حماس اور ایران – کیا سلفی ، شیعہ مسلمانوں کی جانب اپنے خیالات بدلیں گے ؟ از عامر حسینی: حنان هاشمی حماس اور ایران کے باہمی تعلقات کے بہت بڑے حامی خیال کیے جاتے ہیں حال ہی میں انہوں نے بیروت سے شایع ہونے والے حزب اللہ نواز اخبار الاخبار میں ایک مضمون ردہ المخصومہ المقاومہ یعنی تحریک

Noam Chomsky: General Zia ul Haq and Saudi Arabia destroyed Pakistan’s public education – by Dr. Abbas Zaidi:   Pakistan’s right wing journalists and educated classes proudly claim that it was because of General Zia ul Haq that Pakistan’s top educational institutions like the Lahore Grammar School and Beacon House came into existence. The argument they give

Majid Nizami: The Satanic Verses of the dark Prophet of Pakistani journalism – by Dr. Abbas Zaidi: The octogenarian Majid Nizami has died of old age. Newspapers are brimming with laudatory, almost sycophantic, obituaries. Even liberal journalists have cast him into the image of a hero. From “a true Muslim” to “a man of peace” to

Israel should be wary of the House of Saud – by A Z: Israel has the right to exist and to defend itself. It is acting stupidly in being the bully in the region. It cannot behave as a terrorist forever. Muslims should be willing to negotiate a settlement with Israel. Or

Isis winning its war on two fronts: Militants conquered Sunni regions of Iraq and are now consolidating hold on north-east Syria: While the world has been understandably focused on events in Gaza and Ukraine, the Islamist force has been extending its self-styled caliphate and consolidating its previous gains In the early hours of 24 July a Saudi volunteer belonging to

Life of a coal miner in Punjab:   Workers at this mine in Choa Saidan Shah dig coal with pick axes, break it up and load it onto donkeys to be transported to the surface. Employed by private contractors, a team of four workers can dig

Two Shia Hazara men shot dead in Quetta – by Syed Ali Shah: A Pakistani policeman (L) stands guard at the site of an attack by unknown gunmen in Quetta. — File photo by AFP QUETTA: Two members of the Shia Hazara community were gunned down on Wednesday in Spini road area

Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent – by David D. Kirkpatrick:     CAIRO — Battling Palestinian militants in Gaza two years ago, Israel found itself pressed from all sides by unfriendly Arab neighbors to end the fighting. Not this time. After the military ouster of the Islamist government in

عید کے دن تین اور شیعہ جوان تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گردی کا نشانہ بن گیے: کویٹہ میں عید کے دن تکفیری دیوبندی لشکر جھنگوی سپاہ صحابہ کی دہشت گردی کا نشانہ بننے والے شیعہ ہزارہ سکاوٹس سید ذاکر حسین اور سید جواد وہ پہلے شیعہ نہیں ہیں جو تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کی وحشت

All 45 Christian Institutions in Mosul Destroyed or Occupied by Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS:   (AINA) — Since taking over Mosul on June 10, ISIS has destroyed, occupied, converted to mosques, converted to ISIS headquarters or shuttered all 45 Christian institutions in Mosul. The following is the complete list of the Christian institutions

Convert to Islam or Pay Taxes or be Killed This’s no way to spread a religion, be it islam – by Mansoor Ahmad: Muslims are creating more enemies by threatening minorities and in this case the Christians in Iraq who have been living there since centuries and had adopted it as their home. Latest threat came from the Caliphate of Islamic State

Iraq crisis: Is Turkey’s government supporting ISIS? – by Daniel Pipes:   The battle in Iraq consists of “Turkish-backed Sunni jihadis rebelling against an Iranian-backed Shi’ite-oriented central government,” I wrote in a recent article. Some readers question that the Republic of Turkey has supported the “Islamic State in Iraq and

Why No One Cares About the Christians of Mosul:   No one cares about the Christians of Mosul–or perhaps we should say the Christians formerly of Mosul. The reports in recent days suggest that the last Christians have now fled that city, forced out by Islamist militants who implemented a

Bahrain’s Ongoing Political Impasse Imperils U.S. Interests – by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen: The fallout from Bahrain’s expulsion of Tom Malinowski, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, illustrates the continuing political impasse in this deeply polarized U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf. While the danger to

تکفیری دیوبندیوں کی جانب سے پر امن زکری برادری پر حملہ: پاکستان کے صوبہ بلوچستان کے ضلع خضدار میں زائرین کی بس کو دھماکے میں نشانہ بنایا گیا جس کے نتیجے میں سات افراد زخمی ہوگئے ہیں۔ لیویز فورس کے مطابق زخمی ہونے والے زائرین ہیں جو کہ کوہ مراد

Response to posts about Ayatullah Ali Khamenei’s tweet: There have been some posts on LUBP criticizing Ali Khamenei’s tweet: “Today a number of ppl commit crimes against #Shias in the name of #Takfiri, but they’re not the main enemies. Everyone should be aware!” This tweet was criticized

شان علی (ع ) بزبان علامہ کوکب نورانی اوکاڑوی: عالم اہلسنت کوکب نورانی صاحب آدھی حدیث بیان کرنے والے بغضی مولوی کو آن ایئر کیا شرمندہ کیا، اوپر سے عامر لیاقت کےسوال نے اور ماحول گرما دیا کہ کیا یہ سچ ہے کہ منافقین کو پہچاننے کے لیے

اداریہ: کیا تعمیر پاکستان ایک فرقہ وارانہ ویب سائٹ ہے؟: آج کل تعمیر پاکستان ویب سائٹ ایل یو بی پی کے خلاف بعض ایران نواز پاکستانی شیعہ ویب سائٹس پر یہ پروپیگنڈا کیا جارہا کہ اہل تشیع خبردار ہوجائیں کہ تعمیر پاکستان ویب سائٹ ایک صیہونی، یہودی اور قادیانی

پارہ چنار: مذھبی رسومات میں انتظامیہ کی مداخلت کے خلاف دھرنا جاری: ادارتی نوٹ:پارہ چنار کرم ایجنسی سے یہ خبریں موصول ہورہی ہیں کہ وہاں کا موجودہ پولیٹکل ایجنٹ ،اسسٹنٹ پولیٹکل ایجنٹ اور اس کے دیگر ماتحت لوگوں کی مذھبی رسومات میں ادائیگی میں روکاوٹیں ڈال رہا ہے اور اس نے

UKIP councillor comes under fire after wrongly branding religious procession in Ilford a ‘nice Islamic call to war’:   Ilford Jaloos 2014 A UKIP councillor who wrongly branded a religious Islamic procession in Ilford a “call to war” on Twitter has been blasted. Cllr Rod Butler tweeted a link to a video of the annual Jaloos through