Global Post: Documents released today by a Rhode Island judge provide a new window into the internal workings of the disgraced Legion of Christ, a religious order of priests whose […]
The Sydney Morning Herald: ALL Muslims should renounce their religion immediately in favour of Christianity or atheism – it would be better for them and for everyone else, controversial Dutch […]
The Daily Star: Rashidul Hasan In desperation, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir are applying various strategies to occupy Paltan or any other important intersections of the capital to offset the Shahbagh movement. Their techniques include not wearing their traditional outfit — pyjama and punjabi — during their “operations,” police and […]
Source/Credit: The Daily Star Leaders of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat yesterday alleged that a Pakistani Islamic cleric provoked a group of religious bigots into torching six tents at the persecuted community’s annual convention venue in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila Wednesday evening. “On February 3, the Pakistani Moulavi [Hanif Zalondhari] and some others […]
gatesofvienna: Posted by Baron Bodissey: In the following interview from Der Spiegel, a Pakistani nuclear physicist gives a lucid account of the state of Islam in the 21st century. Notice that […]
Source: The Economist. WHO and what is Tahir ul Qadri? And, more importantly, who is behind him? Those are the questions now racing through political Pakistan, with no firm answers. The religious cleric, previously a minor figure politically, has been living in Canada since 2006, where he acquired Canadian citizenship. Since he arrived […]
Source: Youtube: Rawal TV: One hour interview of Mujib-ur-Rahman Sahib explaining the legal history of persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan. Begining from 1953 riots and Munir Commission Report he […]
Kuala Lumpur: Petronas Twin Towers are twin skyscrapers and were tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004. Source: Indian Express The Sultan of Malaysia’s Selangor state has decreed […]
Pakistanmediawatch: The News Projects Sympathy For Militants In Report on JI Leader A report on the life of former Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed in The News (Jang Group) projects sympathy for religious extremism and militancy. The report terms Qazi Hussain Ahmed as ‘a man of valour and courage’ and uses as evidence his relationship with Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. […]
Source: Daily Ummat: Salimuddin-tweet- News Item in Urdu appeared in Daily Ummat. Muslim Clergy is protesting that Ahmadies are declaring themselves openly as Muslims on the internet and have requested […]
Russian TV: A French satire magazine has published a special issue containing cartoons on the life of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed. Similar images, which are deemed blasphemous by Muslims, have sparked […]
FT: Roula Khalaf: The new face of Syria’s opposition, Moaz al-Khatib, is a mild-mannered reformist cleric with whom western governments say they can do business. But when it comes to rebels fighting the regime on the ground, the religious figure to whom many turn is of a different style. He is Sheikh […]
NEWS & POLITICS AlterNet / By Alex Kane 85 COMMENTS Top 5 Islam-Bashing Republicans to Watch in 2013 While some prominent haters were booted out of office, there are still plenty of Islamophobes hanging around American politics. December 29, 2012 | Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons When Muslim-American organizations and […]
This is a recent book by Paul Marshall and Nina Shea(Oxford University Press, 448) In spite of its slightly agitated title, this book is mostly a cool and even-tempered human rights […]
Express Tribune: DADU: In an appalling incident of mob justice, a man was lynched for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in a village in Dadu district of Sindh on Friday. More alarming is the fact that the unidentified man was burnt to death right in front of the police inside the […]
Dawn: Nadeem F. Paracha | The most convenient understanding of the phenomenon of Pakistani extremists that one hears being echoed from TV studios and their favourite ‘guests’ suggests that young Pakistanis turning into religious fanatics has something to do with illiteracy and unemployment. Though not entirely incorrect, this notion, however, is a […]
Dawn: When one is sitting thousands of miles away from Pakistan, every horrifying story and news event come across as more malicious than ever. Perhaps, living in safer countries, where rights are mutually respected and accepted, puts things into clearer perspective. There are times when I want to question God […]
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The Friday Times: by Saba Eitiazaz: The Ahmadiyya cemetery in Lahore’s Model Town is dead silent. Broken mud-ridden tombstones are scattered all over the graveyard. An old man weeps silently, trying to fix an uprooted tombstone bearing his father’s name with trembling hands. “After 35 years of serving this country, this […]
Newstatesman by Samira Shackle: By any standards, the last few days have been bleak for Pakistan’s persecuted minority communities. It started on Saturday, when a century-old Hindu temple in Karachi’s busy Soldier Bazaar area was demolished with the help of police. The Shri Rama Pir Mandir (temple) was razed to […]