The shared history of Saudi Arabia and ISIS: The participation of young Saudis in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts is neither surprising nor an historical accident, writes Madawi Al-Rasheed. The Saudi regime has imprisoned its moderate Islamists and allowed its radicals to cause mayhem in the
Bahrain’s sham election ignores calls for reform: Bahrain’s national election planned for this Saturday portends no change in the al-Khalifa regime’s anti-Shi’a stance and is yet another futile exercise in sham democracy. The mainstream al-Wefaq Shi’a opposition party has decided to boycott the election because of
Daily Times and The Nation’s editorials on Deobandi terrorism: The Nation: Revolutionary Religion With Operation Zarb-e-Azb in full swing, can a politicised silent Shia-Sunni majority challenge the prevalent status-quo sponsored narrative of religion? Tahir ul Qadri has pitted himself against more extremist Deobandi groups and sectarian issues
Erdogan’s ‘New Turkey’ drifts towards isolation: There is an old saying in Turkish: “The Turk has no friend but the Turk.” As this country drifts towards isolation under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the proverb is ringing uncomfortably true. During his 11 years
Takfirization of Pakistan: Small-minded versions of Islam have fanaticized Pakistan – an antediluvian land with deep interfaith roots leavened with the teachings of Hindu Swamis, Buddhist Monks, Sikh Gurus, and Muslim Sufis – into a ghastly country. Stories are frightening. Few
Deobandi terrorists supporting transnational Salafi ISIS: The involvement of Deobandi terrorists from ASWJ-LeJ, Taliban, Jundullah in Syria and Iraq has been ongoing since some years. This tweet by Elijah Magnier highlights the role of another suicide bomber in Iraq of Pakistani origin https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/532815044439187456 Deobandi terrorists
The debt we owe the army and PAF – Ayaz Amir: Amidst fierce fighting three more of our soldiers died on Sunday in a remote spot close to the Afghan border in North Waziristan. This was another reminder, if any were needed, of the grimness of the conflict raging there
Getting Close to Terror, but Not to Stop It: Editor’s Note : Are the suicide bombing, Shia-Hindu-Sufi-Zikri killing Jundullah another example of “moderate” rebels that should be supported. Oh why Not! Supporting Salafi-Deobandi terrorist groups has worked out great since inviting the Muslim Brotherhood to the White House
Our Friends in Riyadh – by Toby C. Jones: Last Wednesday, a criminal court in Saudi Arabia sentenced Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, one of the kingdom’s most visible political dissidents, to death. Saudi authorities have justified the verdict in terms of national security. Convicted on vague
Shameful silence on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by ISIS: Editor’s Note : I condemn all those Shia, Sunni, Christian, Marxist, atheist, liberal and other activists who are silent on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi Khawarij of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The world
Pictures of Hanifullah Deobandi, the Wagah suicide bomber: PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar has released details of a man they claim carried out a deadly suicide bombing at the main Pakistan-India border crossing last week. A spokesman for the militant group, Ehsanullah Ehsan, told Dawn.com