http://www.khudipakistan.com/faq/

spreading democracy and western culture into pakistan.

this guy runs a crappy little political organization that purports to save globalism from islamists. Why the hell would you want to save globalism?

At Khudi, we tend to prefer the latter. That’s why we organize conferences and workshops around the country, inviting people from disparate backgrounds to foster a culture of healthy discussion and debate
....
Khudi also runs an inter-university campus magazine, distributed at universities across Pakistan, providing students with a chance to air their views without fear of reprisal.

I don't know anything about this person other than what is in the video, but your critique doesn't seem to address anything he says. Ad hominem?

Personally I find what he says about democracy being presented as only one political choice quite interesting, especially when one looks at the two-party system in the US, which is veering dangerously towards "theocracy" vs. "democracy".

edit: the language of Pakistan is Urdu, not Arabic.

(p.s.: the second link you provide doesn't work)

>> ^marinara:

http://www.khudipakistan.com/faq/
spreading democracy and western culture into pakistan.
this guy runs a crappy little political organization that purports to save globalism from islamists. Why the hell would you want to save globalism?

At Khudi, we tend to prefer the latter. That’s why we organize conferences and workshops around the country, inviting people from disparate backgrounds to foster a culture of healthy discussion and debate
....
Khudi also runs an inter-university campus magazine, distributed at universities across Pakistan, providing students with a chance to air their views without fear of reprisal.

not ad hominem. just because I disagree w/ you doesn't make it ad hominem.
the link works here in the usa

i'll just let you correct me on the Arabic in pakistan, even though i never meant to imply that Arabic was used in Pakistan, only that Arabic was used in islamist social movements

1) I never said I agreed with what this person says, just that it was interesting.

2) You did not address his arguments as presented in this video, only what you perceive as his goals.

Did you even watch the video?

>> ^marinara:

not ad hominem. just because I disagree w/ you doesn't make it ad hominem.
the link works here in the usa
i'll just let you correct me on the Arabic in pakistan, even though i never meant to imply that Arabic was used in Pakistan, only that Arabic was used in islamist social movements

nothing personal hppq. just don't tell me something is good when i pretty much know it is bullshit.

http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/acatalog/Books.html

look at the materials they are publishing;
the first on the list is a book that purports to combat islamists by training people to use the english language to not reinforce stereotypes about the muslim countries.

they would have you replace the word:

‘Muslim’ (country) or ‘non-Muslim’ (country), it may be more
appropriate to talk of ‘Muslim-majority’ or ‘predominantly Muslim’ countries

one thing that wouldn't be bullshit, is having an Urdu homepage (the national language of Pakstan)

find one?

Moving this video to hpqp's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

>> ^marinara:

http://www.khudipakistan.com/faq/
spreading democracy and western culture into pakistan.
this guy runs a crappy little political organization that purports to save globalism from islamists. Why the hell would you want to save globalism?

At Khudi, we tend to prefer the latter. That’s why we organize conferences and workshops around the country, inviting people from disparate backgrounds to foster a culture of healthy discussion and debate
....
Khudi also runs an inter-university campus magazine, distributed at universities across Pakistan, providing students with a chance to air their views without fear of reprisal.

>> ^marinara:

nothing personal hppq. just don't tell me something is good when i pretty much know it is bullshit.
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/acatalog/Books.html
look at the materials they are publishing;
the first on the list is a book that purports to combat islamists by training people to use the english language to not reinforce stereotypes about the muslim countries.
they would have you replace the word:

‘Muslim’ (country) or ‘non-Muslim’ (country), it may be more
appropriate to talk of ‘Muslim-majority’ or ‘predominantly Muslim’ countries

Oh Yogi, if this goes on we're gonna have to elope!

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^marinara:
nothing personal hppq. just don't tell me something is good when i pretty much know it is bullshit.
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/acatalog/Books.html
look at the materials they are publishing;
the first on the list is a book that purports to combat islamists by training people to use the english language to not reinforce stereotypes about the muslim countries.
they would have you replace the word:

‘Muslim’ (country) or ‘non-Muslim’ (country), it may be more
appropriate to talk of ‘Muslim-majority’ or ‘predominantly Muslim’ countries