In his thought-provoking book, War on Terrorism or American Strategy for Global Dominance, Shah Manzoor Alam, Ph.D. notes that although “distinguished scholars” have produced works on the Afghanistan-Iraq wars, none to his knowledge have analyzed the impact of this “catastrophic” war on Islam and on the Muslim world. Dr. Alam feels that his book provides the “missing Islamic perspective.”
The author critically examines the factors that motivated the United States to initiate action in the first place. “The defeat of the Taliban,” he says, “was welcomed by Afghans but the United States and NATO forces missed an opportunity to win their hearts and minds when they shifted their focus from economic reconstruction in Afghanistan to military action.”Dedication and Preface
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Islam is a comprehensive religion which attempts to mould the human personality into an integrated whole on the foundations of piety and righteous deeds. These values together with the basic tenets of faith viz, belief in the Unity of Allah. the Day of ]udgement, Muhammad (SAS) as the last Prophet of Allah. all other prophets, [...]
Continue Reading →The Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) 2003 has been published by the UNDP. Before its publication I had written an article: ‘A Critical Appreciation of the AHDR (2002)’. An unpublished copy of this article was mailed to the Chief, regional Programme Division, UNDP (Regional Bureau of Arab States).* The present appraisal supplements the comments made [...]
Continue Reading →The Arab Human Development Report (2002) published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is a well-documented study in which facts have been meticulously marshaled, systematically analyzed, and some very valid and logical conclusions have been drawn regarding the backwardness of the Arab region. However, the data on the number and proportion of students, by [...]
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