Asia

Mainstreaming jihad: why now?

Source: Dawn FOR three decades Pakistan’s military establishment has stoutly denied supporting violent religious groups irrespective of whether a group’s target lay across national borders or, instead, its goal was to achieve specific political objectives within Pakistan. But today the military’s attitude is more ambivalent. Both serving and retired senior […]

Human Rights Not Yet Protected in Indonesia

Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 8:56 am Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Merely Acknowledged, Not Yet Protected in Indonesia On the occasion of international human rights day, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) observes the major human rights issues of concern in Indonesia. Impunity and a fragile criminal […]

How Israel helped create Hamas

The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note: Yes, this is an old article. We bring it for the benefit of our readers who do not know this history. Israel’s creation of Hamas served two purposes (and still serves the same): (1) make sure that the Palestinian vote is divided (2) always have […]