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The Pakistani government has “been talking of strong action against radicals for long. But they have not yet taken anyone and I don’t see any concrete policy by the government, so far, to tackle this problem.” Meanwhile, these “traditional Muslims” continue to guard their “traditional morality,” with increasingly lethal consequences for their victims. “Pakistan ‘Taliban’ […]

That’s almost three honor killings a day. “U.N. women’s rights group criticized Pakistan for honor killings, trafficking,” from The Associated Press, with thanks to Morgaan Sinclair: UNITED NATIONS: A U.N. committee charged with promoting women’s rights expressed concern over an increasing number of reported “honor killings” in Pakistan and criticized the country for failing to […]

An update on this story. “Abuse of blasphemy laws: “˜Police register blasphemy cases under pressure”,” by Ali Waqar for the Daily Times: LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) additional inspector general Malik Muhammad Iqbal said on Sunday in many cases the people with religious sentiments pressure police to lodge the blasphemy cases. He said the […]

Sharia Alert, although the sentence was not carried out according to Sharia prescriptions. By Irfan Ashraf for OhmyNews (thanks to IG): A jirga (meeting of tribal elders) publicly executed four people, including a woman, on charges of adultery in Khyber Agency, some 25 kilometers west of Peshawar in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The political […]

Bet you didn’t think of this scenario when telling your kids not to talk to strangers. “Jihadi groups ‘luring’ kids to turn suicide-bombers,” from India Daily: Jihadi groups in Pakistan’s Dir district in the North West Frontier Province are “luring” school children to become suicide bombers, prompting some parents to send their wards outside the […]

Much of what the Imam of the Kaaba, Sheikh Abdur Rahman al-Sudais, says below sounds peaceful and moderate. Until you get to the punchline. “Imam-e-Kaaba urges clerics to shun confrontation,” from GulfNews, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ISLAMABAD: Imam-e-Kaaba Shaikh Abdur Rehman al-Sudais has ardently appealed to the Lal Masjid administration to give up […]

Here Shaukat Aziz repeats platitudes we have heard many times before, and yet again pretends that the problem of Islamic terrorism stems from “Islamophobia,” while never acknowledging or confronting the fact that the “few” who are committing terrorist acts are the ones who are making the equation between Islam and terrorism. If they would stop […]

Tiny Minority of Extremists Update from AFP (thanks to Ray): KILLI NALAI, Pakistan (AFP) – More than 10,000 pro-Taliban supporters rallied near the Afghan border in southwest Pakistan Friday to hear a tape by the brother of slain Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah. Slogans of “long live (Taliban supremo) Mullah Omar, (Al-Qaeda chief) Osama Bin Laden […]

“Safeguard religious freedom, especially for the minorities, defence against violence and terrorism, promotion of political and human rights and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women: in Benedict XVI”s view these are the main challenger which face Pakistan…” Oh, is that all? Well, I’m sure they’ll get right on that. Seriously, it is […]

Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Man gets death for blasphemy after video trial,” from the