Dawn: LOST amidst the hysteria and hyperbole of domestic events are often the real, ugly stories. The case of more than 1,500 Pakistani asylum seekers in Sri Lanka and nearly 300 refugees in Sri Lanka recognised by the UNHCR is one such story that is playing out at the moment […]
RIYADH: Saudi authorities threatened on Thursday to expel non-Muslim foreigners who eat, drink or smoke in public during Ramazan, which begins this weekend. The interior ministry urged non-Muslims to “respect the feelings of Muslims by refraining from eating, drinking or smoking in public places, streets and at work”. “They are […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has named a self-proclaimed Pakistani charity as a “foreign terrorist organization”, a status that freezes any assets it has under U.S. jurisdiction. Jamaat-ud-Dawa calls itself a humanitarian charity but is widely seen as a front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a Pakistan-based group accused […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has named a self-proclaimed Pakistani charity as a “foreign terrorist organization”, a status that freezes any assets it has under U.S. jurisdiction. Jamaat-ud-Dawa calls itself a humanitarian charity but is widely seen as a front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a Pakistan-based group accused […]
Los Angeles Times: by Robyn Dixon —- Islamic extremists in Nigeria reportedly kidnapped 60 more girls and women along with 31 boys More than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls are still being held by Boko Haram two months after their kidnapping At least 91 people – more than 60 women and girls, […]
Huff Post: by Todd Green, PhD — There is an organized cottage industry in the U.S. that makes a living out of demonizing Muslims and stirring up fears of a formidable “Islamic threat.” Nathan Lean refers to this industry as the “Islamophobia Industry.” It is a multi-million dollar network with deep pockets […]
Huff Post: by Todd Green, PhD — There is an organized cottage industry in the U.S. that makes a living out of demonizing Muslims and stirring up fears of a formidable “Islamic threat.” Nathan Lean refers to this industry as the “Islamophobia Industry.” It is a multi-million dollar network with deep pockets […]
Huff Post: by Sarah Harvard — The Benghazi quasi-controversy took an ugly turn at a recent panel on the issue conducted by the Heritage Foundation, when prominent anti-Islam activist Brigitte Gabriel decried “180 million to 300 million Muslims’ quest for the destruction and dominance of Western civilization” — comments that […]
Huff Post: by Sarah Harvard — The Benghazi quasi-controversy took an ugly turn at a recent panel on the issue conducted by the Heritage Foundation, when prominent anti-Islam activist Brigitte Gabriel decried “180 million to 300 million Muslims’ quest for the destruction and dominance of Western civilization” — comments that […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – The Taliban on Monday warned foreign firms to leave Pakistan and vowed retaliatory strikes against the government after the Pakistan Army launched a long-awaited offensive in a tribal area. The statement came as Pakistan’s major cities braced for a backlash by deploying thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries […]
Daily Times: Facing its own Shia problem, Saudi Arabia is now moving to counter this ‘pernicious’ influence by creating Sunni fiefdoms all around the Islamic world. Saudification of Sunni Islam worldwide in any event has been a long-standing project of the Kingdom The situation in Iraq should give pause to […]
Dawn: So after the grotesquerie of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 suicide killers of 9/11, meet Saudi Arabia’s latest contribution to world history: the Islamist Sunni caliphate of Iraq and the Levant, conquerors of Mosul and Tikrit – and Raqqa in Syria – and […]
Global Post: Part Three: In March the Saudi government outlawed “calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based.” ENLARGE A Pakistani child stands next to a replica of the Kaaba, the Grand Mosque in the […]
Daily Times: One of Pakistan’s organisations of the clergy, the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), held a national conference titled, ‘Why dialogue between various sects and religions is essential.’ The PUC’s central chairman, Maulana Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, presided over this well-attended conference in Islamabad. The conference was reported widely in the […]
For the Calgary Herald Something is rotten in the state of Pakistan. Having been born and raised in Canada, there is a sort of remoteness between me and Pakistan, the birthplace of my immigrant parents. Yet, I will forever be sentimentally attached to it. That has made the recent string […]
Dawn: A SMALL-SCALE survey conducted by the online freedom of expression group Bytes for All of hate speech in social media used and frequented by Pakistanis has produced some disturbing, though not unexpected, results. Over 91pc of nearly 600 respondents surveyed claimed to have come across hate speech online and […]
Jakarta Post: Preacher Ja’far Umar Thalib whose followers have been linked to alleged religion-based conflict, told Muslims in a Yogyakarta mosque on Sunday evening to declare war on pluralism. Speaking at a tablig (gathering) entitled Muslims Unite for Developed Indonesia at Masjid Gedhe grand mosque in Kauman, Ja’far lambasted pluralism […]
ET: QUETTA: Nearly two dozen people were killed and many more injured in a suicide attack on a hotel hosting Shia pilgrims in Taftan, a district on the border with Iran, late Sunday night. Officials fear the death toll could rise as some of the injured are in critical condition. A […]
Source: Patheos.com By Ro Waseem In January 2011, the governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, was gunned down by one of his own security guards over a controversial move — opposing the blasphemy […]
Protecting the minority is the backbone principle of Indonesia. Otherwise, it’s only a matter of time before we see the demise of our country. Jakarta Globe: French philosopher Michael Foucault […]