From Medina to Ayodhya

Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pervez Hoodbhoy needs little introduction to those who follow Southasia. Born and raised in Karachi, Hoodbhoy studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is an award-winning nuclear physicist based in Lahore. Hoodbhoy is well known for his incisive writings and activism on issues of freedom of speech and secularism.

In this podcast, he spoke to our Aunohita Mojumdar about the rightwing politics of the Imran Khan government, religion and nationalism in India and Pakistan, and the fate of the Southasian identity.

Source: Himal Southasian

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3 COMMENTS

  1. I have great respect for Pervez Hoodbhoy no doubt Im an ordinary educated person but still here is my opinion.

    Dont afraid. Imran khan is not going to make pakistan like a madina state inthe literal sense. .He is not educated from madrsa, He is highly educated man with alot of different influences. He isflexible and trying to make alot of social reforms in Pakistan. But remember that pakistan is a muslim country so people of pakistandont want to westernize it completely.
    In case of Taliban as we know America did not win tne war on terrorism. Imran khan has alot of inslight thats why he insisted on dialogue between America and Taliban. And this is what Trump is also thinking.

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