From Reuters: In a video tape aired on a Qatari satellite channel, Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the leading figures in Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network, called on the world Muslims to send aid to the devastated Pakistani victims after a deadly earthquake hit South Asia earlier this month, killing more than 40,000 people, and driving […]
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Pakistan’s government implicated in nuclear trade
Much has been said about the recent peace initiatives between the Indian and Pakistani governments. However, a recent report in Pakistan’s Daily Star contends that — while peace efforts may be moving forward — Pakistan is still attempting to upgrade and expand its nuclear arsenal through covert purchases made overseas. Considering Pakistan’s persistent refusal to […]
The Ahmadiyya under fire in Pakistan
From the AP: Assailants with assault rifles attacked a mosque belonging to a small Muslim sect in eastern Pakistan early Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 19, police and a doctor said. The attack on the mosque belonging to Ahmadiyya sect happened in the village of Mong, about 240 miles northeast of Multan, […]
Call to protect Sindhi culture in Pakistan
A 5000-year-old language and civilization struggles to survive. From the The Hindu: Alleging that the “mullah-military alliance” in Pakistan is the main cause of the human rights situation in the country, the sixth annual World Sindhi conference has urged the Pakistan government to respect the rights and stop discrimination against Sindhis there. Participants, who had […]
Pakistan: Woman says Muslims raped, tried to convert her
From Compass Direct, with thanks to Nicolei: September 27 (Compass) — A Pakistani woman has charged three men with raping her earlier this month and threatening to kill her if she did not convert from Christianity to Islam. Ribqa Masih, 22, testified at last Thursday”s court hearing that Ghulam Abbas and Mohammad Kashif drugged and […]
Madrassas don’t preach jihad, says Pakistani official
It is hard to believe the line fed to those of us in the West that Pakistan’s President Musharraf is a “close ally” in the war on terror when you read statements such as this coming from officials in his own government. From the Khaleej Times: JIHAD is not being taught as a subject at […]
Pakistani madrassas agree to government registration
There is, however, one glaring stipulation. From the VOA News: Pakistan claims it has resolved differences with the country’s religious schools, or madrassas, which have agreed to register with the government. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced the agreement Friday after negotiations with the Ittehad-e-Madaris, the informal name of a representative group from the religious schools. […]
Pakistani girl loses nose, lips for seeking divorce
Here is yet another case of savage butchery committed against a woman for offending the honor of a man. From the New Brisbane’s News: MULTAN, Pakistan – A Pakistani man cut off the nose and lips of his 19-year-old sister-in-law after she went to court for a divorce in a tribal area of the central […]
Pakistani groups call for the execution of “blasphemer”
More tolerance in Pakistan, as 22 religious organizations have called for the execution of Younis Masih, a 40 year old Christian who was jailed after allegedly making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, per Pakistan’s Daily Times: Difa-e-Islam Mahaz (Front for Islam’s defence), an alliance of 22 Sunni religious organisations, demanded that alleged blasphemer Younis […]
Pakistani cricket player and convert to Islam: “One day Islam will be the world’s sole supreme religion”
It is understandable that Yousuf Youhana would have a convert’s enthusiasm. But it is noteworthy how immediately he expresses that enthusiasm in terms of supremacy. “One day Islam will be the world’s sole supreme religion: Yousuf Youhana,” from ANI, with thanks to Sparta: Pakistan cricket player Yousuf Youhana, a Christian by birth and the first […]