Saudi Arabia KSA Archive

Insight – Islamic State crushes and coerces on march towards Baghdad – by Maggie Fick and Isra’ al-Rubei’i:   (Reuters) – Using its own version of “soft” and “hard” power, the Islamic State is crushing resistance across northern Iraq so successfully that its promise to march on Baghdad may no longer be unrealistic bravado. While conventional states
Saudi Israeli alliance forged in blood – by David Hearst: This Saudi-Israeli alliance is forged in blood, Palestinian blood, the blood on Sunday of over 100 souls in Shejaiya. There are many hands behind the Israeli army’s onslaught on Gaza. America is not unhappy that Hamas is getting such
The systematic slaughter of the Shiites. But the world looks only to Israel:   “Genocide of the Palestinian people” and “indiscriminate aggression” by Israel. These are the keywords that have characterized the media and debates in recent days with protests in the streets, shares of any kind on social networks and calls
بغداد کا خودکش بمبار آسٹریلوی شہری نکلا: آسٹریلیا نے کہا ہے کہ جس شخص نے گذشتہ ہفتے عراق میں خودکش حملے میں اپنے ساتھ کئی لوگوں کو ہلاک کیا وہ آسٹریلوی شہری تھا اور میلبرن کا رہنے والا تھا۔ یاد رہے کہ یہ حملہ بغداد کی
Abdullah-X: The new cartoon made by former extremist aimed at stopping Britain’s young Muslims from leaving for Syria:   A series of cartoons aimed at preventing young British Muslims from joining jihadist groups abroad has been created by a reformed Islamic extremist. Abdullah-X is the creation of a former extremist, who once followed clerics Abu Hamza and
عالمی میڈیا اور ہماری راۓ – از عبدلقادر:     دراصل عالمی میڈیا ہماری رائے ہموار کرنے میں بڑا اہم کردار ادا کرتا ہے، کچھ مثالیں عرض کئے دیتا ہوں۔ 1) فلسطین میں و ہفتوں میں 380 لوگ مارے گئے (اقوام متحدہ کے اعداد و شمار) 2)
From London to ISIS: The Radicalization Riddle – Ben-Dror Yemini: What makes a young Western man commit mass murder against other Muslims shortly after arriving in Syria or Iraq? They are amiable young people. Occasionally, an argument breaks out between Barcelona and Messi fans and Madrid and Ronaldo fans.
The Deobandi and Wahhabi dimension of the US-Saudi-funded religious extremism and terrorism in Pakistan – by Akbar Jan Marwat:   Editor’s note: A Pashtun columnist, Akbar Jan Marwat, clearly and boldly highlights the Deobandi and Wahhabi dimension of the US-Saudi-funded takfiri extremism and terrorism in Pakistan. He deserves our full appreciation and salute. Religious extremism: our biggest challenge
آج کی شام غزہ کے نام – از وسعت اللہ خان: اگرچہ عالمِ اسلام کے حکمران سو رہے ہیں مگر امتِ مسلمہ جاگ رہی ہے سنیچر کی شام امیرِ جماعتِ اسلامی پاکستان محترم سراج الحق کی جانب سے سیاسی، سماجی و مذہبی معززین ِ کراچی اور چنیدہ صحافیوں کے لیے
Facing fines, conversion or death, Christian families flee Mosul – by Hamdi Alkhshali and Joshua Berlinger: Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Just days after the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said they killed hundreds of Syrians, dozens of Iraqi Christian families are now fleeing the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul, hoping to avoid
More than 5,500 Iraqis civilians killed so far in 2014, UN says:   An Iraqi youth mourns over the coffin of a relative wrapped in the national flag on July 14, 2014 at one of the world’s biggest cemeteries in Najaf. (Photo: AFP – Hai Dar Hamdani)I At least 5,576 Iraqi
Did ISIS kidnap 3 Israeli children to provoke a war to deflect media attention to Gaza? – Patrick Cockburn: Editor’s note: We are posting a theory presented by Patrick Cockburn of the Independent in his July 21st article. The Saudi/ Gulf States, Turkey and Qatar sponsored Takfiri Khariji Deobandi Salafi ISIS wanted to take the world attention away
عرب امارت کے امدادی وفد میں جاسوس غزہ پہنچ گیے:   عرب ممالک فلسطینیوں کی سیاسی اور سفارتی مدد کرنا تو گناہ کبیرہ خیال کرتے ہیں ہی لیکن اب انہوں نے فلسطین کی امداد کے بہانے اسرائیل کے لئے جاسوسی کرنی بھی شروع کر دی ہے – اطلاعات کے
Deobandi Wahabi ISIS burns 1,800-year-old church in Mosul,Iraq – Al Arabiya News:     Militants from the radical jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have set fire to a 1,800-year-old church in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, a photo released Saturday shows. The burning of the church
Deobandi and Salafi extremists of Pakistani origin have infiltrated the management of at least 10 schools in Birmingham, UK – by Helen Pidd, Patrick Wintour and Lyndsay Warner:     Parkview School, one of the Birmingham schools at the centre of the Trojan horse inquiry. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images A group of fundamentalist “activists”, mostly men of Pakistani origin, infiltrated the management of at least 10 schools
Salafi Kingdom vs Salafi Khilafa: Saudi Arabia reinforces border with ISI-held area in Iraq:   Saudi Arabia has deployed thousands of troops and set up extra barricades, infrared cameras and radar systems along its 850-km border with Iraq to counter the threat from the Islamic State (IS) and Shiite militias, according to recent
Destruction of Sunni Sufi and Shia cultural property and state structures in Iraq by the ISIS Salafi terrorists: JP (@AgenerationXer) tipped me off that the Islamic State had released another brochure of ethnic cleansing/politicide/urbicide. This time, it’s Bashir village, Kirkuk province, Iraq. As far as I can tell, the images are genuine – the release is consistent
بھارت میں دیوبندی اور سلفی دہشت گردی کے بڑھتے ہوئے سائے: دنیا کے کئی تھنک ٹینک اور تحقیقی ادارے بنگال کے مدرسہ ماڈل کامطالعہ کر ہے ہیں بھارت کی ریاست مغربی بنگال میں پہلا انگریزی میڈیم مدرسہ شروع ہو گیا ہے۔ بنگال کے مدرسے پہلے ہی بر صغیر کے مدرسوں
This war is different : German newspaper “Zeit” on the the current Israel Hamas Conflict.:   The war between Israel and Hamas seems to be replay of previous conflicts. Again, Hamas will try to rocket Israeli towns until the bitter end. Again, Israel will do everything possible to destroy the infrastructure of Hamas. Now the Israeli army has launched
Saudi diplomats avoided drink-drive charges in UK because they have diplomatic immunity – but would be sentenced to 800 lashes if caught in Riyadh:   Two Saudi diplomats have avoided drink-drive charges in the UK because they have diplomatic immunity.  However, anyone caught drink-driving in Saudi’s capital Riyadh would face 800 lashes.  Mark Simmonds, a Foreign Office minister, said Scotland Yard’s diplomatic protection
61% of Americans favor cooperating with Iran to contain Islamic State Deobandi/Wahabi militants: A new poll has found that the majority of Americans are in favor of cooperating with Iran to help the Iraqi government beat back militants from the Islamic State. The poll, conducted by the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and
داعش نے قطر کے خلاف نیا محاذ کھول دیا:     میڈیا رپورٹس کے مطابق شدت پسند گروپ داعش نے عالمی فٹ بال فیڈریشن (فیفا) کے سربراہ ”سپ بلٹر“ کے نام دھمکی آمیز خط لکھا ہے جس میں کہا گیا ہے کہ قطر میں ورلڈ کپ کا انعقاد
SOS from Iraq: 15,000 residents of Amirli under siege of death by ISIS terrorists: A small town in Kirkuk Iraq with a population of 15000 residents, most of them are Shia Turkemen and Sufi Sunni, is surrounded by the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) Salafi Wahhabi militants vowing to kill  every man, woman and child.
Daniel Pipes : Two classic articles on Saudi US relations: The Scandal of U.S.-Saudi Relations “When it comes to the Saudi-American relationship, the White House should be called the ‘White Tent.'” – Mohammed Al-Khilewi, a Saudi diplomat who defected to the United States[1] Consider two symbolic moments in the U.S.-Saudi
وہابیت نقطہ تاریک جھان اسلام -مولانا طارق علی قادری:   امریکہ میں وہابی نجدی فرقہ کی سرگرمیوں میں بہت تیزی سے اضافہ ہورہا ہے اور امریکی معاشرے میں جہاں مسلمانوں کے مختلف مکاتب فکر عرصہ دراز سے پرامن اور مذھبی ہم آہنگی کے ساتھ رہ رہے تھے وہابی
Is ISIS another master stroke by the western intelligence services? – by Ali Hashim: In the last 15 years a variety of Islamist Jihadi movements have erupted across the world in response to inequities, e.g. those in Israel, Chechnya, Palestine, Kashmir and against local despots such as those in Libya, Syria, Egypt, Saudi
Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of the country – by Patrick Cockburn:   How far is Saudi Arabia complicit in the Isis takeover of much of northern Iraq, and is it stoking an escalating Sunni-Shia conflict across the Islamic world? Some time before 9/11, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, once the powerful
ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants take sledgehammers to tomb of Prophet Jonah in Mosul, Iraq:   Editor’s note: The Western press should answer the question: Is Prophet Jonah Sunni or Shia or Christian? The Western press keeps making an inaccurate false Shia Sunni Binary thereby obfuscating the Saudi Inspired Salafi and Deobandi identity of
Who are the Salafi and Deobandi women fighting in Syria – by Abigail R. Esman: For years she was a mother of 10 young children, keeping a good, Muslim home. Now she’s a rebel commander with a gun, fighting, she says, for her honor and her religion. Her children battle at her side. Speaking
Two British Deobandi Jihadist admit to linking up with extremist group ISIS in Syria – by Vikram Dodd:     Mohammed Ahmed, left, and Yusuf Sarwar were arrested on their return to Britain in January. Photograph: West Midlands police/PA Two Birmingham men admitted on Tuesday to linking up with an extremist group fighting jihad in Syria, after
داعش کے جنگجووں نے حضرت یونس علیہ السلام کا مزار تباہ کر دیا: بغداد (نیوز ڈیسک) عراق میں شدت پسند گروپ الدولۃ اسلامی فی العراق والشام (داعش) کے جنگجو ہتھیاروں اور بھاری ہتھوڑوں سے مسلح ہوکر موصل میں واقع حضرت یونس علیہ السلام کے مزار مقدس پر ٹوٹ پڑے اور قبر مبارک،
Homegrown Islamist terrorism: How should we understand the teenage jihadists’ mind?:   ‘Invading armies, bloodthirsty occupations and drone bombings have been extremism’s most potent recruiting sergeants.’ Illustration by Satoshi Kambayashi A friend of mine once gazed at her wayward teenagers and told me she could handle the usual drugs and
The late King of Saudi Arabia, his ‘secret’ Christian wife and the missing £12 million: Janan Harb threatens to ‘spill the beans’ if ‘promised’ money isn’t paid:   The “secret” Christian wife of the late King of Saudi Arabia has won the right to pursue his son for a vast sum of cash and properties that she says he promised her before he died. Janan Harb,
Iran Pursues Subtle Strategy on Iraq Without Pushing Sectarian Conflict – by Bill Spindle:   An Iraqi Shiite prays at the Imam Hussein Shrine in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, the fate of which is of great concern to Iran’s government. Getty Images QOM, Iran—Iran is pursuing a delicate strategy of supporting
سعودی عرب عالم اسلام میں سب سے بڑا فرقہ پرست ملک ہے – انسٹی ٹیوٹ فار گلف ا‌فئیرز: آل علی احمد انسٹی ٹیوٹ فار گلف سٹیٹس کے نامور محقق اور دانشور ہیں ،انھوں نے حال ہی میں ایک اور سماجی سائنس دان کرسٹوفر ڈینیوب کے ساتھ ملکر عراق اور سعودیہ عرب کے درمیان ایک تحقیقی تقابلی مطالعہ
Analyst Zahid Hussain is completely off base: Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa says ISIS Al Qaeda & Deobandi Taliban are fruits of the same tree: Zahid Hussain goes to great lengths to show ISIS is very different from Punjabi Taliban Takfiri Deobandi Sipah e Sahaba or the TTP.  Zahid Hussain is maligning Sunni Muslims by saying that the Takfiri Deobandi or Salafi (Wahhabi) doctrines
U.S. Official Ordered Out of Bahrain After Meeting – by Michael R. Gordon and Kareem Faheem:   WASHINGTON — Bahrain on Monday ordered the senior United States official on human rights to cut short his visit and leave the country after he met with the nation’s main Shiite opposition group. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said that
The sheepification of Bakistan – by Mina Malik-Hussain:     When we were small, there was a month and it used to be called Ramzan. It was Ramzan on television, it was Ramzan in the newspaper with the sehr-o-iftar timings and while nobody had a cell phone
ملا عمر مسلمانوں کو ابوبکر البغدادی کی بیعت کرنے کا حکم دین، مولانا طاہر اشرفی: داعش  کی عراق میں دہشتگردی کے بعد موصل اور نیوا میں عارضی کامیابیوں کے بعد اس گروہ کے سربراہ ابوبکر البغدادی نے خلافت کا اعلان کردیا اور ایک حالیہ ویڈیو میں دنیا بھر کے مسلمانوں سے اطاعت کی اپیل
عرب دنیا کے بُرے بانسری باز – از خالد المعینا: دمشق اور بغداد ایک زمانے میں علم و تہذیب وتمدّن کا گہوارہ ہوا کرتے تھے۔ آج ان شہروں پر تاریکی اتر چکی ہے اور درحقیقت عرب دنیا کہلانے والے تمام علاقے تاریکی، طوائف الملوکی اور کنفیوژن میں ڈوبے ہوئے