Newspaper Articles Archive
Wahhabi-Deobandi Impact: Influence of Wahhabi and Deobandi Islam on the Indian Muslim community is growing – by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta: THE PHENOMENON of Islamist terrorism has received considerable attention in recent times. Pointing to a trend of increasing radicalisation of Indian Muslims, Indian intelligence has expressed concern that it is becoming a paramount national security issue. However,
Jamhooriat, qurbani aur mufahimat ka naam Benazir Bhutto -by Munir Ahmed Khan: Source: Daily Jang
A Benazir Bhutto will be born in every home! So how many Benazirs will you slay? -by Hina Mehr Nadeem: Benazir Bhutto, a character larger than life and the finest political leader among her contemporaries torchbearer of women rights in a society like Pakistan, has rightly been regarded as the daughter of the East and a lady who stood
Ahmadis persecuted in the Saudi Kingdom: AHRC Report: It is extremely perturbing that we have to bring to the notice of the world’s community the plight of two innocent, loyal citizens of Saudi Arabia who had committed no offence at all, were arrested on 14 May 2012
Birth of a Benazir legacy -by Salman Sikandar: I support PPP, Bhutto, Benazir & their legacy not on the basis of personal liking or disliking but for an open, democratic and progressive Pakistan. A conversation which I had with my Dad on 28 December 2007. 27 December
Four issues Pakistanis can influence more than US drones – by Hina Baloch and Zmarak Yousefzai: US drone strikes have caused an outrage in Pakistan where thousands of young impressionable Pakistanis have taken to the streets. Until last week, the demonstrators had disrupted Nato supplies travelling through Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to
ہم نے اگر اب بھی – از جاوید چودھری: Source : http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1102019079&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20131119
چنیوٹ کے انیس – از سلمان حیدر: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : تاریخ شاہد ہے کہ تعزیہ برداری اور تازیا سازی ہمیشہ سے سنی مسلمانوں کا شیوا رہا ہے – محرم میں تعزیہ سازی اور مجلس کا انتظام و انصرام ہمیشہ سے سنی مسلمانوں نے اپنی ذمہ داری
Disneyland Pakistan: The new elite in Pakistan are radical in their thinking – by Ayesha Siddiqa: The magazine, Hello!, has just published a special edition for Pakistan highlighting a list of ‘Hot Hundred’ — profiles of 100 Pakistani icons ranging from brilliant writers, playwrights, novelists, polo players, fashion designers, actors, singers, models and many others. The
Aitchison College disowns Ch Nisar, Imran – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: —Principal calls emergency meeting following statements on Qadir Mulla –Fears college would directly be held responsible for producing Nisar, Khan Lahore – Our Education Correspondent: Aitchison College, one of Pakistan’s topmost education institutions, has decided to remove the
Jesus and Jinnah – by Harris Khalique: Merry Christmas to all! Today is celebrated as the day Jesus was born. It was Jesus Christ, the prophet of God, who was crucified by the powers that be in his times for what he stood for. In terms
Great example of Sunni-Shia unity in Chiniot, Punjab: All Tazia makers for Shias’ Ahsura procession are Sunnis – by Salman Hyder: To witness the wonder of how devotion beautifies art one has to travel to Chiniot. But the place has something more than that to offer. In a country where every month is turned into a Muharram, owing to the
Karbala and how Lahore was involved – by Majid Sheikh: A Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan.—File PhotoIN our school and college days we all loved to assist friends set up ‘sabeels’ alongside Lahore`s traditional ‘Ashura’ procession, providing cold drinks to the thousands who mourned. Sects and beliefs never
Takfiri militants in Syria have taken iconoclasm to new depths: With shrines, statues and even a tree destroyed – but to what end? – by Robert Fisk: Editor’s note: We are cross posting this article by Robert Fisk as a validation of the LUBP narrative. Robert Fisk uses the term iconoclasm to describe the ‘othering’ or ‘exclusion’ of anyone who does not believe strictly in
Drones didn’t create terrorism: Some drone fact – by Farrukh Saleem: Fact 1: The first suicide attack in Pakistan took place on November 19, 1995. Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed to have planned the attack on the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad. The attack killed 17 and injured 60. Fact 2: The second
Dawn newspaper’s report on Deobandi madressahs and the tide of sectarian hatred in Pakistan: The Takfiri Deobandi mindset that has come to increasingly dominate the religious discourse in Pakistan has in large part been attributed to the Deobandi hold of the madressah system of ‘education’ in the country. Even in areas considered ‘secular’,
Equal Rights For Minorities in Pakistan? PM Nawaz Sharif Was Wrong to Assume They Have: Ideally there should be no discrimination in a country’s law of the land, but if somehow that is not the case, every care should be taken to make sure that the minority communities can enjoy those rights that
Sex, drugs and beards: an afternoon in a Pakistani porn cinema: PESHAWAR (Dec 23, 2013): Three times a day dozens of men pack the auditorium, the air heavy with hashish smoke, to watch graphic sex movies: welcome to the Shama — a pornographic cinema in Pakistan’s Taliban heartland. For more
راولپنڈی میں شہدائے کربلا کے چہلم کے موقع پر حالات کشیدہ، فوج کا گشت: پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب کے شہر راولپنڈی میں عاشورۂ محرم کے بعد شہدائے کربلا کے چہلم کے موقع پر بھی حالات سخت کشیدہ ہیں اور شہر میں فوج اور رینجرز نے گشت شروع کر دیا ہے۔ شہر میں چہلم
Pakistan Army and Taliban clash in North Waziristan after suicide attack – by Bill Roggio: The Pakistani military claimed it killed 23 “militants” in the town of Mir Ali in the Taliban controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, two days after a Deobandi suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint there. The Movement of the Taliban
‘The near future of Iraq is dark’, says Muqtada al-Sadr – by Patrick cockburn: The future of Iraq as a united and independent country is endangered by sectarian Shia-Sunni hostility says Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia religious leader whose Mehdi Army militia fought the US and British armies and who remains a powerful figure
عبدالقادر ملا کی ’’شہادت‘‘ پر سیاپا فرماتے طفلان سے مجھے کوئی گلہ نہیں – از نصرت جاوید: میں اکثر یہ سوچتا ہوں کہ صوفی تبسمؔ بڑے اُستاد قسم کے شاعر تھے مگر انھیں وہ پذیرائی نہ ملی جو فیض احمد فیضؔ جیسے لوگوں کو نصیب ہوئی۔ میں صوفی صاحب کو ہر گز فیضؔ کے مقابلے پر
The Newsline’s article on Deobandi ASWJ’s war against Shia Muslims: Every year as 10 Muharram (Ashura) and 12 Rabi-ul-Awal (Milad) approach, people across the country are on tenterhooks and praying that the events will pass by peacefully, without any untoward incident. In particular, Deobandi and Salafi Wahhabi clerics and
On the verge of mutiny – Ejaz Haider: Predictably, the Punjab government’s ill-thought move to enhance the province’s counterterrorism capacity by sidelining the police has resulted in deep resentment within the force, especially the Police Service of Pakistan, which comprises the top officer cadre and from where
Three dead in Gilgit unrest, mobile services suspended – by Shabbir Mir: An old image showing Gilgit town. PHOTO: SHABBIR MIR GILGIT: Mobile services were suspended in Gilgit early Wednesday morning after the death toll from incidents of violence reached three. Fear and panic have gripped the area since Monday because
Minority MPAs demand withdrawal of LG ordinance: Thursday, December 19, 2013 KARACHI: Over half a dozen minority lawmakers of Sindh Assembly on Wednesday demanded provincial government to immediately withdraw amendment in Sindh People’s Local Government Act 2013 through third amendment ordinance, promulgated by Sindh Governor
سابق چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چودھری کو ریٹائرمنٹ پر 5 کروڑ 45 لاکھ اور 6 لاکھ روپے ماہانہ پنشن ملے گی: اسلام آباد (صلاح الدین خان سے)سپریم کورٹ کے سابق چیف جسٹس افتخار محمد چوہدری کو عہدے سے ریٹائرمنٹ پر 5 کروڑ 45 لاکھ روپے کے فنڈز ملیں گے۔ اسکے علاوہ انکو 6 لاکھ روپے ماہانہ پنشن دی جائیگی جبکہ
دہشت گردی کا قاعدہ – از یاسر پیرزادہ: Source : http://jang.com.pk/jang/dec2013-daily/18-12-2013/col4.htm
Will the Sindh Festival also reach those areas in Sindh where militants train? – by Dr Ayesha Siddiqa: The young leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party recently announced the Sindh festival which is to be held in February 2014 in Thatta and Mohenjo Daro. The various events are meant to invoke the culture of peace and tolerance inherent in
Deobandi and Wahhabi terrorists exploit the Sunni-Shia rift – by Christophe Jaffrelot: The Sunni-Shia split in Pakistan was widened and politicised because of alliances with Saudi Arabia and fear mongering of Iran after its 1979 revolution. Now it is sustained by social divisions and by the foreign policy of India. Only 20%
British Ahmadi doctor jailed in Pakistan for ‘posing as Muslim’: The tombstone of Pakistani scientist Abdus Salam, a member of the Ahmadi community and Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, in the in the town of Rabwa.— Photo by Reuters Updated 2013-12-15 18:58:18 LAHORE: A 72-year-old British doctor is in prison
Unconstitutional to redefine Islam as ‘Sunni’ in constitution, lawyers say – by Boo Su – Lyn: File photograph shows Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. A proposal by the Home Ministry to define Islam as ‘Sunni’ has been criticised by civil liberties lawyer Syahredzan Johan who said such a move if approved by
دنیا بھر میں جاری دہشت گردی میں سعودی عرب ملوث ہے – از حق گو: سعودی عرب میں عطیات اور چندہ دینے والوں نے جہاد کے نام پر پچھلے تیس سال میں دیوبندی اور سلفی تکفیری دہشت گردوں کو بنانے اور طاقتور ہونے میں نہایت گھناونا کردار ادا کیا ہے – نو گیارہ کے
Martyrdom of Imam Hussain’s daugther in Yazid’s prison – by S.H. Bangash: Hazrat Ali Asghar also known as Abdullah was the youngest child of Imam Husain(a.s). He was born only a few weeks before Imam left Madinah. His mother’s name was Rubaab daughter of Imra’u’l Qais who was the chief of
Popular Saudi cleric calls for cooperation with al Qaeda – by Thomas Josceyln: Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, a popular Saudi cleric who has relocated to Syria, has used his highly trafficked social media presence to endorse the new Islamic Front formed by some of the leading Syrian insurgent groups. He has also called
Interviews with former Takfiri Deobandi and Salafi terrorists of Pakistan – by Gulmina Bilal Ahmad: Between July and December 2012, a three-member team of researchers from Individualland – comprising Zulfiqar Haider, Hamza Khan and myself – set out to document the personal journeys of former jihadis who had voluntarily and consciously chosen the path
Lessons of the Rawalpindi Ashura Tragedy – by Abbas Zaidi: Immediately after the ‘burning down’ of the Deobandi mosque, three Shia mosques were totally burnt down in Rawalpindi alone (let’s not talk about dozen others in the rest of the country). The media did not report it The very
Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis – by Patrick Cockburn: Donors in Saudi Arabia have notoriously played a pivotal role in creating and maintaining Sunni (Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi) jihadist groups over the past 30 years. But, for all the supposed determination of the United States and its allies
قانونی ترکہ چھوڑے بغیر سابق ہوجانے والا چیف جسٹس – عارفہ نور: جانے کیوں ماضی میں عدالتیں آمروں کی توثیق کرتی رھیں- سی جے- تجاہل عارفانہ تو دیکھو قانونی ترکہ چھوڑے بغیر سابق ہوجانے والا چیف جسٹس عارفہ نور ریذیڈنٹ ایڈیٹر ڈان اسلام آباد نوٹ:جس دن افتخار محمد چوہدری بطور چیف
The Nation’s editorial on Deobandi sectarian terrorists: Outrageous is the word that should be used when referring to the recent protests by ASWJ. Loss of life in any circumstance is tragic. But blaming other sects for inciting violence is shocking, considering the fact that the ASWJ, along with LeJ has