{"id":7315,"date":"2014-11-23T08:23:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T08:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2021-06-06T08:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T08:24:14","slug":"pluralism-can-counter-sectarianism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/pluralism-can-counter-sectarianism-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pluralism can counter sectarianism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sectarianism within the world of Islam has moved beyond religious arguments and is now about the balance and distribution of power. Whether in Pakistan or the Arab world, there can be no solution to sectarian problems unless a pluralist conception of society is promoted.<\/p>\n<p>These views were expressed here on Saturday by acclaimed scholar and author Dr Vali Reza Nasr, dean of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, United States. 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