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News and Comment Wholesale Vote Rigging in Local Elections: It is not the Death of Democracy as claimed by the Grieving Advocates of Democracy, Rather it is Democracy

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News Elections for the posts of mayors and councilors in Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong City Corporations were held on April 28, 2015. Forty-eight candidates contested for the three mayoral posts while there were 1,188 candidates in total for the post of councilors in the three corporations. Stained by accusations of widespread fraud, polling booth capture and voter intimidation in the presence of election officers and law-enforcing agencies, the…
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News & Comment Recent Clashes between PKK and Turkish Army

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News During the tree planting activity in the Yukarıtütek village near Diyadin district of Ağrı that was to be held today; the PKK forces opened fire on the soldiers present for ensuring security. During the first firing four soldiers were wounded and five PKK militants were killed. (All news agencies 11/04/2015) Comment The reflections of this attack on 11th of April are heatedly continuing until the moment. President Erdogan as…
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Imran Khan's Circus Comes to an End

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After 7 months of much fanfare Imran Khan, former Cricketer turned politician brought an end to his ‘Dharna' (protest) or ‘Azadi (Freedom) march,' and re-joined the Pakistan parliament. Speaking to reporters after emerging from a huddle with the party's core policy makers on April 6, Imran Khan said, "We have decided to attend the joint session of Parliament on Monday. The Yemen issue is very important... I will attend myself…
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Hizb ut Tahrir Work

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Why Doesn't Hizb ut Tahrir Build Institutions or Engage in Jihad? Many Muslim ideologues and activists have criticized Hizb ut Tahrir for its adopting of a politico-intellectual methodology of change in contradistinction to movements which have adopted a more institutional approach and/or insurrectionist armed methods. What they fail to understand is: (1) the nature of the Prophet method (2) the nature of tughyan i.e. [political] tyranny and (3) the power-mechanisms…
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Pakistan's Foreign Policy is at Odds with the Muslim Masses

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"The strengthening of brotherly ties with the Islamic countries will be a central pillar of our foreign policy." --General Musharraf 1999 Lately, two decisions have come to characterize all that is wrong with Pakistan's foreign policy, especially when it comes to relations with the Muslim world. The first is Pakistan's decision to send troops at the behest of Saudi Arabia to guarantee the country's territorial integrity and to deploy soldiers…
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Global Politics, the Ummah's Revival and Syria

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الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ‏*‏ فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ * فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن بَعْدُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ [الروم‏: 1‏ـ4].‏ "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. In Bid`i years. The decision of the matter, before and after is only…
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Women under the Uthmani Khilafah: Challenging the Myths Women and their Judicial Rights

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"Women were naturally regarded as inferior and not many would dare to assert their rights, even if they knew what they were. Furthermore, no practical recourse was available to a woman who wished to do so..." ("Political Change in Rural Turkey" (1966) by Joseph Szyliowicz, Anthropologist) "The women knew nothing of the law, and the men have no motive for taking any notice of what little they may happen to…
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News and Comment Justice for Some and Justice for All

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News A Quebec judge has reportedly refused to hear a woman's case because she wouldn't remove her hijab. The CBC said it obtained an audio recording of proceedings that occurred in the courtroom of Judge Eliana Marengo on Tuesday (24th February). On the recording, the CBC reports that Rania El-Alloul told the judge she is a Muslim, but Marengo told her she could either remove her headscarf or ask for…
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