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The PMLN-ASWJ nexus responsible for the massacre of Christians in Pakistan: The latest victims of the Deobandi assault on the Christians of Pakistan are Saima and Sajjad of Kot Radha Kishan (Punjab), a poor but happily married couple with three kids. They were illegally confined by their kiln employer when
Victimizing the victim: After the Al-Ahsa massacre of Shia Musims, Saudi government witch-huning Shias across the country: According to reports from Saudi Arabia, at least 300 Shia Muslims were arrested in Medina on the eve of Ashura of Muharram. At least 100 of them are from Pakistani and Indian Shia backgrounds. Their only crime? Participation in
Converting Atheism into Islamism – by Peja Mistri: In the late 80’s when I completed my higher secondary school, I was already into reading books, not only the textbooks but all kinds of books. In my small town there was only one public library which had enough
The Siraj formula: Sacrifice Shias for ‘peace’ in Baluchistan- by Laleen Ahmad: The Jamat-e-Islami chief Mullah Siraj-ul-Haq has called upon the government to win “hearts and minds of the people of Baluchistan”. In a press conference yesterday (2 November 2014), he said that “issues related to the Baluchistan province” should be
At last, New York Times accepts LUBP stand on false Shia-Sunni binary: Editorial note: Since its inception in 2008, Let Us Build Pakistan (LUBP) has been consistently claiming that the violence against the Shias, Sunni Sufis and other Muslim and non-Muslim communities in Pakistan and other Islamic countries has nothing to do
Batool Waqar: Media and rulers keep quiet over the killing of a Shia child – by Laleen Ahmad: Last evening, terrorists, most probably the Deobandi hit men, threw a hand grenade at a group of Shia mourners, all females, outside the Islamic Research Centre (IRC) mosque, injuring nine woman and killing one-and-a-half-year old girl Batool Waqar. (The
A little girl slain in Karachi: Editor’s note: Nine month old Batool killed and another one year old in critical condition in Karachi blast. When children are killed in the hail of virulent hatred there is a special kind of barbarity. Children have no agency,
Atheists, Marxists and Deobandis condemn cyber bullying by LUBP: Editor’s note: We are publishing a collection of a critical post and tweets by a certain section of Pakistani Marxists, atheists, and Deobandis in which they have questioned the agenda and policies of LUBP. We are publishing the post
Tariq Ali obfuscates the Salafi and Deobandi nature of ISIS: Recently I happened to read a conversation between Tariq Ali and Patrick Cockburn on the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. As usual, Tariq Ali indulges in false Sunni-Shia binary also somehow treating the ISIS (Salafi and Deobandi)
Did Tarek Fatah contribute to the Salafi Deobandi terror attacks in Canada?: Interfaith Unity against Terrorism (IFUT) condemns the cowardly attacks by Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi militants of the (so called) Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on the Canadian parliament and security forces. According to media reports (22 October 2014), a radical Salafi
An overview of LUBP’s services for human rights and alternative discourse on terrorism: LUBP’s main contribution as a human rights advocacy and alternative media web presence has been to alter mainstream discourses and shift perceptions. This it has managed to do by taking a bold and relentless approach and striving for intellectual
Hazel Kahan: as Lahori as anyone else: Editor’s note: LUBP strongly recommends this moving account by Hazel Kahan. For us, her family and her are as Lahori as anyone else. This account is about a land that is today known as Pakistan and which welcomed everyone
Asia Bibi and Pakistan’s liberal conscience – by Dr. Abbas Zaidi: I was asked to do a write-up on the Lahore High Court’s upholding of Asia Bib’s death sentence which a sessions judged awarded her in 2010. I did not write anything and waited for almost a week to find
Saudi rogue lobby in Pakistani establishment using Deobandi terrorists to spoil Pakistan-Iran relations: It is with deepest concern that we notice Deobandi terrorists transnational terrorist operations against Iran and Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan border. In the last few days, scores of Iranian security personnel have been killed by Deobandi terrorsits based in
Mehdi Hasan, an Uncle Tom Shia whitewashes ISIS crimes against Humanity: Credibility is the one word that is farthest from the mind when looking at the statements of Mehdi Hasan. He has build a budding career as a Taliban/Al Qaeda/ISIS apologist with the typical mixture of false binaries, deliberate obfuscations,
LUBP, Rafizis, Qadianis are running a “hate campaign” against the “progressive” Tahir Ashrafi – by Syed Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: LUBP, Rafizis, Qadianis are running a “hate campaign” against the “progressive” Tahir Ashrafi. You made me tear up in my Rooh Afza. hick. hick. I kept downing this brown Halal Rooh Afza from Scotland along with my daily intake
Stop the judicial murder of Saudi dissident scholar Sheikh Nimr – by Ali Abbas Taj: Sheikh Nimr is being executed for peacefully speaking and demanding the rights of the people of the Eastern Province. The world community and in particular, the United States Administration is under pressure from powerful stealthy lobbies to ignore the
A Jiyala’s lament: Current PPP leaders ignoring Party activists call for much needed reforms: While some people are seemingly very upset on the criticism of workers and sympathizers of PPP regarding the policies and actions of Co- Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, they need to realize that such voices are being raised by
By pushing people like Sherry Rehman to the wall, PPP is only harming itself – by Raza Rumi (6 Nov 2010): LUBP’s note: We are cross-posting and archiving a couple of old posts (November 2010) from Pak Tea House blog edited by bloggers Raza Rumi, Yasser Latif Hamdani and Raza Raja in which these bloggers reacted to what they describe
Tarek Fatah is taking credit for Nobel Prize for Malala Yousafzai. Seriously?: A certain group of commerical or dollar-oriented NGO-brand “liberals” is currently posing as ones whose campaign resulted in Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai. The group is led by a Saudi-returned Canadian citizen of Pakistan origin, Tarek Fatah, known
In her own country, Deobandi extremists mourn the Nobel Prize to Malala Yousafzai: “Today, Ludhyanvi, Ashrafi, Mufti Naeem, Taqi Usmani, Fazloo Deobandi and Fazlullah are mourning while Pakistan celebrates. Malala Yousafzai” Where are the Conspiracy Theorists? Is Malala winning the Nobel Prize also part of ”The Script”? (Read London Plan Conspiracy
Request to Husain Haqqani: Let’s break the mainstream obfuscation of Shia genocide by Deobandi terrorists: A few days ago, just before Eid-ul-Azha, at least 25 Shia Muslims were systematically massacred by Deobandi ASWJ (Sipah-e-Sahaba) terrorists in at least four bomb attacks across Pakistan, including Quetta, Kohat, Gilgit Baltistan and Parachinar. However, instead of mentioning
Beware President Obama: ISIS-backer Erdogan wants to replicate “Libyan Model” in Syria: Two recent developments have completely exposed the Turkish PM Erdogan as one of the main supporters, financiers and backers of the Salafi-Deobandi terrorist group, ISIS aka Daish aka IS. In recent comments and in his typical candid manner, US
Political bullying: Saudi and Turk sponsors of ISIS trying to silence Joe Biden’s bold voice against real sponsors of the Salafi Deobandi Islamic State: US Vice President Joe Biden is on record here with one of his famous politically incorrect ‘gaffs’. In this case however he did indeed speak the truth. The US allies like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE have been
US and UK should ban Deobandi and Salafi mosques to stop execution of innocent Western citizens by ISIS terrorists: The executions of Western journalists and aid workers continues unabated. Violence against Sufi and orthodox Sunni Shia, Christian and minorities is attributed to a the Deobandi/Salafi ideology. This is not to say that there is something wrong with
Deobandi terrorists of ASWJ-LeJ and Taliban slaughtering Shia Muslims to commemorate their Eid: Shias of Pakistan are reeling from sadness and shock as the fourth bomb blast against them took place in the last 72 hours. This fourth blast took place in a Shia Hazara locality and five people have already lost
Reza Aslan: An Apologist for Salafi-Deobandi Pan Islamism: There are a number of problems with Reza Aslan’s narrative that are fairly common and need a fitting rebuttal. His narrative is a typical case of false binaries, sweeping generalizations, deliberate omissions and glaring inaccuracies – trends that are
Rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrested for exposing Bahrain’s Deobandi and ISIS connection: Editor’s note: The other day, we published a post about whether Bahrain exists or not. We argued that Bahrain may have been existing as a country where sporting events take place, but Bahrain as a country with human beings
Is Bilawal Zardari the final nail in the PPP’s coffin? The orphans of Bhutto (PPP) are serving the spawn of Zia (PML N)!: This quote in Bilawal’s “apology” on social media is a perfect reflection of his delusions, his confusion as well as an insult to former and current PPP supporters. Coming from someone whose party has become the B-team for Nawaz
Saleem Saafi is berating millions of Ahl-e-Sunnat & advocating enslavement of Sufi Sunni women – by Minahil Khan: Pakistan’s mainstream media has no shortage of journalists who vilify the prevalent Spiritual Sufism and its followers. They have managed to twist the image of this Spiritual Sufism into something of a conspiracy. While these journalists prize themselves on
Deobandi terrorists continue to get a free ride while attacking Army and Navy assets – by Minahil Khan: According to Dawn and other media sources the investigation report by intelligence regarding the issue of Dock yard Assault has come out into the open. The attackers, according to the reports, were none other than Sindhi group of Taliban.
War on ISIS: Robert Fisk’s column on Syrian Parliament’s Speaker’s letter to the US Senate and Congress: The letter from the Speaker of the Syrian parliament, Mohamed Jihad al-Laham, asserts that the “moderate” Syrian opposition which the US has promised to aid and train is identical to the jihadi groups supporting Isis or Isil. What was
How U.S. Interventionists Abetted the Rise of ISIS – by Rand Paul: As the murderous, terrorist Islamic State continues to threaten Iraq, the region and potentially the United States, it is vitally important that we examine how this problem arose. Any actions we take today must be informed by what we’ve
Shia Killing (SK) web site deliberately hides the Deobandi identity of Shia killers: The above status update by the Shia Killing (SK) facebook page is yet another example of deliberate obfuscation and dishonesty by a facebook page which was initially set up to spread awareness about Shia genocide in Pakistan. Even a
Takfiri ASWJ terrorism in Sindh: Will the PPP govt act to save the land of saints? – by Ahad Hussain: Sindh has been the center of Sufism and a haven for people who believed in a spiritual, pluralistic and peaceful version of Islam rather than faith enforced by terrorism. The Saints like Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sachal Sarmast, Lal Shahbaz
On the CIA estimate of number of fighters in the Islamic State – by Bill Roggio: US officials are shocked at the “Islamic State’s rapid growth.” Now, the CIA estimates that the Islamic State has somewhere between 20,000 to 31,500 Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi fighters within its ranks. That number may include “some 15,000 foreign fighters in
Shi’a Muslims and “The Final Solution” – by Agha Jafri: In a heavily guarded Palace conference room in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that is just a few hundred miles away from the vicinities of non-stop bloodshed and destruction, sitting were a few agents of a Gestapo styled apparatus, plotting their
Karachi Naval Dockyard Attack and the Deobandi ASWJ Connection – by A. K. Chishti: Karachi-based journalist Ali Chishti, himself a Deobandi, reveals that the terrorists killed in the 6 Sep 2014 attack on #Karachi Naval dockyard wanted to hijack a Pakistani Navy cruiser. Two (Deobandi takfiri) ASWJ activists along with four Naval Officials
Sex workers or political activists? Pro-Nawaz Sharif media shamefully denigrates PTI-PAT sit-ins in Islamabad: This is how Pakistan’s English press, in tune with secular Deobandis of ANP-PKMAP and fascist Deobandis of JUI-ASWJ, is insulting female political activists in PTI and PAT’s sit-ins in Islamabad. “Irsha 38, a sex worker in Rawalpindi, the gathering
Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar forms in northwestern Pakistan – Bill Roggio: Editor’s note: We are cross posting Bill Roggio’s informative piece on Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, the new reincarnation of Pakistan’s Taliban (TTP) who have sworn to anhilate the State and constitution of Pakistan. It is alarming that such heinous Deobandi and Wahhabi terrorists are