Media Discourse on Deobandi Terrorism Archive
Can we really blame the Christian mob? – Ale Natiq: Yesterday was an unusual day on Pakistani television channels as well as on social media. Clerics who are always short of words to condemn violence, and never speak of sanctity of human life, were seen demanding justice and denouncing
Deobandi madrassas and extremism: A mindset issue – by Javed Hasan Aly (Dawn): In the madressahs, it is the quality of education — the content (a curriculum of propagandist dogma); the learning environment (intellectual suffocation and abuse); and the quality of teacher and teaching — that determine the worldviews of its
Professor Christine Fair’s lecture on Deobandi ideological roots of terrorism in Pakistan: The following lecture on the common Deobandi identity of Pakistani terrorist outfits including Taliban (TTP), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP aka ASWJ), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Jundallah, Ahrar etc was delivered by renowned American scholar Professor C. Christine Fair. Here’s a
Video: How Taliban, ISIS and ASWJ terrorists are being prepared in Deobandi seminaries in Pakistan: Short documentary on how Taliban, ISIS and ASWJ terrorists are being prepared in Deobandi seminaries in Pakistan: The case of Islamabad’s Red Mosque According to a recent research by Professor C. Christine Fair, amongst the Jihadist terrorists 66% belong
Simplistic puritans: Deobandi Tablighi Jamaat of Pakistan – by Tahir Kamran: Despite having a conspicuous representation in the Pakistani socio-cultural landscape, Tablighi Jamaat has thus far eluded a scholarly gaze. Information available either in print or on the internet is sparse and brief. That is surprising because with the
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
The madressa mix: Beneath the surface: Lords of the land In Karachi, some mosques and madressas have slowly but surely drifted away from being part of the community to becoming power brokers By Ali Arqam | Maulana Attaur Rehman has been leading prayers at Farooqi
Liberal blogger Avijit Roy’s murder in Bangladesh and Deobandi extremism: Avijit Roy, an American activist and blogger who denounced religious extremism, was murdered in Bangladesh on Feb. 26 after walking home from a book fair where he was promoting his latest book, Virus of Faith. His daugher, freshman Trisha
Instead of hunting down Deobandi terrorists, Islamabad has been busy blaming India for the last 30 years – Dr Taqi: The predominant narrative in Pakistan seems to be that India and its intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, are responsible for all acts of terror, including the vicious attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar by
In addition to Saudi-Qatari funding, do you know the indigenous source of funding to Pakistani Deobandi terror groups TTP, ASWJ, LeJ?: In addition to Saudi-Qatari funding, do you know the indigenous source of funding to Pakistani Deobandi terror groups TTP, ASWJ, LeJ? The answer is in the ownership and control of Islamic banks in Pakistan. Taqi Usmani, Rafi Usmani,
شیعہ وسنی صوفی نسل کشی کی مذمت میں امریکی صدراوبامہ کا بیان اوراہل لبرل والجماعت کے ہاں صف ماتم – عامر حسینی: اہل لبرل والجماعت کے ہاں اس وقت صف ماتم بچھ گئی جب رئیس ریاست ہائے متحدہ باراک اوبامہ نے شیعہ سنی بائینری سے دنیا بھر میں مذھبی دہشت گردی کی تشریح کرنے سے انکار کیا اور تعمیر کی تعبیر
President Obama condemns genocidal campaign against Sunni Sufis, Shias, Christians and religious minorities by ISIS and other Salafi and Deobandi terrorists – Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Holy Halal! Syed Barack Hussain Obam-vi is also spouting the LUBP line President Obama condemns genocidal campaign against Sunni Sufis, Shias, Christians and religious minorities by ISIS and other Wahhabi and Deobandi terrorists Holy Halal! Syed Barack Hussain Obam-vi
How serious is the ISIS threat to South Asia?: Recent weeks have brought a bevy of news headlines attesting to the rising profile of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South Asia. The group’s literature has circulated in Pakistan, and its flags have been spotted
Islamic State of Salafis and Deobandis: Celebrating death not life – Tahir Kamran (The News): “IS celebrates death, not life” was a statement from a young Jordanian colleague who works on Middle Eastern politics. Despite being visibly distressed and shaken over the gruesome killing of the Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who was burnt
Daily Times: The fantasies of Maulana Tariq Jamil and his Deobandi Tablighi Jamaat – Kamran Hashmi: Muslim majority nations suffer from political turmoil, civil wars, economic failure and religious intolerance. Meanwhile, the clergy is luxuriating in fantasies about the number of virgins they will get in paradise “Mesmerised by their beauty, you can spend
Thirty years of takfiri terror of ASWJ-SSP and its roots in Deobandi fatwas – by Dr Taqi: The Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was founded in September 1985 in Jhang and armed with such poisonous fatwas and deadly weaponry it has unleashed a reign of takfiri terror on the Shias for the past 30 years The predominant narrative
Most South Asian militant groups are Deobandi and closely allied with al-Qaeda: Recent weeks have brought a bevy of news headlines attesting to the rising profile of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South Asia. The group’s literature has circulated in Pakistan, and its flags have been spotted in
In Pakistan, the deadliest sectarian attacks come from a Sunni sub-sect known as the Deobandis, comprising about 20% of the population: Sectarian violence surging all across Pakistan Greece misses deadline for submitting reforms list Pakistani Shia women condemning anti-Shia terrorist attack last month (AP) Although terrorist violence by Sunni groups linked to the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban – TTP) target both
پاکستان میں جب تک دیوبندیت کمزور نہیں ہوگی امن قائم نہیں ہو سکتا، علامہ راجہ ناصر عباس جعفری: شیعہ نیوز (پاکستانی شیعہ خبر رساں ادارہ) اسلام آباد میں مرکزی میڈیا ورکشاپ کے اختتامی سیشن سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے مرکزی سیکرٹری جنرل ایم ڈبلیو ایم علامہ راجہ ناصر عباس جعفری نے کہا ہے کہ دوسری جنگ عظیم کے
The News on Sunday clearly states: “Taliban are just one such example of the Deobandi persuasion.”: Eyebrows are raised when secularism and Islam are discussed jointly. Like several other political concepts, secularism is widely diffused but poorly understood. Theoretically, secularism denotes a binary division between religion and state into watertight compartments. Put differently, secularism is
Michael Kugelman: ISIS in South Asia and the Deobandi Connection: Recent weeks have brought a bevy of news headlines attesting to the rising profile of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South Asia. The group’s literature has circulated in Pakistan, and its flags have beenspotted in
Niti Central clearly mentions common Deobandi identity of terror groups in Pakistan: In response to hangings and executions of terrorists in Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has intensified its attack in the country. The Pakistan government lifted the moratorium on hanging on December 17, 2014 in the wake of the Peshawar school
Arif Rafiq clearly mentions Deobandi identity of ASWJ-LeJ terrorists responsible for ShiaGenocide in Pakistan: Conflicts between the Islamic Republic’s Sunni Deobandi and Shiite Muslim groups have increased in brutality, frequency and mortality over the past several years. According to a Middle East Institute (MEI) report, approximately 2,300 people have died in the country’s
Muslims and extremism: A difficult dialogue: The comments by Prince Charles last weekend about the growing threat of Islamist radicalisation were the day’s most read item on the BBC news website. The Prince of Wales warned that young people are being radicalised at an
The militancy business in Pakistan: Unless the hypocrisy of our religious institutions vis-à-vis foreign funding is exposed, it will be difficult to cut off the power connections these organisations have managed to develop within the large swathes of Pakistan’s population Like never before, the
Deobandi madrassas want to hide details of their teachers and students: Islamabad – The federal government has decided to engage the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Auqaf department and other stakeholders to ascertain whether or not any contentious material falls in the category of ‘hate material’ or ‘hate speech,’ as
Al Jazeera interviews Deobandi terrorist Aurangzeb Farooqi: Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani crackdown on armed religious groups has resulted in more than 8,800 arrests, but analysts warn a lack of transparency in the process and clarity on policy could hurt the effort. Police and other security forces
Islamic State goes official in South Asia – Arif Rafiq: The group that describes itself as the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL) has formally entered the fray in South Asia, recently announcing the formation of a wilayah (province) in the region. IS is positioning itself
Terrorist killings directed against Pakistan’s Shia population – Dr. Ismail Salami: By all standards, human rights abuse in Pakistan particularly against the Shia population is taking a horrendous momentum with the government keeping silent on the ongoing bloodbath. On Friday, over 60 worshippers were martyred and 60 others injured in
Media Discourse on Deobandi Terrorism: 31 Jan – 05 Feb 2015: Long live the king Marvi Sirmed The Nation February 03, 2015 As per the recent written submission by the Interior Ministry, out of the 23 seminaries declared as recipient of foreign funding, five were Shia receiving Irani money. JUI-F
Is Pakistan really cracking down on Deobandi terrorism?: An interview with C. Christine Fair – By R.M. Schneiderman (Newsweek): Many have called it a game-changer. On December 16, gunmen loyal to the Pakistani Taliban attacked a military school in Peshawar, killing 148 people. Most of the victims were children, and many were killed as they hid under
Shikapur Shia massacre and the Deobandi footprints – Ali Araqm: It is heartbreaking to see the worst of your nightmares come to reality. But as they say, “You learned to run from what you feel, and that’s why you have nightmares.” It was 2011 when I visited Larkana
Media Discourse on Deobandi Terrorism: 14 – 31 January 2015: Govt ponders over issue of madressah financing Khawar Ghumman Jan 14, 2015 Daily Dawn Abdul Qudoos, spokesperson for the Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia — the umbrella body for seminaries of the Deobandi school of thought with about 18,000 seminaries working
Dawn News reports on Deobandi Terror: An expanding war: Editor’s note: LUBP appreciates the clear condemnation of Deobandi Terror by Dawn News. We urge other media outlets to clearly point out that Deobandi Terrorists are the only ones killing Shia, Sunni Brelvi, Christian, Ahmedia and Hindus. AS though
#DeobandiTerrorism: Under Pakistani state patronage it was Deobandi Islam, another toxic form of the faith already indigenous to South Asia, that has flourished far more than Wahhabism.: We all need stories ‘to help us make sense of the complexity of reality’, intones the sensible sounding voice of Adam Curtis at the start of his new documentary about Afghanistan, Bitter Lake. But stories told by ‘those
In Need Of A Renaissance – Hasan Suroor: Who’s Who Of Islamist Terror Boko Haram: Jamaatu-Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Da‘watiwal-Jehad or People Committed to the Prophet’s Teachings for Propagation and Jehad, usually translated as “Western education is forbidden”. Killed more than 5,000 civilians and abducted hundreds, including 200
Picture perfect pretty pathos – Humayun Gauhar: Muslims have largely brought their present pathetic position on themselves by falling into traps laid by prejudiced provocateurs Let’s talk of the most degrading and damaging issue, the sheer stupidity of those who claim to be Muslims but commit
Every good Muslim should resign from using the name Deoband now – Zaid Hamid: We have mentioned this before as well that Deoband is NOT a sect but a school in India, whose political and military policies have always been against Muslims and pro-Mushrikeen. Every good Muslim should resign from using
I ask all pro-Pakistan “Deobandis” to resign from Deoband, stop calling yourself as Deobandi and come on the side of Pakistan openly – Zaid Hamid: In this post, I want to clarify one point. Deoband is NOT a sect within Muslims. It is only a school. [We can call it a violent mutation within a minority in the Hanafi sub-sect of the Sunni sect