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The visionary maulana A senior assistant editor with the Times of India, Mohammed Wajihuddin writes about Muslims, their issues, hopes and aspirations. Committed to upholding inclusiveness, communal amity and freedom to dissent and debate, he endeavours to promote peaceful existence. A passionate reader of Islam, he endeavours to save the faith from the clutches of the jihadists. An ardent lover of Urdu poetry, he believes words are the best weapons to fight jingoism. LESS... MORE After I was ...

With when i had my daughter nine months ago. choices all of our colleagues struggle with, women out there. the idea of choice is important here. we are talking about someone who has a lot of options available to her as well. shes not working out of necessity necessarily as she has options for child care. you are seeing my daughter there. >> beautiful. >> loves the selfie. these are choices. these are tough choices both mothers and fathers, all working parents make who have to both provide for th...

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One seat that was guaranteed at the fashion table. and it has nothing to do with the woman who was hired. i met her, shes lovely. im sure she has the credentials to do an excellent job. the question is, especially in this economy, when people are losing their jobs rapidly and we know people of color, african-americans lose jobs first. here was an opportunity for someone to be trained to be the face and voice of fashion for the leading black womens magazine and that opportunity was not afforded i...

To the magazine on a freelance basis for the past few months because of her creativity, vision, positive reader response to her work and her enthusiasm and respect for the audience and our brand. tom foreman joins us with the "360 bulletin." day 100 of the gulf oil spill and incoming chief executive bob dudley says he thinks the leak is permanently stopped and the worst may be over. meanwhile, coast guard official overseeing the response to the disaster says hes cautiously optimistic about t...

The industry. you cannot have the number of magazines out there. lloyd johnson cannot be the only african-american editing a nonblack magazine. that makes no sense in 2010. thats the real issue. we should be fighting those folks to say open the doors now. >> we have to leave it there. >> the one opened door is now closed. >> our viewers can weigh in on this at ac360.com, the live chat is up and running. let us know what you think. we reached out to "essence" magazine to come on tonight. they dec...

Employees yet but one former staffer is questions why a white woman got the job. >> i dont know of any womens magazine that says theyre a white fashion magazine. . "vogue" does not say that. "essence" is the one magazine in that group that puts race in their brand. they say, this is the place for african-american women, the place where black women come first. so black is in their brand dna. marie, claire, glamor, they dont say that. >> however, "essence" editor in chief defends her decision to h...

Positive reader response to her work and enthum and her respect for the audience and our brand. we remain committed to celebrating the unique beauty and style of african-american women in "essence" magazine and online at essence.com." a lot more news were covering. tom foreman joins us with a "360" bulletin. tom? day 100 of the gulf oil spill and bps incoming chief executive bob dudley says he thinks the leak is permanently stopped and the worst may be over. meanwhile, the coast guard official...