THE ROOTS OF KURRAM’S CYCLES OF BLOODSHED
THE ROOTS OF KURRAM’S CYCLES OF BLOODSHED But rather than simply sectarian divides, the reasons for the discord are far more complex. Zia Ur Rehman Published December 1, 2024 Updated about 14 hours ago […]
Hundreds flee deadly sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan
About 300 families relocate after fresh violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims kills 32 people Agence France-Presse in Peshawar Sat 23 Nov 2024 About 300 families have fled sectarian violence […]
I gave years to the UCKG evangelical church before realising I had to escape its clutches
Rachael Reign I was young and vulnerable when I first joined the organisation. Now I’m helping other survivors of its practices Fri 2 Dec 2022 Rachael Reign, outside the Universal […]
Lebanon still faces multiple crisis
Nov 23,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Jibran Bassil, who heads Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), has been told by its ally Hizbollah the group will not support him […]
The pandemic deepens the sectarian divide in the Middle East
Shahram Akbarzadeh Accusations of biological aggression is distracting the region from working together to defeat Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic calls for urgent regional and international coordination to tackle the spread […]
Delhi protests: death toll climbs amid worst religious violence for decades
The death toll from the worst religious violence in Delhi in decades has risen to 24, as Muslims fled from their homes and several mosques in the capital smouldered after […]
The history of religious conflict in the Middle East carefully leaves out periods of coexistence
Source: The Independent The exodus of Christians from the Middle East is real and tragic. So are attempts by the Saudis to reheat divisions between Sunnis and Shia. Are we […]
Asia Bibi, Pakistani Christian Tried For Blasphemy, Headed To Canada: Family Friend
She spent years in solitary confinement. By Amardeep Bassey, HuffPost UK Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, is expected to […]
PAKISTAN: Intolerance, its flavours and justifications
Source: Daily Times But being a Muslim in Pakistan does not protect one from religious extremism. As I found out in 2013, when I started working as a relief doctor […]
Muslim unity key to defeating forces of Takfirism
By Syed Zafar Mehdi August 21, 2018 TEHRAN – For Muslims, the staggering fall from grace can largely be attributed to fragmentation in their ranks, exacerbated by the scourge of […]
Lebanon’s mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care?
‘We had a court order for the quarries to stop but after five days the trucks came back and the local police facilitated them’ Robert Fisk Tarshish, central Lebanon @indyvoices A quarry cuts into an entire hill in the Lebanese mountains at Tarshish (Nelofer Pazira) ( ) Rarely are journalists […]
New Iraq gov’t must overcome sectarian divide — UN
Source: The Jordan Times UNITED NATIONS, United States — Following elections, Iraq must move quickly to form a government that can overcome sectarian divisions and push ahead with badly-needed reforms, […]
Sufis well-rooted in al-Rawda, but is there an all-out war on them?
People gather at al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshippers.. (AP) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 26 November 2017 Al-Rawda […]
World Bank links financial support for Iraq to reconciliation
By Reuters – Feb 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi children who fled the Daesh stronghold of Mosul with their families play at Khazer camp, Iraq, on Monady (Reuters photo) BAGHDAD — The World Bank plans to offer Iraq financial support in parallel with projects to foster reconciliation […]
Is there a connection between Muslim ‘superdiversity’ and sectarian violence?
PARVEEN AKHTAR 5 October 2016 What lies behind two intra-Muslim killings in Britain? The question is timely at the unifying moment of a new Muslim year. East London Mosque, Whitechapel, London. Steve Parsons PA Archive/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The start of the new Islamic calendar year falls this […]
Key scholars call for unity among Muslims
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 15 September 2016 CONSENSUS: Leading scholars of the Muslim World League (MWL) and its affiliate, the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), at the “Islam — a Message of Peace and Moderation” conference in Makkah on Wednesday. (SPA) MAKKAH: Key figures of the […]
‘The only solution for Iraq’
May 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN It is hardly surprising that Iraqis stormed the Green Zone at the heart of Baghdad, entered the parliament building and confronted legislators blocking reforms proposed by Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi. Iraqis of all sects and stations in life were among those […]
Asad Shah family fear for safety after killing linked to sectarian tensions in Muslim community
Exclusive by Peter Swindon, Group Investigations Writer Sunday 27 March 2016 / News The family of a Pakistan-born man who died following a suspected “religiously prejudiced” attack linked to sectarian tensions within the Scottish Muslim community have spoken of their fears for their own safety. Shopkeeper Asad Shah, 40, […]
Can an Arab military force really work?
Summary by Omar Ashour| The Daily Star Such interventions were usually aimed at empowering a proxy political force over its military and political rivals, instead of averting humanitarian disaster or institutionalizing a nonviolent conflict-resolution mechanism following a war. By 1982, when the Lebanese government failed to extend the ADF’s mandate, it […]
The sectarian myth of Iraq
by Sami Ramadani, THE GUARDIAN Tony Blair has been widely derided for his attempted justification of the 2003 Iraq invasion, and his claim last weekend that he’s blameless over the current turmoil. Unfortunately, though, many of his critics have also bought into a central plank of his argument: that Iraqi […]