Mohsin Mohi Ud Din

A Tweet, From Civilization to Civil-Violation

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 04.24.2012

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

What seems a harmless tweet to some, and a blasphemous tweet for others, is telling of something larger: a pendulum swinging from a civilization to a civil-violation.

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A Pakistani Spring Since Birth?

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 04.02.2012

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

In 2011, there were few on the outside who could find space for optimism with Pakistan, even some of my Pakistani friends living in the States. "Peopl...

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From Kashmir to K Street: A People Remain Marginalized

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 09.28.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

The subtle inferences of today, which claim that a single man or organization or nation represents the Kashmir conflict, are both false and dangerous.

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Rising Above Conflict: Concert of Cultural Exchange in Kashmir

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 08.21.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Music and art and community development (not stones and guns and politics) will revive hope in Kashmir's future, which has suffocated under decades of conflict and exploitation from all sides and all parties.

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Democratization in the Arab World: Extraordinary or Dangerous?

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Successful democracy is attainable when equality is high or assets are mobile. Egypt has neither.

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Kashmir and the Need for Securing U.S Interests in South Asia

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

With careful U.S. encouragement, India may begin to take measures to improve the situation on the ground in the Kashmir region.

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100 Killed in Kashmir: An Escalating Tragedy with Global Implications

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

This is the moment where Kashmiris march for the attention of global institutions and States claiming themselves to be champions of justice and human rights.

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Dear America, Dear Muslim World

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Recent data revealed that over 50,000 people were killed by terrorist attacks worldwide in 2008. Over 50 percent of those killed were Muslim.

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Kashmir: Bullets for Books and Stones, Continued Crimes Against Humanity By The World's Largest Democracy

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Kashmiris believe in democracy and civil society and that is why they continue to carry out civil protests amidst the bullets and batons of brutal of state security apparatuses.

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Dear Muslim World: 'Our Mirror'

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Before we as a Muslim community can find solutions, we must first look in the mirror to identify what stands in our way. It is incumbent upon Muslims to form a united stance against the minority of extremists.

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Dear Muslim World

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

We are at a crossroads. At no point in history have we been so divided, so poor, and so undereducated. We are plagued by violence, political turmoil, and damaging extremism.

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