Interview with Farahnaz Ispahani on “Religious strife in the Middle East and the destruction caused by military dictatorships”

Aaron talks with former Pakistani Assembly Member and current Pakistani Presidential Media Advisor and Spokeswoman Farahnaz Ispahani. They discuss religious strife in the Middle East and the destruction caused by military dictatorships, why, in Ispahani’s words, current events really can’t be called an “Arab Spring,” the struggle for women in the region, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also …

Persecution Without Prosecution: The Fate of Minorities in Pakistan- By Farahnaz Ispahani

The South Asia Channel Persecution Without Prosecution: The Fate of Minorities in Pakistan With religious persecution in Pakistan going unchecked, it is time for the United States to designate Pakistan a Country of Particular Concern. By  Farahnaz Ispahani – A former member of the Pakistani parliament and author of the forthcoming book: Purifying The Land of the Pure: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities. …

Farahnaz Ispahani – National Endowment for Democracy

Pakistan “Women’s Political Participation in the Muslim World” Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellow: Mar 2015 – Jul 2015 Ms. Farahnaz Ispahani has been a leading voice for women and religious minorities in Pakistan for the past twenty five years, first as a journalist, then as a member of Pakistan’s National Assembly, and most recently as a scholar based in the United …

UAE a bulwark against violent ideology of ISIS by Husain Haqqani

Sunday, November 09, 2014 ISIS represents a barbaric attitude of trying to destroy civilisation out of spite: Husain Haqqani Author and former Pakistan Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani hailed the role of the UAE in combating the scourge of the militant group ISIS. “The leadership of the UAE has led by example. The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin …

“Pakistan is sliding toward extremism” By Farahnaz Ispahani & Nina Shea,

The decision to award Malala Yousafzai the Nobel Peace Prize last week was a good one. After all, the 17 year-old, who was named a joint winner with along with Kailash Satyarthi, personifies the struggle for modernity, women’s equality and individual rights to religious freedom against the threat of Islamic extremism. But while Malala’s award is a triumph for her …

MENA Women: Opportunities and Obstacles in 2014

Farahnaz Ispahani:– Many scholars and women’s rights activists and advocates in the West do not grasp the essential importance of quotas, or reserved seats, for women in parliament, especially in Muslim-majority countries. The presence of female bodies and voices in any parliament changes the dynamic of the body in essential ways. Critics often point to the fact that many upper …

“Pakistan’s shrinking minority space” by Farahnaz Ispahani

The desire of Islamist extremists to ‘purify’ Pakistan has resulted in a major catastrophe for the minorities. The country cannot emerge as a modern pluralist state until the reversal of this culture of intolerance The murder in Gujranwala of an elderly woman, a seven-year-old girl and an infant in a mob attack on members of the Ahmadi community highlights the …

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Religious Intolerance in Pakistan and the Plight of Religious Minorities

          Watch Video of event below:   http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/religious-intolerance-pakistan-and-the-plight-religious-minorities June 04, 2014 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm Event Co-sponsors: Middle East Program In recent years, Pakistan—a Sunni Muslim majority country with Shia Muslim, Christian, and Hindu minorities—has been convulsed by sectarian violence. More than 2,000 people have been killed in sectarian attacks since 2008, and last year sectarian …

Farahnaz Ispahani greets the Christian community Easter

Ms Farahnaz Ispahani, the former Pakistani parliamentarian of PPP and presidential adviser and author of forthcoming book ” Waiting to die: Pakistan’s Religious minorities” has warmly greeted the Christian community on the auspicious occasion of Easter and Lenten. In a message she said that Easter and Lenten are important religious events in the history of Christianity that convey the message …