U.S. Official Ordered Out of Bahrain After Meeting – by Michael R. Gordon and Kareem Faheem:   WASHINGTON — Bahrain on Monday ordered the senior United States official on human rights to cut short his visit and leave the country after he met with the nation’s main Shiite opposition group. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said that

The 7/7 bombing memorial in London vandalised just hours before commemorations – by Richard Spillett:     Relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings joined survivors for an emotional ceremony to remember the 52 people who died nine years ago today. A minute’s silence was held at the 7/7 memorial in London’s

The sheepification of Bakistan – by Mina Malik-Hussain:     When we were small, there was a month and it used to be called Ramzan. It was Ramzan on television, it was Ramzan in the newspaper with the sehr-o-iftar timings and while nobody had a cell phone

ملا عمر مسلمانوں کو ابوبکر البغدادی کی بیعت کرنے کا حکم دین، مولانا طاہر اشرفی: داعش  کی عراق میں دہشتگردی کے بعد موصل اور نیوا میں عارضی کامیابیوں کے بعد اس گروہ کے سربراہ ابوبکر البغدادی نے خلافت کا اعلان کردیا اور ایک حالیہ ویڈیو میں دنیا بھر کے مسلمانوں سے اطاعت کی اپیل

عرب دنیا کے بُرے بانسری باز – از خالد المعینا: دمشق اور بغداد ایک زمانے میں علم و تہذیب وتمدّن کا گہوارہ ہوا کرتے تھے۔ آج ان شہروں پر تاریکی اتر چکی ہے اور درحقیقت عرب دنیا کہلانے والے تمام علاقے تاریکی، طوائف الملوکی اور کنفیوژن میں ڈوبے ہوئے

Pakistan’s Secular Sectarians and the “Anti-Establishment” Debate: The most recent operation by the Pakistan military in North Waziristan has revealed both the fissures in the establishment as well as the intellectual dishonesty of much of Pakistan’s so-called “liberal intelligentsia” In particular, the interview of former D

Life of a Canadian Salafi Jihadi Wife in the ‘Caliphate’. She went to Syria to provide sex to ISIS’s Salafi fighters & is now a widow:   Eight months ago, Umm Haritha, a 20-year-old woman from Canada, made her way to Turkey against her parents’ wishes with a half-empty suitcase and $1,500. Within a week she was in Syria, and a few weeks later she

Political Islam: Why Salafi and Deobandi militants now symbolise Muslims – by Anwar Iqbal:   The most recognizable face of political Islam today is neither a mullah nor a religious scholar. It is a militant. Until 2001, spellchecks did not recognise the word Taliban and suggested changing it to “tally bone.” Now it

Iran’s Hashmi Rafsanjani calls for Iran-Saudi cooperation against takfiri terrorists:     Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president and current chairman of the Expediency Council, has called for cooperation by regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to counter the rise of terrorism. “The actions of terrorist groups in the region occurred in the shadows

Brutal Killings of Sunnis by Takfiri Salafi/Wahhabi/Deobandi ISIS: While this a gruesome post, it is important document the level of cruelty that is espoused by Takfiri Wahhabi Deobandi and Salafi ideologies. It is important to understand that Fascism of any kind is not compatible with the modern

داعش کے حامی ملکوں کی اپنی بلا دوسروں کے سر ڈالنے کی کوشش – از عامر حسینی: اگر آپ کو گلف ریاستوں اور ترکی و اردن سے نکلنے والے اخبارات اور جرائد کو پڑهنے کا اتفاق آج کل ہو تو آپ کو پتہ چلے گا کہ ان اخبارات و جرائد میں اکثر عرب دنیا اور مشرق

Takfiri ASWJ-TTP to be targeted all over Pakistan: Current ongoing operations against Deobandi ASWJ-TTP affiliated madrassas in Karachi, Muzaffargarh and elsewhere suggest that army is slowly but gradually expanding the operation against Deobandi Khawarij. Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa writes in The Hindu: “Brigadier (retd.) Asad Muneer, a former

Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry conflicted corrupt and meddling in politics: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s legendary status as a one man chaos machine refuses to die down even after nearly 8 months of his retirement, on which a large population of Pakistan heaved a sigh of relief. He refused to leave

دیوبندی سلفی دہشت گردوں کی دہشت گردی سامراجی منصوبے کا حصہ ہے – از عبدلقادر:  شام : شام میں بشار السد کی سیکولر حکومت کا تختہ الٹنے کے لئے “جمہوریت” کے نام پر خانہ جنگی شروع کروائی جاتی ہے، اس خانہ جنگی کو “عرب سپرنگ” یا ” شامی بغاوت” کا نام دیا جاتا ہے۔

British Isis fighter in Syria says he is willing to die: ‘I left with the intention not to go back’ – by Antonia Molloy:   A British jihadist who is fighting for Isis in Syria has said he is willing to die for his cause –  and that there is no turning back. Abdul Raqib Amin, who was born in Bangladesh but grew

Palestinian takfiri militants help ISIS in massacring Sunni Sufis, Shias and Christians in Iraq:    A year ago, I read an article by Fatima Rajput, a cultural critic based in Islamabad, who wrote: No matter how many Al Quds rallies Shia Muslims of Pakistan organize, they will continue to be demonized and murdered

“Neo-Terrorism”: The mutation of Al-Qaeda into the Islamic State – by Elijah J. Magnier:   Elijah J Magnier @Ejmalrai, AL RAI Chief International Correspondent, contributed to this report. One of the suboptimal habits of humans is to compare different things, expect them to behave similarly, and treat them the way we are ‘used

Sunni clerics demand raids on Deobandi seminaries to nab absconding Taliban terrorists:   Renowned Sunni Bralevis Cleric Pir Masoom Naqvi who heads JUP Niazi group has said that timid takfiri terrorists of Taliban are fleeing due to Operation Zarb-e-Azb and their escape is a lesson to those who worshipped notorious Taliban

A judgment on minorities in Pakistan – by Amel Ghani:     March 15, 2014. An angry mob attacked and set on fire a Hindu dharamshala in Larkana, Sindh. The provocation for this attack was the supposed desecration of a calendar with Quranic verses by one Sanjeet Kumar. By

دیوبندی تکفیری فتنے کی چند مثالیں – از عبدلقادر: عصر حاضر کے دیوبندی سلفی فتنے کو سمجھانے کے لئے کچھ مثالیں عرض کرتا ہوں 1)- 1996 تا 2001 صرف 5 سال حکومت ملنے پر دیوبندیوں نے افغانستان میں بدھا کے 1800 سال پرانے عظیم مجسموں کو مسمار کر