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India: The Notorious Dr. Zakir Naik: He supports Al Qaeda on his television channel: He says, “If he Osama Bin Laden is fighting the enemies of Islam, I am for him. If he is terrorizing the terrorists, if he is terrorizing America the terrorist,
An introduction of Deobandi sect and its branches – by Ata Us Salam: Nowadays Khatm-e-Nabuwwat group of Deobandis is very active in the United Kingdom. A large popularity and financial strength has made them well active and organized in this country. This group was come into being with only one point
Indian Muslims: Deobandi Vs Sunni: NEW DELHI – Ideological differences are widening the rift between two major Muslim groups in central India, with the split escalating to the point of banning each others from attending mosques. “The Barelvis (Sunni or Ahlus Sunnah) in
Times of India: Pro-ISIS stir is visible in Deobandi and Wahhabi communities in India and Kashmir: SRINAGAR/MUMBAI: The unexpected appearance of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS flags during recent anti-Israel protests in Srinagar has left government authorities, Sunni-Barelvi scholars and even Kashmiri separatists searching for answers. Masked Kashmiri youngsters were seen
ISIS women – Takfiri Wahhabi and Deobandi ideology is radicalizing Muslim women in the West: Time: Last March 11, was a normal Thursday morning for the Ali Mehenni family, or so Kamel Ali Mehenni thought when he dropped off his 17-year-old daughter Sahra at the train station on her way to school. It was
Europe and ISIS, an islamic state within the old continent: CAIRO — “One day, not long from now, Europe will wake up to a nightmare.” I made this comment to friends during a 2012 visit to Europe. They swiftly dismissed it. Yet just two years later, with supporters of
Is Zakir Naik responsible for the rising violence in the Islamic world?: Note: This is a guest article sent by IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Anand Mathur. The Middle East is burning with the fire of hatred as Muslims in the region commit fratricide. Europe is itself grappling with the aftermath of
NATO’s Libya: From successful model to failed state: Libya’s chaos and violence may seem like a continuum of painful replays. However, as the situation festers, the risk of extremist elements gaining a more dangerous foothold and broader freedom of action increases. Indeed, since the beginning of this
ٹنڈو محمد خان: مندر کی مورتیوں، کتابوں کو آگ لگا دی گئی: پاکستان کے صوبہ سندھ کے شہر ٹنڈو محمد خان میں نامعلوم افراد نے ہندو مندر میں موجود مورتیوں اور مقدس کتابوں کو آگ لگا دی۔ اس علاقے میں یہ اپنی نوعیت کا پہلا واقعہ ہے جس کے خلاف قوم
شہنشاہ ٹویٹر بلاول زداری نوٹس لیں: سالانہ پانچ ہزار ہندو پاکستان چھوڑ رہے ہیں: پاکستان میں حکمران جماعت کے اقلیتی رکنِ پارلیمان نے کہا کہ صوبہ سندھ میں ہندو اور عیسائی بچیوں کو زبردستی مسلمان بنانے کے باعث ہرسال پانچ ہزار ہندو پاکستان چھوڑ کردوسرے ممالک کو جا رہے ہیں۔ سندھ سے قومی
Not Fit to Print: An Insider Account of Pakistani Censorship: Imran [Khan], [Tahir ul] Qadri, and the ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] are our best friends,” our weekly editorial meeting at Pakistan’s Express Tribune was (jokingly) told on Aug. 13, 2014, a day before the two political leaders began their
The Universal Islamist: This biography of Allama Muhammad Iqbal: When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked India’s first cosmonaut, Rakesh Sharma, at a video conference in April 1984, how India looked from space, he replied without missing a beat: “Saare jahan se achcha.” Every schoolchild in India recognised the
Political Islam in neoliberal times: Neoliberalism devours other competing world-views through the commodification of cultural difference—turning a tidy profit. Wrest this monopoly on political readings of Islam away from capital and authoritarianism. Over the past 35 years, political understandings of Islam have been dominated
Abu Khalid, Major (retd) Adil killed in drone strike: AQIS spokesman: ISLAMABAD: Spokesman of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-continent (AQIS), Osama Mahmood on Thursday confirmed that his organization’s 2 key leaders Major (retd) Adil Abdul Quddus, Dr Sarbuland alias Abu Khalid and his two sons were killed in a
Erdogan’s ‘New Turkey’ drifts towards isolation: There is an old saying in Turkish: “The Turk has no friend but the Turk.” As this country drifts towards isolation under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the proverb is ringing uncomfortably true. During his 11 years
سندھ حکومت کی شیعہ دشمنی: 9 محرم کے جلوس کی بے حرمتی کرنے والے جے یو آئی کے 25 کارکنان کی ضمانت منظور: شیعت نیوز سندھ ہائی کورٹ حیدر آباد سرکٹ بینچ نے تلہار میں 9 محرم الحرام کے جلوس پر پھتراو اور بے حرمتی کرنے کے واقعہ میں نامزد جمعیت علما اسلام ضلع بدین کے امہر سیکرٹری سمیت 25 کارکنان
Takfirization of Pakistan: Small-minded versions of Islam have fanaticized Pakistan – an antediluvian land with deep interfaith roots leavened with the teachings of Hindu Swamis, Buddhist Monks, Sikh Gurus, and Muslim Sufis – into a ghastly country. Stories are frightening. Few
’میں نے توہین مذہب نہیں کی‘: عاشق مسیح نیو یارک ٹائمز میں لکھے گئے کھلے خط پر انگوٹھا لگاتے ہوئے پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب میں عیسائی خاتون آسیہ بی بی کو سنہ 2010 میں توہینِ مذہب کے الزام میں سزائے موت دی گئی تھی۔
The Nation’s editorial: Radical Deobandi forces of darkness in Pakistan: For decades, they have colluded with misguided elements of the state to impose their medieval mindset on Pakistan through manipulation, exploitation and sheer force, where necessary. They have spearheaded witch hunts of minorities, created and defended laws that allow
What is sectarianism in the Middle East? – Salameh Kaileh and Victorios Shams: Salameh Kaileh: The sect is a community that subscribes to certain religious beliefs from the past. These beliefs, at the time of their formation, were the expression of the ideological and class conceptualisation of a certain social group. This conceptualisation
UAE’s priorities: Pakistan’s Haqqani Network and LeT and Lebanon’s Hezbollah are terrorists but Pakistan’s ASWJ, LeJ are not!: Abu Dhabi: The UAE Cabinet on Saturday announced the names of dozens of extremist groups that have been put on its list of terrorist organisations. The list, which is in line with the anti-terror law issued by President His Highness
Lahore and Quetta: How the media treats rape differently: In October 2013, many will still remember, a minor girl was picked up from a hospital courtyard in Lahore, raped and then let go. Albeit in terrible shape, she survived. CCTV footage that caught the main accused on tape
NHS doctor flees UK to join Taliban: A British surgeon who was due to stand trial for assault has fled the country and become a senior leader of the Taliban in Pakistan. Mirza Tariq Ali, 39, who practised in the NHS, evaded the UK authorities
ہندو ذاکر کا رینجرز پر تشدد کا الزام، رینجرز کا انکار: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : پاکستانی ریاست کے سیکورٹی اداروں میں تکفیری فاشسٹ رجحان 80 ء کی دهائی سے جڑ پکڑتا جارہا تها لیکن اب اس رجحان کے عملی شواہد اور نظارے تیزی سے ہونے لگے ہیں ، پہلے ایک
Getting Close to Terror, but Not to Stop It: Editor’s Note : Are the suicide bombing, Shia-Hindu-Sufi-Zikri killing Jundullah another example of “moderate” rebels that should be supported. Oh why Not! Supporting Salafi-Deobandi terrorist groups has worked out great since inviting the Muslim Brotherhood to the White House
سعودی عرب: ایک مہینے میں 7ویں پاکستانی کا سر قلم: There are some Pakistani liberals, leftists, atheists and rights activists who wrote facebook statuses and articles on the execution of an Iranian woman in Iran but remain silent on the execution of seven Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia. ریاض:
Our Friends in Riyadh – by Toby C. Jones: Last Wednesday, a criminal court in Saudi Arabia sentenced Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, one of the kingdom’s most visible political dissidents, to death. Saudi authorities have justified the verdict in terms of national security. Convicted on vague
Islamophobia, a foreseeable consequence of ultra-liberalism?: It has long been a common feature of contemporary discourses on Islamophobia[1] – by Muslims and non-Muslims alike – to trace the upsurge of modern Islamophobia back to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fading away
Shameful silence on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by ISIS: Editor’s Note : I condemn all those Shia, Sunni, Christian, Marxist, atheist, liberal and other activists who are silent on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi Khawarij of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The world
Pictures of Hanifullah Deobandi, the Wagah suicide bomber: PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar has released details of a man they claim carried out a deadly suicide bombing at the main Pakistan-India border crossing last week. A spokesman for the militant group, Ehsanullah Ehsan, told Dawn.com
Takfiri TTP’s new spokesman from Baltistan studied in Deobandi seminaries Karachi: Notorious takfiri nasbi outlawed terrorist group Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP)’s Shura leader Mulla Radio Fazlullah announced a new spokesman for the organisation who he said originally belonged to Gilgit-Baltistan province but he studies at Deobandi seminaries in Karachi. Takfiri nasbi terrorist
Mecca under threat: Outrage at plan to destroy the ‘birthplace’ of the Prophet Mohamed and replace it with a new palace and luxury malls: The site in Mecca where the Prophet Mohamed is said to have been born is about to be “buried under marble” and replaced by a huge royal palace. The work is part of a multibillion-pound construction project in the
سندھ کے غیر حاضر اساتذہ اور تعلیم کی تباہی – حسن مجتبیٰ: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/nov2014-daily/14-11-2014/col2.htm
مریم نواز کا استعفیٰ اور عمران خان کے وارنٹ – عمار چودھری: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-11-14&edition=LHR&id=40354_40771853
نثار میں تیری گلاں کے اے نثار – وسعت اللہ خان: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-11-13&edition=LHR&id=40289_62098080
The Nation’s editorial: The Deobandi forces of darkness in Pakistan: For decades, they have colluded with misguided elements of the state to impose their medieval mindset on Pakistan through manipulation, exploitation and sheer force, where necessary. They have spearheaded witch hunts of minorities, created and defended laws that
ISIS has master plan for Pakistan, secret memo warns: QUETTA, Pakistan — ISIS has created a 10-man “strategic planning wing” with a master plan on how to wage war against the Pakistani military, and is trying to join forces with local militants, according to a government
Robert Fisk’s interview: Syria update 10 Nov 2014: Transcript : Emma Alberici : Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed tonight that Australian special forces are moving into Iraq to help in the fight against ISIS. It comes on the back of a US decision to send
BBC: Pakistan’s Deobandi cleric says Osama Bin Laden was hero: A hardline cleric in Pakistan is teaching the ideas of Osama Bin Laden in religious schools for about 5,000 children. Even while the Pakistani government fights the Taliban in the north-west of the country, it has no plans to
شتم صحابہ کرام ’گناہ کبیرہ‘ ہے: ھاشمی رفسنجانی: ایران کی گارڈین کونسل کے سربراہ اور سابق صدر آیت اللہ علی ھاشمی رفسنجانی نے صحابہ کرام اور بزرگ ہستیوں کی شان میں گستاخی کی شدید مذمت کرتے ہوئے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ صحابہ کو گالی دینا گناہ کبیرہ