Comments on: Q&A: Karen Armstrong on Pakistan, Islam and secularisation http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/04/qa-karen-armstrong-on-pakistan-islam-and-secularisation/ Religion, faith and ethics Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:17:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Malik Achakzai http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/04/qa-karen-armstrong-on-pakistan-islam-and-secularisation/comment-page-1/#comment-14711 Malik Achakzai Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:21:28 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/04/qa-karen-armstrong-on-pakistan-islam-and-secularisation/#comment-14711 The remarks and ideas here heard from Karen are the best but where will the Pakistani establishment specially ISI follow here to make Pakistan a state accepted on the map of the World ? The remarks and ideas here heard from Karen are the best but where will the Pakistani establishment specially ISI follow here to make Pakistan a state accepted on the map of the World ?

]]> By: Owen Griffiths http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/04/qa-karen-armstrong-on-pakistan-islam-and-secularisation/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 Owen Griffiths Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:23:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/04/qa-karen-armstrong-on-pakistan-islam-and-secularisation/#comment-1738 This demonstrates the need for a deeper, and wider dialogue about the place of religion in society. Current half truths peddled about Islam, and Christianity (and Judaism and... and...), stand in the way of any intellectual progress. Any settlement in Pakistan will have to be underlined by a robust intellectual framework, military intervention will simply not do. The discussion has to happen in America and Europe as well, because a politically ignorant electorate in those countries will elect ignorant politicians. This demonstrates the need for a deeper, and wider dialogue about the place of religion in society. Current half truths peddled about Islam, and Christianity (and Judaism and… and…), stand in the way of any intellectual progress.

Any settlement in Pakistan will have to be underlined by a robust intellectual framework, military intervention will simply not do.

The discussion has to happen in America and Europe as well, because a politically ignorant electorate in those countries will elect ignorant politicians.

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