General & Islamic History Archive

Role of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in the spread of Deobandi ideology in Pashtuns – by Abdul Nishapuri: Related posts: Why are Pashtun nationalists mute on Deobandi ideology and identity of TTP-ASWJ terrorists? – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/306125 Editorial: What is Pashtun nationalism? https://lubpak.com/archives/301247 Historical context and roots of Deobandi terrorism in Pakistan and India https://lubpak.com/archives/306115 Ahmad
ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد مرحوم کے ساتھ ایک نشست – خلافت و ملوکیت سے متعلق چند اہم سوالات:   بردار خرم زکی کے ساتھ  2005 میں ہونے والی ایک نشست میں ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد مرحوم سے خلافت و ملوکیت ، خلیفہ کے انتخاب اور بعیت کے طریقوں پر بحث کی گیی جس کے جواب میں ڈاکٹر اسرار
خلافت راشدہ کے زوال کے اسباب – از مسلم یونٹی: خلافت راشدہ کا زوال ایک حساس ترین موضوع ہے کیوں کہ خود اس زوال کی بڑی وجہ اس زمانے کے سیاسی حالات کو عقیدتوں اور شخصیتوں کے ساتھ وابستگی کی عینک سے دیکھنا ہے_کچھ لوگ اتنے مستحکم نظام کے
Historical context and roots of Deobandi terrorism in Pakistan and India: Related posts: Why are Pashtun nationalists mute on Deobandi ideology and identity of TTP-ASWJ terrorists? – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/306125 The footprints of Deobandi militant jihad in India and Pakistan – by Maloy Krishna Dhar – See more at:
شیعہ اور سنی علما کو حضرت محمد (ص ) کے والدین، دادا، چچا ابو طالب رضی الله عنہم کی توہین اور تکفیرکے خلاف قانون سازی کا مطالبہ کرنا چاہیے: Summary in English: Sunni and Shia ulema of Pakistan should demand legislation against apostatizing (takfeer) and insult (blasphemy) of the holy grandfather, parents and uncle Abu Talib (r.a.) of Propeht Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) by
Hazrat Abu Talib, the first Muslim! – by Abdul Nishapuri: Distortion of history is a common tactic of agents of darkness, intolerance and deception in Pakistan and entire Islamic world. Villains such as Ahmad Shah Durrani Abdali, Muhammad ibn Qasim, Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Muawiya, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Hakeemullah Mehsud, General
حقیقت مذھب اہل بیت: عشرہ محرم کی پہلی تقریر: حقیقت مذھب اہل بیت اطہار بسم اللہ الرحمان الرحیم۔الحمد للہ رب العالمین والصلوۃ و السلام علی محمد وآل محمد۔ السلام علیکم آج پہلی شب محرم ہے-آپ اور میں یہاں اس لیے موجود ہیں کہ ہم مذھب اہل بیت کی
The White Legend of Pakistan’s Creation – by A Z: PREFACE: So much has been written by much better people about the fallacy and inaccuracy of the history taught in Pakistan’s curricula that I can hardly add any dimension or wisdom to it. But let’s try and address the
مجھے مسلمانوں پر غصہ نہیں ترس آتا ہے: اکثر لوگ مجھ جیسے کمزور اور کم عمر شخص کو تنقید کا نشانہ بناتے ہیں اور کہتے ہیں کہ اپنی عمراور اپنا سائز دیکھو اور پھر اپنی حرکتیں،ہر معاملے میں منہ اُٹھا کر بولنا شروع کردیتے ہو کہ مسلمان
First Pakistani women paratroopers make history: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first group of female paratroopers completed their training on Sunday, the military announced, hailing it as a “landmark achievement” for the country. Captain Kiran Ashraf was declared the best paratrooper of the batch of 24, the military
سپاہ صحابہ کے تکفیری ملا اورنگزیب فاروقی کا معاویہ بن ابو سفیان بارے جھوٹا مضمون: LUBP commends Urdu daily Ummat for allowing the publishing of a dissenting view. Despite its well known extreme right leaning narrative, the Ummat had the courage to come clean on at least some partial truth about an alleged Sahahbi
علی کے ساتھ کچھ دیر: میں سوچ رہا تھا کہ اس مرتبہ 13 رجب جب آئے گی تو اپنے احباب کو اس دن کی خوشی میں کیا تحفہ دوں-میں نے ایک خوشبو لی موتیا کی جو ایک حواری مولائے کائنات کے بقول مولا علی
مہر و وفا کی پیکر ہے فاطمہ: میں بہت چھوٹا سا تھا-میرے خیال میری عمر 6-سال ہوگی تو میرے گھر میں بی سیدانی کا بہت آنا جانا تھا-بی سیدانی ہم بچوں کی فیورٹ انّا تھیں-اس لیے نہیں کہ وہ جب بھی آتی تھیں تو ہم بچوں
The white legend of Pakistan’s creation : teaching fake history to children – by A Z: PREFACE: So much has been written by much better people about the fallacy and inaccuracy of the history taught in Pakistan’s curricula that I can hardly add any dimension or wisdom to it. But let’s try and address the
Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s Last Petition: To: The Punjab Governor Sir, With due respect we beg to bring to your kind notice the following: That we were sentenced to death on 7th October 1930 by a British Court, L.C.C Tribunal, constituted under the Sp. Lahore
متحدہ ہندوستان میں شیعہ نسل کشی کی مختصر تاریخ – از وسعت الله خان: Related posts: Historical context and roots of Deobandi terrorism in Pakistan and India – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/306115 A research article on differences and similarities between Deobandis and Salafis/Wahhabis – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/280211 From Mahmud of Ghazni to
انوکھا ساجد،انوکھا عابد: وہ دو سال کا تھا جب اس کے دادا کو اس زمانے کے ایک طالب نے زھر سے بجھے خنجر سے حملہ کرکے عین نماز کے وقت قتل کرڈالا تھا-وہ گیارہ سال کا تھا کہ اس کے محبوب تایا
اصحاب رسول سے دشمنی اور ان کی توہین کا آغاز معاویہ بن ابو سفیان نے کیا: Source: Jihadi Samina Farooqi جہادی ثمینہ فاروقی آج پاکستانی قوم اور دنیا بھر کے مسلمانوں کا المیہ ہے کہ ہمیں تاریخ مسخ شدہ صورت پڑھائی جاتی ہے نسیم حجازی، اوریا مقبول جان، جاوید چودھری ، صفدر محمود، تقی عثمانی
سپاہ صحابہ کے تکفیری دیوبندی تاریخ اسلام اور حدیث کو مسخ کر کے شیعہ مسلمانوں کی نسل کشی کی راہ ہموار کرتے ہیں: جس طرح پاکستان کے سکولوں اور مدرسوں میں پاکستان اور ہندوستان کی تاریخ کا ایک ہی رخ پیش کیا جاتا ہے یہی حال اسلامی تاریخ کا ہے جس کو ہر مسلک اور فرقہ کے مولوی حضرت اپنے مکتب کے
Rapist of History and Jinnah: There are two people in Pakistan for whom I would advocate the punishment according to the Sharia Law (though I oppose all those barbaric punishments given in the name of Sharia). But for these two people I am okay
آل سعود کا نیا منصوبہ – تاریخ اسلام اور کلچر کو یکسر مٹانے کا آغاز -عامر حسینی: سعودی حکومت آج کل مسجد نبوی کو وسعت دینے کا ایک نیا پروجیکٹ شروع کر رہی ہے-اس کا آغاز نومبر میں ہونے والا ہے-اس منصوبے کے تحت نئے کمرے اور نئے ہال بنائے جانا ہیں-اور اس منصوبے کی زد
آل محمد پر مسلمان حکمرانوں اور درباری مورخوں کے مظالم: جو قوم اپنی تاریخ کو یاد نہیں رکھتی اس کا مستقبل مخدوش ہو جاتا ہے – برصغیر پاک و ہند میں مسلمانوں کی تاریخ کو مسخ کرنے کی روایت بہت عرصے سے جاری ہے – لٹیروں، ڈاکوؤں اور ظالم
Shia Muslim dynasties and countries in Islamic history: Throughout Islamic history, Sunni Muslim and Shia Muslim empires have co-existed and contributed to the development of Islamic civilization and culture. However, in the mainstream projections (in the media, curricula and historical accounts), contributions of Shia rulers and dynasties
Bangladesh and the Crises of Pakistan – by Hamza Alavi: Source: Socialist Register, 1971 Abstract The cyclonic fury with which the Pakistan Amy struck against the people of East Bengal exactly two years to the day on which the regime of President Ayub Khan had fallen and General Yahya
Bhagat Singh and his relevance to Pakistan – by Saad Ahmed Javed: Bhagat Singh is considered to be born on September 28, 1907 in Jaranwala Tehsil in the Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab, British India (now Pakistan). He was born in a family of freedom fighters. His father and uncles were members
Maulana Muhammad Ishaq’s lecture on fabrication of Islamic history by Nasibis: There are a few persons around who think that anyone who is praising Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima, Imam Hasan, Imam Hussain etc is a Shia or a closet Shia. Quite a few of them become visibly uncomfortable when someone
This too was Pakistan (1947-71): A response to Nadeem Paracha’s “Also Pakistan” – by Abdul Nishapuri: Related post: This All Began in 1947: The Jihadist Operations of Pakistani State Nadeem F. Paracha’s (NFP) history of Pakistan in the four part series in daily Dawn suffers from an error of exclusion. It is the history of Pakistan’s
RIP Hamid Akhtar:     LUBP Editors express their profound grief over the demise of Hamid Akhtar, veteran progressive scholar, activist and columnist. In the last few years, we have always supported, valued and published Mr. Akhtar’s bold columns which were originally
Rape of History by Muslims – by Hamid Akhtar: In the following two columns published in daily Express in March 2009, veteran columnist (late) Hamid Akhtar offers some excerpts from Hasan Jafar Zaidi’s article “hamari tarikh fehmi aur humara fikir aur siasi bohran” which was published in the
An Islamic Predicament -by Eqbal Ahmed: Any historian of Islam would shudder at what passes in Pakistan for instruction in Islamic history. Some Years ago, I queried an M.A class in this subject at a major Pakistani university. None of the 25 odd students there
Pakistani mindset, the real problem–by Shiraz Paracha: Americans roam in Pakistan and treat the country as their colony because nearly 65 years ago the founder of Pakistan saw the United States as a saviour and defender of his new State.  Just before the division of the
True Lies – by Sana Bucha: Editor’s Note: Sana Bucha has deconstructed the “lies” that we as Pakistanis have been made to believe over the course of many decades. Her article can be defined as a great effort in highlighting the ills that we face:
Pakistan’s first two militant Islamist groups, Al-Badar and Al-Shams – by Nadeem F. Paracha: Violent ghosts Ever since 2009, the secular Awami League government in Bangladesh has been moving the country’s law enforcing institutions and courts against various members of the Bangladeshi Jamat-i-Islami and other (mostly Deobandi and Salafi) rightist groups. The League
Piddi ka shorba: Opportunists of the PPP – by Abbas Ather: Abbas Ather’s take on Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the Raymond Davis case. Mr Ather also offers a detailed history of the PPP, its ideals, struggles and internal divisions as a context of recent developments. (Source: Express, 21 Feb –
Dancing with fire: On the 1968 revolution in Pakistan led by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto – by Nadeem F. Paracha: A Tunisian man who put himself on fire has set ablaze the spirit of revolution various Arab countries in Africa and the Middle-East. It is a remarkable turn of events triggered by a disgruntled Tunisian vendor who became an
Taxila: A rebuttal to Orya Maqbool Jan – by Salman Rashid: A bureaucrat, mutated into an ‘intellectual’, hogs the waves of an Urdu television channel and tells the ignorant television viewing public what it wants to hear. One of his not-so-recent gems was about the country that is now Pakistan being
How Pakistani political parties evolve (or otherwise) – by Nadeem F. Paracha: Related articles: Student politics in Pakistan: A history, lament and celebration – by Nadeem F. Paracha Special Report on PPP – by Amir Mateen A review of PML-Q and other factions of PML – by Amir Mateen Special report
Student politics in Pakistan: A history, lament and celebration – by Nadeem F. Paracha: Part-1: First steps In 1947 the only established student organization in the newly created country of Pakistan was the Muslim Students Federation (MSF), the student wing of the ruling Muslim League. MSF had been formed to assist the Muslim
In the memory of Salmaan Taseer shaheed – by Saeed Ahmed Khan:
“Pakistan’s problems are in Pakistan’s DNA”: An interview with MJ Akbar – by Rahul Pandita: Veteran journalist MJ Akbar’s latest book is Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan, a title rendered even more relevant by the recent assassination of Salman Taseer, governor of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. The man, Akbar tells Open, would