Is the Middle East on the threshold of restructuring?
YASAR YAKIS June 04, 2023 The political order that prevailed in the Middle East for centuries came to an end after the First World War. The victors of the war […]
Minorities worry as Pakistan sharpens blasphemy law
PAKISTAN Stiffer punishments spark fears the already controversial law will be used to target religious minorities more In this file photo, demonstrators gather at a police station that was set […]
Anti-Shia militancy on rise in Pakistan
International Desk | 19 Sep 2022, 17:34 File photo A new form of Sunni militancy is creeping across many new areas in Pakistan, threatening Shias, Ahmadis and non-Muslim minorities. The growth […]
What do you gain by attacking Shiites?
BY HAKKI ÖCAL COLUMNS OCT 18, 2021 “The bombs are exploding for one and only one purpose: to dampen the voice of wisdom” A bomb explodes at a mosque in Kandahar, […]
THE WOUNDED HAZARA
I.A. Rehman Published January 17, 2021 Young Hazara women wear blindfolds at a sit-in, the way 10 coal miners from their community were blindfolded before they were killed by militants | Habib Qasimi The haggle Prime Minister Imran Khan had before flying to Quetta to commiserate with the families of […]
Pakistan must limit extremists’ activities: security expert
By Mohammad Mazhari International January 13, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – An Indian security expert advises Pakistan to limit extremists toeing the Wahhabi line, saying extremist thoughts have been […]
Surge In Sectarian Violence Targeting Minorities In Pakistan Threatens New Round Of Instability In Country
Surge in sectarian violence targeting minorities in Pakistan threatens new round of instability in country 17 September, 2020 by ANI Peshawar [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): There has been a surge in […]
No place for minorities in Pakistan
Monday, 08 October 2018 | Prafull Goradia Anyone who is not a Muslim is looked down upon as a non-believer or a kafir and state structures are geared to support […]
Sunnis and Shi’ites Break Their Fasts at Different Times
By Everett Rosenfeld Tuesday, Aug. 02, 2011 Mohammad Sajjad / AP After fasting through the day, Sunni Muslims may break their fast as soon as the daily maghrib prayer begins, […]
NASIR: WHY SO MANY PAKISTANIS ARE HEADED TO IRELAND AND ELSEWHERE
Photo by Caroline Brady of Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner in Dublin NASIR: WHY SO MANY PAKISTANIS ARE HEADED TO IRELAND AND ELSEWHERE NASIR JAMALNOVEMBER 17, 2015 Applications by Pakistani asylum seekers to Ireland have jumped eightfold so far this year, the Irish Timesreported earlier this month. What is […]
Pakistan nabs leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group
Pakistan has arrested Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s leader Malik Ishaq following the militant group carried out two deadly bombings, mainly targeting Shia Muslims. Ishaq was detained at his residence in the central city of Rahim Yar Khan on Friday and taken to the local jail. “Malik Ishaq has been detained under the Maintenance […]
‘Saudi-backed Wahhabis behind massacre of Shias in Pakistan’
An extremist Wahhabi group, backed by such countries as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, is behind the atrocious massacre of Shia Muslims in Pakistan, a political analyst says. “All these massacres […]