Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised severe punishment for those found guilty of the lynching. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/r3ubc MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN January 21, 2022 Mob killed the Sri Lankan manager […]
Born in 1951, joined Ahmadiyyat in 1971 at age 20 & faced persecution by his own family. In Sep 2021, he was booked for blasphemy (295C). He passed away in […]
Climate of bigotry Editorial Published December 27, 2021 DAWN.COM IT is a conversation that must take place if extremism is not to consume Pakistani society from within, but is the country’s […]
ESSAY: THE POLITICS OF BLASPHEMY AND LYNCHING Farah Adeed Published December 19, 2021 On December 3, an angry mob lynched Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan man working as a manager in […]
Saudi Arabia jails Yemeni man for 15 years for apostasy: Human Rights Watch AFP Published December 20, 2021 – Human Rights Watch said on Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni […]
The bare minimum Umair Javed Published December 13, 2021 – IS violence based on religious extremism a law-and-order problem or an ideological/cultural one? This debate is neither new, nor particularly unique to […]
Amid the already deteriorating condition of the minority communities in Pakistan, the country’s telecommunication regulator has begun an intuitional crackdown on minorities like Ahmadiyyas. TopicsPakistan | minorities ANI Last Updated at December 11, […]
ARGUMENT An expert’s point of view on a current event. If Imran Khan cares about foreign investment and economic growth, he must abolish the country’s blasphemy law. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, […]
Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy Zahid Hussain Published December 8, 2021 – THE attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense […]
The mob killing of a Sri Lankan is the culmination of a fire lit decades ago, when a doctrinaire interpretation of Islam was allowed to thrive in a politically driven […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall… Fahd Husain Published December 4, 2021 NO one is responsible for lynching a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot on Friday. Absolutely no one. That is the lesson we […]
Sialkot no surprise Zarrar KhuhroPublished December 6, 2021 – IT’S a hallmark of the times we live in that we must document everything we do; from vacations to functions and events — […]
Living in fear Editorial Published November 27, 2021 THE registration of a blasphemy case against four members of a family from a village on the outskirts of Lahore has once again […]
Four Muslim men accused of blasphemy after arguing with religious cleric who refused to make funeral announcement for a Christian. Published On 25 Nov 2021 in Al Jazeera Pakistani police have […]
From one point of view the universe created by God Almighty is divided into two portions. A large portion does that which it is commanded by God Almighty to do, […]
Ahmet T. Kuru 11 Oct, 2021Opinion: Instead of solely blaming Islam or Western colonialism, Muslim societies should practice critical self-reflection and dismantle the “ulema-state” to truly address political and socio-economic […]
The mockery of Hindu deities underscores Pakistan’s Islamist double standard on blasphemy. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid March 04, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT Renowned Pakistani televangelist, Islamic scholar, and member of the National Assembly […]
Radical Barelvi groups are now resorting to violence to underline their sect – once famous for its pluralism – as the truest version of Islam. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid October 04, […]
Tanveer was accused of distributing photocopies of her writings, where she denied finality of prophethood Alisha Rahaman Sarkar A court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced a school principal to death on charges of blasphemy for claiming […]
A medieval debate about God’s relationship to goodness can help explain today’s conflicts over religion and society in the Islamic world. By Mustafa Akyol April 15, 2021 The Western public has […]
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