Saudi skeptics gain strength in Congress: Lawmakers in both parties are growing more skeptical of the U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia. This week, 27 senators — three Republicans and 24 Democrats — voted against a $1.15 billion arms sale to the country. That wasn’t
محرم کی ثقافت بمقابلہ تکفیری ثقافت: محرم الحرام کے مہینے کے آغاز سے بلکہ عید قربان کے فوری بعد پاکستان کے مین سٹریم میڈیا اور سوشل میڈیا پہ ایک رجحان روایت بنتا جارہا ہے-جس کو اگر چند لفظوں میں بیان کیا جائے تو اس کی
ناھض حتر : تکفیری ثقافت کا ایک اور شکار: بائیں بازو کے عرب دانشور ، صحافی ناھض حتر کے ایک مذہبی جنونی کے ہاتھوں اردن کے دارالخلافہ عمان میں سپریم کورٹ کی عمارت کے سامنے سیڑھیوں پہ مارے جانے پہ میڈیا اسی طرح سے تقسیم ہے ،جیسے یہ
Nahed Hattar: Socrates of Arab killed: Socrates of Arab world, Nahed Hattar was killed. His crime of was to mock concepts of religion, God, Heaven and Jihad of ISIS. A gunman has shot dead prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar outside a court where he
Daughter of Abdul Wahid Baloch, Hani Baloch needs your support: Dear friends, Daughter of #AbdulWahidBaloch Hani Baloch needs your support for early recovery of her father, raise your voice, convey your message to concerned authorities. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the
NFP’s murder of history: Ironically, in an article about Identity, (Smokers Corner: A Case of Identity, DAWN September 18) Deobandi commentator NFP typically skips all relevant details. He fails to mention Aurangzeb’s rabid Anti-Shia pogroms and hate fatwas or that those of Akber’s
Dr Shakil Auj and modernity: It has been two years now, when in a flicker of a moment, our whole world was turned upside down. And we understood death for the first time when it put its hand upon our father. The never-ending flashbacks
WAHHABISM: The ideology of hate: On the 13th of September, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif penned an Op-Ed in the New York Times, titled, “Let Us Rid the World of Wahhabism.” Reactions to his piece have been mixed. While many
ضمیر کی مان لی – علی اسد رضوی: امریکہ میں اپنی پاک سر زمین سے دور رہنا چاہے تعلیم کی عرض سے ہو یا کسبِ معاش کی کسی بھی حب الوطن کے لیے آسان نہیں۔ پس کچھ یوں ہی ہوا اور دیارِ غیر میں تحصیلِ علم
Mohammad Javad Zarif: Let us rid the world of Wahhabism: Tehran — Public relations firms with no qualms about taking tainted petrodollars are experiencing a bonanza. Their latest project has been to persuade us that the Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, is no more. As a