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خوارج اور تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گردوں میں مماثلت – ہارون الرشید: Source: http://www.columnkaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/x11273_89094972.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.ys5ZP8bGnY.jpg
Obfuscating reality: ‘They were killed for being Pakistanis, not minorities’ – Hafsa Khawaja: This is an attack on Pakistan They were killed for being Pakistanis, not Ismailis This line of response to atrocities within Pakistan is not new, but has become rather common, as was seen after the horrific recent assault
War with Isis: In Mosul, the Sunni brides brainwashed into becoming Salafi Deobandi suicide bombers – Patrick Cockburn: It was when Isis issued a fatwa saying a wife should obey her husband in all matters, including becoming a suicide bomber, that Aysha, a 32-year-old mother of two children, decided to flee her home in Mosul. She recalls
The ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants enforcing Jihad-un-Nikah. rape and temporary marriage on Sunni women in Iraq – Patrick Cockburn: On the day Ibrahim fled his home city of Fallujah, crowds were gathering to witness the execution of two women who had refused to marry Islamic State (Isis) militants. A 49-year-old Sunni Arab, he says he was shocked
پاکستان کے لیے اسماعیلی شیعہ مسلمانوں کی خدمات – شاہد جتوئی: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/may2015-daily/15-05-2015/col14.htm
کراچی میں اسماعیلی، بوہرہ اور دیگر شیعہ مسلمانوں کا قتل اور نئے دورکے ہلاکو – حسن مجتبیٰ: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/may2015-daily/16-05-2015/col7.htm
Brig Usman Khalid informed CIA of Osama’s presence in Abbottabad – Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Pulitzer prize winning American journalist Seymour Hersh’s most recent claim that a former Pakistani intelligence official had actually informed the Americans about the Abbottabad hideout of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden (OBL), has given credence to
A comment on Seymour Hersh’s report on the Abbottabad raid on the Bin Laden compound – by Ayaz Amir: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/may2015-daily/13-05-2015/col1.html The grandmother of all embarrassments Even when we suspected the worst but did not know all the facts, the Abbottabad raid on the Bin Laden compound was the mother of all embarrassments…for the army and the ISI,
Primary and secondary terrorism: Ismaili Shia massacre in Karachi – Ayaz Amir: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/may2015-daily/16-05-2015/col2.htm Primary and secondary terrorism: the circles of hell The MQM is a problem and has been a problem. But let’s be clear about one thing: it is a secondary problem, as are the gangs of Lyari, as
Deobanci cleric Mufti Naeem’s Takfiri fatwa for Federal Minister Pervez Rashid: Historicising the Deobandi influence in Pakistan – by Tahir Kamran: Information Minister’s Pervaiz Rashid’s speech at a national conference organised by the Pakistan Academy of Letters in Karachi on May 3 where he described the religious seminaries as “centres of ignorance and illiteracy” has incurred considerable wrath of
Supply-side of terror: Deobandi Takfiri ideology and madrassas – Babar Sattar: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/may2015-daily/17-05-2015/col2.htm Supply-side of terror Let’s assume that spy agencies of all enemy countries are sponsoring terror in Pakistan. If we have credible evidence of their involvement, we must present it before the world
چند اسماعیلی ‘کافر’ شیعہ اور ان کے کرتوت – وسعت الله خان: نویں تا تیرہویں صدی کے چار سو برس منطقی علوم میں مسلمانوں کی فتوحات کا سنہری دور کہلاتے ہیں۔ دسویں صدی کے آغاز سے بارہویں صدی کے خاتمے سے ذرا پہلے تک فاطمی سلطنت تیونس تا یمن اور یمن
Saudi Arabia wants to lead the UN Human Rights Council: Saudi Arabia wants to lead the UN Human Rights Council, which raises anger among activists who fear an erode of the Council’s credibility. An “abomination, and cynical by a nation that beheads people on public squares,” said a human
رینجرز کے انٹیلی جنس رپورٹس کی بنا پر دیوبندی تکفیری جماعت اہلسنت والجماعت کے رہنماوں اور کارکنوں کے گھروں اور مدرسوں پر چھاپے: اہلسنت و الجماعت کے مرکزی رہنما اورنگزیب فاروقی کا کہنا ہے کہ گلشن معمار میں ایک مدرسے سے مولانا منظور مینگل سمیت نوے کے قریب طلبہ کو حراست میں لے لیاگیا ہے۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ رینجرز نے
Goodbye my son: After spate of attacks, Shias flee Pakistan: QUETTA: After losing one of his two sons to the worst attack against minority Shias in Pakistan’s history, Ali was determined for the other to find a new life abroad. “Go,” he told Iqbal Hussain, who left his job
‘Big Win’ for Big Brother: NSA Celebrates the Bill That’s Designed to Cuff Them: It was supposed to be the declawing of America’s biggest spy service. But ‘what no one wants to say out loud is that this is a big win for the NSA,’ one former top spook says. Civil libertarians
Shia genocide in Pakistan: When you are in the majority, it is easy to be blind – by Hufsa Chaudhry: Zehra*, an old friend of mine tells me: “When I started at school, the kids asked each other if they were Shia or Sunni. I have no idea why a first-grader would start off an introduction like that, but
DW Report: Anti-Ismaili attack by Deobandi militants in Karachi: Gunmen in Karachi have opened fire on a bus carrying religious minorities killing scores of people. DW examines the reasons behind sectarian violence in the South Asian nation and how to eliminate it. At least 43 people were killed
Around 1,000 Shia citizens killed in two years – Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan is a country of ghosts. They are everywhere, the victims and the perpetrators both. On Wednesday morning, six gunmen wearing police uniforms stopped an Al Azhar Garden bus carrying 60 Ismaili Muslims in Karachi. The bus picked up
Kamran Bokhari uses falses Sunni-Shia binary to promote Saudi-CIA perspective, hides the Salafi-Sunni divide.: Editor’s note : Kamran Bokhari uses falses Sunni-Shia binary to promote Saudi-CIA perspective, hides the Salafi-Sunni divide. Apparently, he is doing a thesis on “Moderation Among Salafists and Jihadists”. In history, there are quite a few Bokharis who are
Islamabad’s International Islamic University is an incubator for Deobandi and Salafi radicalisation: The IIUI was established in Islamabad in 1980, funded generously by Saudi Arabia. The Palestinian cleric – and founder of Al-Qaeda – Abdullah Azzam joined the University in November 1981 as a teacher. In more recent times, the mastermind
No country for Shias – Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: Around this time in 2011, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the then Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council, visited Pakistan twice. Almost immediately after those discreet visits, the Bahraini National Guard Commander and foreign minister came to
Islamabad’s International Islamic University promoting extremist Deobandi and Salafi doctrines, says intelligence agency: An intelligence agency has stated that the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) “intentionally promotes sectarian doctrine at its campus” and suggested that the management shun these activities and create a conducive environment for learning. An official letter sent by
Pakistani Urdu weekly: ‘Iran is a greater danger for Muslims than Israel’: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : القلم رسالہ یہاں ہر ایک نیوز ایجنسی پر دستیاب ہے اور اس کے مواد کو اگر آپ روزنامہ اسلام اور ضرب مومن سے ٹیلی کریں تو آپ کو معلوم ہوگا کہ یہ ایک ہی دماغ
Sputnik Report: Turkish PM Erdogan and Saudi King Salman agree to support Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra and ISIS in Syria: Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Turkey have temporarily put aside their differences in order to support a new anti-Assad coalition in Syria. The so-called “Army of Conquest” has been ravaging northern Syria in the past couple of weeks with a ferocity unseen since the
Al Jazeera plays a dangerous game in Egypt – Robert Fisk: In a few hours’ time, in Cairo, Mohamed Fahmy will hold a press conference which every reporter will want to observe. The Al Jazeera journalist, who spent 411 days in Egypt’s gruesome Tora prison on trumped-up state charges of
Viewpoint: How far is Saudi-Iranian rivalry fuelling Yemen war?: Salafi power Saudi Arabia has – deliberately or otherwise – projected the fighting in Yemen as a proxy war with regional Shia rival Iran, though this is a dangerous mischaracterisation of the conflict. The Saudis see growing Iranian influence
’پڑھائی چھوڑو، قرض ادا کرو‘: عمرکوٹ شہر سے باہر ایک پیٹرول پمپ پر چند ریڑھیاں موجود ہیں۔ بھنے ہوئے چنے، مونگ پھلی اور سیو موجود ہیں تھر جانے والی گاڑیاں جب تیل بھروانے کے لیے یہاں آکر رکتی ہیں تو مسافر ان ریڑھی والوں
Saudi air strikes and blockade threaten humanitarian disaster for millions in Yemen – Patrick Cockburn: Dozens of Saudi soldiers and Yemeni fighters have been killed in clashes on the border between the countries as five weeks of Saudi air attacks fail to bring the war to an end. Air strikes and heavy artillery fire
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen with US-supplied cluster bombs – HRW: The Saudi Arabia-led coalition is using US-supplied cluster munitions in its airstrikes on Houthi forces in Yemen, Human Rights Watch reported. Targets include those close to villages, posing a threat from undetonated submunitions to civilians. In recent weeks the
پاکستان مخالف ریسرچ روکنے کے طریقے – وسعت اللہ خان: محکمہ ہائر ایجوکیشن پنجاب کی جانب سے 27 مارچ کو جاری ہونے والے ایک مبینہ سرکلر کے مطابق کئی سیکورٹی ایجنسیوں نے نشاندہی کی ہے کہ پنجاب کی یونیورسٹیوں میں طلبا کو پاکستان مخالف اور ثقافتی اقدار سے متصادم
Want to Stop Islamic terrorism? Talk to Saudi Arabia, Malaysian diplomat urges: Could the kind of Islamic extremism that has been wreaking havoc in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria and other countries take root in Southeast Asia? Dennis Ignatius, a retired Malaysian diplomat, thinks it’s entirely possible. And if it happens, he
Al Saud: Kingdom of Slaughter, Destruction and Fear – byIsraa Al-Fass: Remembering the Wahhabi forces has always been associated with remembering the criminal practices of their ancestors since the political deal between Mohammad bin Saud and Mohammad bin Abdul Wahhab, which stated that the first must protect the ideology
Let Saudi Arabia fume – Pervez Hoodbhoy: The news is that the high and mighty heading the 200-million strong Islamic Republic of Pakistan have just returned from the world’s petro-capital, Riyadh. The prime minister, chief of army staff, minister for defence, foreign secretary, and an assemblage
#NeverForget Remembering: APS tragedy with protests against more attacks: Around 30 people holding flags and placards shouted slogans against the government, militants and law enforcers on Monday evening — reminding everyone about the attack on Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16, 2014.They had gathered at Guru
Taliban are said to target Shia Hazaras to try to match ISIS’ brutality: KABUL, Afghanistan — A wave of kidnappings followed by numerous beheadings of members of Afghanistan’s Hazara ethnic group have spread alarm and anger among a people who historically have been this country’s most persecuted. The police in Ghazni Province
7 Remarkable Things About Khadija, Wife of the Prophet of Islam – Yasmina Blackburn: Editor Note : Increasing her age to 40 and portraying her as a widow is indirectly diminishing her status. Alternate accounts list her as closer to 28 years and who was taking care of adopted nieces and nephews.
Saudi Arabia is ‘biggest funder of terrorists’: Saudi Arabia is the single biggest contributor to the funding of Islamic extremism and is unwilling to cut off the money supply, according to a leaked note from Hillary Clinton. The US Secretary of State says in a secret
Did money seal Israeli-Saudi alliance?: Special Report: The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving