Newspaper Articles Archive
Deobandi Islamist militancy in Bangladesh and counter-narrative – by Muhammad Nurul Huda: Source: Daily Star A daily English newspaper took a dim view of the fact that the anti-militancy campaign has run aground and expressed concern as to why the imams of mosques reportedly refuse to give anti-militancy sermons to counter
Pakistan must not meddle in Syria at behest of Saudi Arabia – by Ayaz Amir: Don’t we have enough of a Deobandi-Shia problem at home that we should be taking sides in the larger Salafi-Shia cleavage racking the so-called world of Islam? The battle lines of this larger conflict are drawn most visibly in
پنجاب کے نگران وزیر اعلی نجم سیٹھی نے نواز لیگ کو جتوانے کے لئے الیکشن میں پینتیس پنکچر کہاں کہاں لگائے؟ – از نذیر ناجی: Veterna columnits Nazir Naji exposes rigging in elections (2013) done by caretaker CM Najam Sethi in favour of PML-N. This rigging is known as 35-puncture scandal. Source: Dunya newspaper
طالبان خود کش حملوں کی ذمہ داری قبول کرتے، قاضی حسین صاحب پھر بھی نہ مانتے – از خورشید ندیم: Khurshid Nadeem notes that despite the fact that Taliban (TTP) produly claimed terrorist activities, Qazi Hussain Ahmed used to say that he still did not believe Taliban were behind terrorism. Now Maulana Sami-ul-Haq is in a similar state of
پاکستان کے دیوبندی علما نے کبھی اپنے ہم مسلک طالبان کی دہشت گرد کاروائیوں کی دو ٹوک غیر مشروط مذمت نہیں کی – از خورشید ندیم: Khurshid Nadeem’s column on increasing unity between Sunni Barelvis and Shias against Deobandi Taliban and the responsibility of Deobandi clerics to clearly and unconditionally condemn terrorism by Deobandi Taliban and affiliated terror outifits eg Sipah-e-Sahaba ASWJ-LeJ. Source: Dunya newspaper
لرزتی ریاست کا فوجی آپریشن – از لال خان: دہشت گردی اورمذہبی انتہا پسندی کے مسئلے کو جس طرح مذاکرات اور فوجی آپریشن کی بھول بھلیوں تک محدود کردیا گیا ہے اس سے کوئی راستہ نکلنے والا نہیں ہے۔ مذاکرات کا ڈرامہ سب کے سامنے بے نقاب ہوچکا
Pluralism was once the hallmark of the Arab world but as Salafists/Wahabis rise, Christians begin exodus in pain – by Robert Fisk: Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of a man, the kind you would always choose to play Father Christmas, or perhaps a Cossack leader sweeping across the Russian steppe, reins in one hand, sword in the other. But
Pakistan most terror-hit nation – by Ismail Khan: Similarly, the number of suicide bombings between 2001 and 2007 stood at 15 only, but from 2007 to November last year, suicide attacks jumped to 358 – the highest anywhere in the world. — File Photo PESHAWAR: Pakistan is
The invented ‘crime’ of blasphemy – by Dr T Hargey: The various Muslim signatories, including Sadiq Khan, (report, 20 February) rightly condemn the imposition of the death penalty upon Mohammed Asghar on trumped-up charges of blasphemy. They conveniently focus on the execrable human rights perspectives of this appalling case
Yes TTP, you can kill the Pashtuns – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: After the overwhelming success of the ‘Good Taliban, Bad Taliban’ circus, we are now experiencing a new merry-go-round: Good Sharia, Bad Sharia. Just like both Good Taliban and Bad Taliban look uncannily similar, it is the same for Good
26 unauthorized Deobadi mosques in Islamabad provide sanctuary to TTP-ASWJ terrorists: ISLAMABAD: For the last four years Niaz Saleemi, 55, has been offering prayers in a mosque built on a greenbelt near his I-10/2 house. Sometimes, he pauses for a moment and thinks if it is right to offer prayers
سندھی اور بلوچ قوم پرستوں کے خلاف فوج کی غیر اعلانیہ جنگ: Source : http://jang.com.pk/jang/feb2014-daily/20-02-2014/col6.htm
And we are left with the likes of Molvi Ludhianvi Deobandi – by Ayaz Amir: Of the two famous Ludhianvis, Sahir Ludhianvi and Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, it had to be our luck to get not Sahir the poet who wrote those immortal film songs – in that genre no one has bettered him
Resilence of Shia Hazara artist Khadim Ali in response to genocide at the hands of Deobandi Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ) terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Shia Hazara artist has made the journey from a home in exile in Pakistan to one of Australia’s top galleries. Khadim Ali casts a protective eye over his mother, Amina, in a house in Sydney’s western suburbs, where his family
ہتھیار نہیں ، اخلاقی طاقت – از نذیر ناجی: Source : http://dunya.com.pk/index.php/author/nazeer-naji/2014-02-18/6097/74645984#.UwM66FdvfIV
Umar Khurasani Deobandi of TTP used a peace deal with the army to consolidate his control over Mohamand – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Umar Khalid Khurasani Deoabndi, the ameer of the Mohmand Agency chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a journalist-turned-jehadi commander whose declared objectives as a staunch follower of bin Laden are to overthrow the government of Pakistan, impose
Despite no drone attack, 46 terror attacks by Deobandi TTP-ASWJ in 45 days! – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Although the American CIA has halted its drone campaign in the Pakistani tribal areas since the beginning of 2014, the Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants, have stepped up their terrorist activities in a big way, more than one
The mainstreaming of Deobandi militancy in Pakistan – by Kamila Hyat: In Islamabad, a cleric who unleashed forces from his Lal Masjid to attack and capture government buildings to press for his demand that the constitution of the state be overthrown and replaced with Islamic law, triggering the infamous showdown
دیوبندی طالبان سے مذاکرات کے16 دن، 16 دہشت گردحملے، 70 افرادجاں بحق، 250 زخمی: طالبان اور حکومتی کميٹيوں کے درميان مذاکرات پر بيشتر حلقوں نے شک و شبہات کا اظہار کيا، مذاکرات کے پہلے 16 دنوں کے دوران 16 دہشت گرد حملے ہوگئے، لگ بھگ 70 افراد جاں بحق اور 250 زخمی ہوگئے۔
In Pakistan, the Deobandi Taliban are negotiating in bad faith – by Khaled Ahmed: In Pakistan, the Taliban is negotiating in bad faith. Its choice of interlocutors for talks and list of demands confirm this. The peace pipe Pakistan wished to smoke with the Deobandi Taliban was turned into a pipe dream after
شریعت کوئی مسلہ نہیں ہے – از ایاز امیر: Source : http://www.columnkaar.com/shariat-koi-masla-nahi-hai-by-ayaz-amir/
Newsweek’s interview with Deobandi Taliban’s spokseman Shahidullah Shahid: The Pakistani Taliban open up. Two committees—one nominated by the Islamabad government, another by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan—are presently engaged in ‘peace’ talks. We spoke with Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, about the dialogue, their
Shariah is not the issue, but Deobandi TTP-LeJ prisoner release and army withdrawal from FATA – by Ayaz Amir: The Taliban are in a war and those fighting wars are realists, not armchair philosophers arguing about theory and metaphysical subtleties. Of course they will say they are for the enforcement of Allah’s commandments but that is like the
Literature festivals as cultural apparatus – by Farooq Sulehria: Arather systematic analysis of western cultural industries from a Marxist perspective began in earnest in the 1950s when a cohort of radical intellectuals – Paul Baran, Paul Sweezy, Raymond Williams, C H Mills, Herbert Marcuse, Ralph Miliband, and
Islam gaining popularity in Brazilian culture and TV – by Rahat Hussain: WASHINGTON, January 6, 2014 — While the Middle East appears to dominate much of the discourse relating to Islam and Muslims, the growth of Muslim communities in countries such as Brazil seems to go unnoticed. The rise of the
Sunni Barelvi and Shia victims of Deobandi Taliban missing from the dialogue table – by Murtaza Haider: The image shows members of the high-powered committee designated by the government to facilitate talks with the Taliban. Yet another suicide bomber targeted a Shia neighbourhood in Peshawar killing nine and injuring 50 others. The past few months
Imran Khan: the man who sold Pakistan to Taliban – by Cyril Almeida: Editor’s note: The problem with Cyril Almeida’s analysis is that he has placed the entire blame on the right-wing (Deobandi hate clerics) and politicians (Nawaz Sharif etc, but Imran Khan in particular) but has completely wiped out another two
Donor claims PTI has been hijacked: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistani-American donor Mehboob Aslam claimed on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf cannot ensure provision of justice to the common people when it cannot provide justice to its own worker. Addressing a press
Deobandi TTP finalises 15 point draft for talks – by Zahir Shah Sherazi: Professor Ibrahim Khan, Maulana Yousuf Shah and Maulana Abdul Aziz attend a joint news conference after their talks with government representatives in Islamabad, Feb 6, 2014. — File Photo by AP PESHAWAR: The Taliban Shura has finalised a
If the talks with Taliban succeed, we may see a metamorphosis of the Pakistan state: TNS’s interview with Ayesha Siddiqa: The News on Sunday (TNS): How does the government’s approach to counter terrorism through talks look like to you — a compromise, a time buying tactic or you expect something substantive to come out of it? Ayesha Siddiqa (AS):
طالبان اور سپاہ صحابہ کے تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کے خلاف وزیر اعظم نواز شریف کی یاد گار تقریر – از یاسر پیر زادہ: Source : http://e.jang.com.pk/02-05-2014/Lahore/pic.asp?picname=08_09.gif
Talks with Taliban: A football club playing a game within itself ? – by Harris Khalique: So there are seven people at the time of this going to the press who will have met to informally initiate the process of dialogue in order to discuss the ways and means of bringing peace to our country
Farahnaz Ispahani talks with BBC on ill conceived and mal-intended talks with Taliban: BBC-Radio- A few assertions are there that the Pakistani Talibans are going to be back to these talks? Ms Ispahani-I have major problems with these peace-talks to begin with,they have been for the last few months, the public opinion was
Can the Pakistan Army defeat the Taliban? – by Jahanzeb Hussain: Can the Pakistani Army defeat the Taliban? In terms of military capacity and financial resources, yes it can. However, when it comes to political support and ideological convictions, that is where it starts to get worrying. If it wants
امن کو موقع ضروردو – از محمد حیدررضوی: جو کہتے ہیں ‘دین میں جبر نہیں’ ان نامردوں کی باتوں میں مت آنا! وہ جو کہتے ہیں کہ ایمان زبردستی کسی کے دل میں نہیں ٹھونس سکتے ان ناعاقبت اندیش لوگوں کے بہکاوے میں مت آنا! تم ہر
I left the US because of their hatred towards Muslim – This is my story – by Kashif Chaudhry: Everyday I would see hate stickers against Muslims at Harvard Medical School. PHOTO: AFP I was born in 1982, in the beautiful American city of San Jose, California. A proud patriotic Muslim American, my dad would decorate our
Bilawal Bhutto’s plea for Pakistan – by Rob Crilly: The son of Benazir Bhutto opened a new front in the war against extremism in Pakistan at the weekend, with a glittering gala of music and fireworks set against the illuminated ruins of a Bronze Age city. In
توتک میں فوج کی طرف سے ملّا شفیق مینگل کے لشکر جھنگوی کا پرائیویٹ آرمی کے طور پر استعمال – از حامد میر: Source : http://jang.com.pk/jang/jan2014-daily/30-01-2014/col3.htm
Beyond Mullahs and Marxists: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: “During my travels I found young Muslims vigorously debating the ‘challenges’ facing India’s 170-million-strong Muslim community, and what it should do to haul itself out of the hole it is in.” A scene during Partition.