فیصل آباد: القاعدہ، طالبان اور سپاہ صحابہ کی حلیف شہبازشریف حکومت کی جانب سے پر امن سنی اتحاد کونسل اور صاحبزادہ حامد رضا کے خلاف انتقامی کاروائی: فیصل آباد میں مذہبی جماعت سنی اتحاد کونسل کی جانب سے لاؤڈ سپیکر ایکٹ کے خلاف ہڑتال کے دوران گھنٹہ گھر کے آٹھ بازاروں میں زبردستی دکانیں بند کروانے اور تاجروں سے ہاتھا پائی کے الزام میں نقضِ امن

Karachi Police: Sectarian terrorist group ASWJ and TTP behing the attacks on Bohra mosque and Rangers mobile:   Karachi: Last Friday’s dual terror attacks on a Bohra community mosque and a Rangers patrol mobile were the work of two separate groups, according to city police chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo.   “The investigation teams have been looking

PPP’s Khurshid Shah is ASWJ’s Ludhyanvi’s best friend:   Do you need further evidence that some PPP’s leaders are committed allies of Lashkar-e-Jhanagvi aka ASWJ? Remember what Faisal Raza Abidi said a few days ago? Here’s a recent news report about PPP’s Khurshid Shah’s mateship with ASWJ-LeJ’s

A response to Najam Sethi’s TFT editorial, “Terrorism of all hue” – by Laleen Ahmad: We at LUBP have never shied away from praising or criticising people based on our secular-humanist philosophy of live and let live. In our criticism or praise, we have never made any distinction between people based on race, religion,

We’re not moving towards civil war, we’re in it – Murtaza Haider:   Being a Shia is not a crime, but in Pakistan it now carries a death sentence. The 24 Shias from Kohat and Orakzai agency, who were summarily executed by the militants near the Pak-Iran border, have now been

Sectarianism in Iraq — is Pakistan watching? – Murtaza Haider: Iraq has descended into a full-blown civil war. The Jihadists have captured three towns and are marching on to Baghdad. They claim to have killed 1,700 prisoners in violation of Islamic and other laws governing warfare. They have also

Jummah mubarak, you ‘kafir’! – Ale Natiq:   Last Friday, nearly 150 Shias were killed and 400 wounded in triple suicide blasts that targeted the Shia community during the Friday congregational prayers in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. ISIS/ISIL claimed responsibility of the attack and a statement released

دادو کے جیالے ‘ ضیاؑ ‘گدھے اور لہراتی دھوتیاں – ندیم فاروق پراچہ:   جو ہوا وہ پہلے اس خطے میں کسی نے نہ دیکھا تھا نہ سنا تھا ضیا کے بدترین دور میں سندھ میں آئے دن خبر آتی تھی کہ آج مورو میں فوج نے فائرگ کر کے پانچ جمہوری

Rs400,000, or hand over your son to the madrassa – Murtaza Haider: It is one of the weirdest school enrolment drives ever: Surrender a son to the madrassa (religious seminary), or pay 400,000 rupees (US$4,000) instead. The militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas are openly coercing families to hand over their sons,

There is a mini Boko Haram thriving in every Muslim society – Murtaza Haider: We know them as al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and the Taliban. Their branding may differ, but their misogynist ideologies do not. These so-called Islamists have promoted discrimination against women for centuries. Now, they abduct young women and threaten to

250 Sunnis and Shias killed in Yemen, Pakistan and Syria by Deobandi-Salafi terrorists: For the Deobandi-Salafis, its Friday. The day set aside for massacring Shia muslims. You know, those “sectarian Shias” as described in increasing sections of the global media – who are getting too uppity and want to decide their own

دیوبندی مدارس کی حمایت کرنے پر پنجاب حکومت کا جامعہ المنتظر کو 80 لیپ ٹاپ کا تحفہ:   شیعہ نیوز (پاکستانی شیعہ خبر رساں ادارہ) حکومت پنجاب نے وفاق المدارس الشیعہ پاکستان سے الحاق شدہ مدارس کے پوزیشن ہولڈرز طلبا و طالبات کے لئے 80 لیپ ٹاپ فراہم کر دیئے جو جامعتہ المنتظر ماڈل ٹاؤن لاہور

ایم کیو ایم کے خلاف آپریشن اور مذہبی اور سیاسی جماعتوں کی منافقت: ایم کیو ایم کے خلاف آپریشن سے اس کی مخالف سیاسی اور مذہبی جماعتوں میں خوشی کی لہر دوڑ گئی۔قیام پاکستان کی مخالف جماعت اسلامی نے بانیان پاکستان کی اولادوں کی جماعت ایم کیو ایم کے خلاف آپریشن پر

Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah: Founder of excommunication and exclusion – Aamir Hussaini: Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah is a very controversial figure in Muslim history. On the one side there are those who believe that he adopted Imam Ahmad bin Hanbals’ rigid, violent and Zahiriya (emphasizing on outward appearance) in Tauheed (‘the oneness’)

The continued abuse of the Pashtun woman – Murtaza Haider: They all suffer in silence, but compared to the rest of Pakistan, women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) suffer domestic violence in greater proportions. While terror-stricken Pakistan is focused on North Waziristan for a breakthrough with the violence sponsoring Taliban,

Fasaad Fi sabilillah? – Murtaza Haider:   It could have been just another ordinary patient arriving at an eye clinic for treatment. Abdul Rauf, a 20-something resident of Badami Bagh Lahore, took his father to Dr. Ali Haider’s clinic. A delay at the clinic ticked

وزیرستان سے کراچی تک تکفیریوں کی بھل صفائی کے مخالف کمرشل لبرلز – حیدر جاوید سید:

You are free to go to your mosques ….. Just as long as it is a Deobandi one with Arabic-only Khutbas: ISLAMABAD: On Friday, students at the International Islamic University (IIUI) Islamabad offered prayers outside the locked doors of a mosque, recently shut down by the university administration. The administration recently closed down the decades old mosque aligned with the

چند دلچسپ تاریخی مغالطے – از تنویر اختر: یہ ایک مسلمہ حقیقت ہے کہ 23 مارچ 1940 کو جس قرارداد کی “ازخود” منظوری کے مفروضہ پر ہم اس تاریخ کو “یوم پاکستان” کا نام دے کر “جشن” منایا کرتے ہیں، وہ دراصل اس روز نہیں بلکہ ایک

The Deobandi Salafi terror: Islamabad’s International Islamic University shuts down Sunni Sufi Barelvi mosque: ISLAMABAD: On Friday, students at the International Islamic University (IIUI) Islamabad offered prayers outside the locked doors of a mosque, recently shut down by the university administration. The administration recently closed down the decades old mosque aligned with the