Takfiri Deobandis & Wahhabi Salafis & Khawarij Archive
In Pakistan, it’s our own radicalism that produces religious hatred and violence – by Ayesha Siddiqa: A few days ago, Pakistani newspapers published results of a PEW opinion poll for 2013 and 2014 indicating a large percentage of Pakistanis being perturbed with violent extremism in the country. According to the report of this
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
Islamic State rounds up ex-Baathists to eliminate potential rivals in Iraq’s Mosul: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according
ISIS Links with Pakistan: Past and Present – by Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi: The entire world has been gripped by news of ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; now just Islamic State) – declaring on 29th June 2014
Can Nouri Al Maliki save Baghdad from ISIS? – by Patrick Cockburn: In early June, Abbas Saddam, a private soldier from a Shia district in Baghdad serving in the 11th Division of the Iraqi army, was transferred from Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq, to Mosul
کامران خان دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کے ہاتھوں شیعہ ڈاکٹرز کی ٹارگٹ کلنگ کی پردہ پوشی کیوں کر رہے ہیں ؟ – از عامر حسینی: کامران خان دی نیوز انوسٹی گیشن ڈیسک سے جیو کے ڈائریکٹر نیوز افئیر کے عهدے تک جو سفر کرچکے ہیں اس میں ان کی رپورٹوں کے کهرے کبهی تو راولپنڈی کے جی ایچ کیو تک جاتے رہے تو کبهی
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،
Pro-army wall chalking by sectarian outfits in Bannu – by Taha Siddiqui: Editor’s note: Awaami Baghi Group is an alias used used by banned deobandi militant outfit jaish-e-muhammad another name for the same group is al rehmat trust. At a time when the Pakistan Army claims to be waging a “decisive” and
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,
Crime spree helps Pakistani Taliban squirrel away cash before raids begin: A Pakistani soldier stands in front of closed shops during a military operation against Taliban militants in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan July 9, 2014. — Photo by Reuters PESHAWAR: In the months before Pakistan jets
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
ISIS Threatens Holocaust Against Jews – by John Rossomando: A Twitter post Thursday by supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now calling itself the Islamic State (IS), has promised a Holocaust against the Jews. “The Real Zionist Holocaust is Predicted in the Hadiths!
Hamas, an ally of Al Nusra – by Abdul Nishapuri: Between an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Takfiri Jihadist, I will prefer Israeli Jew any day. He won’t slaughter me for my faith. Hamas must stop firing rockets while hiding behind civilians and then using civilian casualties to blame
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 7/7 bombing memorial in London vandalised just hours before commemorations – by Richard Spillett: Relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings joined survivors for an emotional ceremony to remember the 52 people who died nine years ago today. A minute’s silence was held at the 7/7 memorial in London’s
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
Pakistan’s Secular Sectarians and the “Anti-Establishment” Debate: The most recent operation by the Pakistan military in North Waziristan has revealed both the fissures in the establishment as well as the intellectual dishonesty of much of Pakistan’s so-called “liberal intelligentsia” In particular, the interview of former D
Life of a Canadian Salafi Jihadi Wife in the ‘Caliphate’. She went to Syria to provide sex to ISIS’s Salafi fighters & is now a widow: Eight months ago, Umm Haritha, a 20-year-old woman from Canada, made her way to Turkey against her parents’ wishes with a half-empty suitcase and $1,500. Within a week she was in Syria, and a few weeks later she
Political Islam: Why Salafi and Deobandi militants now symbolise Muslims – by Anwar Iqbal: The most recognizable face of political Islam today is neither a mullah nor a religious scholar. It is a militant. Until 2001, spellchecks did not recognise the word Taliban and suggested changing it to “tally bone.” Now it
Iran’s Hashmi Rafsanjani calls for Iran-Saudi cooperation against takfiri terrorists: Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president and current chairman of the Expediency Council, has called for cooperation by regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to counter the rise of terrorism. “The actions of terrorist groups in the region occurred in the shadows
Brutal Killings of Sunnis by Takfiri Salafi/Wahhabi/Deobandi ISIS: While this a gruesome post, it is important document the level of cruelty that is espoused by Takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi and Salafi ideologies. It is important to understand that Fascism of any kind is not compatible with the modern
داعش کے حامی ملکوں کی اپنی بلا دوسروں کے سر ڈالنے کی کوشش – از عامر حسینی: اگر آپ کو گلف ریاستوں اور ترکی و اردن سے نکلنے والے اخبارات اور جرائد کو پڑهنے کا اتفاق آج کل ہو تو آپ کو پتہ چلے گا کہ ان اخبارات و جرائد میں اکثر عرب دنیا اور مشرق
دیوبندی سلفی دہشت گردوں کی دہشت گردی سامراجی منصوبے کا حصہ ہے – از عبدلقادر: شام : شام میں بشار السد کی سیکولر حکومت کا تختہ الٹنے کے لئے “جمہوریت” کے نام پر خانہ جنگی شروع کروائی جاتی ہے، اس خانہ جنگی کو “عرب سپرنگ” یا ” شامی بغاوت” کا نام دیا جاتا ہے۔
British Isis fighter in Syria says he is willing to die: ‘I left with the intention not to go back’ – by Antonia Molloy: A British jihadist who is fighting for Isis in Syria has said he is willing to die for his cause – and that there is no turning back. Abdul Raqib Amin, who was born in Bangladesh but grew
Palestinian takfiri militants help ISIS in massacring Sunni Sufis, Shias and Christians in Iraq: A year ago, I read an article by Fatima Rajput, a cultural critic based in Islamabad, who wrote: No matter how many Al Quds rallies Shia Muslims of Pakistan organize, they will continue to be demonized and murdered
“Neo-Terrorism”: The mutation of Al-Qaeda into the Islamic State – by Elijah J. Magnier: Elijah J Magnier @Ejmalrai, AL RAI Chief International Correspondent, contributed to this report. One of the suboptimal habits of humans is to compare different things, expect them to behave similarly, and treat them the way we are ‘used
Sunni clerics demand raids on Deobandi seminaries to nab absconding Taliban terrorists: Renowned Sunni Bralevis Cleric Pir Masoom Naqvi who heads JUP Niazi group has said that timid takfiri terrorists of Taliban are fleeing due to Operation Zarb-e-Azb and their escape is a lesson to those who worshipped notorious Taliban
A judgment on minorities in Pakistan – by Amel Ghani: March 15, 2014. An angry mob attacked and set on fire a Hindu dharamshala in Larkana, Sindh. The provocation for this attack was the supposed desecration of a calendar with Quranic verses by one Sanjeet Kumar. By
دیوبندی تکفیری فتنے کی چند مثالیں – از عبدلقادر: عصر حاضر کے دیوبندی سلفی فتنے کو سمجھانے کے لئے کچھ مثالیں عرض کرتا ہوں 1)- 1996 تا 2001 صرف 5 سال حکومت ملنے پر دیوبندیوں نے افغانستان میں بدھا کے 1800 سال پرانے عظیم مجسموں کو مسمار کر
دولت اسلامیہ کے عراق پر حملے کے پردہ نشین منصوبہ بند بے نقاب ہوگئے – از عامر حسینی: ترکی سے شایع ہونے والے ایک اخبار Özgür Gündem نے ایک خصوصی کورسٹوری میں انکشاف کیا ہے کہ عراق کے شہر موصل پر حملے اور بغداد کی طرف پیش رفت کی منصوبہ بندی اردن کے دارالحکومت عمان میں ایک
Teenage twin Salafi sisters from Manchester crept out of their bedrooms to join ISIS in Syria – by Liz Hull With Mia De Graaf: Twin sisters aged 16 may have travelled to Syria to become jihadi brides, it is claimed. The British citizens crept away from their home in the middle of the night and boarded a flight to Turkey. The girls’
Özgür Gündem: ISIS attack planned in Amman: It has emerged that the recent ISIS assault on Iraq was planned at a meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman. According to the Özgür Gündem newspaper, the secret meeting was attended by the KDP and Ba’athists and took
Salafi ISIS demolish Sunni mosques, shrines in northern Iraq: Islamic militant sect, ISIS, which has been rampaging across the north and west of Iraq since last month, has been demolishing sacred sites such as shrines and mosques around the historic northern city of Mosul in Nineveh province.
Michael Gove: we must defend liberal values against Salafi and Deobandi Islamist extremism: Michael Gove defended decision to appoint ex-Scotland Yard head of counter-terrorism to lead investigation into ‘Trojan horse’ affair. Photograph: Lee Thomas/Zuma Press/Corbis Michael Gove has called for a “robust” defence of liberal values in the face of the
Manchester: Twin British Salafi sisters aged 16 ‘fled home at night to join Islamist fighters in Syria’ – by Alex Wellman: Syria: Police fear the girls have joined their elder brother to fight Twin sisters from Britain have fled their beds in the middle of the night to join Isis fighters battling a holy war in Syria, it has
Iraq crisis: As Shia and Sunni shrines are targeted by Wahhabi ISIS, the fiercest of wars lies ahead – by Patrick Cockburn: The meltdown of American and British policy in Iraq and Syria attracts surprisingly little criticism at home. Their aim for the past three years has been get rid of Bashar al-Assad as ruler of Syria and stabilise Iraq under