trade negotiations, and the campaign to ban nuclear tests – India is seen to be standing stubbornly in the way of treaties that are considered by their proponents to be not just desirable, but also morally just. Ironically, it’s the US that’s heading the pressure group on each front, at a time when Indo-US bonhomie is at an all-time high.
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American Muslims Eight Years After 9/11
“Change” was President Barak Obama’s campaign slogan. The seven-million strong American Muslim community, firmly believing in his “change” slogan, voted overwhelmingly for him in the 2008 presidential elections with the hope that his administration would bring an end to their humiliation and sufferings they faced in the Bush era in the name of “war on terror.” American Muslims were both pleased and surprised by President Obama’s inclusive words in his inaugural address, on January 20th, when he said America is “a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers.” Such words signaled Obama’s recognition that Muslims are an important part of the American fabric.
Uighur Minority Under Attack in China
Muslim Uighurs have long chafed under what they feel is repressive rule by the nation’s Han Chinese majority. They resent Beijing’s drive to populate Xinjiang with Han settlers from the east of the country, its clampdown on religious practice, and Uighurs’ relegation to mostly menial jobs…[...]
Iran’s Elections And The ‘Obama Effect’ Myth
The adulation of tens of thousands of Iranians that greeted Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his equally popular wife, Zahra Rahnavard, during the country’s presidential campaign has now transformed itself into righteous indignation and anger. Shortly after the final election results released Saturday showed that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won – not in the extremely close count expected but in a landslide 2:1 victory [...]
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