Religious extremism & fundamentalism & radicalism Archive

US Senator Ed Royce: “US and India share the common threat of terrorism, fuelled by hundreds of Deobandi schools throughout Pakistan”.:   The relationship between India and the US has reached a new pinnacle, a top American lawmaker has said and pledged to work further on boosting the bilateral ties. Congressman Ed Royce, said this yesterday, after the conclusion of
بس کر او یار- از عمار کاظمی: مینار آسمان تک لے جانے ہیں جیسے آخری منزل کی کھڑکی کھولتے ہی حور کے کمرے میں داخل ہو جائے گا۔ مگر کسی غریب کی ایک کمرے کی چھت نہیں ڈالنی کہ اس کے لیے اللہ ہی کافی ہے۔
PM Nawaz Sharif has recpitulated National Action Plan to Deobandi ASWJ terrorists – Ali Salman Alvi: Albert Einstein defined the word ‘insanity’ as doing something over and over again, while expecting a different result. Apparently more insane is the way the government has shied away from implementing Pakistan’s 20-point National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism,
‘Proscribed’ allies make outlandish claims: Activists of Ahl-e-Sunnat-wal-Jamaat (ASWJ) hold a protest Defence and Stability of Pakistan rally from Lal Masjid to National Press Club. — Photo by INP ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) received a vote of confidence from some unlikely allies,
600 Pakistani Deobandi schools, linked to terrorism, getting Gulf funds: US Congressman Ed Royce:   New Delhi : The US clearly sees the hand of ”some families in Gulf states” behind the funding for about 600 Deobandi schools in Pakistan that could be adding to the fire power of the terrorists in the region.
Head of banned Deobandi outfit ASWJ seeks ban on all Shia Muslims: In what appeared to have been under pressure from rising awareness and Islamic awakening in Pakistan, banned Deobandi terrorist outfit ASWJ/LeJ Ahmed Ludhianvi has said that if his terrorist outfit was banned, there must be a ban on all
Reality of modern Pakistan — a corrupt, politically savage, and physically broken society – Robert Fisk: Living in the Middle East makes you particularly hateful of political correctness. I’ve often recalled how I’m wished a “Happy Christmas” by Muslims in Beirut but am personally enraged when I’m greeted with “Happy Holiday” by New Yorkers. The
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
The “Sufi” bureaucrat: Qudratullah Shahab – by Waseem Altaf: We as a nation are emotional people. We can be easily swayed by passion rather than wit. One problem with being emotional is that we lose the ability to critically analyze anything placed before us. Secondly, we tend to
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
غلامی رسول ؐ میں – مظہر برلاس: کراچی کی نامور قانون دان غزالہ اعوان نے مجھے نبی پاکؐ کے روضہ مبارک کے اندرونی مناظر کی چند تصاویر بھیجی ہیں، انہوں نے یہ کام بڑی عقیدت اور محبت سے کیا ہے۔ان کے اس فعل نے مجھے دنیا
German official says Saudi Arabia top ‘terror exporter’ in Mideast: A senior German official has called for the reconsideration of Germany’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia, describing the monarchy as the leading exporter of terrorism in the Middle East. Vice President of the German Parliament (Bundestag) Claudia Roth put
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
A respone to Raza Rumi’s TFT article ‘About suffering they were never wrong’ – by Ali Taj: Raza Rumi, editor of Najam Sethi’s The Friday Times, has written an article in which he has presented the artwork of Pakistani miniaturist Saira Waseem who he describes as the latest exponent in a long list of Pakistani artists
She lost her father, we are truly sorry for her loss. However…: She lost her father, we are truly sorry for her loss. However, in the entire article in Express Tribune, there is not a single mention of the Shia identity of her father and the Deobandi identity of his ASWJ
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
عالم اسلام میں جدید خوارج کی شر انگیزیاں – صداے اہل سنت: غلام رسول دھلوی ہندوستان کے مایہ ناز صوفی سنّی سکالر ہیں جو جدید و قدیم علوم پر دسترس رکھتے ہيں اور ان کی تحریریں ہندوستان کے معروف اخبارات و و جرائد میں شایع ہوتی ہیں ، ہم نے ان
نوازلیگ کے رہنما سابق صوبائی وزیر رانا ثنا الله دیوبندی کا اعتراف:   نوازلیگ کے رہنما سابق صوبائی وزیر رانا ثنا الله دیوبندی نے تسلیم کر لیا کہ علامہ ناصر عباس ملتانی اور دوسرے شیعہ مسلمانوں کی ٹارگٹ کلنگ کی منصوبہ بندی سپاہ صحابہ پاکستان کا نائب صدر ملک اسحاق دیوبندی
شاہ سلمان آف آل سعود کی مڈل ایسٹ میں عقابی پالیسی کیا کھیل کے اصول بدل دے گی ؟ – خالد نورانی مدیر مجلہ صدائے اہل سنت سعودی: سعودی عرب کے نئے بادشاہ کے بارے میں کہا جاتا ہے کہ وہ فاختائی فطرت کی بجائے عقابی فطرت رکھتے ہیں اور ابتک ان کے اقدامات سے ثابت ہورہا ہے کہ ان کے بارے میں کہی جانے والی یہ
ASWJ-TTP’s threatening handbills against Pakistan army, media, Christians, Shias and Sunni Barelvis:   This threatening handbill was found at the crime scene in Bahadurabad, Karachi, where two Shia Bohra Muslims were killed and four injured on 4 March 2015 by the ASWJ Taliban Deobandi terrorists. The handbill declares open war against
India Today: Congressman Ed Royce, Chair of USA’s Foreign Relations Committee, speaks against the threat of radical extremism originating from Pakistani Deobandi schools:   With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm in India there is a unique opportunity to strengthen Indo-US ties especially in the economic and security sphere, an influential American lawmaker has said. “With the election of Prime Minister
Indian Sunni cleric Farooque Khan Razvi criticizes Pakistani Deobandi Tablighi Jamaat cleric Tariq Jameel: Mohammad Farooque Khan Razvi stated by saying that the description delivered by Maulana Tariq Jameel regarding Jannat, Hoor, and Allah was an act of ‘blasphemy’. Mr, Razvi, who is the founded of Sunni Hanfi Organization (SUO) in Nagpur, Maharashtra,
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
سولہ مارچ : سول سوسایٹی کا کالعدم دہشت گرد تنظیموں اور مولوی عبدلعزیز کے خلاف احتجاج:       16 مارچ: کالعدم تکفیری دہشتگرد گروہ اہل سنت والجماعت (سابقہ کالعدم انجمن سپاہ صحابہ)، تحریک طالبان اور داعش کے ترجمان ملا عبد العزیز کے خلاف، شیعہ نسل کشی کے خلاف، بریلوی سنی مسلمانوں کے قتل عام
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
عذابوں سے نجات کا ساماں کیجیے تو سہی – از حیدر جاوید سید:
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
دہشتگردوں کا نیٹ ورک، جو آنکھوں سے اوجھل ہے: اسلام ٹائمز: پہلے سیاسی جماعتوں یا سیاسی شخصیات جو کام کرائے کے قاتلوں سے کرواتی تھیں، جہاد افغانستان کے بعد سے یہ کام جہاد کے نام پہ منظم ہونے والے دہشت گردوں کے مختلف گروپ انجام دے رہے ہیں۔
Daily Times: Through alliance with Deobandi militants, Islamic State can become potent force in Pakistan:   ISLAMABAD: South Asians will play a minimal role in the Iraq and Syria wars on either side of the divide, said Arif C Rafiq, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute, Washington DC.   The expert, who
شیر دل اور بہادر شہید عباس علی:  تیرہ فروری 2015 کو پشاور شہر کے پوش علاقے حیات آباد کے امامیہ مسجد میں معمول کے مطابق نماز جمعہ ادا کی جارہی تھی کہ اس دوران مسلح دہشت گرد مسجد میں داخل ہوئے اور نمازیوں پر فائرنگ شروع
Pakistan’s ISIS affiliate, Deobandi terrorist group ASWJ publicly owns up to killing 100 Shia Muslims in one instance in Quetta.:   Pakistan’s ISIS affiliate, Deobandi terrorist group ASWJ publicly owns up to killing 100 Shia Muslims in one instance in Quetta. ASWJ’s entire leadership is present at this public event where ASWJ proudly boasts its genocide of Shias which
Shia Muslims under threat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: officials:   Senior official claims government is cracking down on LeJ militants and Afghan imams to avoid potential terror attacks. Government officials at the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat in Peshawar claim the federal government has warned them of
ڈاکٹر ابجیت رائے اور پاکستانی جعلی فری تھنکرز – عامر حسینی: رات کے دس بجے تھے ، میں شہر کے ایک کیفے کے پرسکون گوشے میں بیٹھا کافی پی چکا تھا اور اب اپنے لیپ ٹاپ کی سکرین پر آنے والے ایک میسج پر نظر جمائے ہوئے تھا ، میسج
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
ڈاکٹر ابجیت رآئے : آزاد دانشور زندگی سے آزاد کردیا گیا – عامر حسینی:   کل دن دیہاڑے ڈھاکہ بنگلہ دیش میں ڈھاکہ یونیورسٹی کے پاس ڈاکٹر ابجیت رائے اور ان کی بیوی رافدہ احمد پر چھریوں اور آہنی سلاخوں سے لیس لوگوں نے حملہ کیا اور اس حملے میں ڈاکٹر ابجیت رائے
طالبان کا جرنل راحیل شریف مخالفت میں دھمکی آمیز ترانہ لیکن نواز لیگ پر پر اسرار خاموشی: پاکستانی فوج کے ترجمان آئی ایس پی آر کی جانب سے پشاور سکول حملے کے بعد دکھی دلوں پر مرہم رکھنے اور پست حوصلوں کو بلند کرنے کے لئے طالبان مخالف ایک ترانہ متعارف کروایا گیا جس میں طالبان
SOS from Pakistan: Influential pro-Taliban Deobandi hate cleric threatens rights activists and bloggers: Voice of Sunnis (VoS), a popular Pakistani blogzine known for bold opposition to Taliban and ISIS-affiliate terrorist group ASWJ, condemns bullying, threatening and harassing of Sunni Sufi and Shia bloggers by the pro-Taliban Deoband cleric Tahir Ashrafi. Tahir Ashrafi