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Sadanand Dhume in Houston on Feb. 2, 2007. (Asia Society Texas Center)
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Sadanand Dhume in Houston on Feb. 2, 2007. (Asia Society Texas Center)

HOUSTON, Feb. 2, 2007 - The Case for a Secular Strategy with Sadanand Dhume at the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston. In his talk, Dhume makes the case that in the long run the best defense against terrorism lies in fostering secularism and enlightenment in Muslim Asia. This enlightenment, he suggests, includes avoiding the pitfalls of blind, race-to-the-bottom democratization and recognizing that Islamic societies must be held to the same standards of human rights as the rest of the world. Among the topical subjects he touches upon are contrasting approaches to the war on terror and the crucial question of identifying and supporting moderates in countries as diverse as Indonesia and Pakistan.

Dhume, a journalist and writer with a long-standing interest in Asia, is an inaugural Bernard Schwartz fellow at Asia Society Washington, DC Center. His current research interests include the future of political Islam in Asia. He has recently completed a book on the rise of radical Islam in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country.

As a former Indonesia correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Asian Wall Street Journal in Jakarta, Dhume covered Indonesia's economic, political, security, and social scene. Before that he was the New Delhi bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review.

Sigit Hendra Gunawan | 10:10:09 11:03am
WE CAN NO LONGER REMAIN SILENT. Islam treats women like a bunch of animals.There exists enough space in the Qur'an in favor of gender equality. If the situation remains unchanged. Islam is facing sever irreparable consequences and repercussions that can bring Islam to a catastrophic decay and high risk of extinction. The claims of injustice towards women in Islam countries has become a common topic throughout the civilized world and gaining strong support in Europe, mainly Amsterdam. Reference to the Netherlands Anti-Islam Front Line Fighters. Organized by Listiani Lestari id:530971312. Converted from Islam by her Dutch husband,in the struggle of Islam women emancipation program. She refers to the founder of Islam religion who she describes as a mass murderer, a rapist, a blasphemer and a pedophile who married a nine year old Aisha and married Javaerah his slave. At the age of forty said to have received para normal revelation to conduct his followers into a diabolic Cult of Islam that practice bloodshed entertainment. Listiani Lestari warns all Islamic Clerics who she describes as monsters without sympathy towards this suffering Nation of Indonesia. A nation battered by natural disasters and strong earthquakes. While the most intolerant Cult of Islam bomb America in Jakarta and in Bali. Under the anonymous Jemaah Islamiah whi hides and instead sends innocent Jihad human bombs groomed to serve as a revenge for the pleasures of Islam extremism of bloodshed entertainment. Myself, Sigit Hendra Gunawan of Tebet Timur Dalam, cellphone No.0818958608., convey unto you a true message in Allah the Supreme. That unless Islam is co opted to the Human Rights Regulations Act. Islam is going to fall into a complete extinction. Listiani Lestari warns that by the year 2012. All Islam hatred will be devastated and suit after. Myself, Sigit Hendra Gunawan, urge the Council of Islam Leaders to honor and obey the treaty signed on 10/10/09 set in full clear directives by our superior Listiani Lestari in Amsterdam Europa.

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