Posts tagged 9/11

The Roots of Anti-Islamism

Mar 18th

On March 16, 2001 several youths allegedly attacked two Muslims who were standing outside their mosque in Sparks. One Muslim had his arm broken. The other was more seriously injured and was in a critical condition in hospital after undergoing three operations. This and others are only a few documented incidents of barbarism in the West and are enough to prove that even years before the 9/11 attacks there existed a clear pattern of hate crimes and discrimination against Muslims the world over. More >

9/11, Anti-Islamism, Hate, Media, Neo-Conservatism, Perceptions, Politics, Reconciliation, Tolerance

The Alternative Story Of 9/11– A Pakistani Explains His Thoughts

Mar 16th

Posted by Farrukh in Main

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[Introduction: It cannot be denied that the heartrending events of September 11, 2001, changed all our lives. I saw the sad events on CNN and was really shocked. Could anything in the world really force anyone to perpetrate such brutal crimes? But again being a journalist/writer in his early career I was acquainted with the western researches on Al Qaeda. I had no hesitation in accepting that a group of mad zealots could in any case do it. But the entire operation was so effectively staged that I could not help but smell some wider conspiracy. Since then I have been reading and researching on the issue. The questions that occurred to me were simple. More >

9/11, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, War on Terror