Our societies are programmed to give respect of even a qualification much more easily to men than to women

Perhaps it is the state’s time to spill blood to send clear message of zero tolerance to both militancy and radicalism

Is Saudi Arabia the only culprit when it comes to funding? What about others, like Qatar, the UAE and South Africa?

The theory of the ‘clash of civilisations’ did not start with Samuel Huntington, but with Hijazi

State must find ways to neutralise the militants’ narrative, which finds them support in society

A sociopolitical solution and a dialogue are necessary both in the West and the Muslim world

Extremist values, historically, are the alternative, not mainstream discourse. People have to be reminded of that

It will be almost impossible to fight this war without breaking the edifice of extremist ideology

What has been buried with 141 bodies in Peshawar is also dissent against new national security narrative and the state

We are so divided on defining the problem that we may never get together on creating an alternative narrative