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...Perhaps the biggest surprise was the presence of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov. After the 1991 U.S.S.R. breakup, Uzbekistan looked down its nose at Kazakhstan - historically nomadic, steppe-locked, undeveloped - and Karimov claimed the role of regional heavyweight for himself. But here he was, despite his obsession with protocol, choosing his own country's independence day to embark on a state visit to Kazakhstan. It was the visible sign of a new order in the region. "From now on, we're calling the shots in Central Asia, and Karimov came to acknowledge that," commented a senior Kazakhstani official...
...doesn't become abusive. You have to be sensitive to the fact that, at the end of the day, Morocco is their home, not ours." The Moroccan people and monarchy have long been proud of their religious tolerance, warm relations with Western nations and traditionally moderate practice of Islam. But the 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca proved the kingdom isn't immune from the jihadist virus. In August, authorities announced nationwide arrests of 56 radicals accused of plotting strikes against political leaders, government buildings, tourist sites and foreign-owned properties. "It's the very moderate, reformist, Western-oriented nature...
Murkherjee said that India, which is mostly Hindu, has had trouble dealing with “major influences from outside, like Islam and Christianity,” and that it is struggling with “mounting religious extremism in Bangladesh,” which is mostly Muslim. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
...Sept. 26 news article misquoted Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks on religion. Mukherjee did not say that India has had trouble dealing with "major influences from outside, like Islam and Christianity." In fact, according to a transcript of the speech provided by the Harvard South Asian Initiative, Mukherjee said, "Traditionally, India has been an open society. It has received and absorbed major influences from outside, like Islam and Christianity, and radiated its composite cultural influences outward." The defense minister added that Indian's Muslim population has "begun to embrace modernity," and that "all the different segments of India...
...religious tolerance and respect that has been firmly established in a multiethnic country. An opening concert was headlined by legendary Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, as if to personify the harmoniousness and opulence Kazakhstan wants to project. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the presence of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov. After the 1991 U.S.S.R. breakup, Uzbekistan looked down its nose at Kazakhstan - historically nomadic, steppe-locked, undeveloped - and Karimov claimed the role of regional heavyweight for himself. But here he was, despite his obsession with protocol, choosing his own country's independence day to embark on a state visit...