The Daily Star: Internet Edition Wed. July 11, 2007

Vol. 5 Num 1106

Wed. July 11, 2007


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Coddling religious extremists for political gains
Ziauddin Choudhury
The recent newspaper headlines in Pakistan and elsewhere have put Lal Masjid -- a mosque and seminary in Islamabad -- and its denizens on the world map.

Population: From explosion to implosion?
Koïchiro Matsuura
Three unprecedented shifts are taking place in world population. Before 2000, the young always outnumbered their elders: for some years now it has been the other way around.

Aga Khan's golden jubilee
Farid Hossain
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Aga Khan's becoming the Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.