General Raheel Sharif, Mukthar Thaqafi, and Dr Taqi: The current Operation Zarb-e-Azb by the Pakistan army against the Taliban is being viewed in black and white terms by a section of Pakistan’s “liberal” intelligentsia. For some in this category, the debate is based on promoting their own

Evidence of Hamas and other Palestinian militants’ crimes against Sunni Sufis, Shias and Christians – by Abdul Nishapuri: The purpose of this post is to build an arhchive of articles, reports and other materials which confirm how Hamas and other Palestinian militants have directly or indirectly participated in attacks on and massacres of innocent Sunni Sufis, Shias,

Shia mosque set on fire in Istanbul : Erdogan stokes Shia and Sufi Sunni hatred: Editor’s note: Shia mosque set on fire in Istanbul. Ottoman Sultanate is back under Erdogan’s AKP. Secular Kemalist Turks MUST reclaim their country. Where is Turkey headed? Disgusting how AKP is destroying the beautiful country and culture of Turkish Republic sinking

Palestinians set fire to humanitarian aid donated by Hezbollah: Editor’s note: Palestinians, once again, refuse/reject and burn the aid sent under sectarian grounds. Maybe Iran can stop sending millions funding Salafi terrorists of Hamas and instead help Shias suffering in Iraq and Pakistan. They are not worthless, and

ایل یو بی پی کے بارے میں جناب علی ارقم کا ناروا پراپیگنڈہ – از عامر حسینی: میں جب بهی دیوبندی تکفیریوں کےساتھ دیوبندی مکتبہ فکر کے انتہائی اہم ترین مدارس کے انتہائی جید اور فاضل علماء کے  تعلقات اور سرپرستی کے بارے میں لکهتا ہوں تو میرے بہت سے کرم فرما جن میں خود کئی

Saudi diplomats avoided drink-drive charges in UK because they have diplomatic immunity – but would be sentenced to 800 lashes if caught in Riyadh:   Two Saudi diplomats have avoided drink-drive charges in the UK because they have diplomatic immunity.  However, anyone caught drink-driving in Saudi’s capital Riyadh would face 800 lashes.  Mark Simmonds, a Foreign Office minister, said Scotland Yard’s diplomatic protection

Washington Examiner: Obama waives ban on arming Al-Qaeda/ISIS terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition:     President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to “vetted” opposition groups fighting Syrian dictator Bashar

نواز شریف اور ان کے انتخابی مددگار نجم سیٹھی کی عمران خان کے خلاف مہم – از ہارون رشید:

Laser beam focusing pilgrims’ plane creates scare:   QUETTA: Several suspects were arrested from settlements around the Quetta International Airport on Wednesday after unknown people created scare by throwing laser light on an aeroplane carrying Shia pilgrims from the Iranian city of Mashhad the previous night.

دہشت گردی کی شناخت کے بارے ڈاکٹرعائشہ صدیقہ کا مضمون اور فصیح الدین دیوبندی کی لن ترانیاں – طارق قادری:   نوٹ: طارق علی قادری منهاج القرآن یونیورسٹی کی فیکلٹی آف شریعہ کے طالب علم ہیں انہوں نے روزنامہ آج میں فصیح الدین نامی کسی دیوبندی کا مضمون پڑها تو اس کا جواب تحریر کیا جو یہاں شایع ہونے

A Palestinian dentist who travelled from Gaza to slaughter Sunni Sufis, Shias and Christians in Iraq: This is a Palestinian dentist named “Wissam Al-A’til”, a pro-Salafi Jihadist. He had a clinic in Jabalya camp in Gaza and is a father of four children. He decided to go to heaven so he ran away from Gaza

The phenomenon of the British Salafi and Deobandi Jihadis: Has Syria become the new Afghanistan? – by Anwar Rizvi:   When British troops were first deployed into Afghanistan as part of “Operation Enduring Freedom”, their mission seemed straightforward enough. Defeat the Taliban & their  Al Qaeda allies, & secure the country for a democratically elected government that would

We single Israel out because we in the West are shamefully complicit in Its crimes – by Mehdi Hasan: Seventeen members of a single family wiped out in a missile strike. A centre for disabled people bombed. Schools and mosques attacked. Operation Protective Edge has been a humanitarian disaster for the residents of Gaza. This, apparently, is how

Fleeing Iraqis relieved that Cheney has no regrets about war – by Andy Borowitz:       BAGHDAD (The Borowitz Report)—Just days after former Vice-President Dick Cheney said that he had no regrets about the invasion of Iraq, people fleeing their homes across that war-torn nation expressed tremendous relief that he was at

A comment on NYT’s article on creeping Deobandi extremism in Pakistan’ Sindh province: Saba Imtiaz and Declan Walsh recently wrote an article in the New York Times with title Extremists Make Inroads in Pakistan’s diverse South. In this article, the authors present the expansion of religious militancy in Pakistan’s Sindh province by constructing false Shia-Sunni binary,

Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by ISIS militants:     Western governments are sending millions of pounds of aid to areas held by the radical Islamic group Isis in northern Syria, The Independent can reveal. The aid, which is paid for by the UK, European and US

While international attention is focused on Gaza, Isis Salafi militants march further into Syria battling to crush the resistance of Sunni Kurds – by Patrick Cockburn:   Isis fighters have captured much of eastern Syria in the past few days while international attention has been focused on the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Using tanks and artillery seized in Iraq, it has taken almost all of

پکتیکا افغانستان میں دیوبندی طالبان کے ہاتھوں ایک سو سے زائد افغانوں کی شہادت پر غزہ کو رونے والوں کو سانپ کیوں سونگھ گیا ہے – از عبدالقادر: افغانستان کے صوبے پکتیکا میں ایک خودکش کار بم حملے میں اب تک کی اطلاعات کے مطابق 91 افراد ہلاک اور 50 سے زاہد زخمی ہوئے ہیں کیا اس سفاکانہ حملے کے بعد الباکستان کے طول و عرض میں

Israel-Palestine conflict: Why doesn’t the media ever mention the lack of progress in the Middle East? – by Robert Fisk:     Once, we used to keep clippings, a wad of newspaper cuttings on whatever we were writing about: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza. Occasionally, we even read books. Maybe it’s because of the internet, but in most of our

The ‘Iranian Schindler’ who saved Jews from the Nazis – by Brian Wheeler:       Thousands of Iranian Jews and their descendants owe their lives to a Muslim diplomat in wartime Paris, according to a new book. In The Lion’s Shadow tells how Abdol-Hossein Sardari risked everything to help fellow Iranians