It will be the largest global gathering on US soil in 65 years. President Barack Obama’s two-day nuclear security summit, involving 47 countries, gets under way in Washington DC on Monday.
On the sidelines of what is expected to be the biggest gathering of world leaders led by a US president since the signing of the UN charter in San Francisco in 1945,
Obama will hold bilateral meetings with several leaders, including Manmohan Singh and Yousuf Raza Gilani, respectively the prime ministers of India and Pakistan.
The US administration is trying to balance its policies in Afghanistan with the rising ambitions of the two neighbours.
Robert Wirsing, an South Asia security analyst and professor of international politics at Georgetown University’s Doha campus, explained the challenges facing the US to Al Jazeera’s Imran Garda.
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Khaled Ahmed – political analyst, journalist and editor of several major Pakistani newspapers such as The Nation, The Frontier Post, and The Friday Times – discusses the struggle between radical and reformist schools of Islam and the rise of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan. He explains in detail: (a) the ancient clash between orthodox and reformist thinking; (the former believe in a literal reading of Quran while the latter emphasize contextual interpretation); (b) the factors responsible for regression in Muslim societies from free-wheeling thought to medieval orthodoxy; (c) the impossibility of economic development under implementation of Sharia (ie. medieval jurisprudence); (d) the ideology of the Pakistani state and late General Zia-ul-Haqs motivation in Islamizing society; (e) the role of Saudi Arabia and CIA in introducing radical (ie. Wahabi) Islam in Pakistan during the Afghan war against Soviet Union; (f) the spillover of Afghan “jihad” into Indian Kashmir via Pak military and intelligence groups; and (g) the ability of Western countries to help bring about change in Pakistani Establishment’s thinking and policies. This interview was recorded in February 2002 but is still very relevant today.
Khaled Ahmed – political analyst, journalist and editor of several major Pakistani newspapers such as The Nation, The Frontier Post, and The Friday Times – discusses the struggle between radical and reformist schools of Islam and the rise of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan. He explains in detail: (a) the ancient clash between orthodox and reformist thinking; (the former believe in a literal reading of Quran while the latter emphasize contextual interpretation); (b) the factors responsible for regression in Muslim societies from free-wheeling thought to medieval orthodoxy; (c) the impossibility of economic development under implementation of Sharia (ie. medieval jurisprudence); (d) the ideology of the Pakistani state and late General Zia-ul-Haqs motivation in Islamizing society; (e) the role of Saudi Arabia and CIA in introducing radical (ie. Wahabi) Islam in Pakistan during the Afghan war against Soviet Union; (f) the spillover of Afghan “jihad” into Indian Kashmir via Pak military and intelligence groups; and (g) the ability of Western countries to help bring about change in Pakistani Establishment’s thinking and policies. This interview was recorded in February 2002 but is still very relevant today.
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