Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form – The New Yorker: WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — After announcing, on Thursday 26 June 2014, that it would seek $500 million to help “train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the moderate Syrian armed opposition,” the White House today posted the following
Media discourse on Deobandi terrorism 6-22 June 2014: Book Review: The Pashtun Question by Abubakar Siddique By Ayesha Chugh First Post 21 June In his book, Siddique includes an interview with a former Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil. Through Muttawakil’s story, Siddique demonstrates how many impoverished
Secular Sectarians: LUBP editor’s note: Ever wondered why secular, pro-human rights and liberal groups and activists in Pakitan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere are silent or vague on persecution of Sunni Sufi, Barelvi and Shia Muslims? Every
A new challenge for Zarb-e-Azb: Uzbek terrorists join ASWJ: In the aftermath of Pakistan army’s operation against TTP-ASWJ and other takfiri Khawarij terrorists, Uzbek terrorists in Pakistan have decided to merge in the banned Deobandi terror outfit ASWJ (formely Sipah-e-Sahaba). This confirms that ASWJ is the single major
ISIS doesn’t represent Sunni Muslims – by Ali Raza: In 1801 and 1802, the Saudi Salafi militans under Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud attacked and captured the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf in Iraq, equally revered by Sunni Sufis and Shias, began to massacre parts of
Media discourse on Deobandi terrorism – 20 May to 14 June 2014: War on the Rocks, 20 May 2014 Who’s killing Pakistan’s Shia and why? – C. Christine Fair With this victory under their belts, Islamists—particularly led by those associated with the Deobandi interpretative tradition—aimed to have Pakistan’s Shia declared non-Muslim.