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Recent Debate
Should we ban student
politics ?
BUET student dies in
crossfire :
by Shabbir Ahmed
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One of my friends (he was
involved in Bangladesh Chathra Union) told me
one time (in 1980) that he didn't know how
long the BUET campus would remain free from
arms given the progress of "arms-distribution"
among students throughout Bangladesh to
promote Bangladeshi Jathiothabadi politics by
the then military junta under military
dictator Ziaur Rahman. After twenty-two years,
now the party of that military dictator along
with killer Jamatis has brought arms into the
BUET campus where academic environment was not
polluted by the partisan arms-based student
politics even during the worst times under the
second military dictator General Ershad... .(Read
more)
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Zayed Yasin and American
Jihad:
Jihad and the youth :
by Chaumtoli Huq
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I do not know Mr. Yasin
personally, the recent commencement speaker
for Harvard, but I would like to publicly
commend him for his courage and his
intellectual insight. Courage to speak his
opinion in times when dissent or anything
controversial leads to severe retaliation.
Intellectual insight because he recognizes the
need for those committed to social change to
define the terms of their struggle and to not
to permit others to define it for him.... .(Read
more)
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An
exegesis on ‘Jihad in Islam’ :
by Syed
Kamran Mirza
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September Eleventh’s horrific
episode has come as the big thunder out of the
blue to strike the core meaning of Islam.
Since then, Islamists were busy defending
Islam, which according to them was hijacked by
militant Islamists. For quite a while, they
spent time in their futile efforts to make
Islam a peaceful religion. Now they are busy
again to give a wishful new meaning of Jihad.
My today’s essay will be dedicated to explore
the practical meaning and purpose of Islamic
Jihad..... .(Read
more)
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Poetry in Islam:
Poetry in Islam - for Mr. Kasem:
by Lopa Tasneem
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Dear Mr. Kasem, You wrote,
"Writing and reciting poetry is a great sin in
Islam. If you love poetry and poets then your
belly will be filled with pus." Would you
please kindly elaborate on what you mean by
the above comment? It may not be difficult for
one to find out the vast world of poetry
composed by the Muslim poets during different
times of the history.. .(Read
more)
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Re: Poetry in Islam
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Aparthib Zaman
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This debate reminds me of a
similar debate in another forum where a
religious apologist (A PhD) tried to make the
point that Islam encouraged and PRODUCED
renowned scientists in past I argued that it
is not Islam which produced scientists, but
the critical thinking and the inherent genius
of those Muslim scientists. Then another
apologist (A PhD professor) wrote an eight
part.. .(Read
more)
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FEER article on
Bangladesh:
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Bangladesh Government has already decided to take action
through Information and Foreign ministries against the
"propaganda against Bangladesh from abroad by a vested
quarter" to taint the country's image by portraying
Bangladesh a "fundamentalist" country. The decision
taken by the Bangladesh Government against "hateful
propaganda" came in front following a recent report
published against Bangladesh in the Hong Kong-based
newspaper the Far Eastern Economic Review [BANGLADESH:
A Cocoon of Terror By Bertil Lintner/DHAKA]
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Voices of Reason :
Rahfat Hussain
FEER article on Bangladesh:
Naeem Mohaiemmen
 RE:
FEER article on Bangladesh:
Dr. Abdul Momen
RE:
FEER article/Daily Star editorial:
Dr. Alamgir Hussain
Post FEER days rhetoric in Dhaka:
Dr. A.H. Jaffor Ullah
RE:
Post FEER days rhetoric in Dhaka:
Shafiq Ahmad
FEER/Danish
Aid issues - we could handle it better !: by
Dr. Alamgir Hussain
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When the horrendous handling
of the FEER article issue still attracting a
lot of flaks, our Govt again went about the
Danish Aid withdrawal issue in its most
callous way, just what was expected from our
political guardians? I just wonder if we are
ever going learn the educated way of handling
of things. .(Read
more)
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Israel-Palestine
Conflict:
Arafat’s War !: by
Dr. Dr. A. H. Jaffor Ullah
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I have been following the
commentary of Prof. Fouad Ajami's for a long
long time. He talks from his heart and he
calls spade a spade. For his no nonsense
commentaries he is not liked by most Arabs.But
intellectuals from Arab world like his honest
views. Please read his recent The Wall Street
Journal commentary very carefully and decide
for yourself whether you agree with him or not
on politics that Mr. Arafat plays..(Read
more)
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Re:
Arafat’s War !:
by Subarno Shyamroy
More debate between
Jaffor-Subarno on Palestine:
Suicide bombers :
By Manzoor Cheema
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I have been talking to many
Muslim and Arab friends about how they view
the suicide bombers and almost in all cases
there is justification for their act, and that
Israel left no option for Palestinians. Many
people say that were it not for the recent
highly efficient suicide bombings, that
reduced Palestinian to Israeli death ratio
(before recent Israeli offecsive in West Bank)
from 13:1 to 3:1, ...(Read
more)
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Anger and helplessness of Palestinians
by Kisan.
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Avijit Roy tells us that the
Israeli occupation is the root cause of
attacks on Jews. These are caused by anger and
helplessness in his words. I suggest there are
other factors that an open mind would
consider.. .(Read
more)
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The
Racist Israelis, the Jihadi Palestinians, and the
Ungrateful Bengalis
by Shafiq Ahmad.
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I wish to add some basic
information about the Israeli legal and
parliamentary systems to the well written
response of the Freethinker to the questions
of Dr. Omar Farooq in NFB and other forums.
The Basic Laws of Israel, which is tantamount
to its Constitution, forbids racial
discrimination in any form. Indeed, one of the
main reasons Israel does not have a written
constitution is the desire to avoid
discrimination on any basis, including
religion.. .(Read
more)
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Supporting
Palestinians for all the wrong reasons!
by Khurshed Alam Chowdhury.
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Israeli-Palestinian problem
has recently reached a serious point. This is,
of course, very complex problem of the past 75
years or so. I am not going to analyze the
problem in details, because it is far too
complicated. My purpose of penning this essay
is to ask and understand why do we, the
Muslims, blindly support the Palestinians. .(Read
more)
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Israel/Palestine
conflict- My perspective :
Avijit Roy
Debate Pages: 1
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