Asia

The banned Pakistan Tehreek-i-Taliban’s local militants had allegedly been assigned the task of kidnapping members of Shia and Ahmadi communities for ransom for fundraising.

Source: Dawn via Nasir Rajput The plan, according to sources, was revealed by five militants during their interrogation by intelligence agencies. The five alleged TTP terrorists — Usman Ghani alias Talha of Jameel Town, Ghulam Mohammadabad, Ali Azam alias Farooq of Razabad, Mubashar Nadeem alias Bao of Chak Jhumra, Usman […]

Indonesia’s Democracy and Tolerant Islam

By Muzaffar Khan Awan M.D., Grand Rapids Michigan, USA “Moreover, I came to realize that the idea of an Islamic state was completely historically fabricated. There is no authentic sharia basis for that claim [of Islamic state]”. By Syafii Maarif Chairman, Muhammadiyah movement 1998-2005. Abstract: Several faith-based Muslim organizations in […]