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King Abdullah dead: We can’t afford not to hold Saudi Arabia’s royals to account: What do you call the unelected leader of a state that beheads people in public, permits only one faith and exports an extreme form of Islam to other countries? If he happens to be Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, self-appointed

7 shocking facts about Saudi Arabia under ‘modernizing’ reign of King Abdullah: Taken aback by the fulsome praise that the recently deceased King Abdullah has garnered from world leaders, RT has decided to assess whether his record stands up to scrutiny. The majority of eulogies went beyond the requirements of diplomatic

ژے سوئی عبداللہ – وسعت اللہ خان: چھٹے خادمِ حرمین شریفین عبداللہ بھی واصلِ جنت ہوگئے لیکن اس فراق میں اطمینان کا پہلو یہ ہے کہ ساتویں بادشاہ سلیمان نے بھی جنت مکانی عبداللہ کی پالیسیاں جاری رکھنے کا اعلان کیا ہے۔ جنت مکانی کا وجود

After King Abdullah’s death, western leaders sing false praises: For people living in dictatorships and hoping for Western support on the road to freedom, reactions to the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has been a rude awakening. It was to be expected that the passing of an

‘Nauseating’ Praise for Dead Saudi King Exposes Hypocrisy of West, Say Critics: In the wake of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s death early Friday, human rights observers are calling attention to the hypocrisy of laudatory remembrances that appear to ignore the dictator’s disregard for the fundamental rights of Saudi citizens

Flags at half mast and fawning praise for a King ‘loved by his people’ sparks furious backlash over rule which saw ‘death by stoning’ for adultery and regular beheadings: There was anger and disbelief yesterday that flags were lowered to half mast over Buckingham Palace, Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament to mark the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia – despite his country’s shameful

#JeSuisAbdullah? Critics slam glowing Western eulogies for ‘reformer’ Saudi king: Critics are taking Western leaders to task for singing the praises of King Abdullah, the recently deceased 90-year-old monarch of Saudi Arabia, whose regime they claim was marred by countless human rights abuses, warmongering and corruption. US Secretary

Shia party under pressure to rethink alliance with Deobandi clerics: Allama Sajid Naqvi-led Shia Ulema Council has come under immense pressure from Shia Muslims of Pakistan for its alliance with some Deobandi groups and clerics who also joined hands with the banned takfiri outfits such as ASWJ (Sipah-e-Sahaba). The

The Truth About How King Abdullah Treated Women, Including His Own Daughters: King Abdullah, 90, who died early Friday morning, is being hailed as a reformer, despite condoning human rights abuses and forwarding only very measured efforts to promote democracy in his oil-rich nation. One of the most scrutinized aspects of

اوریا مقبول صاحب، آپ بھی چند لمحوں کیلئے سوچیئے ۔۔ از نور درویش: موصوف کی داعش کیلیئے محبت ختم ھونے کا نام نہیں لے رھی۔ خدا جانے ان کے یہ کالم در اصل کن طاقتوں کو فائدہ پہنچاتے ھیں لیکن ایک بات تو طے ھے کہ اس موضوع پر ان کے لکھے

The Myth of Civilian Failure – by Ayesha Siddiqa: What does it mean to mourn the death of 132 children, and the 9 adults tasked with protecting them? One month on, the tragedy that should have paved the way for an honest conversation about the roots of

The Quran does not forbid images of the Prophet: In the wake of the massacre that took place in the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, I have been called upon as a scholar specializing in Islamic paintings of the Prophet to explain whether images of Muhammad are banned

Test case for General Raheel Sharif: Punjabi Taliban chief Asmatullah Moavia Deobandi unlikely to be tried in military court? – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Despite the Pakistani ruling elite’s repeated resolve after the Peshawar school massacre not to show any distinction between ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Taliban, the Ameer of the Punjabi Taliban, Commander Asmatullah Moavia, seems to have been granted amnesty after

In Need Of A Renaissance – Hasan Suroor: Who’s Who Of Islamist Terror Boko Haram: Jamaatu-Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Da‘watiwal-Jehad or People Committed to the Prophet’s Teachings for Propagation and Jehad, usually translated as “Western education is forbidden”. Killed more than 5,000 civilians and abducted hundreds, including 200

Picture perfect pretty pathos – Humayun Gauhar: Muslims have largely brought their present pathetic position on themselves by falling into traps laid by prejudiced provocateurs Let’s talk of the most degrading and damaging issue, the sheer stupidity of those who claim to be Muslims but commit

Saudi Arabia’s ‘blasphemy’ is worse than Charlie Hebdo’s – Shamila Ghyas: Blasphemy is in the news yet again, not that there is ever a point in time, when it isn’t, but this time we won’t talk about Pakistan. On January 7th, two gunmen entered Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical

British grammar schoolboy turned teen Deobandi jihadist Shabazz Suleman waiting for ISIS’s orders to attack the West: A teenage former grammar schoolboy who went to Syria has warned that Deobandi and Salafi Wahhabi Isis has “many” extremists “just waiting for the order to do attacks on the West”. Shabazz Suleman Deobandi, a former pupil of Royal

Saudi Arabia’s history of hypocrisy we choose to ignore – Robert Fisk: Raif Badawi has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes for ‘insulting Islam’ on his liberal website Sir William Hunter was a senior British civil servant and in 1871 published a book which warned of “fanatic swarms” of Sunni Muslims

سلیم صافی، دیوبندی مدارس اور جھوٹی غیر جانبداری ۔۔ از نور درویش: اوریا مقبول اور جاوید چوہدری کے بعد تکفیری دیوبندیوں کے مشہور وکیل سلیم صافی، جو کہ خود بھی کبھی ایک مجاھد رہ چکے ھیں، نے مدارس کی مانیٹرنگ کے بارے میں اپنی رائے دینے کا فیصلہ کیا ھے۔ ویسے

British Deobandi hate cleric backs the Paris massacres: A British hate preacher backed the Paris massacres just hours after the bloody events unfolded and told his followers ‘Britain is the enemy of Islam’. Cleric Mizanur Rahman, of Palmers Green, north London, defended the brutal murder of 12

اوریا مقبول جان کی دیوبندی مدارس کے دفاع کیلیئے لا حاصل عرق ریزی ۔۔۔از نور درویش: اوریا مقبول جان غیرت بریگیڈ کے سپہ سالار ھیں۔ یہ اپنے کالموں میں تاریخی حوالے، مختلف ملکوں کی مثالیں، اور قران و حدیث کے حوالہ جات لکھ کر اسے حرف آخر اور مدلل بنانے کی کوشش کرتے ھیں۔ بالکل

جاوید چوہدری کی مبالغہ آرائی اور شیعہ دشمنی ۔۔۔ از نور درویش: http://javedch.com/maddad-kren-baken-nahi/ جاوید چوہدری صاحب سے متعلق میرے پچھلے کالم کو کچھ احباب نے دیبوندی تعصب سے تعبیر کیا۔ اس لیئے جاوید چوہدری صاحب کا ھی ایک اور کالم پیش خدمت ھے، اسے پڑھ کر آپ کو اندازہ ھو

#JeSuisCharlie campaign angers Al-Jazeera staff: Leaked Al Jazeera emails obtained by a US magazine showed that the Qatari news outlet’s management was not eager to join the “Je suis Charlie” campaign following the attack on the satirical magazine’s offices in Paris, prompting a rift between

Charlie Hebdo attack and the Syria blowback – by Patrick Cockburn: There is a feeling of inevitability about the attack in Paris. The likelihood must be that the killers were Islamic Wahhabi Deobandi fanatics, the murder of the journalists and police underlining the degree to which the ferocious religious war

Blowback in Paris: how should we respond to the Charlie Hebdo terror attack? – by Nafeez Ahmed: The only way forward, says Nafeez Ahmed, is for people of all faith and none to stand together in rejecting violence perpetrated in our name, whether by state or insurgent. At least 12 people were killed in the shocking

جاوید چوہدری کی شعبدہ بازی ۔۔۔ از نور درویش: آپ جب جاوید چوہدری صاحب کا یہ کالم پڑھنا شروع کریں گے تو آخری پیراگراف تک پہنچنے سے پہلے پہلے آپ دل ھی دل میں چوہدری صاحب کو بھرپور داد دیں گے اور حیرت سے سوچتے رھیں گے کہ

Stemming Shia Hazara Killings in the Islamic State Era – Brian Perkins: While the international community scrambles to end the Islamic State-led atrocities against Iraq’s Shia community, a similar, albeit more isolated scenario is unfolding in Quetta, Pakistan. However, there has been no outpouring of support or concerted intervention to stop

Pro-Taliban narrative has been prevailing in Pakistan, mostly out of the fear of Taliban attacks or due to influence of ‘Deobandi’ and ‘Tableeghi’ schools of thought – Shafqat Munir: The year 2014 claimed lives of over 4,065 people in conflict and terrorism related incidents in Pakistan, including the worst ever terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16. This incident happened to be

List of terrorists belonging to Deobandi madaris – Jang: KARACHI: Shahzaib Khanzada, host of Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath’, said in the programme on Monday that voting on the bills in the National Assembly on the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and an amendment to

Daish, ever closer – Kamran Shafi: On October 16, 2014, I wrote on these pages under the title: “They come at you in convoys…” an account of what the police chief of Kirkuk, General Sarhad Qadir, had to say about ISIS/ISIL/IS which was attacking Kirkuk

يادگار شہيد گلاب – محترم نذیر ناجی صاحب کے لئے – عمار کاظمی: سانحہ پشاور میں زخمی ہونے والے ایک بچے کا بیان ’’انھوں نے کہا آرمی والوں کے بچے ایک طرف ہو جائیں انھیں ہمکچھ نہیں کہیں گے جب بچے ایک طرف ہوگئے تو ان پرگولیوں کی بوچھاڑ کردی گئی”، بچے

علامہ ابتسام الہی ظہیر کی خدمت میں۔۔۔۔از نور درویش: علامہ ابتسام الہی ظہیر صاحب کا یہ کالم میں نے تین چار دفعہ پڑھا یہ سمجھنے کے لیئے کہ قبلہ ھمیں سمجھانا کیا چاہ رھے ھیں۔ آخر کار سمجھ آ ھی گئی۔ علامہ صاحب کا اصل مدعا مذھبی جماعتوں

The dangerous nexus of Deobandi Land Mafia and Taliban Terrorists: ISLAMABAD: Security agencies have warned the government due to his links with known militant groups and his anti-government rhetoric that the resurgence of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz poses a security threat to the law and order situation in

The fatwas that can change Pakistan’s blasphemy narrative: This article is the second in a five-part series on the untold story of Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Read the first part here. Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues to sustain popularity and credence, with death being considered not only the most

دیوبندی مدارس، داعش، القاعدہ اور طالبان یہ سب ایک ہی چیز ہیں، مفتی گلزار نعیمی: شیخ الحدیث مفتی گلزار احمد نعیمی پنجاب کے ایک علمی گھرانے میں پیدا ہوئے۔ آپ نے بارہ سال کی عمر میں قرآن پاک حفظ کیا۔ آپ مفتی اعظم پاکستان مفتی حسن نعیمی اور ڈاکٹر سرفراز نعیمی شہید کے شاگر

Deobandi and Wahhabi Muslim Brotherhood against Humanity – by Jagdish N. Singh: Has wisdom finally descended on Islamabad to curb Islamist terror that spares none? Let’s hope so. Reports are that its security forces have intensified their offensives against the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan which has claimed responsibility for the cold-blooded massacre of

EU never threatened Pakistan with sanctions over hangings: BRUSSELS (Agencies) – European Union (EU) spokesman said that they never stopped Pakistan on implementation on death sentences in the country. Capital punishment is legal in Pakistan and is ranked fifth after the People’s Republic of China, Iran,

دہشتگردی میں ملوث تمام دیوبندی مدارس کیخلاف فی الفور کارروائی کی جائے، شاہد غوری ، سنی تحریک: شیعہ نیوز (پاکستانی شیعہ خبر رساں ادارہ) پاکستان سنی تحریک کے سینئر مرکزی رہنما محمد شاہد غوری 1994ء سے سنی تحریک سے وابستہ ہیں۔ بنیادی طور پر آپ کا تعلق حیدر آباد سے ہے۔ سینئر مرکزی رہنما اور سینئر

فرقہ زرداریہ تاریخ کی سچائی پر سازشی مفروضوں سے پردہ مت ڈالے _ حیدر جاوید سید: :نوٹ : ابھی ایک ماہ پہلے کی بات ہے پی پی پی کے شریک چئیرمین آصف علی زرداری دبئی سے لاہور تشریف لائے اور ایک ہفتے قیام کے دوران انھوں نے اپنی تمام تر تنقید کا زور عمران خان پر

حقایق کیا ھیں: افغانستان میں نیٹو کا جنگی آپریشن ختم کرنے کا اعلان اور طالبان کا اعلان فتح ۔ نور درویش: گارڈین کے مطابق تیرہ سالہ جنگ کے بعد نیٹو نے افغانستان میں اپنے جنگی آپریشن کے اختتام کا اعلان کر دیا ھے اور اب سپورٹ آپریشن کی صورت میں اپنا رول ادا کرے گا ۔ سیکیورٹی کے انتظام