Hamza Ali Abbasi and the issue of Ahmadis
By Saqib Gul | ثاقب گل @SaqibGul01 The moment Hamza Ali Abbasi announced to conduct a program for Ahmadis he has been subject to fury from Muslims. Such a reaction is […]
Pemra bans Hamza Ali Abbasi from hosting Ramazan show
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has barred actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and TV show host Shabbir Abu Talib from hosting their Ramazan shows on Aaj TV […]
Pakistan ‘honour’ killing: Why clerics’ call may fall on deaf ears
Source: BBC The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Pakistan has declared that killing in the name of family honour is un-Islamic and against the law. The group, which advises […]
View from abroad: I wrote this column — despite being a woman
Dawn.com: by Shada Islam — TIM Hunt, an English biochemist who is also a Nobel laureate, told the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul that he believed scientists should work in gender-segregated labs. YES, let’s make fun of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sexist praise of his Bangladeshi counterpart, […]
Pakistani clerics issue fatwa against honour killing
Source: The Guardian An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against “honour” killings, with a spokesman calling them “unethical and unjustifiable” following a series of attacks on […]
Fatwa declares honour killing as ‘un-Islamic and an unpardonable sin’
Dawn.com: by Raza Khan — ISLAMABAD: At least 40 Islamic scholars belonging to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) issued a fatwa (ruling) on Sunday declaring the murder of women or girls in the name of honour as ‘un-Islamic’ and an ‘unpardonable sin’. The ruling issued on the appeal of SUC […]
Muslim farmers build church for Christian neighbours
BBC: Muslim farmers in a village in near the city of Gojra in Pakistan’s Punjab province are putting their savings together and helping build a church for the Christians in their neighbourhood. How does such tolerance and harmony exist in a place known for religious violence? Saba Eitizaz explores. Watch:
JUI-F leader allegedly assaults woman rights activist on TV show
Source. ET Human rights activist Marvi Sirmed was allegedly assaulted by a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader during the recording of a TV show at a private news channel on Friday. “I have just undergone a very traumatic experience at a News Oneprogramme [Nadia Mirza Show] when Hafiz Hamdullah of JUI-F […]
Oppression of Ahmadis
Source.ET The actor and social activist questioned the oppression of Ahmadis. PHOTO: FACEBOOK Hamza Ali Abbasi has arrived everyone. Practice makes perfect. After numerous social media posts that only received the ire of many, Hamza has finally done something many in his position wouldn’t dare to — question the oppression of […]
Pakistan:Hamza Ali Abbasi goes where no one dares to on national tv
By Life&Style Published: June 12, 2016 The actor and social activist questioned the oppression of Ahmadis. PHOTO: FACEBOOK Hamza Ali Abbasi has arrived everyone. Practice makes perfect. After numerous social media posts that only received the ire of many, Hamza has finally done something many in his position wouldn’t dare to […]
Re-emergence of banned groups
Source.ET It is the interior ministry which is responsible for the identification of groups that are to be banned under the Terrorism Act of 1997. PHOTO: EXPRESS There is a sense of weary resignation hung around the shoulders of reports that the government is struggling, and largely failing, to keep […]
Prophet’s wife Ayesha’s Letter to Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
Source: Patheos.com By Ayesha Noor Respected Members of CII, As a mother of all believers, I should address you as my sons. But I will not. Because you have disgusted […]
With Heart Surgery Done, Nawaz Sharif to Return to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan had successful open-heart surgery in London and is expected to return to his country by the end of this month, family members and government officials have said. Mr. Sharif, 66, underwent four bypasses on Tuesday at a hospital in London and was in stable condition, […]
Hope of belated justice for Pakistani woman gang-raped as a punishment
theguardian: by Alia Waheed — Review of case of Mukhtar Mai, who was assaulted at behest of village council before high court acquitted attackers, could end 14-year struggle for justice Mukhtar Mai has become an international campaigner for women’s rights. She was gang-raped in 2002 Photograph: Felix Clay for the […]
Ahmadiyya exclusion was built into Pakistan constitution by a leader unsure of his secularism
Source.http://a-m-l.blogspot.hr/ Pakistan was created in the name of Islam because all Muslims in south Asia presumably felt like a nation. No one bothered to check if there were any footnotes to this feeling. But soon after they got Pakistan, Muslims started feeling odd living together. The first “exception” were the […]
Breaking. Another Ahmadi Muslim Shot Dead with in ten days.
Source.Twitter.com.MKAPakistan. A 64 year old Ahmadi Hameed Ahmad embraced Shahadat. He was shot in the head outside his house in Attock, Punjab, Pakistan. Innahlillahe wa inna elahe rajeoon. Further details emerging
All political careers end in failure?
Source: Dawn A BRITISH politician, Enoch Powell, once remarked that all political careers end in failure. Richard Nixon may have reached the White House but later, as he looked back on his life, his reputation lay in ruins. Margaret Thatcher may have vanquished all her opponents but eventually they forced […]
‘Try beating me lightly’
Source: BBC The Council of Islamic Ideology has recently advised the Pakistani government that husbands should be allowed to ‘lightly beat’ their wives. In response, Pakistani women have been rallying behind the hashtag #TryBeatingMeLightly, with strong messages saying how they would respond if someone tried to ‘lightly beat’ them. Trending […]
Pakistan poll: 70% say ‘It’s NEVER permissible for a man to beat his wife’
Source: RNS By Tobin Grant A prominent group of clerics in Pakistan made international headlines today when it advised that is permissible for a husband to “lightly beat” his wife. […]
Marriage a union of three: the man, the woman and the mullah.
Source: Dawn The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy. A HUSBAND and wife in Pakistan can never be alone again. In between them sit the clerics of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII). However small the space may be, the mullah in the middle would like […]