More evidence of ISIS brutality – graphic video – by Khurram Zaki: The narratives and evidences of ISIS/ISIL/Da’ish brutality and inhumanity in Iraq and Syria are nothing new. These terrorists are even infamous within their own takfeeri kharijite circles for their extreme ruthlessness and butchery. Even AQ head Ayman al-Zawahiri is
Takfir and terrorism – by Tahir Kamran: Like khalafah, umma, jihad and shahadat, takfir has attained a wide currency in modern day Muslim discourse. For analysts, takfir has a peculiar specificity, especially when referring to modern day proponents of revivalist Islam. Takfir denotes excommunication or
Fatwa declares Zarb-i-Azb a jihad: ISLAMABAD: Over 100 ulema from various schools of thought declared on Sunday Zarb-i-Azb, the military operation being carried out against terrorists and militants in North Waziristan Agency, as jihad. The decree [fatwa] was issued after a meeting
ISIS Advances in Iraq Echoed in Bahrain: Top Bahrain government officials took to Twitter to show what is being perceived as support to the advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a splinter group of the terror organisation Al Qaeda, in Iraq.
10 Myths about the Crisis in Iraq: The ongoing Iraq crisis has upended many assumptions about Iraq and US policy in the Arab East (al-mashriq) and Persian Gulf. Unfortunately Western media reporting is filled with much erroneous information on the crisis. Sectarian politicians, who seek