Newspaper Articles Archive
Witnesses describe how Salafi & Deobandi fascist leveled Sunni village as a warning – by Mohammed al Dulaimy and Hannah Allam: BAGHDAD — To the villagers who fled, Zowiya is now a graveyard for all they’ve ever known. Their houses have been razed, their neighbors are dead, and their tribal codes have been violated in ways they never
ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants take sledgehammers to tomb of Prophet Jonah in Mosul, Iraq: Editor’s note: The Western press should answer the question: Is Prophet Jonah Sunni or Shia or Christian? The Western press keeps making an inaccurate false Shia Sunni Binary thereby obfuscating the Saudi Inspired Salafi and Deobandi identity of
Who are the Salafi and Deobandi women fighting in Syria – by Abigail R. Esman: For years she was a mother of 10 young children, keeping a good, Muslim home. Now she’s a rebel commander with a gun, fighting, she says, for her honor and her religion. Her children battle at her side. Speaking
In Pakistan, it’s our own radicalism that produces religious hatred and violence – by Ayesha Siddiqa: A few days ago, Pakistani newspapers published results of a PEW opinion poll for 2013 and 2014 indicating a large percentage of Pakistanis being perturbed with violent extremism in the country. According to the report of this
Two British Deobandi Jihadist admit to linking up with extremist group ISIS in Syria – by Vikram Dodd: Mohammed Ahmed, left, and Yusuf Sarwar were arrested on their return to Britain in January. Photograph: West Midlands police/PA Two Birmingham men admitted on Tuesday to linking up with an extremist group fighting jihad in Syria, after
Islamic State rounds up ex-Baathists to eliminate potential rivals in Iraq’s Mosul: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according
ISIS Links with Pakistan: Past and Present – by Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi: The entire world has been gripped by news of ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; now just Islamic State) – declaring on 29th June 2014
Can Nouri Al Maliki save Baghdad from ISIS? – by Patrick Cockburn: In early June, Abbas Saddam, a private soldier from a Shia district in Baghdad serving in the 11th Division of the Iraqi army, was transferred from Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq, to Mosul
داعش کے جنگجووں نے حضرت یونس علیہ السلام کا مزار تباہ کر دیا: بغداد (نیوز ڈیسک) عراق میں شدت پسند گروپ الدولۃ اسلامی فی العراق والشام (داعش) کے جنگجو ہتھیاروں اور بھاری ہتھوڑوں سے مسلح ہوکر موصل میں واقع حضرت یونس علیہ السلام کے مزار مقدس پر ٹوٹ پڑے اور قبر مبارک،
Pro-army wall chalking by sectarian outfits in Bannu – by Taha Siddiqui: Editor’s note: Awaami Baghi Group is an alias used used by banned deobandi militant outfit jaish-e-muhammad another name for the same group is al rehmat trust. At a time when the Pakistan Army claims to be waging a “decisive” and
Homegrown Islamist terrorism: How should we understand the teenage jihadists’ mind?: ‘Invading armies, bloodthirsty occupations and drone bombings have been extremism’s most potent recruiting sergeants.’ Illustration by Satoshi Kambayashi A friend of mine once gazed at her wayward teenagers and told me she could handle the usual drugs and
Bengal madrasah with more Hindu students draws eyes, President’s award for teacher: اورگرام چتسپلّي کے اس مدرسے کو صدر جمہوریہ کی جانب سے انعام سے بھی نوازا جا چکا ہے بھارت کی مغربی بنگال ریاست کے بردھمان ضلعے کے ایک مدرسے میں ایک مولوی طالب علموں کو قرآن اور اسلام کے
The late King of Saudi Arabia, his ‘secret’ Christian wife and the missing £12 million: Janan Harb threatens to ‘spill the beans’ if ‘promised’ money isn’t paid: The “secret” Christian wife of the late King of Saudi Arabia has won the right to pursue his son for a vast sum of cash and properties that she says he promised her before he died. Janan Harb,
Crime spree helps Pakistani Taliban squirrel away cash before raids begin: A Pakistani soldier stands in front of closed shops during a military operation against Taliban militants in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan July 9, 2014. — Photo by Reuters PESHAWAR: In the months before Pakistan jets
Iran Pursues Subtle Strategy on Iraq Without Pushing Sectarian Conflict – by Bill Spindle: An Iraqi Shiite prays at the Imam Hussein Shrine in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, the fate of which is of great concern to Iran’s government. Getty Images QOM, Iran—Iran is pursuing a delicate strategy of supporting
ISIS Threatens Holocaust Against Jews – by John Rossomando: A Twitter post Thursday by supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now calling itself the Islamic State (IS), has promised a Holocaust against the Jews. “The Real Zionist Holocaust is Predicted in the Hadiths!
US drone strike kills 6 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan – Bill Roggio: The US launched its first drone strike inside Pakistan’s tribal agencies in more than three weeks, killing six “militants” in an area that in the past has served as a command and control center for al Qaeda’s military. Today’s
U.S. Official Ordered Out of Bahrain After Meeting – by Michael R. Gordon and Kareem Faheem: WASHINGTON — Bahrain on Monday ordered the senior United States official on human rights to cut short his visit and leave the country after he met with the nation’s main Shiite opposition group. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said that
The 7/7 bombing memorial in London vandalised just hours before commemorations – by Richard Spillett: Relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings joined survivors for an emotional ceremony to remember the 52 people who died nine years ago today. A minute’s silence was held at the 7/7 memorial in London’s
The sheepification of Bakistan – by Mina Malik-Hussain: When we were small, there was a month and it used to be called Ramzan. It was Ramzan on television, it was Ramzan in the newspaper with the sehr-o-iftar timings and while nobody had a cell phone
ملا عمر مسلمانوں کو ابوبکر البغدادی کی بیعت کرنے کا حکم دین، مولانا طاہر اشرفی: داعش کی عراق میں دہشتگردی کے بعد موصل اور نیوا میں عارضی کامیابیوں کے بعد اس گروہ کے سربراہ ابوبکر البغدادی نے خلافت کا اعلان کردیا اور ایک حالیہ ویڈیو میں دنیا بھر کے مسلمانوں سے اطاعت کی اپیل
عرب دنیا کے بُرے بانسری باز – از خالد المعینا: دمشق اور بغداد ایک زمانے میں علم و تہذیب وتمدّن کا گہوارہ ہوا کرتے تھے۔ آج ان شہروں پر تاریکی اتر چکی ہے اور درحقیقت عرب دنیا کہلانے والے تمام علاقے تاریکی، طوائف الملوکی اور کنفیوژن میں ڈوبے ہوئے
Life of a Canadian Salafi Jihadi Wife in the ‘Caliphate’. She went to Syria to provide sex to ISIS’s Salafi fighters & is now a widow: Eight months ago, Umm Haritha, a 20-year-old woman from Canada, made her way to Turkey against her parents’ wishes with a half-empty suitcase and $1,500. Within a week she was in Syria, and a few weeks later she
Political Islam: Why Salafi and Deobandi militants now symbolise Muslims – by Anwar Iqbal: The most recognizable face of political Islam today is neither a mullah nor a religious scholar. It is a militant. Until 2001, spellchecks did not recognise the word Taliban and suggested changing it to “tally bone.” Now it
Iran’s Hashmi Rafsanjani calls for Iran-Saudi cooperation against takfiri terrorists: Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president and current chairman of the Expediency Council, has called for cooperation by regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to counter the rise of terrorism. “The actions of terrorist groups in the region occurred in the shadows
British Isis fighter in Syria says he is willing to die: ‘I left with the intention not to go back’ – by Antonia Molloy: A British jihadist who is fighting for Isis in Syria has said he is willing to die for his cause – and that there is no turning back. Abdul Raqib Amin, who was born in Bangladesh but grew
Sunni clerics demand raids on Deobandi seminaries to nab absconding Taliban terrorists: Renowned Sunni Bralevis Cleric Pir Masoom Naqvi who heads JUP Niazi group has said that timid takfiri terrorists of Taliban are fleeing due to Operation Zarb-e-Azb and their escape is a lesson to those who worshipped notorious Taliban
A judgment on minorities in Pakistan – by Amel Ghani: March 15, 2014. An angry mob attacked and set on fire a Hindu dharamshala in Larkana, Sindh. The provocation for this attack was the supposed desecration of a calendar with Quranic verses by one Sanjeet Kumar. By
Teenage twin Salafi sisters from Manchester crept out of their bedrooms to join ISIS in Syria – by Liz Hull With Mia De Graaf: Twin sisters aged 16 may have travelled to Syria to become jihadi brides, it is claimed. The British citizens crept away from their home in the middle of the night and boarded a flight to Turkey. The girls’
Özgür Gündem: ISIS attack planned in Amman: It has emerged that the recent ISIS assault on Iraq was planned at a meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman. According to the Özgür Gündem newspaper, the secret meeting was attended by the KDP and Ba’athists and took
Salafi ISIS demolish Sunni mosques, shrines in northern Iraq: Islamic militant sect, ISIS, which has been rampaging across the north and west of Iraq since last month, has been demolishing sacred sites such as shrines and mosques around the historic northern city of Mosul in Nineveh province.
Michael Gove: we must defend liberal values against Salafi and Deobandi Islamist extremism: Michael Gove defended decision to appoint ex-Scotland Yard head of counter-terrorism to lead investigation into ‘Trojan horse’ affair. Photograph: Lee Thomas/Zuma Press/Corbis Michael Gove has called for a “robust” defence of liberal values in the face of the
Manchester: Twin British Salafi sisters aged 16 ‘fled home at night to join Islamist fighters in Syria’ – by Alex Wellman: Syria: Police fear the girls have joined their elder brother to fight Twin sisters from Britain have fled their beds in the middle of the night to join Isis fighters battling a holy war in Syria, it has
Iraq crisis: As Shia and Sunni shrines are targeted by Wahhabi ISIS, the fiercest of wars lies ahead – by Patrick Cockburn: The meltdown of American and British policy in Iraq and Syria attracts surprisingly little criticism at home. Their aim for the past three years has been get rid of Bashar al-Assad as ruler of Syria and stabilise Iraq under
Zarb-e-Azb: Military is fighting religiously motivated terrorists while simultaneously allowing similar people a free hand in the so-called relief effort – Abbas Nasir: A PICTURE generating optimism is emerging now that former army chief Gen Kayani’s reported procrastination is no more and the North Waziristan operation’s ground phase has been launched following weeks of ‘softening’ of targets via air strikes. The honest
‘None of our business’ is no answer to Wahhabi/Deobandi terror – by Matthew d’Ancona: Tomorrow marks the ninth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in London, in which 52 civilians were killed and more than 700 injured. I vividly recall the first reports of a “power surge” on the Tube reaching The Sunday
Many of the British jihadis are linked to the hardline Salafi sect – The Telegraph: Can a woman be a jihadi? Theresa May seems to think so. She told ITV News last night that it’s not just British men leaving to join the extremist group Isis in Iraq and Syria. “We think
Taliban cut hair, beards to flee Pakistan army assault: BANNU: Hundreds of Taliban fighters rushed to disguise themselves with new haircuts in the weeks before a Pakistani army assault, it has emerged, as refugees revealed details of life under the militants — and their taste for
طالبان اور سپاہ صحابہ کےدیوبندی عسکریت پسند اب اسلام کی بجائے پشتون نسل پرستی کی دہائی دے رہے ہیں – سلیم صافی: ایک خطرناک رجحان تحریک طالبان پاکستان کی صفوں میں لسانی جذبات کا فروغ ہے ۔ جب تک القاعدہ ڈرائیونگ سیٹ پر بیٹھی تھی‘ تو تحریک طالبان کے لئے لسانی بنیادوں پر بات کرنا مشکل تھا اور تب تک اس
ہم سعودی عرب میں داعش کے تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے خود کش حملے کی مذمت کرتے ہیں: سعودی عرب : سعودی عرب کے جنوبی شہر شرورہ میں دو تکفیری وہابی دیوبندی خود کش حملہ آوروں نے ایک سرکاری عمارت کے باہر خود کو دھماکے سے اڑالیا ۔ ڈان نیوز ٹی وی کی رپورٹ کے مطابق ہفتے