03-29-2005, 02:36 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Develop Empower Synergize India (DESI) (www.desiumd.org), invites you to a panel discussion titled:
TERRORISM IN KASHMIR: THREAT OF EXPANDING GLOBAL 'JIHAD' IN SOUTH ASIA
www.desiumd.org/panel
Sunday, April 10, 2005.
2:00 to 4:00 pm, 1212 Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Since late 1989, the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, has seen a resurgence of a vicious movement of religion based terrorism. As many as 40000 lives have been lost in this conflict over nearly 16 years of a sub-conventional war. Among the worst victims are the Kashmiri Hindus who have now become the targets of one of the most successful, though little known, campaigns of religious cleansing of an indigenous minority.
This panel discussion will take a close look at the decade old threat of 'Jihadi' terrorism in South Asia, of which the recent acts of terror in other parts of the world seem like echoes.
Panelists include:
Subodh Atal:
Foreign Policy Analyst, affiliated to The CATO Institute.
Peter Bergen:
CNN's terrorism analyst, Adjunct Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.
Husain Haqqani:
Former advisor to Pakistan Prime Ministers and Visiting Scholar,
Carnegie Peace Endowment.
Subhash Kak:
Delaune distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University.
Sanjay Tiku:
Kashmiri Hindu, University of Maryland.
The discussion also aims to shed light on the politics behind the prevailing condition and try to find out the role of the international community in solving the problem.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
TERRORISM IN KASHMIR: THREAT OF EXPANDING GLOBAL 'JIHAD' IN SOUTH ASIA
www.desiumd.org/panel
Sunday, April 10, 2005.
2:00 to 4:00 pm, 1212 Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Since late 1989, the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, has seen a resurgence of a vicious movement of religion based terrorism. As many as 40000 lives have been lost in this conflict over nearly 16 years of a sub-conventional war. Among the worst victims are the Kashmiri Hindus who have now become the targets of one of the most successful, though little known, campaigns of religious cleansing of an indigenous minority.
This panel discussion will take a close look at the decade old threat of 'Jihadi' terrorism in South Asia, of which the recent acts of terror in other parts of the world seem like echoes.
Panelists include:
Subodh Atal:
Foreign Policy Analyst, affiliated to The CATO Institute.
Peter Bergen:
CNN's terrorism analyst, Adjunct Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.
Husain Haqqani:
Former advisor to Pakistan Prime Ministers and Visiting Scholar,
Carnegie Peace Endowment.
Subhash Kak:
Delaune distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University.
Sanjay Tiku:
Kashmiri Hindu, University of Maryland.
The discussion also aims to shed light on the politics behind the prevailing condition and try to find out the role of the international community in solving the problem.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->