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omar
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Physician-scientist interested in peace in South Asia, history, philosophy and science
Interests: Genetics, Obesity, Diabetes, History, Islam, Science
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Eduardo, I just happened to see your question today. That story was in some Urdu book I read a long time ago, but in a minute with Google, I found this link: http://womeninislam.ws/en/women-right-islam_wives.aspx Scroll to the bottom of the page. The event is narrated there.
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Shooting Schoolgirls in the head for the glory of Islam (omar ali)
(Originally posted at brownpundits.com) Many ideologies are dreadful but this one takes the cake (at least in this day and age). Malala's school van was stopped by 2 gunmen. They asked the driver to show them who Malala is. He... Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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From "Innocence" to Mohammed Joyce by Omar Ali
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Originally posted at 3qd. Postscript: Today, 9th October, (afternoon in Pakistan) the Pakistani Taliban sent a gunman (or gunmen) to shoot a 14 year old girl who had become an icon of anti-Taliban resistance in her area after speaking up... Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Saadia Toor and "The state of Islam" (Omar Ali)
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by Omar Ali First published at http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/05/saadia-toor-and-the-state-of-islam.html#more Saadia Toor is an assistant professor of sociology and social work at the City University of New York and recently published a book about Pakistan titled The State of Islam: Culture and Cold... Continue reading
Posted May 22, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Saving Pakistan... and India? Omar Ali
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by Omar Ali Pakistan is in the throes of an existential crisis. Pakistan has always been in the throes of an existential crisis. Pakistan’s interminable existential crisis is, in fact, getting to be a bore. But while faraway peoples can... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Pakistan Predictions 2012 (omar ali)
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First posted on 3quarksdaily.com Punditry without predictions is like a fish without a bicycle and who would ever want that? But if one does make predictions, one’s predictions can be checked. That, perhaps, is why no paid pundit makes too... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Beyraja: from 1947 to 1971 and beyond..(Omar Ali)
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“agli wari beyraja peya tey chHaDna nahin...” (the next time anarchy occurs; don’t miss your chance...) The dream of a violent and destructive “revolution” that will “sweep away this sorry scheme of things entire and remake it nearer to heart’s... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Pakistan: The dream of a new beginning..
My article in "The Hindu": http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2644338.ece Continue reading
Posted Nov 20, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Imran Khan: the 12th man rises..(Omar Ali)
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Pakistan’s greatest cricketing hero and second most successful philanthropist entered politics 15 years ago, promising a progressive, Islamic, modern, corruption-free Pakistan. His position as the most successful captain in Pakistan’s cricket history, the founder of Pakistan’s finest cancer hospital (providing... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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What if we win?
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by Omar Ali Pakistan’s predicament continues to draw comment from all over the world; in the Western (and Westoxicated Eastern) Left, the narrative remains straightforward(to such a degree that one is tempted to share an essay by Trotsky that Tariq... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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What if we win?
First posted at brownpundits.com http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi…c7K_story.html Going from bad to worse? It seems that tragedy is turning into farce. Pakistan should do something quickly to help the US before the US loses the war (see below). Pakistan’s rational and far-sighted response... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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9-11.. Random thoughts
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First published on 3quarksdaily.com This is not a post about the great tragedy of 9-11 or the great tragedies that followed 9-11. These are just some random thoughts about some arguments that show up around this topic and that I,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 12, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Midnight’s problem child (Omar)
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First publishted on 3Quarksdaily.com Pakistan and India are celebrating the 64th anniversary of “Freedom at midnight” with their usual mix of nationalism and jingoism (Bangladesh seems to ignore this nightmarish dream anniversary and will be mostly ignored in this article).... Continue reading
Posted Aug 15, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Partition documentary
India Pakistan Partition BBC Special Presentation 1 of 6‬‏ - YouTube. I have only seen a little of it and I can tell you that the usual BBC political correctness and xanthognostisicm does creep in (at the very least, it... Continue reading
Posted Aug 2, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Pakistan: End of the affair? (omar ali)
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First published on 3quarkdaily.com We have been here before, but it is being said that the unhappy marriage between the Pentagon and GHQ has deteriorated further and once again, those watching this soap opera are wondering if this union can... Continue reading
Posted Jun 20, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Pakistan arrests CIA informants
This news is being presented in many cases in a slightly misleading manner, since it is more likely that they have just picked up everyone connected with Waziristan manzil, not just the CIA informants. But maybe some of them are... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Pakistan: the narrative comes home to roost (Omar Ali)
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Initially posted at 3 Quarks Daily. Most countries that exist above the banana-republic level of existence have an identifiable (even if always contested and malleable) national narrative that most (though not all) members of the ruling elite share and to... Continue reading
Posted May 23, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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The curious case of Osama Bin Laden..(Omar)
The curious case of Osama bin Laden – The Express Tribune. I think it is plausible that GHQ (General Head Quarters..the Pakistani army high command) really did NOT know where Bin Laden was hiding. But GHQ has failed to act... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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post on genetics and population height differences..(omar)
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from 3QD. SCIENCE SHEDS LIGHT ON POPULATION HISTORY AND LIVING STANDARDS by Omar Ali In a sense, all modern historiography includes the attempt to find objective facts rather than relying on folklore and opinion. To varying extents, a scientific mindset... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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India's Pakistan policy (Omar)
Cross posting from Brown Pundits. Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Mob Attack in Mazar Sharif
Over 10 killed as mob attack UN office in north Afghan city. Some were reportedly beheaded. The beheading meme is really peculiar to Islamist terrorism these days; any theories about why this may be so? I am sure that as... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Pakistan: Failed state or Weimar Republic? Omar Ali
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Originally published on 3quarksdaily: I recently wrote an article with this title that was triggered by a comment from a friend in Pakistan. He wrote that Pakistan felt to him like the Weimar Republic: An anarchic and poorly managed democracy... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Punjabi in Pakistani Punjab
We have a discussion going about Punjabi language and its survival or lack of survival in Pakistan, up at brown pundits. comments very welcome.. Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Shahbaz Bhatti RIP
Shahbaz Bhatti, the only "minority" minister in the Pakistani cabinet, has been assassinated in Islamabad. Here is an interview in which he talks about the threat...a very brave man. Razib has a comment about the inevitable "what would the prophet... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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Lovers tiff, impending divorce or trial separation? (Omar Ali)
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On the 27th of January, while driving through Mozang (an extremely crowded section of Lahore city) in a rented Honda Civic, American citizen RaymondDavis shot two men who were riding a motorcycle. Soon afterwards, another vehicle that was racing to... Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2011 at Accidental Blogger
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