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Tahir Gora: agent of moral courage
Posted in Irshaddering Thoughts on Jan 10, 2008
I’ve been so busy blogging about Benazir and Barack that it’s high time to resume my series about agents of moral courage.
Tahir Aslam Gora, founder of the Independent Muslim Media Network, is a journalist, editor and publisher exiled from Pakistan.
As my Urdu-language translator, he puts his life on the line every day — receiving death threats not just from Pakistan but also from Canada He’s now writing a book about modernizing the Muslim mindset.
The Hamilton Spectator, a Toronto-area newspaper, deserves praise for running Tahir’s provocative columns. In a recent commentary, he says:
“The room for open debate is lessening within Muslim communities every day. Vocal extremist Muslim groups are even pushing the United Nations to pass a resolution to ensure respect for religions and convictions. If that at some stage happens, it would put an end to the possibilities of speaking out on different sensibilities in human life.”
Read Tahir Gora’s entire column.
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