A cloud over India's Muslims

Los Angeles Times by Martha Nussbaum | Nov. 30, 2008 (Opinion)

If, as now seems likely, last week's terrible events in Mumbai were the work of Islamic terrorists, that's more bad news for India's minority Muslim population. Never mind that the perpetrators were probably funded from outside India, in connection with the ongoing conflict over Kashmir. Full Story »

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Topics: Terrorism, India, Islam
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Posted by: Posted by Shams Kazi - Nov 30, 2008 - 4:45 PM PST
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 5, 2008

Nussbaum is an expert on this subject, making this a good read if you're unaware of some of the internal cleavages in India. However, I felt the connection was a little forced - too much like PR for her book.

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Shams Kazi
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 by Shams Kazi - Nov. 30, 2008
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