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MQM Needs Reconfiguration
MQM , an acronym that initially stood for Mohajir Qaumi Movement, is a political party representing the Urdu speaking immigrants from India to Pakistan; it now stands for Muttahida Quami Movement, a name that literally means united national movement. Renaming the party was supposedly done to shift away from the party's narrow linguistic tribalism to a broader agenda that emphasizes secularism and economic egalitarianism. The following analysis recommends that the MQM redefine its political platform, bring new leaders in the forefront, and accentuate its all- inclusive progressive political credentials in consonance with its new name. Indictments In 1984, Altaf Hussain , a son of working class immigrants from India, born in Karachi, five years after the establishment of Pakistan, founded the MQM. Hussain continues to be the party's top cultish doyen, though he now lives in exile in London as a naturalized citizen of the United Kingdom. On a regular basis, Hussain makes t...
Muslim must Rescue Rohingya Muslims
Press TV has conducted an interview with Liaquat Ali Khan, author and Professor of Law at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, to get his take on the situation of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar . The following is a rough transcription of the interview. (Watch Video Interview). Press TV: The fact that so many are braving these dangerous seas to get to a better life in Thailand or beyond goes to show the type of repression that still continuing in Myanmar. Why has not the plight of Rohingyas taken the center stage in international discourse? Khan: I think part of the reason is that they are not in the Middle East, which is occupying the world attention, and relatively their numbers are small and they don’t have any spokesperson who can voice their grievances. And I think it's a shame that the Organization of Islamic Conference which is the organization of 57 Muslim states, they have done nothing to alleviate these horrible conditi...
