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The 7/7 bombing memorial in London vandalised just hours before commemorations – by Richard Spillett: Relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings joined survivors for an emotional ceremony to remember the 52 people who died nine years ago today. A minute’s silence was held at the 7/7 memorial in London’s
The sheepification of Bakistan – by Mina Malik-Hussain: When we were small, there was a month and it used to be called Ramzan. It was Ramzan on television, it was Ramzan in the newspaper with the sehr-o-iftar timings and while nobody had a cell phone
ملا عمر مسلمانوں کو ابوبکر البغدادی کی بیعت کرنے کا حکم دین، مولانا طاہر اشرفی: داعش کی عراق میں دہشتگردی کے بعد موصل اور نیوا میں عارضی کامیابیوں کے بعد اس گروہ کے سربراہ ابوبکر البغدادی نے خلافت کا اعلان کردیا اور ایک حالیہ ویڈیو میں دنیا بھر کے مسلمانوں سے اطاعت کی اپیل
عرب دنیا کے بُرے بانسری باز – از خالد المعینا: دمشق اور بغداد ایک زمانے میں علم و تہذیب وتمدّن کا گہوارہ ہوا کرتے تھے۔ آج ان شہروں پر تاریکی اتر چکی ہے اور درحقیقت عرب دنیا کہلانے والے تمام علاقے تاریکی، طوائف الملوکی اور کنفیوژن میں ڈوبے ہوئے
Pakistan’s Secular Sectarians and the “Anti-Establishment” Debate: The most recent operation by the Pakistan military in North Waziristan has revealed both the fissures in the establishment as well as the intellectual dishonesty of much of Pakistan’s so-called “liberal intelligentsia” In particular, the interview of former D
Life of a Canadian Salafi Jihadi Wife in the ‘Caliphate’. She went to Syria to provide sex to ISIS’s Salafi fighters & is now a widow: Eight months ago, Umm Haritha, a 20-year-old woman from Canada, made her way to Turkey against her parents’ wishes with a half-empty suitcase and $1,500. Within a week she was in Syria, and a few weeks later she
Political Islam: Why Salafi and Deobandi militants now symbolise Muslims – by Anwar Iqbal: The most recognizable face of political Islam today is neither a mullah nor a religious scholar. It is a militant. Until 2001, spellchecks did not recognise the word Taliban and suggested changing it to “tally bone.” Now it
Iran’s Hashmi Rafsanjani calls for Iran-Saudi cooperation against takfiri terrorists: Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president and current chairman of the Expediency Council, has called for cooperation by regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to counter the rise of terrorism. “The actions of terrorist groups in the region occurred in the shadows
Brutal Killings of Sunnis by Takfiri Salafi/Wahhabi/Deobandi ISIS: While this a gruesome post, it is important document the level of cruelty that is espoused by Takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi and Salafi ideologies. It is important to understand that Fascism of any kind is not compatible with the modern
دیوبندی سلفی دہشت گردوں کی دہشت گردی سامراجی منصوبے کا حصہ ہے – از عبدلقادر: شام : شام میں بشار السد کی سیکولر حکومت کا تختہ الٹنے کے لئے “جمہوریت” کے نام پر خانہ جنگی شروع کروائی جاتی ہے، اس خانہ جنگی کو “عرب سپرنگ” یا ” شامی بغاوت” کا نام دیا جاتا ہے۔
British Isis fighter in Syria says he is willing to die: ‘I left with the intention not to go back’ – by Antonia Molloy: A British jihadist who is fighting for Isis in Syria has said he is willing to die for his cause – and that there is no turning back. Abdul Raqib Amin, who was born in Bangladesh but grew
“Neo-Terrorism”: The mutation of Al-Qaeda into the Islamic State – by Elijah J. Magnier: Elijah J Magnier @Ejmalrai, AL RAI Chief International Correspondent, contributed to this report. One of the suboptimal habits of humans is to compare different things, expect them to behave similarly, and treat them the way we are ‘used
Sunni clerics demand raids on Deobandi seminaries to nab absconding Taliban terrorists: Renowned Sunni Bralevis Cleric Pir Masoom Naqvi who heads JUP Niazi group has said that timid takfiri terrorists of Taliban are fleeing due to Operation Zarb-e-Azb and their escape is a lesson to those who worshipped notorious Taliban
A judgment on minorities in Pakistan – by Amel Ghani: March 15, 2014. An angry mob attacked and set on fire a Hindu dharamshala in Larkana, Sindh. The provocation for this attack was the supposed desecration of a calendar with Quranic verses by one Sanjeet Kumar. By
دیوبندی تکفیری فتنے کی چند مثالیں – از عبدلقادر: عصر حاضر کے دیوبندی سلفی فتنے کو سمجھانے کے لئے کچھ مثالیں عرض کرتا ہوں 1)- 1996 تا 2001 صرف 5 سال حکومت ملنے پر دیوبندیوں نے افغانستان میں بدھا کے 1800 سال پرانے عظیم مجسموں کو مسمار کر
دولت اسلامیہ کے عراق پر حملے کے پردہ نشین منصوبہ بند بے نقاب ہوگئے – از عامر حسینی: ترکی سے شایع ہونے والے ایک اخبار Özgür Gündem نے ایک خصوصی کورسٹوری میں انکشاف کیا ہے کہ عراق کے شہر موصل پر حملے اور بغداد کی طرف پیش رفت کی منصوبہ بندی اردن کے دارالحکومت عمان میں ایک
Teenage twin Salafi sisters from Manchester crept out of their bedrooms to join ISIS in Syria – by Liz Hull With Mia De Graaf: Twin sisters aged 16 may have travelled to Syria to become jihadi brides, it is claimed. The British citizens crept away from their home in the middle of the night and boarded a flight to Turkey. The girls’
Özgür Gündem: ISIS attack planned in Amman: It has emerged that the recent ISIS assault on Iraq was planned at a meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman. According to the Özgür Gündem newspaper, the secret meeting was attended by the KDP and Ba’athists and took
Salafi ISIS demolish Sunni mosques, shrines in northern Iraq: Islamic militant sect, ISIS, which has been rampaging across the north and west of Iraq since last month, has been demolishing sacred sites such as shrines and mosques around the historic northern city of Mosul in Nineveh province.
Michael Gove: we must defend liberal values against Salafi and Deobandi Islamist extremism: Michael Gove defended decision to appoint ex-Scotland Yard head of counter-terrorism to lead investigation into ‘Trojan horse’ affair. Photograph: Lee Thomas/Zuma Press/Corbis Michael Gove has called for a “robust” defence of liberal values in the face of the
Manchester: Twin British Salafi sisters aged 16 ‘fled home at night to join Islamist fighters in Syria’ – by Alex Wellman: Syria: Police fear the girls have joined their elder brother to fight Twin sisters from Britain have fled their beds in the middle of the night to join Isis fighters battling a holy war in Syria, it has
Iraq crisis: As Shia and Sunni shrines are targeted by Wahhabi ISIS, the fiercest of wars lies ahead – by Patrick Cockburn: The meltdown of American and British policy in Iraq and Syria attracts surprisingly little criticism at home. Their aim for the past three years has been get rid of Bashar al-Assad as ruler of Syria and stabilise Iraq under
‘None of our business’ is no answer to Wahhabi/Deobandi terror – by Matthew d’Ancona: Tomorrow marks the ninth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in London, in which 52 civilians were killed and more than 700 injured. I vividly recall the first reports of a “power surge” on the Tube reaching The Sunday
Many of the British jihadis are linked to the hardline Salafi sect – The Telegraph: Can a woman be a jihadi? Theresa May seems to think so. She told ITV News last night that it’s not just British men leaving to join the extremist group Isis in Iraq and Syria. “We think
Taliban cut hair, beards to flee Pakistan army assault: BANNU: Hundreds of Taliban fighters rushed to disguise themselves with new haircuts in the weeks before a Pakistani army assault, it has emerged, as refugees revealed details of life under the militants — and their taste for
Suicide bombers killed while making a bomb in a Deobandi madrassah in Karachi: KARACHI: At least two persons were killed while four others reportedly received serious injuries following a powerful bomb explosion which jolts almost 15 kilometers of the area from its spot in Qasba Colony of Karachi, the metropolis of Pakistan. According
ہم سعودی عرب میں داعش کے تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے خود کش حملے کی مذمت کرتے ہیں: سعودی عرب : سعودی عرب کے جنوبی شہر شرورہ میں دو تکفیری وہابی دیوبندی خود کش حملہ آوروں نے ایک سرکاری عمارت کے باہر خود کو دھماکے سے اڑالیا ۔ ڈان نیوز ٹی وی کی رپورٹ کے مطابق ہفتے
کیا پاکستان کا مقدّر آئی ایس آئی ایس کے درندوں کی وحشی خلافت کا ایک صوبہ بننا ہے؟ – محمد عامر رانا: دیگر فیکٹرز کے ساتھ ساتھ پاکستان کی ریاست کی ازلی بے حسی اور سیکورٹی کے ایشو پر بے عملی نے دیوبندی اور سلفی وہابی مسالک سے تعلق رکھنے والے جہادی نان اسٹیٹ ایکٹرز کو پھلنے پھولنے کے لئے نہ
پانچ جولائی کا شب خون جب ایک فوجی حکمران نے پاکستان پر دیوبندی ملائیت کی سیاہ رات مسلط کر دی – از عامر حسینی: 5 جولائی 1977ء کی رات کو پاکستانی فوج نے اس وقت ایک منتخب جمہوری حکومت کا تختہ الٹنے کا فیصلہ کرلیا جبکہ 16 دسمبر 1971ء میں اس کے نوے ہزار فوجیوں کی جانب سے ڈهاکہ میں ہتهیار ڈالے
Deobandi Salafi terrorists do the Khawarij drag – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: Welcome to the Deobandi Cross Dresser Awards. From Mullah Aziz of Lal Masjid to the increasing number of his Taliban comrades, the Niqab/Burqa is a favourite garment to escape the field of battle. In Keeping with a tradition of
‘We’ll take back Spain’: Fighters claim ISIS to seize ‘occupied lands’: A group of jihadists claiming to be part of ISIS have vowed to invade Spain along with all other “occupied lands” in a video posted on the web. The men say Spain is the land of their
Pakistan army’s questionable conduct in Okara: LUBP strongly condemns the cold blooded murder of two landless peasants at the military farm in Okara. Three others were injured in the attack. This matter should be thoroughly investigated and the those involved in this brutality should be
Holder announces task force on ‘homegrown’ terrorists – by Timothy M. Phelps: Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder, Jr. on Monday announced the creation of a task force within the Justice Department to combat an “escalating danger” from “homegrown” terrorists within the United States. The Justice Department, in a news release accompanying Holder’s weekly video
ISIS terrorists attack Saudi border post: Three takfiri khawarij killed by Saudi troops: Al Arabiya News obtained on Friday exclusive pictures of the bodies of the gunmen who attacked a border post between Yemen and Saudi Arabia killing one Saudi border security officer and one Yemeni soldier. Sources told Al Arabiya News
Generals and Oil Corporations: In this post, we present some snapshots from Pakistani and international media that demonstrate incompetence of generals (Pakistani, American, British etc) and also the role of Oil Corporations in international strategies and policy decisions. Ayaz Amir (The News, 4
Pakistan army’s operation in North Waziristan is a tragic necessity – by Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy: ‘Progressive Pakistanis should openly support the operation against a barbaric foe. Specious objections will merely serve to strengthen them,’ says Pervez Hoodbhoy in an interview with Viewpoint on the military operation going on in Waziristan. Noted intellectual
US should back Syria’s Assad against ISIS – by Bob Dreyfuss: One key to solving the ISIS crisis is hunkered down in the presidential palace in Damascus, and his name is Bashar al-Assad. Demonized by the United States and by neoconservatives long before he waged a ruthless, take-no-prisoners
What ISIS and the ‘caliphate’ mean for Pakistan – by Muhammad Amir Rana: Among many factors, the Pakistani state’s protracted apathy and inaction on the issue of security has provided non-state actors the spaces to grow and expand their influence. They used these spaces not only to propagate their ideologies and
IDPs from N Waziristan recall nightmares with Taliban: NEW YORK: Displaced people from North Waziristan agency have spoken out against Pakistani Taliban’s nightmarish hold of their tribal region bordering Afghanistan, saying they destroyed their social structure and traditions. Some of the tens of thousands of people from
Return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Deobandis of Lal Masjid – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-07-03&edition=ISL&id=1151938_76395634 Return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Takfiri Deobandis: “Anyone remembers the notorious Deobandi seminary Jamia Hafsa of Islamabad, affiliated with the Laal Masjid? They are back in the business of kidnapping, torturing and brainwashing innocent