Religious extremism & fundamentalism & radicalism Archive

سعودی حمایت یافتہ وہابی سلفیوں کی جانب سے جناب مریم (ع) کی شبیہ کی بے حرمتی انتہائی قبل مذمت ہے: شام میں ایک وہابی سلفی حضرت مریم (ع) کی شبیہ کی بے حرمتی کر کے اسے توڑنے سے پہلے لیٹ اس بلڈ پاکستان سختی سے اس نفرت اانگیز اقدام کی مذمت کرتا ہے. اب وقت آگیا ہے کہ یہ

Pakistani Sunni and Shia leaders sign historic anti-sectarianism declaration in Turkey: Muslim scholars from Pakistan have signed a historic agreement condemning sectarianism. and vowing to remove it as a cause of conflict in the violence-stricken country. Meeting in the Turkish seaside resort of Bodrum under the auspices of the UJN

No talks with Taliban terrorists: Raja Nasir of MWM takes apart pro-TTP arguments of Ansar Abbasi and AVM Shahzad Chaudhry – by Ahad Hussain: I watched Moeed Pirzada’s talk show recorded on 29th October 2013. The debate was about talks with Taliban and the participants included MWM’s (Majlis-e-Wadat-e-Muslimeen, i.e., Muslim Unity Forum) leader Raja Nasir Abbas, defense analyst Air Vice Marshal (retired) Shehzad

The invisible enemy – by Rasul Bakhsh Rais: The writer is a security and political analyst and works at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad Pakistan is one of the three countries in the world where poliovirus continues to infect everyone, crippling the most vulnerable sections of

اوریہ مقبول جان کے نام – از نا معلوم: جناب اوریہ مقبول جان کو کون نہیں جانتا – لبرل فاشسٹوں کے خلاف موصوف غیرت بریگیڈ کی وہ دو دھاری تلوار ہیں جس کے پے در پے واروں نے نا ہنجاروں کو بوکھلا کر رکھ دیا ہے- اور شاید

ملالہ اور “نبی سئیں” – از ذوا لفقارعلی: انصار عباسی کے ذریعے معلوم ہوا کہ کم ازکم ہم سرائیکی، بشمول اباواجداد اور بہت سے صوفی حضرات ، تو بہت توہین رسالت کرتے رہے ہیں- ہم تو کہتے ہیں “نبی سئیں” نے کہا۔ “نبی سئیں” جب حج پہ

ایک نیا آئین بنائیں – از حسن رضا چنگیزی: میرا خیال ہے کہ اب وہ وقت آگیا ہے کہ ملک کو ایک نیا آئین دیا جائے۔ اس لئے نہیں کہ پاکستان کے “لے پالک بچّے” یعنی بلوچ موجودہ ملکی آئین سے مطمئن نہیں بلکہ نیا آئین بنانا اس

Pakistan’s Internal Security Policy- Stop Playing Favorites When it comes to Terrorist groups – Ali Hashim: Pakistan’s internal security policy should be based on only one criterion. A particular group or organization should be classified as militants or terrorists if the basic objectives of the group are not compatible with our national interest. Please

Drone Attacks – by Abdulhai Kakar: US drones strike are under discussion all over the world and recently Amnesty international issued a report . US drones strike are continue in Pakistan Somalia Yemen. Abdulhai Kakar : Zubair Mahsood Sir there are reports says that most

Malaysian Court Restricts Use of ‘Allah’ to Muslims – by Agha Jafri: For the past several years, Malaysia, a Muslim state has been harassing and discriminating Shia Muslims so much so that the local converts to Shia Islam as well as Expatriates belonging to that sect have been served legal

اوریا مْقبول جان کا ملالہ فوبیا – از خاپیرئ یوسفزئ: سنا تھا گرنے کی اک حد ہوتی ہے لیکن نظروں سے گرنے کی کوئی حد مقرر نہیں ہے، اور شکر ہے کہ یہ حد مقرر نہیں ورنہ اک حد تک جاکہ ان جھوٹ پرستوں کو رکنا پڑتا۔ اخباری دنیا

قِصّہ چچّا مزمّل سے ملاقات کا – از امام بخاری: چچّا مزمّل سے میری جان پہچان کافی پُرانی ہے- وہ میرے بچپن سے ہی ہمارے محلّے دار ہیں- ستر کی دھائی سعودیہ میں گزارنے کے بعد اسّی کی دھائی اُنہوں نے افغانستان میں روسیوں سے لڑتے ہوے گزاری اور 90

امن کے خلاف آل سعود اور صہیونی متحد: ایران اور جی فائیو پلس ممالک(امریکہ،برطانیہ،فرانس،جرمنی،روس،چائنا) کے درمیان ایران کے ایٹمی پروگرام بارے مذاکرات کا پہلا دور مکمل ہوگیا ہے جبکہ دوسرا دور 7-8 نومبر 2013ء کو ہوگا-دونوں اطراف سے مذاکرات کے پہلے دور کو تسلی بخش قرار دیا گیا

Editorial: Time to break the last idol threatening the house of Allah: After conquering Mukkah, the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) destroyed all the idols which had been placed in the Ka’aba, the House of Allah. As he destroyed one idol after another, he recited the following Koranic verse, “Say, the

A Christian Family Threatened As They Participated In Protest Against Church Bombings – by Madeeha Shakeel: A Christian family faces life threats as they remain hiding since they reportedly participated in protests held against the twin suicide blasts at a local Church. They have been reportedly receiving death threats for protesting against twin suicide attacks;

Shia Hajji to be beheaded by Saudis for crying on the graves of Prophet’s (PBUH) Ahlul Bait in Baqi cemetery: SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – Foreign relations committee of Iraqi parliament condemned the arrest of one of its citizens and the ruling for him to be beheaded. The committee said with such rulings Saudi Arabia showed their enmity towards

The Persecution of Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia – by Syed Jaffar: Saudi Arabia, the holy place of Islam, has become a humiliating place for Shias living in there or who come to pay a visit to the holy cities of Makah and Medina. The so called Wahabi Muslims in Saudi

“More drones are better”: demand the indigenous people of Waziristan and tribal areas: The Economists in their recent article endorse the Peshawar declaration of 2010. The indigenous population of tribal areas see the drones as a blessing. LUBP has written about the Peshawar declaration in both English and Urdu. Reports by Jinnah Institute aimed at justifying

2003-2011: Half million Iraqis died in war, occupation: Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad’s al-Sadriyah neighborhood, 18 April 2007, in which over a hundred people were killed. (AFP Photo / Ahmad al-Rubaye) Almost half a million deaths in Iraq between 2003

Human Sacrifice and the Taliban – by Senge H. Sering: Taliban slaughter other humans to please Allah. A Talib will place a knife on the neck of his son or brother and slit the throat if Allah commands him to do so. Taliban believe that Allah tests humans for

A Mirror to the West: Christian persecution with western support – Zahid Khan: Here is a recent video from Syria that shows Salafiists beheading Christians. Please don’t watch it if you have a weak heart or are below 18, as this presents an extremely graphic content. To me this video holds a

مولانا فضل الرحمان اور طالبان کا معاشقہ – از حق گو: اپنے تازہ بیان میں مولانا فضل الرحمان نے طالبان کے ساتھ اپنے تمام تعلقات کو بے نقاب کرتے ہوے اس بات کا کھلے عام اظہار کیا ہے کہ ہمارے دل طالبان کے ساتھ دھڑکتے ہیں مولانا کے اس کھلے عام اعتراف

Pakistan’s Internal Security Policy- Stop Playing Favorites When it Comes To Terrorist Groups – by Ali Hashim: Pakistan’s internal security policy should be based on only one criterion. A particular group or organization should be classified as militants or terrorists if the basic objectives of the group are not compatible with our national

“Deen e Mullah fesabeelialh fasad” – by Ahsan Abbas: I am a Secular person, mean to say that I stay strong on my own beliefs, do not attack any one’s belief nor like vice versa. So any sort of religious discussion is out of my scope of writing.

The word “Taliban” will not slip from his mouth! – By Mahpara Qalandar: We are reproducing a news report below. It gives details of Imran Khan’s reaction to the killing by the Taliban of his own minister. We remind the LUBP readers that when Zohra Hussain was killed in Karachi on the

شیعہ سنی اتحاد کے لئے آیت اللہ سیستانی کی کوششیں – از حق گو: عراق سے تعلق رکھنے والے دنیاۓ شیعہ کے مشہور و معروف عالم دین آیت اللہ علی سیستانی نے اپنے جاری کردہ بیان اور فتویٰ میں ایک بار پھر اس بات پہ زور دیا ہے کہ شیعہ اور سنی بھائیوں

Turkey Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Qatar complicit in crimes against humanity in Syria – by Agha Shaukat Jafri: The enclosed New York Times article as well as the You Tube video illustrates for the first time a detailed and in-depth involvement of the Human Rights Watch in terms of criminal activities being perpetrated by the so-called Syrian rebels targeting Alawite

سعودی مفتی کی سائنس – از حق گو: سعودی مفتی کے فتوے کے مطابق ڈرائیونگ کرنا عورتوں کے رحم کے لئے خطرناک ہو سکتا ہے جس سے ان کو پرہیز کرنا چاہیے Saudi cleric warns driving could damage women’s ovaries Ref : http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/29/world/meast/saudi-arabia-women-driving-cleric/ سعودی عرب کے مفتی

Editorial: The Takfiri Deobandi assault on the dead: Because of its complicity or cowardice, the mainstream media has once again obfuscated facts surrounding an act of extreme wickedness on the part of Sipah-e-Sahaba/Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (SSP-ASWJ). As if the Takfiri Deobandi assault on the 95 percent

LUBP congratulates Malala Yousafzai: Dear Malala, You may not have won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize but you have won the hearts of millions of those who cherish equal rights and education and peaceful resistance. For refusing to bow down to the medievalist

پاکستان میں بڑھتی ہوئی مذہبی جنونیت – از حق گو: اسلام آباد پولیس نے ان تین افراد کو گرفتار کر لیا ہے جن پر الزام ہے کہ اُنہوں نے ایک عیسائی شخص کو اسلحہ کے زور پر مسلمان کرنے کی کوشش کی ہے۔ ملزمان کی نشاندہی پر پولیس نے

Tension in Pakistan After Fundamentalists Dig Up Hindu man’s Grave: A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh. Shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or

شیعہ نسل کشی پہ ایک مسیحی دوست کے تاثرات – از حق گو: ایک مسیحی دوست نے ایک ٹیلی ویژن شو میں شیعہ نسل کشی پہ بات کرتے ہوے چند اہم نکات کی نشاندہی کی – ان میں سے چند ایک بیان کر رہا ہوں پاکستان کی ایجنسیوں کو تمام تکفیری دہشت

Terrorism in Pakistan and the discourse of denial – by Asher John: Perpetrators of terrorist activities are presented as devoid of any social or religious affiliations and hence become the part of an abstraction that leads to more confusion and ambiguity Language is one of the most powerful and creative

‘Genuine’ jihad – by Saad Hafiz: Explaining jihad as a comprehensive concept embracing peaceful persuasion, passive resistance as well as armed struggle against oppression and injustice is lost in this charged environment The prevailing largely negative view of Islam in the non-Muslim world is reinforced

Be Careful What You Wish For Because You Just Might Get it – by Dr Taimur Rahman: Contrary to Malala’s recent statement, a negotiated settlement of the armed conflict with the Taliban will be a very reactionary and negative outcome for Pakistan. Even in the best case scenario the only thing that can be expected is

Taliban sexually abuse suicide bombers during training, NDS says – by Qasim Yousafzai: EDITOR’S NOTE: That militants would resort to unscrupulous methods to recruit teens for suicide bombing is nothing new. But emerging stories about sexual abuse are raising eyebrows. Central Asia Online is taking a look at the concerns raised

Radical Sunni-Deobandi groups main source of terror in Pakistan: A prominent global think tank has termed the radical Sunni-Deobandi groups as the “primary source” of terror in Pakistan and said their continued patronage by the army has influenced Islamabad’s relations with India and Afghanistan. The “expanding influence” of

The Surrender To Religious Cleansing – by Farahnaz Ispahani: AP UNDER SIEGE: While the Pakistani state frequently encouraged a national narrative of Muslim Pakistan versus Hindu India, Christians were often not attacked. That has changed. The picture is of a church in Peshawar, the site of a suicide

Ludhianvi’s interview: Pakistan’s Capital TV normalizes Shia genocide by maninstreaming Takfiri Deobandi terrorists: Related post: An open letter to Raza Rumi – by Ali Taj, LUBP Editor-in-Chief On 4 October 2013, head of a banned terrorist outfit led a rally in Islamabad where anti-Shia, anti-Ahmadi slogans were rampant; moments later he joined