Asia

We are not Malala

Express Tribune: Saroop Ijaz: “I think about it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong …” said Malala Yousufzai about a possible attack from the Taliban. They have come to kill you […]

Muslim Brotherhood taking aim at Jordan

Sources report destabilization effort already under way by MICHAEL CARL Michael Carl is a veteran journalist with overseas military experience and experience as a political consultant. He also has two Master’s Degrees, is a bi-vocational pastor and lives with his family in the Northeast United States. Following successful campaigns in […]

Serving pilgrims for generations in Makkah

NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Sunday 14 October 2012 JEDDAH: Makkah people consider receiving pilgrims and providing services a duty with relationships spanning several generations. Many Makkah residents recall how pilgrims were served in the past and how it compares to the present. Arab News talked to number of Makkah residents who […]

State of denial

The Express Tribune: by Chris Allbritton Pakistan is a land of many stories, and I miss them terribly. But what I don’t miss, having been forced to leave Pakistan this summer because of a possible threat to my safety, is the constant barrage of conspiracy theories and an unwillingness by […]

Arab monarchies: Muslim Brotherhood ‘source of all problems in Islamic world’

The rulers of several major Arab nations have accused the Muslim Brotherhood of ambitions to seize power illegitimately. Several governments branded the organization a major threat to stability as the party’s influence grows steadily. ­After the Muslim Brotherhood legally took power in Egypt’s elections, with Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi becoming […]

An unholy mess

The Express Tribune: by Amina Jilani. The mighty Pakistan Army, the government of the failing, flailing republic, the Taliban, drones, Imran Khan and Malala Yousufzai — they are all linked in more than one distressing way. ………That the army and the government don’t do much to take on the TTP […]

The fast and steady descent into chaos (The 2.4 million Ahmadis in Pakistan are the most persecuted group in the country)

Source: The Pioneer via Wasim Sroya: Voices of sanity are steadily losing ground in Pakistan. Moderate elements are being harassed, physically assaulted and even killed by hardliners within and outside the administration The 2.4 million Ahmadis in Pakistan are the most persecuted group in the country. Despite their reverence for […]