Shah Rukh Khan sees no reason to apologise, Islamic World News, NewAgeIslam.com

Islamic World News

Shah Rukh Khan sees no reason to apologise

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has stood firm over expressing his disappointment that no Pakistan cricketers were picked for the 2010 Indian Premier League.

Khan owns IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders and his comments angered Hindu hardline party Shiv Sena.

The party subsequently tried to disrupt showings of the actor's new film My Name is Khan in Mumbai (Bombay).

"I have no idea what I am supposed to apologise for," said Khan. His film is due for global release on 12 February.

"If I am in wrong I would like to apologise but someone needs to explain to me what is wrong," he told reporters in London.

"So many people's futures rely on (My Name is Khan). I just request everybody to leave the film alone and deal with what I have said as an individual."

Effigies of Khan have been burned in India and he has apologised to those associated with the making of My Name is Khan.

"I won't comment on this on a larger scale because it's not nice for a Hindi film hero who is thought of as a hero to say this, but it scares me to say anything now because the stakes are very high," he added.

"I am sorry to director Karan Johar and actress Kajol. I'm also immensely sorry to all the other business partners that - because of what I say and believe in - the film and their work is going to be affected. I have no idea how to change that."

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The Problem with Indian Muslims – A Pakistani’s Viewpoint, Current affairs, NewAgeIslam.com

Current affairs

The Problem with Indian Muslims – A Pakistani’s Viewpoint

By Danish Ahmad Khan

March 23, 2009

Isn't it a sorry state of affairs for your beleaguered country? Don't you have your own problems? What about Jiye Sindh movement, Mohajirs and NWFP? Aren't these grave problems for Pakistan which it has squarely failed to handle? What about Pakistani Muslims who are being slaughtered daily by Talibani jihadists. Aren’t you seeing this? Don’t you have the courage to take these Talibani jihadis head on. I know you are meek and a coward. You won’t even dare to write or talk about the tribals in North West Frontier Province of your country Pakistan. If you ever dare to do so, well you know your fate? DEATH at the hands of NWFP Talibani jihadis! Ms. Rabia, I'm sorry to state that YOU are not a real Pakistani as you are writing sitting pretty well ensconced in secure confines in Dubai. And, just look at me. I'm writing my comments sitting in my own homeland. Just look how much guts you possess and what I possess. This is enough to prove that I'm not a second-class citizen, while I just feel sorry about your status at this critical juncture which your country is presently in.

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Obama “Shakes” the Jewish Consciousness in Cairo, Islam and the West, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and the West

Obama “Shakes” the Jewish Consciousness in Cairo

By Shaul Magid

June 9, 2009

While not repeated with Rush’s bravado, the “equation,” as it were, has been mentioned by many in the American Jewish community. Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, was quoted in the New York Times Friday June 5, saying “’I understand Palestinian suffering, it is terrible… But it is not on the other hand to the Holocaust” It is to this other hand that I would like to draw our attention.

To begin with, what if Rush is right? What if he is right precisely where he is wrong? “On the one hand/on the other hand” could surely be a phrase introducing moral equivalency—though it could just as easily recognize two unequal realities, both of which must be taken into account when trying to understand a complex situation. Moral equivalency needs more evidence than “on the other hand,” which is why David Frum discounted it when it could have served his purpose.

But there is more. What I want to argue is that Rush saw an equivalency that is, by its unstoppable allusion in Cairo, signalling a seismic shift in the United States’ attitude toward Jews, the Holocaust, Israel, and the Middle East crisis. And here I think he is right. Obama made three comments about the Holocaust worth rehearsing: First, Holocaust denial is unacceptable. Second, that the United States has “cultural and historical ties” to Israel that make the bond with it “unbreakable.” Third, that the Jews have a right to a Jewish homeland in part because of the Holocaust.

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