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عرب نیشنل گارڑ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔بشار الاسد کی حمائت میں ایک نئی گوریلا فورس قائم: شام میں جاری تصادم میں ایک نئی پیش رفت دیکھنے کو ملی ہے اور وہ یہ ہے کہ مڈل ایسٹ میں عرب قوم پرستوں نے ملکر عرب نیشنلسٹ گارڑ (اے این جی)کے نام سے بشار الاسد کی حمائت میں

The Diplomat: Early warning signs of Shia genocide in Pakistan – by Waris Hussain: The international community can no longer ignore the alarming rise in violence directed at Pakistan’s Shia minority. Last month the world commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide. Dignitaries from around the world delivered speeches to mark the

Islamic feminism: Fighting theology with theology, By: Rana Harbi: Determined to maintain their faith and culture whilst fiercely advocating for equal rights, Islamic feminists are reclaiming Islam for themselves by dismantling the edifice of religious patriarch. Can you be Muslim and a feminist? Can Islam and feminism coexist?

NPR Report: In Pakistan moderate Sunni Barelvi Sufi Muslims are under attack from hardline Deobandi Muslims: STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here’s a vital reality about the troubled nation of Pakistan. The most common victims of Islamist extremists in that country are the extremists’ fellow Muslims. Attacks by the Taliban and other fundamentalist groups dominate headlines about

چڑی بازنجم سیٹھی اور جگا جج افتخار چودھری کی الیکشن دھاندلی – از نزیر ناجی: الیکشن ٢٠١٣ میں طالبان نواز لیگ کے حق میں سیٹھی اور افتخار چودھری کی انتخابی دھاندلی پر نزیر ناجی لکھتے ہیں (روزنامہ دنیا، یکم مئی ٢٠١٤ ): عمران خان تحقیق کریں تو معلوم ہو گا کہ پینتیس پنکچر تو

پاکستان میں احمدیوں کے ساتھ جانوروں سے بھی بدتر سلوک کیا جاتا ہے – از اطہر احمد: پاکستان میں ’خود کو مسلمان ظاہر کرنے پر‘ جیل جانے والے برطانوی شہری نے برطانیہ واپسی پر پہلی مرتبہ ذرائع ابلاغ سے اس بارے میں بات چیت کی ہے۔ 73 سالہ مسعود احمد کو گذشتہ برس نومبر میں توہین

One ayatollah’s stand for the Baha’i gives me great hope for Iran | Ibrahim Mogra: News from Iran has given me tremendous hope and optimism for peace between Iranians, regardless of faith and ethnicity. Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a prominent imam and scholar, has taken a stand for coexistence with the country’s Baha’i minority.

حامد میر پر حملے میں تکفیری دیوبندی لشکر جھنگوی کے گروپوں کے ملوث ہونے کے شواہد: کالعدم تکفیری خارجی دہشتگرد گروہ لشکرجھنگوی/انجمن سپاہ صحابہ کے دو دھڑے، نعیم بخاری گروپ اور حافظ قاسم گروپ حامد میر پر قاتلانہ حملے میں ملوث۔ لشکر جھنگوی پنجاب چیپٹر نے حامد میر پر حملے کی ذمہ داری قبول کی

’آزادی اظہار کو خطرہ مگر جیو نے انتہا کر رکھی تھی‘: انسانی حقوق کی علمبردار اور معروف وکیل عاصمہ جہانگیر نے کہا ہے کہ وزارت دفاع کی جانب سے جیو نیوز کی نشریات کو بند کرنے سے متعلق درخواست ملک میں آزادی اظہار کے لیے خطرہ بن چکی ہے۔ بی

The walking wounded of Waziristan: The lost tribes’ search for spring – by Owais Tohid: It’s springtime in Sadat Ullah Dawar’s beautiful village of Issori. The hills in front of his mud house rise from among the lush green fields, which are covered with blue colour flowers, ‘Sparlah’, bathing the valley with their scent.

Farahnaz Ishpahani on understanding problems of Pakistani Christians: LAHORE: Farahnaz Ispahani, the former Pakistani parliamentarian of PPP and presidential adviser and author of forthcoming book Waiting to die: Pakistan’s Religious minorities has warmly greeted the Christian community on the auspicious occasion of Easter and Lenten. In

Why and who felt the need to unearth and launch Khawaja Asif’s speech from 2006? – by Ayesha Siddiqa: The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. Ever wonder why and who felt the need to unearth and launch Khawaja Asif’s speech from 2006? The criticism of the military was not done in a

Pak minorities are not safe -by Nasir Saeed: What a coincidence that on the day the Governor of Punjab, Mohammad Sarwar, is assuring the world, and in particular the Sikh community, that religious minorities are free to worship according their beliefs, at the churches, Temples, Gurdwaras and

Leftward Shift by Conservative Cleric Leaves Saudis Perplexed – by Robert F. Worth: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — When this country’s ultraconservative clerics make news, it is often for embarrassing reasons: unleashing fatwas against soap operas, for instance, or declaring Mickey Mouse to be a “soldier of Satan.” Lately, however, one of the

TTP getting active support from Deobandi seminaries in twin cities: report: A report jointly prepared by the Rawalpindi and Islamabad police has claimed that the outlawed Deobandi Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was getting active support from hardliner Deobandi religious seminaries to carry out terrorism in the twin cities. Fearing a strong

Shiaphobia – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: What is Mahmud Ghaznavi, Aurangzeb Alamgir and Shah Abdur Rahim’s connection to the current shia persecution in the country? Kunwar Khuldune Shahid explores When Muhammad bin Qasim was busy becoming the first Pakistani 1,200 years before the country

Assad is already counting on soldiers still at school to fill the gaps left by 30,000 casualties – by Robert Fisk: We were driving down the main road from Homs – fast, of course, as the Syrian war now requires – when, just outside the Damascus suburb of Harasta, a government soldier asked for a ride into town. I have

Five Issues that Obama Should, but Probably Won’t, Raise During His Saudi Arabia Trip – by Anna Newby: Officials welcome President Obama upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 28, 2014. This could get awkward. But it probably won’t. President Obama is on a trip to make nice with

انیس سو بیانوے میں لورا لائی میں کاکڑ قبیلے سے تعلق رکھنے والے ہندووں پر ظلم کی داستان – از رؤف کلاسرا: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-03-30&edition=ISL&id=27359_59100905

The US is paying the cost of supporting the House of Saud as cracks begin to appear – by Patrick Cockburn: President Obama flew to Saudi Arabia to patch up relations with King Abdullah at the end of last week in his first visit in five years. The alliance had been strained by Saudi anger over US negotiations with

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tweeting from the hip – by Abbas Nasir: TWEETING-from-the-hip Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has warned that if anything were to happen to him the Punjab government would be held responsible, as he went public with a threat issued to him by the deadly Deobandi Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. There

Pashtun tribes and terrorism: A rebuttal to Rustam Shah Mohmand’s article – by Zaigham Khan: Rustam Shah Mohmand, a member of the team appointed by the government to negotiate with Taliban, ignited a debate this week through an article contributed to a national English daily, arguing that the destruction of the tribal structure by

TTP had ordered attack on Islamabad court, say findings – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Investigations into the March 3 Islamabad Judicial Complex attack that killed ten people and the March 21 twin bombings in Peshawar that killed 20 people have concluded that these assaults were ordered by the TTP top brass which

اقبال کا آفاقی پیغام اور تقسیم ہند – از ایاز امیر: Source : http://e.jang.com.pk/pic.asp?npic=03-29-2014%2FLahore%2Fimages%2F08_04.gif

Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked: ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday banned YouTube after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting that discussed possible military action in Syria. The recordings purport to show senior Turkish government, military and

ڈیڑھ ارب ڈالر کے عوض سعودی عرب، بحرین اور امریکہ پاکستان کو سلفی و دیوبندی فرقہ وارانہ جنگوں میں دھکیل رہے ہیں – از نزیر ناجی: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-03-28&edition=FAB&id=27235_84062451

سعودی امداد یافتہ دیوبندی اور سلفی اقلیت پاکستان پر قبضے کی تیاری کر چکی ہے – خوشنود علی خان: روزنامہ جناح کے مدیر خوشنود علی خان نے ایک اہم بات کی طرف توجہ دلائی ہے کہ پاکستان میں رہنے والے سنی مسلمانوں کی عظیم اکثریت کا تعلق اہلسنت والجماعت بریلوی مسلک سے ہے جو پر امن لوگ ہیں

The Nation’s editorial on Pakistan Day hijacked by the banned Salafi-Wahhabi and Deobandi outfits: In a sign of the tragedy that is our time, the official Republic Day parade in Pakistan was conspicuous by absence, and instead replaced by multiple rallies arranged by the Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Hugely well

Fabricating specious ethos – by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur: The atrocities against the Baloch or the ravages against the Bengalis, the recent burning of the Hindu Dharmshala in Larkana or the carnages against the Hazara Shias or Christians sadden me deeply as do all the brutal and

تیئس مارچ کا قاتل کون؟ – ازعامرریاض: آج 23 مارچ ہے جو ہمیں اس دن کی یاد دلاتا ہے جب آج سے 74 برس قبل پنجاب کے دل لاہور میں آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ نے فیصلہ کن تحریک کا آغاز کیا تھا۔ اجلاس کی پشت پناہی

Afghanistan Is Doing Better Than You Think – by Michael O’Hanlon: KABUL—In the minds of most Americans—and perhaps most members of Congress, too—the war in Afghanistan is already long since lost. Spasms of violence like Thursday’s attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul, a popular haunt for Western expatriates, only

Only Saudis can explain why they have paid a hefty sum to Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif – by Farrukh Pitafi: The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and tweets @FarrukhKPitafi Editor’s note: The tweet by Hussain Haqqani says it all “the government of a country with 185 million people and nuclear weapons cannot by run through anonymous donations”

پہلی بیوی اور دوسرا نکاح – از خورشید ندیم: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-03-19&edition=LHR&id=26763_71930236

روس کا شام اور یوکرین میں امریکی یورپی استعمار کو شکست دینا تیسری دنیا کے لئے ایک خوش آئند بات ہے – از ایاز امیر: نپولین کو صرف روس کی سرد ی نے ہی شکست نہیں دی تھی بلکہ یہ سخت جان روسی سپاہیوں کی جانبازی تھی جس نے پانسہ پلٹ دیا۔ ماسکو کی شاہراہ پر ہونے والی بوروڈینو کی جنگ میں روسی فوج

Can the Deobandi Taliban be far behind? – by Khaled Ahmed: In Pakistan, the Council of Islamic Ideology has been in overdrive. It could be a portent. Pakistan is getting ready for “real” Islam after a Taliban takeover. Islamabad is promising Islamic banking and no “usury” in state schemes. Interior

An example of shallow and dihonest discourse on cultural terrorism: Editor’s note: If you read this entire article on cultural terrorism in KP, Balochistan, Punjab and other areas of Pakistan, you will not find a single mention of those who are attacking and destroying our cultural heritage. Neither the

Sunni and Shia are united in Bashar Al Assad’s army – by Robert Fisk: General Yussef Swaidan was doing the Syrian army version of hearts and minds, standing behind a fruit stall surrounded by a couple of dozen shopkeepers on the very edge of Daraya. See how well the army treats you.

Salafi and Deobandi roots of violence in Gojra and Larkana – by Ayesha Siddiqa: The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. In an opinion piece written recently on the attack on a Hindu temple in Larkana, the writer was of the opinion that the issue must not

19 killed in attacks by Takfiri Deobandis across Pakistan despite talks – by Jibran Ahmed: Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and policemen at the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta on 14 March 2014. Photo: AFP Peshawsar/Quetta: Attacks in the volatile Pakistani cities of Peshawar and Quetta killed a total of 19 people on

Ayaz Amir’s analysis of the Pakistan-Saudi alliance against Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad: The Lord gave us some of the world’s most fascinating rivers, the tallest mountains, and a broad expanse of the bountiful sea. What the Lord did not give us, for reasons best known to Him, was boldness of spirit