So who’s The Terrorist?
By Muhammad Zafrullah, from 2012 Someone recently sent me an e-mail containing a German Muslim scholar’s response to a question about “Islamic Terrorism”. It is hearsay in that I do […]
… And the abyss stared back: All started in 1953-Now too late to stop!!
Dawn: by Nadim Paracha: It’s official: We are not a nation. We are a mob. All those ‘think positive’ types waiting for some kind of a ‘moderate Muslim awakening’ in this country are simply deluding themselves. No amount of your egos, resources and ‘positiveness’ invested in ‘moderatism’ such as interfaith […]
Anti-Islamic advertisements to hit NYC
Russian TV: Anti-Islamic advertisements will go up across New York City’s subway system next week after a federal judge ruled that the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority could not legally refuse to host the signs on the basis of “demeaning” language. As early as next Monday, ten NYC subway stations will […]
Pakistan-Ishq-e-Rasool Day: 14 Muslims killed by Muslims for Love of Prophet?
Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (pbuh) [love of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Day] is being observed throughout Pakistan today (Friday) on the orders of the Government of Pakistan, condemning the anti-Islam film, Express News reported. Protest rallies are being organised, while business activities remain shut. 6:53pm Cell phone services have been suspended again in Karachi. President Asif […]
Reactions to Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons were varied:
RFI. The editor of satirical French paperCharlie Hebdo claims the weekly was only doing its job in publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (SAW) for the second time in two years. France is to close embassies and French schools in 20 countries on Friday for fear of protests over the cartoons’ […]
A German Ahmadi-Muslim Lady honoured to express views on main German TV about film” The Innocence of the Muslims”
Source: ARD TV Daughter of late Mr Hadayatullah Hübsch, Ms Khola Maryam Hübsch was honoured to be picked up to express the view point about the anti Islamic film, “Te innocence of the Muslims”” The program was aired at 23.00 hours on 18.09.2012 on the main TV channel of Germany […]
COMMENT : Inflammatory anti-Muslim film and the US Constitution
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani The film falls squarely within the category of “fighting words” as defined by the United States Supreme Court The film Innocence of Muslims has to rank as the most terribly imbecilic and ridiculous attempt to malign the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to date. It […]
Anti-Islam film: UN, EU condemn attacks on Western missions
BRUSSELS: The United Nations and European Union on Saturday condemned attacks on Western embassies in Arab and Muslim countries over an anti-Islam movie. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged leaders in Arab and Muslim countries to “call immediately for peace and restraint”. “I condemn in the strongest terms […]
Change in Pakistan’s blasphemy laws unlikely
Dawn.com: ISLAMABAD: The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages containing verses from the holy Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The girl was believed to be mentally impaired, and a cleric from her neighborhood was […]
ABC NEWS – EXTREME ISLAM IN MALI
Islamists Conduct Amputations in Mali By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali September 10, 2012 (AP) Islamic police said they used a stage in a public square to amputate the right hand and left foot of five accused thieves in a city of Mali on Monday, in […]
Extreme is the new moderate
In a “Monty Python” episode, a young soldier approaches his Colonel and expresses the desire to quit the army because he signed up for water-skiing and travelling and not for the fighting or killing. Upon which the Colonel inquires, “Watkins, are you a pacifist?” The young soldier, Watkins, replies with […]
Khatme Nabuwat day: ‘Qadianiat is a political movement, not religion’- Lies and More
Express Tribune: The International Khatme Nabuwat Movement (IKNM) amir Maulana Abdul Hafeez Makki said on Friday that qadianiat was a political movement and not a religion. He said its adherents’ objective was to gain power in Pakistan. He was speaking on the opening day of the 25th International Khatme Nabuwat […]
To Calm Israel, U.S. Offers Ways to Restrain Iran
With Israel openly debating whether to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months, the Obama administration is moving ahead with a range of steps short of war that it hopes will […]
Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme: Salam or Khan (A traitor from Bhopal)
COMMENT : Is A Q Khan really the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme? — Yasser Latif Hamdani Why or how a metallurgist like Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan came to be known […]
Muslim Imam Khalid Jadoon faces possible blasphemy charge
Dawn: Police say they are investigating whether a cleric who allegedly tried to frame a Christian girl for blasphemy should be charged with insulting Islam himself. Police officer Munir Jafferi […]
In a Ban, a Measure of European Tolerance
PARIS — During a recent protest in Marseille, seven people were suddenly surrounded by the police, bundled into a van and brought in for questioning. Their offense was not the […]
A Superstar Televangelist in Pakistan Divides, Then Repents: Did He?
NY times: THE audience erupted asAamir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistan’s premier televangelist, darted around the television studio, firing off questions about Islam. “How many gates are there to heaven?” he challenged. Children leapt from their seats, their mothers yelled answers, fathers strained forward, all hoping to catch the eye of Mr. […]
Pakistan: Blasphemy law and fundamental rights
Daily Times by Haider Shah: All over the world, absence of discrimination on the basis of religious faith is one of the most important fundamental rights, which is also conspicuous in the Pakistani constitution When a tree in a jungle is ablaze, no bird in the nearby trees sleeps complacently. […]
When amorous calls become an addiction
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 31 August 2012 The advancement in communication technology and the Internet have made it much easier for deluded teenagers to communicate. Mobile phones are capable of providing visual communication, and the chat programs on these phones have become the center of the lives of some youngsters […]
Absurd, dangerous interviews: Amir Liaquat, Imran, Abdul Qadeer and Ahmadies
Express Tribune: The last 15 days saw three quite ludicrous, dangerous interviews aired on our TV channels, two of them on fake ‘Dr’ Amir Liaquat’s show,one with Imran Khan and the other with the so-called only-father-of-our-bums Dr AQ Khan. The third was on ARY in which Kashif Abbasi interviewed General Hamid Gul, self-same Imran […]