It’s been 21 years since al-Qaeda terrorists carried out 9/11. To what extent can that be traced back to a violent Islamist ideology which was spawned by four events in 1979 – 22 years prior? These events are discussed by Kim Ghattas in Black Wave. First, on 16 January 1979, the Shah fled Iran and […] The post These 4 Events From 1979 May Have Laid The Foundations For 9/11 appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
Decades after a fatwa on his head, Salman Rushdie was stabbed not by those whose sentiments were hurt with the Satanic Verses (even if they hadn’t read the book) but by a young man who was not even born in that era and who grew up in the West. This young man would possibly speak […] The post Should Salman Rushdie Be Confined To A Stereotype? appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.