A quiet resilience in my heart.: Yesterday was a day of solidarity of the Peshawar church blasts. Islamabad did me proud as the youth of all faiths and backgrounds were represented.We formed a human shield outside the Church, we showed the true picture of Pakistan.We
‘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
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
The safe and unsafe – by Waseem Altaf: Genuine scientist, Abdus Salam who later won a Nobel Prize in physics took refuge in Italy for he was unwanted and unsafe in Pakistan. Fake scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who stole nuclear designs from the Netherlands and traded nuclear
Are Takfiris something else than other Deobandis?: In Our beloved Pakistan, what is going on by Taliban and other Deobandi militant groups like SSP, LEJ, TTP etc, but our main stream media has created a new term “TAKFEERI DEOBANDI” instead of “DEOBANDI” only to save them
Imran Khan’s Appeasement of Taliban – by A Z: Imran has long pleaded that the only way to combat terrorism is by partnering with and empowering Taliban. Here comes his “revolutionary” new idea, of inviting TTP to open an office, that has merited wide coverage. And if the
Predatory State and Minorities – by Mustafa Kamal: Pakistan is yet again at crossroads after two brutal suicide attacks on Christians in Peshawar two days ago. Previously, around forty people died and hundreds were injured in a suicide attack on Shia town in Karachi during March. Earlier,
تبلیغی جماعت سے طالبان تک – از محمد عمر: تبلیغی جماعت اورجہادیوں کےتعلق کو سمجھنے کے لئے انکے خیالات کا موازنہ بہت ضروری ہے۔ دونوں کاخیال ہے کہ ہم مسلمانوں کی اکثریت گمراہی کےراستے پر ہے۔ دونوں کاخیال ہے کہ چودہ سوسال پہلے نبی کادور سب سے بہترین
امارات اسلامیہ وزیرستان – از ندیم سعید: مذہبی جنونیوں کی بڑھتی ہوئی دہشت گردانہ کارروائیوں کے باوجود ماضی کے کامیاب کھلاڑی لیکن اب تک اناڑی سیاستدان ثابت ہونے والے عمران خان نے پشاور میں تحریک طالبان پاکستان کا دفتر قائم کرنے کی تجویز دی ہے۔دلیل ان کی
دہشت گردوں سے مذاکرات اور دہشت گردی – از حق گو: پاکستان کے صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا کے دارالحکومت پشاور میں سرکاری ملازمین کی بس میں دھماکے میں کم از کم 17 افراد ہلاک اور 20 سے زیادہ زخمی ہوگئے ہیں۔ پشاور پولیس کا کہنا ہے کہ یہ دھماکہ جمعہ کی
قاتلوں سے مذاکرات – از یاسر علی: ہزاروں معصوم پاکستانیوں ، غیر ملکی انجینئرز، سفارتکاروں ، اور سیاحوں کے قاتلوں سے مزاکرات کئے جا رہے ہیں ، انہیں باقائدہ دفتر کھولنے کی دعوت دی جا رہی ہے ۔۔ میرا انسانی حقوق کی تنظیموں کو مشورہ ہے کہ
Wahhabi Salafi thinking linked to terrorism: Not all fruits are bananas but all bananas are fruits much in the same way all Takfiri Deobandi Wahhabi Salafist are not terrorists but nearly all (more than 99 percent) terrorists belong to these schools of thought. So when
دہشت گردی اور ہمارا قومی رد عمل: ہزارہ شیعہ پہ حملہ ہوا تو سب سے پہلے احتجاج کے لئے نکلنے والے شیعہ تھے – آج عیسائی بھائیوں پر حملہ ہوا تو سب سے پہلے احتجاج کے لئے نکلنے والے عیسائی تھے – گو کہ شیعہ کے
Editorial: Taliban, APC, and the State of Pakistan: The recent events in Pakistan have shown that the state of Pakistan is entering a new phase which may be called “the Takfiri State of Islam”. You may replace “Islam” by “Islamism” or “Islamofascism,” but it will be a
More Western terrorists joining the fight in Syria: CNN reported that a former US soldier has plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for confessing his involvement with Al Qaeda related terrorists in Syria. The West must stop the support of these terror outfits, otherwise
جماعت اسلامی ، القاعدہ اور فرید پراچہ: سما نیوز: جماعت اسلامی پاکستان میں القاعدہ کی معاون ھے؟ جس میں جماعت اسلامی کے رہنما فرید پراچہ نے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے ان کی جماعت کا کسی سے کوئی تعلق نہیں ہے جبکہ طالبان سے جب بھی مذاکرات
Why Salman Taseer is Not Just a Super-Hero – by Marziyeh: Super heroes are known usually to have extraordinary or superhuman powers, and are recognized for their services in protecting and defending society. These larger than life characters are brilliant, their extraordinary abilities – in the case of Spiderman his