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Being Malala – by Afiya Shehrbano Zia: Recipients of humanitarian awards often invite controversy. In Pakistan, religious and political identities are valued more than the contributions of such recipients. Malala Yousafzai may have the Nobel Peace Prize, but she remains the target of criticism from Pakistani
کاش ملالہ دیوبندی وہابی جہادی بن جائے – نذیر ناجی: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-15&edition=LHR&id=38634_13743987
Anti-Western diatribe: Erdogan declares Lawrence of Arabia a bigger enemy than ISIS: GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took on the iconic Lawrence of Arabia Monday in a furious anti-Western diatribe. The Turkish president compared the outside meddling in the region now to the role the renowned British army
نواز شریف کی خارجہ پالیسی ناکام – ایاز امیر اور نذیر ناجی: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/15-10-2014/col1.html Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-16&edition=LHR&id=38718_33490925
شیعہ ، احمدی ، پارسی اور دیگر افراد پاکستان کیوں چھوڑ رہے ہیں – وسعت اللہ خان: سنہ 47، 48 کا پاکستان وہ ملک تھا جہاں پہلے سے رہنے والوں نے یہ پوچھے بغیر کہ تو دکنی ہے کہ بمبئیا کہ مدراسی کہ راجستھانی کہ گجراتی کہ لکھنوی کہ بہاری ۔۔۔سب کے لیے کیمپ ، بازو
Daily Times editorial: Deobandi takfiri threat to prison security in Pakistan: The discovery on Monday of an underground tunnel being dug by terrorists to break prisoners out of Karachi Central Prison gives further cause for alarm as well as some for optimism. Sindh Rangers say that acting on an intelligence tip-off
مقام اہل بیت اطہار (ع) – از مفتی منیب الرحمان: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-16&edition=LHR&id=38727_78089980
ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کی نماز عید کی امامت پر تکفیری خوارج اور دیوبندی علما کا پراپیگنڈا – خرم زکی: پچھلے دنوں ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کی نماز عید کی امامت پر تکفیری خوارج اور دیوبندی علما نے خوب شور مچایا بلکہ پاکستان میں تکفیری خارجی دہشتگردوں کہ سرپرست اعلی حنیف جالندھری نے تو فتوی تک صادر کر دیا
Time to kick Turkey out of NATO?: The Kurdish town of Kobane in western Syria is under siege by the Islamic State. A U.S.-led coalition has hit at the jihadists sieging Kobane—with 13 strikes on Wednesday and Thursday—but bombs alone may not suffice. It is the
عمران خان اور ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کے جلسوں میں اتنے زیادہ عوام کیوں شریک ہو رہے ہیں – عمار چودھری: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-14&edition=LHR&id=38599_24375622
دو ہزار تیرہ کے انتخابات کی آیئنی اور قانونی حیثیت مشکوک ہو چکی ہے – کنور دلشاد: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-14&edition=LHR&id=38594_72996846
Takfiri Deobandi sectarianism unbound – by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies: ‘Tez’, a new channel on the Pakistani Geo TV network, is dedicated to twenty-four-hour news. There is a rapid-fire news bulletin every fifteen minutes: hence the name, Taz, or fast. But even after an endless stream of stories
Ubaidullah Sindhi’s Pan-Islamism – Tahir Kamran: Renowned historian Aziz Ahmed credits pan-Islamist Ubaidullah Sindhi as “the only political thinker of any considerable calibre to come directly in contact with Russian communism at an early stage”. He epitomised the plural character that characterised the Ghadar Movement,
Why I HATE Malala Yousafzai – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: The politicians propagated their own agenda, liberal fascists whined about their cause and journalists used the issue to put forward their personal agendas through the debate surrounding the teenager. Some writers wrote satires that were taken seriously, others wrote
سوشل میڈیا سے خوف زدہ لوگ – از بابراعوان: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-13&edition=LHR&id=38535_37801959
ملالہ کے لیے ایک خط – از وسعت اللہ خان: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : جناب وسعت اللہ خان صاحب نے ملالہ کے نام لکھے گیے اپنے خط میں ڈھکے چھپے لفظوں میں اس بات کی جانب صاف اشارہ کر دیا ہے کہ ملالہ پر حملہ کرنے والے کوئی بریلوی ،
گو نواز گو کے ساتھ گو زرداری گو – از عمار کاظمی: عمران قادری کے دھرنوں، جلسوں سے ہٹ کر نواز لیگ اور اس کی حمایت کی وجہ سے پیپلز پارٹی کو بہت بڑی مار پڑنے والی ہے۔ یہ انتخابات میں جتنی تاخیر کریں گے عوام کی ان سے نفرت اور
Salafi Deobandi propaganda on internet is more dangerous than the so called Islamic State – by Robert Fisk: Ever since the Pentagon started talking about Isis as apocalyptic, I’ve suspected that websites and blogs and YouTube are taking over from reality. I’m even wondering whether “ Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi Isis” – or Islamic State or Isil,
The life of a Christian in Pakistan – Lubna Thomas Benjamin: ‘The land of pure’ is the meaning of the name of my native country, Pakistan. The country’s population is 97% Muslim while the remaining 3% is divided into Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and other minorities. Ever since the
TTP bowled over by Malala’s Nobel Prize – Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Malala Yousafzai’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and becoming the youngest recipient of the prestigious award has certainly come as a rude shock to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which had expressed joy last year over her missing
Misyar: Legalized prostitution in Saudi Arabia – by Abdul Hannan Tago, Arab News: Misyar marriage has become a social reality and, as such, a solution to some problems and a cause of others, said a professor at King Saud University in Riyadh. “Misyar is widespread because many need to keep their marriages
A letter from Dr Abdus Salam to Malala – by Faraz Talat: Disclaimer: the blog post below is an imagining of what Dr Abdus Salam would convey to Malala today Dear Malala, Despite all that occurred, I’d always lugged around with me a sliver of optimism. They referred to me
IS in Iraq, TTP-ASWJ in AfPak: The same old Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi movie – by Irfan Husain: A COUPLE of days ago, I watched a 45-minute documentary about life under the Islamic State. Made recently, the film-makers had extraordinary access to fighters and civilians in Iraq and Syria. Clearly, IS wanted to show the world
Insights into a suicide bomber training camp in Waziristan – by Sohail Tajik: Since the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 2001, Pakistan has been increasingly victim to suicide bombings. In the past three years, attacks have escalated dramatically, especially after the Deobandi Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation in 2007.[1]
بلاول کا سب سے بڑا مسئلہ اس کے والد آصف زرداری ہیں – نذیر ناجی: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-11&edition=LHR&id=38400_49371849
Bilawal, B Team of the PML-N, says Imran Khan should learn politics from the Bhuttos – Ayaz Amir: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/11-10-2014/col1.html The old tottering, the new struggling to be born – Ayaz Amir Sounds a bit dramatic, the title, doesn’t it? But I get the feeling that hesitantly, without most of us fully realising it, a new
Darul Uloom Deoband creating misfits out of Muslims – Tufail Ahmad: In the interest of Muslims, there is an urgent need to reform or shut down Darul Uloom Deoband, the internationally known Islamic seminary engendering obscurantism, sectarianism and religious orthodoxies harmful to Muslims. In a recent fatwa, it ruled
Forgiveness: An Important Skill to Learn – A Z: That I have always found it very easy to forgive those who have wronged me is not because I am a saint, it is because it makes a lot of sense to me. There is so much schmaltzy rhetoric
Great News – Malala Yousafzai has won the Nobel Peace Prize- A Z: Can’t say fairer than that for an honour that has often been awarded for doing absolutely nothing. Remember, Obama? Fantastic news, when there is so much misery and pain in the world, it’s wonderful to know people who
So sorry, Mehrin Kauser, a Hazara victim of Shia genocide – by Abbas Nasir: EVERY day, evidence stares us in the face of how we have failed our people in general and vulnerable sections of society in particular; of how we fail to honour those who stand up to the odds like Nobel
حنیف جالندھری دیوبندی- کرپشن اور تاریخ کے آئنیہ میں، تحقیقی رپورٹ: قاری حنیف جالندھری دیوبندی جنہوں نے حال میں ہی شیعہ سنی مسلمانوں کے خلاف اپنی تکفیری تکلیف کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے ایک فتوی جاری کیا ہے کہ طاہر القادری کی امامت میں نماز عید باطل ہے۔آئیے کچھ دیر ان
بلاول اور زرداری پیپلز پارٹی کے جیالوں کے زخموں پر نمک مت چھڑکیں – حسن نثار: http://www.dawn.com/news/1137040/disgruntled-ppp-workers-refuse-to-attend-karachi-public-meeting
UK police arrest 4 Wahabi/Deobandi men suspected of terror plot: London (CNN) — Four men were arrested Tuesday in London on suspicion of planning an act of terrorism, one that the city’s police commissioner described as “quite a serious case.” Armed police officers assisted in the arrests of the
New York Times: Pakistani Deobandi militants step up attacks in Iran: TEHRAN — Sunni insurgents in Pakistan increased attacks on Iranian border posts in the southeast of the country this week, employing methods similar to those used by Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. In one instance, a
Saudi Arabia, Qatar funding extremism: British commander: A former British commander in Iraq says that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are accountable for globally spreading extremism. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, General Jonathan Shaw said that both of the Arab states have ignited a “time
In Pakistan, Deobandi TTP-ASWJ militants support the so called Islamic State – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: The TTP Ameer, Mullah Fazlullah’s, announcement to send fighters to help the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria is a disturbing development for Pakistan as the move shows that after extending its area of influence in
عبد القادر گیلانی کے ذاتی باڈی گارڈز کے ہاتھوں پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے کارکن طاہر ملک کا قتل: عبد القادر گیلانی کے ذاتی باڈی گارڈز نے پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے کارکن طاہر ملک کو صرف اس لیئے قتل کر دیا کیوں کہ طاہر ملک نے اس “وی وی آئی پی” شخص کی لینڈ کروزر کے قریب سے
جرنیل ناصر جنجوعہ صاحب – مظلوم شیعہ ہزارہ برادری سے تعزیت کافی نہیں – تکفیری دیوبندی سپاہ صحابہ کے سرغنہ رمضان مینگل کو گرفتار کریں: جنرل ناصر جنجوعہ صاحب، بڑی مہربانی کے آپ تشریف لائے اور آپ نے زخموں پر مرہم رکھے لیکن یہ کافی نہیں ہے۔ جب تک آپ رمضان مینگل اور رفیق مینگل جیسے دہشتگردوں کو کیفر کردار تک نہیں پہنچاتے، جب
Saudis against the ISIS: sea change? – Dr Mohammad Taqi: Editor’s note: While Dr Taqi legitimately highlights the Saudi roots of global Salafi Wahhabi terrorism and its key role in the spread of ISIS and other similar terror outfits across the globe, it is also important to take into