Who are the Sufis and why does ISIS see them as threatening?
Source: The Conversation On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern Pakistan. Soon thereafter, the […]
Ahmadi Muslim and Pakistani Diplomat!
Source: HT There are several Muslim-majority countries where Mahershala Ali’s Oscar win for his role in Moonlight won’t be celebrated. That’s because he belongs to the minority Ahmadi sect.In countries such as Malaysia and Pakistan, Ahmadis are reviled by hardline Sunni Muslim groups as heretics, apostates and even infidels. So much […]
Kandahar attack which killed UAE officials planned in Pakistan: Afghan official
Source: ET A senior UAE police official held the Afghan government responsible for the deadly bombing in Kandahar which on January 10 killed five UAE diplomats and injured its ambassador. The blast had occurred inside the Kandahar governor’s high-security guest house where the UAE diplomats, including Ambassador Juma Mohammed Abdullah […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslim women’s annual interfaith event promotes ‘loyalty to one’s nation’
Source: http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/muslim-women-s-annual-interfaith-event-saturday-will-promote-loyalty/article_80e654bc-f9d7-11e6-9278-3b33e009e0ec.html The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association’s annual interfaith women’s event at the Al-Nasr Mosque on Bridge Street has united women from all faiths for almost 20 years. WILLINGBORO — After 12 years in America, Amtul Wadood is still grateful she can go to the grocery store on her own […]
A return to confusion
Source: Dawn Military operations work. Where they are meant to recover territory, they do. Swat is steady and North Waziristan no more terror central. Where operations are meant to deny free movement to militants, they do. Bajaur, Mohmand, South Waziristan — none of them truly normal, but a long way […]
Pakistan army launches first nationwide anti-terrorism operation
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable February 23 at 2:44 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — When the Pakistan army announced that it was launching a nationwide military operation to “indiscriminately” […]
Faith & rationality
Source: Dawn MANY Muslims today might be offended by the statement that the Quran wants people to use their powers of reasoning and intellect. For such Muslims, faith should be blind, followed with emotion and demonstrated through traditions established by clerics and forefathers. The Quran specifies that the only characteristic […]
Pakistan launches nationwide anti-militant offensive
By AFP – Feb 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Hospital workers transport a man injured in the Charsadda blast to the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military announced the launch of a nationwide anti-terrorist operation on Wednesday, days after a series of bloody […]
Suicide bombers in Pakistan kill five in attack on court
Reuters International FEB 21, 2017 – Hospital workers transport a man injured in the Charsadda blast to the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez (reuters_tickers) By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing five people and […]
Islamic State has gained a foothold in Pakistan – and the government allowed it
Source: The Guardian Last week, only three days after a suicide bomb went off in Lahore, an Islamic State supporter struck a crowd of Sufi dancers celebrating in the great […]
The gates of hell
Source: Dawn Afghanistan, screaming blame and abuse.But the louder they yell, the more insistent the question: how have they managed to get it so wrong? Let’s talk about the boys a bit. The wave, this fresh orgy of violence, is rooted in Afghanistan. There’s no real reason to doubt that. The […]
Why Ahmadiyya being targeted?
Source:Quora They are extremists having wrong interpretation of religion, misguided, ignorant,and misguiding others to act like them doing it for political and personal benefits. We condemn such acts. Some groups of Muslims use unlawful means and suicide bombers, bombing in the name of religion to kill and harm non-Muslims including […]
Will Pak re-examine the way it persecutes Ahmadiyyas, others?
Source: The Asian Age THE ASIAN AGE. | BHOPINDER SINGH This perforce ensures that the Ahmadiyyas do not sign it and therefore are debarred from visiting Mecca to perform the […]
Pakistan says kills 100 ‘terrorists’ after suicide shrine attack
Source: Reuters By Syed Raza Hassan | SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN Pakistani security forces killed dozens of suspected militants on Friday, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that […]
‘Luckily I escaped’: Man accused of role in deadly Pakistan mosque attack tells of his return to Canada
Stewart Bell | February 16, 2017 | HandoutA mob attacked the minority Ahmadiyya community’s mosque in Dulmial village, Chakwal. TORONTO — Rashid Ahmed answered the phone at his suburban home in Mississauga this week, which would not be unusual except for the fact that he is being investigated by Pakistani […]
Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens
Source: BBC A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 70 people, police say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine […]
Breaking News: Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens
A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 50 people, reports say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine of Sufi […]
Did Pakistani security agents kidnap bloggers to make a point?
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable February 14 at 2:20 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In the space of a few days last month, five Pakistani bloggers — all known as left-leaning […]
AfPak again
Source. Dawn Let’s assume Bajwa is inclined towards an overall policy rethink — towards a militancy-free Pakistan, in all shapes and manifestations. But then in strides the American behemoth once again, knocking heads around, demanding actions, threatening and intimidating — all because it wants its (muddled) way in Afghanistan. That […]
Rising Islamophobia
Source: Dawn “A SPECTRE is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre.” If adapted to the situation we now face, and have witnessed in the last three decades and more, these opening lines of […]