Asia

Unite and fight to reclaim Pakistan

Daily Times: Theirs is the domain not of education but bigotry, not of tolerance but coercion of the other, not of the nurturing of freedom and creativity but of its violent suppression So, finally the military has launched its long awaited operation against extremists in North Waziristan. This is the […]

IDPs forced to brave Ramadan in camps

BANNU: Pakistan’s military launched a ground assault in the North Waziristan tribal area on Monday, beginning a new phase in its offensive against Taleban militants, after nearly half a million civilians fled the fighting. Troops moved on Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, around 9:30 a.m. (local time), officials […]

Pakistan: Rampant Killings of Shia by Extremists

HRW: (London) – Pakistan’s government should take all necessary measures to stop Sunni extremist groups in Balochistan province from committing further killings and other abuses against Hazara and other Shia Muslims, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 62-page report, “‘We are the Walking Dead’: Killings of Shia […]

Caliphate of the Damned

Lutf blogs: As Muslims around the world start the month of Ramadan, ISIS, a group of Salafist militants have announced the re-establishment of Khilafah, the Islamic form of government as idealized by the orthodox Muslims. One Abu Bakr Baghdadi has been chosen as the Khalifa (Caliph) who is in the process […]