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Articles on: Blair’s new mission, plus the Taliban’s birthplace

Edna Fernandes’ article “Faith Healers” explores Blair’s effort to champion global interfaith dialogue.  Also see my article “Allah’s Ambassadors“, giving unique insight into the Darul Uloom madrassa, spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.

Naseem Khan, Guardian

‘What a cast of characters make their way through this sharp-witted and straight-talking book: the fatuous and the venal, the self-important and the deluded, the exploitative and the corrupt. Edna Fernandes has undertaken to track down figures who epitomise the most depressing facet of Indian life – its holy warriors – as well as some [...]