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How does the “Sunni vs Shia” prism explain the Genocide of Christians and Yazdis by Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Those were the days when ISIS was known by a different set of vowels and consonants like FSA. Back then they were just chewing on Shia livers, massacring Christians and attacking Sunni Kurds. Who would have thought
عمران خان اور طاہر القادری کا مقابلہ کرنا نواز شریف کے بس کی بات نہیں -از ارشاد عارف: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/aug2014-daily/12-08-2014/col13.htm
If the Nobel Peace Prize can be handed to Obama, why not hand it to the Israeli Defence Force? – by Robert Fisk: Now I know that the Israeli Defence Forces are famous in song and legend. Humanitarian, courageous, self-sacrificing, restrained, willing to give their own lives for the innocents among their enemies, etc, etc. Leon Uris’s Exodus – a racist,
Iraq crisis: West’s ‘mandate’ limited by national borders – and don’t dare mention oil – by Robert Fisk: In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last greatest crisis in Iraq. Christians fleeing for their lives? Save them. Yazidis starving on
Crisis in the Middle East: The end of a country, and the start of a new dark age – by Patrick Cockburn: Iraq has disintegrated. Little is exchanged between its three great communities – Shia, Sunni and Kurd – except gunfire. The outside world hopes that a more inclusive government will change this but it is probably too late. The main
اکثریت پر امن بریلوی سنی مسلمان ، سعودی وہابی حمایت یافتہ نواز حکومت کی دہشت گردی کا شکار: روزنامہ ڈان کی رپورٹ کے مطابق پنجاب حکومت نے بدھ کو پاکستان عوامی تحریک کے رہنما طاہر القادری پر عوام کو ” تشدد پر اکسانے ” کا مقدمہ قائم کر دیا – یہ مقدمہ فیصل ٹاؤں تھانے میں
LRB: For America, Britain and the Western powers, the rise of Isis and the Caliphate is the ultimate disaster – by Patrick Cockburn: As the attention of the world focused on Ukraine and Gaza, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) captured a third of Syria in addition to the quarter of Iraq it had seized in June.
پنجاب میں پیپلز پارٹی کی سیاست کی ناکامی اور بلاول کے ڈھول کا پول – از عامر حسینی: عوامی سیاست کی دعوے دارجماعتوں پی پی پی، اے این پی و دیگر کی حالت یہ ہے کہ اپنے دور اقتدار میں انہوں نے اقتدار بچانے کے لیے فوجی و عدالتی اسٹبلشمنٹ سے سمجهوتے کئے، معشیت کے میدان میں
Obama is mute on his friendly ally Saudi Arabia, whose Salafists are the inspiration and fund-raisers for the Deobandi/Wahabi militias of Iraq and Syria – by Robert Fisk: He wouldn’t bomb Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s bloody caliphate when it was butchering the majority Shia Muslims of Iraq. But Barak Obama is riding to the rescue of the Christian refugees – and the Yazidis – because of “a potential
Rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria: This is the Arab world’s Salafi-Jihadi moment – by Shadi Hameed: A believer in the possibilities of coexistence, Sayed Kashua is, or perhaps was, the most prominent Arab-Israeli author writing in Hebrew. Punctured with staccato prose, his column on leaving Jerusalem, perhaps forever, was a beautifully written, heartbreaking admission
‘Jihadist’ flag flown at entrance of East London housing estate: A black flag, bearing white Arabic inscriptions similar to those flown by Jihadis, was mounted at the entrance of a housing estate in Canary Wharf’s East London early this week. Surrounded by an array of Palestinian slogans and
Australian PM appalled at decapitated head photo: A shocking image of what is believed to be the young son of an Australian man holding a decapitated head in Syria shows how barbaric the Islamic State “terrorist army” is, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday. Abbott
Syria’s Military: Last Man Standing? – by Florence Gaub: Not long ago, every defection from Syria’s armed forces was hailed as yet another sign that the country’s military was about to collapse—and with it, the regime as a whole. In a dramatic public countdown, Al Jazeera installed
Media discourse on Deobandi terrorism – 15 Jul to 15 Aug 2014: Meet this young doctor who joined ISIS and killed 30 people in a suicide attack Daily Bhaskar Jul 16, 2014, This is not the first time that Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi have transformed into suicide bombers. The Saudi-funded Salafi
India shaken by case of Muslim men missing in Iraq – Mansi Choksi & Ellen Barry: KALYAN, India: For more than a decade, as alienated young Muslim men from all over the world left home to fight on the side of Islamists in distant conflicts, it has been a truism that they were not
‘F*** off Jew!’ What I was told when I photographed a ‘jihadist’ flag flying in London – by Ted Jeory: I WAS told this morning by a community activist in east London to be kind in this article to the Bengali Muslim youths who threatened violence last night…and who told me to “F*** off Jew, you’re not welcome here.”So
Nawaz Sharif is unfit to govern Pakistan – by Cyril Almeida: IT’S happening. It really is. Scorched earth. Pyrrhic victory. Cutting off nose. Shooting in the foot. The custodians of democracy have done what the anti-democrats wanted. Lahore feels like a war zone. Fuel is unavailable. Roads are shut.
Wahabi/Deobandi militants in Iraq are widely loathed, yet action to curb them is elusive – by Somini Sengupta: UNITED NATIONS — Its fighters have seized oil fields, held water supplies hostage, and commandeered heavy artillery that the United States once supplied to a friendly government in Iraq. In late July, they decapitated Syrian soldiers, put their
Could ISIS retaliate against the West? – by Paul Cruickshank: The U.S. air strikes carried out Friday against ISIS are likely to have one unintended consequence: immediately increase the terrorist threat in Europe and the United States, Western counter-terrorism officials tell CNN. Within hours of U.S. military jets and
Jamhooriat running scared and wolves at the door – by Ayaz Amir: Imran Khan stands isolated. Tahirul Qadri is a shady character and is of no account. If both these propositions are correct what is the government’s problem? Why is it so out of breath? If Shahbaz Sharif’s interview to
طالبان کے حامی حامد میر کی طاہر القادری کو تکفیری دیوبندی طالبان سے ملانے کی بھونڈی کوشش: جب سے ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری نے شیعہ سنی اتحاد کی قیادت کرتے ہوے وہابی دیوبندی حمایت یافتہ نواز شریف کی حکومت کی سیاسی مخالفت شروع کی ہے نواز شریف کے ٹکڑوں پر پلنے والے نام نہاد لبرل صحافی اور
An open letter to murderers of minorities – by Zara Hafeez: Attacks against minorities have spiked in recent months to degrees that are callous and merciless. PHOTO: FILE Dear ruthless, relentless and barbaric attackers of the minorities in my country, I‘d like to start by asking you about what
Holy War Arrives in Germany – by Soeren Kern: “Never before have the sympathizers of Islamic terror appeared so openly in Germany.” — Editorial, Westfalen-Blatt. “Anyone who thought the civil war in Syria or the barbarity of the Islamic State in Iraq does not affect us, you are
I will not celebrate August 14 – by Naeem Sadiq: Considering how our minorities are counting their dead every day, why are we celebrating anything? August 14, 2009 I decided not to celebrate August 14th this year to show my personal grief, shame and solidarity with the nine
US actions in Iraq fueled rise of a rebel – by Tim Arango & Eric Schmitt: BAGHDAD — When American forces raided a home near Falluja during the turbulent 2004 offensive against the Iraqi Wahabi/Deobandi insurgency, they got the hard-core militants they had been looking for. They also picked up an apparent hanger-on, an
‘Thank God for the Saudis’: ISIS, Iraq, and the Lessons of Blowback – by Steve Clemons: “Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar,” John McCain told CNN’s Candy Crowley in January 2014. “Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends,” the senator said once again a month later,
مسلم لیگ نواز کے خواجہ سعد رفیق کی پر امن سنی بریلوی اور شیعہ مسلمانوں پر بے جا الزام تراشی – از عمران حیدر: مسلم لیگ ن کےمتعصب رہنما خواجہ سعد رفیق نےایک پروگرام میں بات کرتےہوئےکہا کہ دیوبندی اور اہل تشیع میں تو مسلح جتھے موجود تھےاب طاہرالقادری کی شکل میں بریلویوں میں بھی مسلح جتھا آگیا ہے ہم سعد رفیق سےکہتےہیں
دیوبندی نواز حکومت کے ہاتھوں شہید ہونے والی ایک سنی صوفی کارکن عورت کے نام ایک نظم – از عامر حسینی: مجهے تمہارا نام نہیں معلوم مجهے تمہارے وچاروں کی بهی خبر نہیں جانتا ہوں لوگ تم جیسی عورتوں کے میدان میں نکل آنے انقلاب انقلاب کے نعروں پہ ہنستے ہیں پرانے خرانٹ ہوئے کچه گدھ بن جانے والے جو
پاکستان میں بھگت سنگھ اور گنگارام کے گاؤں آج بھی نازاں – از شیزار حسن: پاکستان اور بھارت کے موجودہ تعلقات کے پیش نظر آج یہ تصور کرنا قدرے مشکل لگتا ہے کہ کبھی یہ دونوں ملک ایک ہی تھے۔ مگر پاکستان میں بھگت سنگھ اور سر گنگارام کے گاؤں میں پہنچ کر یہ
British ‘Primark jihadist’ killed fighting for Wahabi/Deobandi Islamic State – by Martin Evans: A former Primark worker from Portsmouth has become the latest Briton to be killed in the Middle East fighting for the feared Jihadist group Islamic State. Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25, whose father runs an Indian Restaurant travelled to
Isis Salafi Wahabi militants ‘buried alive Yazidi women and children in attack that killed 500’ – The Independent: Militants in north-western Iraq have buried women and children alive during their offensive against the Yazidi ethnic minority, according to Iraq’s minister for human rights. The bodies were reportedly found in a mass grave in the wake of
Israel-Gaza conflict: What has Israel achieved in 26 bloody days? – by Patrick Cockburn: As Gaza is devastated by a new paroxysm of violence, what has Israel achieved by its 26-day bombardment and ground intervention? The outcome so far is similar to that of past Israeli wars in Lebanon and Gaza:
Dress the Gaza situation up all you like, but the truth hurts – by Robert Fisk: There was a time when our politicians and media had one principal fear when covering Middle East wars: that no one should ever call them anti-Semitic. So corrosive, so vicious was this charge against any honest
Is Tarek Fatah really a friend of Jews? – Pakistan Blogzine: Picture source: http://jdlcanada.wordpress.com/picturesvideos/ There is enough evidence to suggest that the former Saudi-resident Tarek Fatah was deeply anti-Israel and anti-Semitic until 2006 after which he acclimatized to his new country, Canada and changed his antisemitism to phobia of Shias,
نواز ، شہباز شیعہ اور سنی بریلوی مسلمانوں کے خلاف ضیائی ہتھکنڈوں پر اتر آے – از عامر حسینی: میاں نواز شریف انیڈ شہباز شریف کے اندر سوئی ہوئی جنرل ضیاء الحق کی روح پوری طرح سے بیدار ہوگئی ہے اور اس بیداری نے ان دونوں بهائیوں کو وہ کرنے پر مجبور کیا ہے جس کا ایک بورژوا
عامر لیاقت کی لیاقت – از ظفر محمد خان: Source: http://www.zemtv.com/2014/08/06/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA/
Najaf takes in Christians displaced by Wahabi/Deobandi Islamic State – Al-Monitor: NAJAF, Iraq — After Christians were forced to leave Mosul and other areas that fell under the control of the Islamic State (IS), Kurdish and Shiite dominated cities opened their doors to receive them. Religious authorities adopted stances
Xinjiang city bans Islamic dress: Editor’s note: This article illustrates the selective stances of the Pan-Islamist. While many times more Muslims are killed, denied their universal right to practice their faith and driven off a hundred times more land than Palestine, the Islamist
شودر سے مسلمان اور مسلمان شودر تک کا سفر – ازعمار کاظمی: گزشتہ دنوں جب میں نے فلسطین پر ایرانی اور شیعہ رویے کے حوالے سے یہ لکھا کہ۔ دنیا کی شیعہ اکثریت کا حال بھی وہی ہے جو عرب ممالک میں پاکستانیوں کا ہے۔ نہ عرب پاکستانیوں کو مذہب کی
Wahabi/Deobandi Extremists in Iraq Seize 3 Towns From Kurds and Threaten Major Dam: BAGHDAD — Wahabi/Deobandi extremists seized control of three towns in northern Iraq on Sunday after fierce battles with Kurdish security forces, sending thousands of people fleeing to the nearby mountains and threatening the country’s largest dam. In