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ہے کوئی نجی جامعات سے پوچھنے والا؟ – خرم زکی: چند روز قبل ایک ایسا واقعہ رونما ہوا، جس نے سوچ کا رخ مختلف سمتوں میں موڑ دیا ہے۔ کراچی کے ایک نجی یونیورسٹی کے طالب علم کی خود کشی نے جہاں والدین اور احباب کو غمگین اور کرب
UK has ‘legal duty’ to challenge Saudi Arabia over Yemen airstrikes: The British government must challenge Saudi Arabia over whether it is using UK weapons to breach international humanitarian law by launching indiscriminate airstrikes in Yemen, a leading lawyer has told the UK arms export control
British Muslim leaders wage war on Isis propaganda in UK mosques and homes: Leading British Muslims have admitted a propaganda battle against Islamic State is now being fought in their own mosques and communities. While the Islamic State’s ability to disseminate its propaganda online and through social media is well documented,
تھر میں بڑھتے دیوبندی وہابی مدارس اور بنیاد پرستی: نیشنل کمیشن فار ہیومن رائٹس نے سندھ کے صحرائی علاقے تھر میں دیوبندی وہابی مدارس کی بڑھتی ہوئی تعداد پر تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ ادارے کا کہنا ہے کہ تھر ریاست کی لاتعلقی، حکومتی نااہلی، افسر شاہی کی سست
UK documentary exposes Saudi role in global terror operations: ITV’s Exposure: Saudi Arabia Uncovered portrays the horrific brutality with which the House of Saud maintains its rule and has been the subject of intense media commentary. Much of this focuses on the documentary’s depiction of how dissent
مودی کے لئے سعودی ایوارڈ – خورشید ندیم: Source: http://dunya.com.pk/index.php/author/khursheed-nadeem/2016-04-06/14987/83893068#.VwppsFLLfcR
Cleaning the Punjab of Takfiri Deobandi militancy – by Tahir Kamran: Subsequent to the Lahore blast, law enforcement agencies have launched an operation of sorts, resulting in a crackdown on several places of the Punjab and several ‘miscreants’ are reported to have been nabbed. Thus the exceptionalism which was
Legends of the mandate – Ayaz Amir: So someone has blown the whistle on high-flying beneficiaries of offshore companies/holdings. And among the lucky souls are our very own scions of the Mandate: the two sons, Hussain and Hasan, and the daughter being groomed for a
Masood Azhar: The man who brought jihad to Britain: Masood Azhar, today the head of one of Pakistan’s most violent militant groups, was once the VIP guest of Britain’s leading Islamic scholars. Why, asks Innes Bowen. When one of the world’s most important jihadist leaders landed at
The twin pillars of PPP: On April 4, a day with flowers in full bloom, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) of Pakistan was led to the gallows. He was 51. Not far from the site which ended his life, his daughter, Benazir Bhutto
دیوبندی مولوی کس طرح معصوم نوجوانوں کو دہشت گردی کے لئے برین واش کرتے ہیں – رحیم الله یوسفزئی کا فکر انگیز کالم: Source: http://e.jang.com.pk/04-04-2016/karachi/pic.asp?picname=06_07.gif
Taliban sold Indian spy to Pakistani intelligence: Senior German diplomat: The Taliban sold an Indian spy to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), says a high-ranking German diplomat. The former German ambassador in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Syria, Gunter Mulack, made the claim while giving a speech in Karachi, The Hindu English-language Indian
Saudi forces deliberately used poisonous gas during the Mecca stampede, says a Saudi expert: Mr. Hani al-Shoukri , an astute Middle-East expert and exiled political opponent in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat ,the pan-Arab daily claimed that there is irrefutable evidence indicating the Saudi security forces indeed used poisonous gas deliberately during
A history interrupted: ‘The 70s – Pakistan’s radioactive decade’: The 1970s began with the bloody loss of East Pakistan and ended in a military coup and the imposition of martial law. Yet, it generated a vibrant cultural era. With a booming television and film industry, flourishing tourism,
آئی ایس پی آر کو کھلبھوشن کے معاملے میں کودنے کی ضرورت کیوں پیش آئی؟ – وسعت الله خان: مبینہ بھارتی جاسوس کھلبھوشن جادیو کے اعترافی وڈیو بیان پر اگر یقین کر لیا جائے تو اس کی گرفتاری تین مارچ کو ایران سے پاکستان میں داخلے کے دوران ہوئی مگر پاکستانی میڈیا پر کھلبھوشن کی گرفتاری کی خبر
What is Wahhabism (extreme Salafism or Deobandism)? The reactionary branch of Islam said to be ‘the main source of global terrorism’: In July 2013, Wahhabism was identified by the European Parliament in Strasbourg as the main source of global terrorism. Wahhabism has become increasingly influential, partly because of Saudi money and partly because of Saudi Arabia’s central influence as
Police probe Scottish mosque figures’ links to banned sectarian group: Police Scotland is to investigate alleged links between two prominent Muslim leaders and a banned sectarian group in Pakistan. A BBC investigation has found that Sabir Ali, head of religious events at Glasgow Central Mosque, was president of
This is what happens when you get into bed with extremists: The West has brought terrorists attacks on their own people by supporting for decades Islamist terrorists trying to achieve geostrategic objectives, said the editor of Politics First Marcus Papadopoulos, commenting on the Brussels blasts. “The roots of these
’پنجابی طالبان کو گُڈ طالبان سمجھا جاتا ہے‘: پاکستان کے سابق سینیئر پولیس افسر اور تجزیہ کار حسن عباس کا کہنا ہے پنجاب میں دہشتگردوں کے خلاف کارروائی نہ کرنے کی وجہ نااہلی اور سیاسی عزم کی کمی ہے۔ پنجاب کے دارالحکومت میں دہشتگردی کی بڑی کارروائی
تہذیب کا آغاز اس وقت ہوا جب کسی نے غصّے میں آکر پتھر کی بجائے لفظ سے وار کیا – ریحان نقوی: تنقید کا آغاز الفاظ کہ وجود میں آنے سے پہلے ہی ہوگیا تھا یا یہ کہیے کے زمین پر انسانی زندگی سے بھی قدیم تنقید کی حیات ہے، تنقید کا اصل موضوع کانٹ جھانٹ یا تلاشِ خوب ہے، بگ
Turkey is deliberately ‘unleashing’ Isis terrorists into Europe, says Jordan’s King Abdullah: Turkey is exporting Isis-linked terrorists to Europe, according to King Abdullah of Jordan. The monarch’s remarks came in a meeting with members of the US Congress, in which he said that Islamist militants were being “manufactured in Turkey”
بھگت سنگھ کو زندہ رکھیں – انعام رانا: گو ایک عرصے سے میں نے اپنی سوشل لائف کو حقیقی سے زیادہ آن لائن کر رکھا ہے اور اپنی گپھا میں بیٹھا فیس بک کی راہ سلوک کی منزلیں طے کرتا ہوں، مگر کبھی کبھی طوعاً و کرہاً
How narratives killed the Syrian people – Sharmine Narwani: On March 23, 2011, at the very start of what we now call the ‘Syrian conflict,’ two young men – Sa’er Yahya Merhej and Habeel Anis Dayoub – were gunned down in the southern Syrian city of Daraa.
Yemen: Embargo arms to Saudi Arabia: (Sanaa) – The United States, United Kingdom, France, and others should suspend all weapon sales to Saudi Arabia until it not only curtails its unlawful airstrikes in Yemen but also credibly investigates alleged violations. Since March 26, 2015,
An open letter to ISIS and other Salafi and Deobandi extremists, from the World’s Muslim community: This is an open letter addressed to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and all other violent Islamist extremist groups ( Salafi, Wahhabi, Deobandi, ISIS, Taliban, Sipah-e-Sahaba); their members, followers, and supporters… We, the other Muslims of the world, would like
Brussels attacks: will European leaders again profit from terror they helped unleash?: Over 30 innocnt people killed in terrorist attacks in Brussels – headquarters of EU and NATO – today. So let me guess, this is another moment for Europe to have a shared grieving experience; to apply Belgian flag filters to Facebook profiles, to
U.N. says Saudi-led bombing of Yemen market may be international crime: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen may be responsible for “international crimes”, a category that includes war crimes and crimes against humanity, the top U.N. human rights official said on Friday. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High
Penetration of extremist elements growing in QAU: ISLAMABAD – Last week the students of Quaid-i-Azam University shut down the campus over patronisation of a student organisation with extremist ideology by a group of faculty members. Although after acceptance of demands and family pressure to stay away
کراچی میں داعش کا مقامی کمانڈر ہلاک: کراچی میں پولیس حکام کےمطابق ایک مبینہ مقابلے میں شدت پسند تنظیم داعش کا مقامی کمانڈر ہلاک ہوگیا ہے اس کارروائی کے دوران اس کے چار ساتھی فرار ہونے میں کامیاب رہے ہیں۔ پولیس کا دعویٰ ہے کہ افضل
اوریا مقبول جان، جاوید چودھری، سلیم صافی اور دیگر تکفیری دیوبندی کالم نویس دہشت گردوں کی مارکیٹنگ کب تک رتے رہیں گے؟ – از بلال رشید (روزنامہ دنیا): خوفناک حقائق کی دھوپ میں پاکستانی قوم خوش فہمی کے پیڑ تلے آنکھیں موندے لیٹی ہے۔ دوسری طرف واعظ ہیں، بدلتی ہوئی دنیا میں جو مذہب کی درست تشریح کرنے سے قاصر ہیں۔ ایسے ہی ایک محترم بزرگ نے
توہین رسالت کے مرتکب کے لئے توبہ کی گنجائش ۔ از مفتی محمد رفیع عثمانی دیوبندی: مندرجہ ذیل تحریر دیوبندیوں کے مفتئ اعظم پاکستان مفتی محمد رفیع عثمانی کی ہے، جو انہوں نے جامعہ مدنیہ لاہور کے ترجمان ماہنامہ الحامد کے لئے لکھی ، جو مارچ 2011 کے شمارہ میں چھپی تھی ، اس تحریر
To maintain supply of sex slaves, ISIS pushes birth control: DOHUK, Iraq — Locked inside a room where the only furniture was a bed, the 16-year-old learned to fear the sunset, because nightfall started the countdown to her next rape. During the year she was held by the
We are witnessing the decline of Saudi Arabia as a major power: Five years ago, when the Arab Spring seemed at its most hopeful point, a Saudi diplomat told me, scornfully, that it would come to nothing. I had met him in the halls of the United Nations, where I
Ali Al-Nimr may be executed in 24 hours, Please sign this petition: Mr. President: Please STOP Saudi Arabia from beheading and crucifying Ali al-Nimr. He was just 17 years old when he was sentenced to death by crucifixion in the wake of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprising. He was accused of participation
مردوں کے حقوق بھی تسلیم کرو – عاتکہ مغل: شام کے 6 بج چکے تھے، ٹریفک کا ایک اژدھام تھا، ہر ایک پر جلدی کا بھوت سوار تھا اور اڑ کر اپنی منزل تک پہنچنے کی پڑی تھی۔ وہ بھی تیزی سے اسی ہجوم کے درمیان راستہ بناتے
‘Argo’ helps Iran’s dictatorship, harms democracy: It was not my intention to write about the film “Argo.” I initially viewed it as another Hollywood movie that aimed to keep an audience on its toes through some combination of fact and fantasy, in order to cash
Saudi Arabia issues extraordinary defence of human rights record in speech to UN council: Saudi Arabia has issued a remarkable response to criticisms from the United Nations over its human rights record. In a speech delivered to the UN in Geneva, the Saudi delegation rejected outright a UN report which strongly criticised the Kingdom’s increased use
Obama: my take on Putin, Netanyahu, ISIS: President Barack Obama defended his decision not to intervene militarily in Syria’s civil war in an interview published Thursday detailing internal clashes among high-level U.S. officials. Obama said that he was “very proud” of his decision not to
جھنگ میں سنگ میلہ کی رونقیں: تصویری جھلکیاں: سنگ میلہ قافلے کی صورت میں جاری رہنے والا واحد میلہ ہے جس کا آغاز 13 جنوری کو سیالکوٹ سے ہوتا ہے اور یہ مختلف شہروں سے ہوتا ہوا دربار حضرت سخی سرور ڈیرہ غازی خان پہنچ کر اختتام
After PM Modi’s appeal, Barelvi Sufis hit out against Wahabism in India: NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing to the clerics of Barelvi sect among the Muslim Sunni community to step up their efforts to counter extremism, the clerics have raised a clarion call against the Wahabi ideology