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Why is Sistani an Iranian Ayatollah so influential in the decisions of the Iraqi government?

Talking about embargoes, is there a reason why I can see some interesting posts in Live View but receive an Error message when I try to actually read the Thread?

Basically, you're out of the frying pan and into the fire. The only asset that you have at the moment are your numbers because you have too large a population to absorb. Oddly enough your salvation will be in doing the one thing Haseena claims to be doing which is celebrating your culture...

There may be some benefit in the medicines, but I can't think much of use can be found in the surgical techniques since most of the instruments that we have now are far superior. Interestingly rhinoplasty was developed in the subcontinent because having your nose cut off was quite a common...

Apostasy is called out in some oriental religions; as I've demonstrated, the Confucians regarded Buddhism as a foreign cult which was to be expelled from China. There's also the example of the Japanese Shinto believers forcing Christians to convert to Shintoism. Some of the Zoroastrian priests...

Ukraine was bait set for a full-scale invasion. Such a move by Russia would have immediately led to all the European nations and their public immediately turning against Russia and agreeing to preparations for a new Cold War. It would also have led to European countries putting all their...

Paritosh, well for a start Judaism is absolutely monotheistic. From the orthodox Jewish perspective even Christians are pagans. Confucianism rejects religious belief but accepts the ritual of worshiping ancestors, not because Confucius believed in an after-life but because he believed in the...

@Areesh it is possible to be aggressive in defense of yourself without being abusive. You could replace the image with something humorous or thought-provoking. Nobody is saying to stop standing up for your views, however you shouldn't let your views be defined by opposition to another...

Not true at all. Hinduism and Buddhism have a long history of wars and conflict between each other. Buddhists invaded and wiped out the indigenous religions in Tibet. The Mauryans, one of the most warlike and ruthless empires were Jains, whose atrocities the Afghans never forgot. Sikhism...well...

?? Why drag Pakistanis into it? My ancestors were the Kushans and the Suris. Don't make assumptions about what we think.

He has managed to reduce his economy to the equivalent of Italy. The real shift has been in the East, and not in the ridiculous antics of Putin designed to impress the credulous. This is why Obama is more concerned about China than he is about Putin. Obama hoped Putin would take the trap of...

Wow. Any suggestions regarding the reason?

In a world where they can't take their privileges for granted anymore, Papa Putin, bare-chested riding a bear, finding ancient archaeological urns every-time he takes a dip in a lake gives them a sense of comfort. All they want is a big strong man to take him in their arms, give them a hug, and...

Tit for tat? He looks like a creep. The fact that you can't see that from a mile away is the amazing thing. A 'pack of British Pakistani'? The largest cases of child sexual abuse was by your fellow white europeans in the usa! It actually began as soon as christopher columbus landed and in...

@C130 I'm not your 'mate' and you should look at the beam in your own White eye before getting all excited because a brown person committed a crime. How odd that you don't find this and other crimes committed within your own community equally of note. SEXUAL ABUSE OF NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN...

Slightly more than that. The strategy is to splinter the middle-east. Take either the Oded Yinon or Ralph Peters plan, they both add up to the same thing: first take away Turkey's eastern-most areas and then slice all around Iran. I know many sectarian Pakistanis have a deep hatred of Zia, but...

Sputnik. You may as well provide Ancient Aliens as a source.

Why blame the media? They're just showing the rest of Pakistan the culture and nature of these people who've ruined Karachi within a few decades of arrival and have turned it into something resembling an Indian dada-giri from a 1970 - 80's bollywood movie! Does the apple fall far from the tree...

Where's the proof? I'm looking for the evidence that Zia created the SP and that he supported them. A US diplomat writing his opinion of something constitutes proof? In fact even the US diplomatic cable you've posted disagrees with your claim that he created the SP; it says it was created by...

I have no knowledge or evidence that he did. Please provide proof that he did and evidence that it was to oppose Iranian influence in Pakistan.