LUBP policy on appeasers and humanizers of terrorists: This is to reiterate LUBP policy on those writers, institutions and groups that appease, promote or humanize hate mongers and terrorists. This includes people who obfuscate Shia Genocide by Takfiri Deobandi terrorists as Shia Sunni sectarian violence or
How American Muslims can respond to Boston – by Asra Q. Nomani: Editor’s note: Cross posting short excerpts from a brilliant article by Asra Nomani in the Daily Beast. “What these statements ignore is the existence of an interpretation of Islam—strains of ideologies with names like Wahhabi, Salafi, and Deobandi—that do
PPP is being singled out by Judiciary-Media?: Question: Why only PPP is being singled out by Judiciary-Media? Former PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is being attacked for developing his constituency – this should be good. but no, today’s daily times calls it pork barrel politics. when sharif
Freedom: what freedom and for whom? – by Waseem Altaf: The derogatory term and its connotations, still in use by some; Hindu “baniya” does not in any way reflect the reality. The Hindu shopkeeper or businessman, mostly in charge of business and trade in this part of the sub-continent
Being afraid of our own demons – by Khurram Jamil Butt: “How are you, bhai”? “Good work, behna”. “Welcome to our home, baji”. “Cool job, bro”. “You show ‘em, sis”. The standard language of discourse between Pakistani men and women who happen to have been temporarily thrown together in a
Lincoln for Pakistan’s President – by Ali Lahori: The Oscar winning movie “Lincoln” will soon be available on video. This awesome movie is about one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America. It is also about a president whose fundamental challenge was not international
I am a Sunni, I think I am – by Ali Lahori: Perhaps I am suffering from a bad case of amnesia. I think my parents told me that I am a Sunni and I was supposed to follow the sunnah of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). My parents taught me to love
Is ISI killing Sunnism – by Ali Lahori: Like many social and biological systems, the success of religious movements is often a function of securing some type of evolutionary advantage. In simpler terms: better ideologies win while inferior ideologies vanish. Moses challenged Pharaoh and staged a rebellion
In Appreciation of Laal: I. A. Rehman (Chairperson Human Rights Commission Pakistan): Bravo! With you in this. Fahmida Riaz Lahore, Pakistan: Piary Bhai. I am with you, tell me to do anything and I will be ready to do it. What
The unequal time rule – by Huma Yousaf: Editors note: Otherwise a good article. While Huma Yousaf states the Hazara identity of killed Shias, what stops her from stating Deobandi identity of ASWJ killers? Is Sunni-Shia sectarian violence an apt term for #ShiaGenocide in Pakistan? LONDON —
میرا وطن مجھ سے سوال کرتا ہے کہ….. از علی پور کا نیدی: میرا وطن مجھ سے سوال کرتا ہے کہ…. میں کتنی لاشیں اٹھاؤں…….؟؟؟؟ کتنوں کا لہو سمیٹوں……؟؟؟؟ کتنی آہیں سنوں ……..؟؟؟؟ کتنی سسکیاں برداشت کروں……؟؟؟ کتنے درد سہوں ……..؟؟؟ میرا ضبط ہار گیا….. میرا زرہ زرہ اذیتوں کی انتہا
The Takfiri Deobandi Militant Menace – by Tariq Khosa: IN the wake of the attacks against the Shia Hazaras in Quetta, accusations have been levelled by a section of civil society, media and human rights organisations that the armed forces and its intelligence agencies have some links with
We have to answer our future – by Javed Akram: On 3 February 2013, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsnaullah Ehsan in a video interview appearing with Adnan Rashid, the prime convict in the Pervez Musharraf (Ex-President of Pakistan) attempted suicide attack case, said that if Pakistan-Muslim-League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz