Al-Qaeda Archive
Holy places and unholy alliances – Jalees Hazir: Much has been said about the security of our holy places in Makkah and Madina as a reason for Pakistan to join the Saudi-led war of aggression against Yemen. In the present context, these concerns are misleading and are
Middle East conundrum – Zahid Hussain: IT has never been easy to navigate the labyrinth of the Middle East’s ever-changing politics, but it is becoming even more challenging with the growing confusion over shifting alliances. The Saudi-led military action in Yemen and agreement among
How deep-rooted are jihadists in Canada? – Murtaza Haider: We have dreaded this, but knew it may happen one day. An armed assailant attacked the Canadian Parliament and other sites in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. Killing one soldier; and injuring at least three others. The attacker, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32,
سب باغی ایک جیسے نہیں ہوتے۔ سید عون عباس: تیونس میں ایک ماسٹرز کئے ہوئے لڑکے نے جب اپنے حقوق نہ ملنے پر خود کو آگ لگائی تو اس آگ نے صرف اس نوجوان ہی کو نہیں جلایا بلکہ پورے تیونس میں یہ آگ پھیل گئی، اور برسوں
ISIS’s role in the destruction of Sunnis of Iraq – by Patrick Cockburn: Yet for all Mahmoud’s (an Iraqi Sunni) passionate sense of injustice, his belief that the government is irredeemably anti-Sunni is only part of the story. Sunni and Shia have both used mass violence against one another’s communities in the
From Tunisia to Iraq, Afghanistan to Egypt, Salafi and Deobandi terrorists are enemies of culture and civllization – Robert Fisk: Coming from a group which has burned and bulldozed churches and Islamic shrines in Iraq, axed 3000-year old statues in the Mosul museum and boasted of destroying the ancient city of Hatra, the Tunis Tweet is a warning to
We’re dying from apathy, not terrorism – Murtaza Haider: Thousands have been targeted, but only a few have lived to tell the tale. Sitting in the semi-lit lounge at the Washington Plaza Hotel, Raza Rumi narrated the details of the fateful Friday in March when his driver
The IS behemoth, yet another Western project gone wrong – Murtaza Haider: It is a typical summer flick, but it holds a great lesson for the global power politics. Hercules, released earlier in the summer, shows how the son of Zeus fights against tyrants only to realise later that he
Beardless folks – Shazia Gulzar: Beard holds a significant importance in the Islamic Society. It plays a pivotal role in how people should perceive you. You are instantly known as a Sufi or Ustad ji, even if you aren’t one. It definitely changes
We’re not moving towards civil war, we’re in it – Murtaza Haider: Being a Shia is not a crime, but in Pakistan it now carries a death sentence. The 24 Shias from Kohat and Orakzai agency, who were summarily executed by the militants near the Pak-Iran border, have now been
Sectarianism in Iraq — is Pakistan watching? – Murtaza Haider: Iraq has descended into a full-blown civil war. The Jihadists have captured three towns and are marching on to Baghdad. They claim to have killed 1,700 prisoners in violation of Islamic and other laws governing warfare. They have also
Jummah mubarak, you ‘kafir’! – Ale Natiq: Last Friday, nearly 150 Shias were killed and 400 wounded in triple suicide blasts that targeted the Shia community during the Friday congregational prayers in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. ISIS/ISIL claimed responsibility of the attack and a statement released
Rs400,000, or hand over your son to the madrassa – Murtaza Haider: It is one of the weirdest school enrolment drives ever: Surrender a son to the madrassa (religious seminary), or pay 400,000 rupees (US$4,000) instead. The militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas are openly coercing families to hand over their sons,
250 Sunnis and Shias killed in Yemen, Pakistan and Syria by Deobandi-Salafi terrorists: For the Deobandi-Salafis, its Friday. The day set aside for massacring Shia muslims. You know, those “sectarian Shias” as described in increasing sections of the global media – who are getting too uppity and want to decide their own
دیوبندی مدارس کی حمایت کرنے پر پنجاب حکومت کا جامعہ المنتظر کو 80 لیپ ٹاپ کا تحفہ: شیعہ نیوز (پاکستانی شیعہ خبر رساں ادارہ) حکومت پنجاب نے وفاق المدارس الشیعہ پاکستان سے الحاق شدہ مدارس کے پوزیشن ہولڈرز طلبا و طالبات کے لئے 80 لیپ ٹاپ فراہم کر دیئے جو جامعتہ المنتظر ماڈل ٹاؤن لاہور
Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah: Founder of excommunication and exclusion – Aamir Hussaini: Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah is a very controversial figure in Muslim history. On the one side there are those who believe that he adopted Imam Ahmad bin Hanbals’ rigid, violent and Zahiriya (emphasizing on outward appearance) in Tauheed (‘the oneness’)
Fasaad Fi sabilillah? – Murtaza Haider: It could have been just another ordinary patient arriving at an eye clinic for treatment. Abdul Rauf, a 20-something resident of Badami Bagh Lahore, took his father to Dr. Ali Haider’s clinic. A delay at the clinic ticked
Yemen massacre of Zaidi Shias by the Salafi Al-Qaeda: It’s not ISIL and it’s not Sunni-Shiite Conflict – Juan Cole: The massive twin bombings at mosques in the capital that shook Yemen on Friday, killing over 100 and wounding many more, were immediately claimed by Daesh (ISIS, ISIL). Since the mosques were largely attended by members of the
The Battle For Saudi Arabia : Royalty Fundamentalism and global Power: پروفیسر اسد ابو خلیل امریکی یونیورسٹی میں پولیٹکل سائنس کے استاد ہیں اور وہ لبنانی نژاد عرب ہیں ، بیروت سے شایع ہونے والے عربی روزنامہ ” الاخبار” میں باقاعدگی سے آرٹیکل لکھتے ہیں اور کئی کتابوں کے
The News: Nexus of Deobandi terror outfits strikes again: Police suspect the involvement of the nexus between the Taliban, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the Jundullah and other terrorist outfits, which is already responsible for several sectarian attacks, in the bomb attack on a Bohra community mosque in Arambagh on
The Islamic State arrives in Pakistan: Since the beginning of 2015 Pakistan’s press, both printed and electronic, together with independent blogs, have been reporting with increasing frequency the spread of the Islamic State’s (IS) influence on Pakistani territory. Both the intelligence services of the USA
Gatestone Institute: The Deobandi and Jamaat-e-Islami roots of extreminsm and terrorism in the UK: Ataullah Siddiqui, an official of the Islamic Foundation, which publishes radical tracts of the Islamist group Jamaat-e-Islami. In 2003, The Times reported that two of the Islamic Foundation’s trustees were on the UN sanctions list of people associated
Karachi’s dragons: Is banned Deobandi terror outfit ASWJ gearing up to replace MQM? – Dawn newspaper (Khurram Hussain): Here’s a little story, which some might find interesting given the times. In the 2013 election, the provincial assembly of Sindh narrowly missed having to swear in the leader of a banned organisation who contested a provincial seat from
جامعہ کراچی: شیعہ طلبہ پربم دھماکے میں ملوث اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ کے دو دہشت گردوں کو 14 سال قید کی سزا: کراچی ١٩ مارچ ٢٠١٥ (شیعہ نیوزو دیگر میڈیا): جامعہ کراچی میں دوران نماز ظہرہونے والے بم دھماکے میں ملوث اسلامی جمعیت طلبہ کے دو کارکنا ں عمیر دیوبندی اور حفیظ اللہ دیوبندی کو انسداد دہشتگردی کی عدالت نے 14
صولت مرزا کا بیان: منافقت نہیں “الباکستانیت” – تنویر اختر: دُنیا میں ایسا کہیں ہوتا ہے یا نہیں، قانون و انصاف کی تاریخ میں ایسی “نظیر” بے شک موجود نہ ہو کہ سزائے موت کا منتظر قیدی پھانسی چڑھائے جانے سے چند ساعت قبل ٹی وی چینلز پر نمودار
سراج الحق، ایم کیو ایم اور منافقت – خرم زکی: جماعت اسلامی پاکستان کا رہنما سراج الحق دیوبندی ایم کیو ایم کے کارکنوں کے اعترافی بیانات پر ایم کیو ایم کے خلاف پابندی کا مطالبہ کرتا ہے لیکن یہی سراج الحق دیوبندی پہلے سے ہی کالعدم دہشتگرد گروہ اہل
Open letter to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz – by Ani Zonneveld: in this letter, Ani Zonneveld has correctly identified the major source of extremism, bigotry, intolerance and misogyny in the Muslim world. Instead of using vague and obfuscatory terminology like “Islamist”, she has correctly highlighted Saudi Wahabism as a major
Pakistan warns Turkey: Don’t make our mistakes: As Turkey was discussing the training and equipping of Syrian opposition militants in Turkey, Pakistan recalled its own painful experiences. In Islamabad, Al-Monitor asked Mushahid Hussein, the chairman of the Pakistani Senate’s Defense Committee, about his country’s role in Afghanistan and in
Jerusalem Post Report: Israel treating al-Qaida ISIS Salafi Deobandi terrorists wounded in Syrian war: Israel has opened its borders with Syria in order to provide medical treatment to Nusra Front and al-Qaida fighters wounded in the ongoing civil war, according to The Wall Street Journal. The prominent American newspaper reported that Nusra Front,
امریکی محقق پروفیسر کرسٹین فیئرکا دیوبندی دہشت گردی بارے اہم لیکچر – صدائے اہلسنت: نوٹ : کرسٹائن ایف فرئیر امریکہ کی ایک اہم ریسرچ سکالر ہے ، جس نے حال ہی میں امریکہ کے اندر وہاں کی انٹیلجنٹسیا کو یہ بتانا شروع کیا ہے کہ جنوبی ایشیا کے اندر بالعموم اور پاکستان
‘Jihadi’ Jake Bilardi – from Australian suburban schoolboy to Islamic State suicide bomber: How did a bright student and aspiring journalist from suburban Melbourne become a hardened militant and suicide bomber for Islamic State in Iraq? LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: How does a bright teenager and student of politics from Australian suburbia
غدار کون ہے؟ وزیر اعلی پنجاب شہباز شریف یا ماما قدیر بلوچ – از عائشہ صدیقہ: Source: http://dunya.com.pk/index.php/author/dr.-ayesha-sadique/2015-03-12/10504/88820328#.VQKk8qPLfcR
Meet the 20 most wanted Deobandi terrorists in Punjab: The Punjab government released a list of the 110 most wanted terrorists in the province on Wednesday. Major findings from the list include: Most of those listed are affiliated with local militant organisations including the Deobandi Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
پاکستانی داعش کے خدوخال ۔ جماعت الاحرار ، لشکر اسلام اور تحریک طالبان پاکستان نے متحدہ تحریک طالبان پاکستان بنانے کا اعلان کردیا – صداۓ اہلسنت: پشاور میں میڈیا دفاتر کو بھیجی گئی ایک ای میل میں دیوبندی تکفیری طالبانی رہنماء احسان اللہ احسان نے خبر دی ہے کہ لشکر اسلام ۔ جماعت الاحرار اور ٹی ٹی پی مولوی فضل اللہ گروپ نے باقاعدہ ایک
ایبٹ آباد میں اسامہ بن لادن کے گھر سے حاصل شدہ خفیہ دستاویزات میں شہباز شریف اور القاعدہ میں تعلقات کا انکشاف: امریکی اخبار وال سٹریٹ جرنل نے ایبٹ آباد میں اسامہ بن لادن کے گھر سے حاصل شدہ خفیہ دستاویزات شایع کردیں، شہباز شریف اور القاعدہ میں تعلقات کا انکشاف نواز لیگ نے جرنیل حمید گل اور دیوبندی جہادی رہنما
سراج الحق دیوبندی اور جنرل حمید گل کے چہیتے دیوبندی طالبان نے بامیان کے مجسمے تباہ کرنے کے لیے شیعہ ہزارہ قیدیوں کو استعمال کیا: مرزا حسین 26 سال کے تھے جب طالبان کمانڈرز نے ان کو حکم دیا کہ بامیان صوبے میں واقع بدھا کے مجسموں پر بارودی مواد نصب کریں۔ بدھا مجسموں کو تباہ کر دیا گیا جس کے باعث دنیا
Osama bin Laden’s Files: Saudi backed Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif wanted to cut deal with Al Qaeda: Quote by C. Christine Fair A few things to note:1. The interlocutors between Al Qaeda (AQ) and the State is NOT Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) or JuD; rather, the Deobandis (ASWJ, LeJ and Taliban). I make this point because some folks
Deobandi madrassas and violence in Karachi – Ali Arqam: The burgeoning of madressahs at the outskirts of the city meant that trained and taught peshimams were readily available for hire to lead prayers elsewhere in the city. It is for this reason that most prayer leaders in posh
Deobandi madrassas provide the ideological roots of Taliban, ASWJ and LeJ – Farman Kakar: Prior to the era of Afghan jihad, debates regarding madrassa reforms revolved around the need for harmonising religious education with its secular counterpart. The increasing association of madaris with militancy of various hues is a more recent phenomenon. Whereas