Islamabad’s Lal Masjid is again in the news, and for all the wrong reasons, as has been the case on other occasions. The mosque, prominently situated in Pakistani capital, is the oldest and second-largest mosque in the national capital. It made headlines in 2007 when hundreds of jihadists were killed there in a military […]
Frenemy Pakistan
“To this day, Usama bin Laden is a popular icon in Pakistan. Mosques and affiliated madrassas schools in Pakistan teach hatred of America and all that is not Islam,” wrote high-ranking National Security Council veteran Richard Clarke in 2004. His memoir Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror provided ample proof of Pakistan’s […]
Pakistan: Prominent Sikh doctor shot dead; ISIS-K claims responsibility
A prominent member of the Sikh community in Pakistan, Sardar Satnam Singh, was shot dead on Thursday, September 30 in Pakistan’s Peshawar. A resident of Hasanbdal, Singh was a renowned hakeem (doctor of traditional medicine) and was killed at his clinic “Dharandar Dawakhana” located in the Charadda Road area. The 45-year-old was attacked by […]
Pakistan: Lahore school principal becomes latest victim of blasphemy laws, given death sentence
A Muslim school principal in Lahore, Salma Tanveer, has become the latest victim of the dreaded and stringent blasphemy laws of Pakistan, and has been given the death sentence after a long trial, reports the Pakistani daily Dawn. Salma is not only the principal, but also the owner of a private school in Lahore. […]
Iran alarmed by Turkey-Azerbaijan-Pakistan axis, holds military drills on Azerbaijan border
Iran is “increasingly alarmed by the Turkey-Azerbaijan-Pakistan axis,” and held military drills on the border with Azerbaijan. So now a row has ensued between the two countries. Iran and Azerbaijan have had a volatile diplomatic relationship since Azerbaijan gained independence two decades ago. Iran sided with Armenia in the recent Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. Adding to Iran’s […]
India: 19-year-old jihad terrorist from Pakistan caught with cache of weapons
Pakistan has for years been a training ground and base of operations for jihad terrorists. This will likely increase now in the face of Biden’s handlers’ manifest weakness. “19-year-old Pakistani terrorist, Ali Babar Patra, surrendered in J&K,” WION, September 28, 2021: Major Vats revealed that two infiltrators had come from across the border while four […]
Pakistan: Christian woman jailed and her family in hiding after she is charged with insulting Islam and Muhammad
A glimpse into the future of the West. This is where the Left’s “hate speech” rhetoric is tending. We are very close to this now, far closer than most people realize. Supporters of the President are defamed and smeared now, but for years, critics of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others have […]
Pakistan: Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony rejects bill placing age limit on conversion to Islam
The bill is designed to prevent forced conversions and the manipulation of children. How could anyone oppose this? An update on this story. “Pakistan ministry rejects age bar on Islamic conversion,” by Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News, September 24, 2021: Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has rejected a bill that proposed regulations on […]
Pakistan: Twelve incidents of persecution against Christian women and girls in two months
If what the political and media elites in the West tell us about Islam were true, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan would be a paradise of tolerance and peace for the nation’s religious minorities. Why isn’t it? “Twelve Incidents of Persecution Documented Against Pakistani Christian Women and Girls in Two Months,” International Christian Concern, September […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders his two sisters in the name of honor; they were angry at their in-laws
In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for […]