Allama Iqbal and Imam Hussain – AZ: Iqbal’s range, quality, and quantity are truly impressive. Apart from Urdu, he also wrote prodigiously in Persian and is regarded as one of the most important poets of modern India. In addition to his indubitable genius as a poet,

People of the Facebook – by Mobarak Haider: I think quarreling is a softer form of fighting. In Pakistan most of our quarrels can grow into fights. The people of the Book have fought for centuries. But people of the Facebook only quarrel because they cannot fight.

IS recruiting thousands in Pakistan, govt warned in ‘secret’ report: KARACHI: The provincial government of Balochistan has conveyed a confidential report to the federal government and law enforcement agencies warning of increased footprints of militant organisation Islamic State (IS), also known by the Arabic acronym Daish, in Pakistan. The

پاکستانی صحافت میں تکفیری دہشت گردی کی ترویج: اردو پوائنٹ نے قتل کو قابل فخر قرار دے دیا: جریدے اردو پوائنٹ نے گجرات میں سپاہ صحابہ کے حامی دیوبندی پولیس افسر جس نے ایک معصوم شیعہ مسلمان کو گستاخی صحابہ کے جھوٹے الزام میں کلہاڑی کے وار سے شہید کر دیا قابلِ فخر تھانیدار لکھا ہے اور

Iran is becoming a more mature and modern country – Oliver August (The Economist):   The most visible shift is in public infrastructure. Tehran, the capital, is a tangle of new tunnels, bridges, overpasses, elevated roads and pedestrian walkways. Shiny towers rise in large numbers, despite the sanctions. Screens at bus stops display

ISIS ideology is grounded in Saudi education:     According to an article published Oct. 21 on Al-Monitor, the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has issued new regulations for the school systems under its control in Iraq and Syria. The announced purpose of the so-called guidelines,

Is Deobandi terrorism the right term? – by Abdul Nishapuri:   Often Sunni, Shia and Christians activists in Pakistan are asked by Deobandi activists and their “liberal” comrades to refrain from specifying the Deobandi identity of terrorists. Many arguments are offered which I produce below along with my response.

Libyan model for Syria? The West is silent as Libya falls into the abyss – Patrick Cockburn:   Remember the time when Libya was being held up by the American, British, French and Qatari governments as a striking example of benign and successful foreign intervention? It is worth looking again at film of David Cameron grandstanding

مولانا فضل الرحمن صاحب، کیا اب بھی آپ ریاستی و سعودی سرپرستی میں نمو پانے والی دیوبندی تکفیری دہشت گردی پر خاموش رہیں گے؟:

عالمی دہشتگرد تنظیم داعش پاکستان میں سرگرم: داعش کے تکفیری خوارج پاکستان میں موجود کالعدم گروہوں انجمن سپاہ صحابہ اور لشکر جھنگوی کے دہشتگردوں کے ساتھ مل کر مسلح افواج اور شیعہ مسلمانوں پر حملے کی تیاریاں کر رہے اور اس حوالے سے ان دہشتگردوں نے

سیکولر لبرل دوست اورعاشورہ – علی ناطق:   ایک سوال مرے ذہن میں کئی سال سے ہے پر کوئی جواب نہیں ملا. پچھلے سال بھی میں نے یہ سوال دوستوں سے پوچھا پر کوئی خاطر خواہ جواب نہ ملا. سوال ہمارے سیکولر لبرل دوستوں سے ہے.

How to avoid blasphemy in Pakistan: What a torrid couple of weeks it’s been for anyone who has been accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. And might you there are more people accused than you might think. Starting off with Asia Bibi – she has been

Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in takfiri terrorism: Most of Jundallah members had association with JI, IJT – by Amir Mir (The News):   ISLAMABAD: Jundallah (the Army of Allah), which has claimed responsibility for the November 2 bloody attack at Wagah border post, is one of the dozen-plus anti-Shia franchises of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), that operate under different names in

Why these Hindus celebrate the Muslim festival of Moharram – Ishaan Tharoor:   These days, we’re accustomed to news of sectarian violence out of South Asia. This week, Pakistan witnessed yet more vigilante murders of allegedly blaspheming Christians. The specter of Hindu-Muslim tensions in neighboring India, which have previously bubbled over

Over 250 minority members murdered during Shahbaz Sharif’s reign as CM Punjab – The News: ISLAMABAD: The November 4 chilling episode of mob violence at Kot Radha Kishan where a Christian couple was beaten and burned alive after being thrown into the kiln where they worked, has further tainted the already dismal record of

The Globe and Mail: Pakistani Deobandi terror outfit ASWJ sending activists to Canada on a secret mission: An immigrant computer programmer accused of being part of an overseas terrorist organization claimed he was sent to Canada on a secret mission, according to an alleged audio recording recovered by police. A federal tribunal also heard Friday that

انسپکٹر جمشید اورسپاہ صحابہ: پاکستان میں تکفیری دہشت گردی میں مشہور جاسوسی ناول نویس اشتیاق احمد کا کردار- ازعبدل نیشاپوری: Summary: This post offers an overview of Pakistani Urdu novelist Ishtiaq Ahmed’s role in the spread of takfiri, sectarian and jihadist ideology in Pakistan. Through the hate based narratives based in his novels on the Inspector Jamshed, Inspector Kamran

خالد احمد – پاکستان میں دھشت گردی اور اس کی فکری بنیادوں کا ڈسکورس – عامر حسینی: خالد احمد اپنی کتاب ” فرقہ وارانہ جنگ ۔۔۔۔پاکستان میں شیعہ – سنّی تشدد اور اس کے مڈل ایسٹ سے رشتے ” کے چوتھے باب کے فٹ نوٹ میں انکشاف کرتے ہیں ” میں نے پبلک ایڈمنسٹریشن سٹاف کالج

پاکستان کی خاموش اکثریت بھی ظلم میں برابر کی شریک ہے – خرم زکی: اس ملک کی خاموش اکثریت کے نام۔ جو ظلم ہوتے تو دیکھ رہی ہے لیکن نہ ظالم کا ہاتھ پکڑ رہی ہے اور نہ ظلم کے خلاف آواز احتجاج بلند کر رہی ہے۔ پاکستان میں شیعہ مسلمانوں، بریلوی سنیوں

What should Pakistan’s Christians do? – Ayaz Amir:   Once upon a time under-class Mohajirs in Karachi, residents not of Clifton and Defence but depressed localities, used to be an object of scorn for other communities, regularly picked upon by the mostly Punjabi police and treated roughly