It’s Not Shias Vs Sunnis in Iraq – by Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Cambridge University:     The current conflict in Iraq is not a battle between Sunnis and Shi‘as as most news agencies and analysts are claiming. The Islamic State for Iraq and Shaam or ISIS as they are popularly referred to are

Takfir and terrorism – by Tahir Kamran:   Like khalafah, umma, jihad and shahadat, takfir has attained a wide currency in modern day Muslim discourse. For analysts, takfir has a peculiar specificity, especially when referring to modern day proponents of revivalist Islam. Takfir denotes excommunication or

Good statement by Grand Ayatollah Khamenei on Takfiri terrorism and Sunni-Shia unity against Takfiris and their imperialist mentors:   The great danger of the ‪#‎Takfiri‬ forces is not about killing the innocents, although that is a ‪#‎crime‬, a big crime, but the greater danger is that Takfiris make Sunnis and Shias distrust one another; this is a

ایک درد دل رکھنے والے پاکستانی کی جماعت اسلامی سے اپیل: جماعت اسلامی کی قیادت سے ایک گزارش!! میں اتحاد بین المسلمین کا داعی ہوں اور عملاً اس کی ترویج کرتا ھوں اور حقیر نے ھر ایسے فورم پر اتحاد کی آواز اٹھائی ھے کہ جس نے جب بھی جہاں

10 Myths about the Crisis in Iraq:   The ongoing Iraq crisis has upended many assumptions about Iraq and US policy in the Arab East (al-mashriq) and Persian Gulf. Unfortunately Western media reporting is filled with much erroneous information on the crisis. Sectarian politicians, who seek

Enough – by Arif Ahmad:     Done and dusted Left for dead We are back up on our feet Kicking, fighting Showing our resolve, our grit That stuff we are made of And the oomph we got left Besides our lingering fears Beyond

Iraq government slams Saudi Arabia for creating false Sunni-Shia sectarian tensions and enabling Salafi-led genocide in Iraq:   Baghdad slams Saudi Arabia for ‘encouraging genocide’ in Iraq The Iraqi government says that it holds Saudi Arabia “responsible” for the current crisis and has blamed Riyadh for encouraging “genocide” in the country through the backing of Sunni

London: Iraq’s Sunni and Shia Muslims demonstrate against BBC’s sectarian coverage of Iraq crisis:   A group of Iraqis have staged a demonstration in the British capital, London, to express their anger at the inflammatory and sectarian reporting of events in the Arab country by the state-run British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Press TV

عراق : سعودی حمایت یافتہ وہابی دہشت گردی کا شکار – از ڈاکٹر لال خان: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : پاکستانی قوم کا ایک المیہ یہ بھی ہے کہ جب بات دیوبندی اور وہابی دہشت گردی کی آے تو ملا ہو یا لبرل ، ملحد دانش ور ہوں یا بائیں بازو سے تعلق رکھنے والے سب

Facebook refuses to take down ISIS terror group fan page – by Rahat Hussain:     [UPDATE: Facebook removed this page from its website about an hour after this article was posted Monday.] Users of Facebook have reported this week that the website is refusing to take down a known ISIS terror group

Radical Salafi and Deobandi autumn, not Arab spring – by Chris Cork:     The writer is editorial consultant at The Express Tribune, news junkie, bibliophile, cat lover and occasional cyclist. The Arab Spring was never aptly named — for one thing it is a coinage of the West rather than

Why is Western media blacking out the ISIS’s war with Al-Nusra and FSA in Deir al-Zor, Syria?: Currently, Salafi ISIS (Al-Qaeda 2) is fighting with Salafi Al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda 1) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) in order to gain control of Deir al-Zor in Syria. Sunni population in Deir al-Zor is extremely worried because of the immient

لبنان میں صحافت کو پابند سلاسل کرنے کی کوشش ،الاکبر اخبار کے ایڈیٹر انچیف اور جدید ٹی وی کے صحافی پر فرد جرم عائد: لبنان میں آزادی صحافت کا گلہ گھوٹنے کی کوششیں تیز کردی گئیں ہیں،معروف بائیں بازو کے ترقی پسند اخبار الاکبر کے ایڈیٹر انچیف ابراہیم الامین اور اور الجدید ٹیلی ویژن چینل کے صحافی کرام الخیاط کے خلاف رفیق حریری

شام میں تکفیری سلفی دیوبندی دھشت گردوں کا نیٹ ورک: ایک جائزہ: نوٹ:صہیب انجرائینی لبنان کے معروف جریدے روزنامہ الاخبار سے منسلک ہیں اور شام میں سلفی –دیوبندی تکفیری دھشت گرد تنظیموں کے نیٹ ورکس کے بارے میں معلومات پر اتھارٹی خیال کئے جاتے ہیں ،انہوں نے شام کے اندر جب

Why do the Arabs choose Pakistan? A thought: (P.S. : All the observations presented below can either be made by observing the facts directly or by hitting the search engine) There are many other countries from where Saudi Arabia and Bahrain can easily get cheaper, more feasible