Pakistan-Iran relations – Ayesha Siddiqa: Posts by some militant outfits on social media about Iran indicate the presence of an ideological lobby inside Pakistan, which opposes improvement of bilateral relations between the neighbours. It also gives an impression that the matter is nothing,
A Pakistani Deobandi boy recites a song in praise of Taliban-ISIS: This is how Deobandi clerics and seminaries are brainwashing innocent Sunni Muslims to convert them into Wahhabi and Deobandi terrorists and suicide bombers. In this specific meeting, people are waving flags of ISIS, Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ), and JUI-F. This transnational
The ASWJ-BLA connection: This is an ASWJ-LeJ rally glorifying their terrorist Deobandi leader, Ramzan Mengal. It is about placing an ISIS-affiliated Deobandi terrorist group, ASWJ-LeJ, above the interests of Pakistan. This image is also a disturbing reminder of how the once
Bahrain’s sham election ignores calls for reform: Bahrain’s national election planned for this Saturday portends no change in the al-Khalifa regime’s anti-Shi’a stance and is yet another futile exercise in sham democracy. The mainstream al-Wefaq Shi’a opposition party has decided to boycott the election because of
Daily Times and The Nation’s editorials on Deobandi terrorism: The Nation: Revolutionary Religion With Operation Zarb-e-Azb in full swing, can a politicised silent Shia-Sunni majority challenge the prevalent status-quo sponsored narrative of religion? Tahir ul Qadri has pitted himself against more extremist Deobandi groups and sectarian issues
Indian Muslims: Deobandi Vs Sunni: NEW DELHI – Ideological differences are widening the rift between two major Muslim groups in central India, with the split escalating to the point of banning each others from attending mosques. “The Barelvis (Sunni or Ahlus Sunnah) in
Truth of Darul Uloom Deoband ‘s Fatwa against Terrorism: Deoband fatwa terms terrorism an enemy: All kinds of ‘unjust violence’ rejected NEW DELHI, June 1: One of the largest Indian seminaries, which is said to have inspired the Taliban, has issued a fatwa against terrorism at a
Terrorism and Darul Uloom Deband – by Amir Quddus: It is often alleged that Deobandi ideology is responsible for spread of terrorism in Pakistan so Darul Uloom Deoband which is mother of this ideology should try to do something to stop extremism and sectarian terrorism in the
Erdogan’s ‘New Turkey’ drifts towards isolation: There is an old saying in Turkish: “The Turk has no friend but the Turk.” As this country drifts towards isolation under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the proverb is ringing uncomfortably true. During his 11 years
توہین رسالت اور دیوبندی مولوی کی منافقت: غور سے پڑھیں! یہ تکفیری مولوی المعروف مفتی محمود الحسن دیوبندی بولتا ہے کہ رسول ﷲ صلی ﷲ علیہ و آلی وسلم نے مبعوث برسالت ہونے کے بعد کئی بار خود کشی کا ارادہ کیا حالاں کہ خود
Our Friends in Riyadh – by Toby C. Jones: Last Wednesday, a criminal court in Saudi Arabia sentenced Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, one of the kingdom’s most visible political dissidents, to death. Saudi authorities have justified the verdict in terms of national security. Convicted on vague
Shameful silence on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by ISIS: Editor’s Note : I condemn all those Shia, Sunni, Christian, Marxist, atheist, liberal and other activists who are silent on the massacre of Sunni Muslims by takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi Khawarij of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The world