Choudary’s Imprisonment a Step Forward, But a Small One
After decades of preaching hate on the streets of the U.K. and setting out to drive a wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims, Anjem Choudary has finally been arrested for supporting the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). Still, this symbolic victory over Islamism and hatred in the U.K. is just that—symbolic, and should not lull civil […]
Bangladesh bans Zakir Naik’s Peace TV, tracks students after attacks
Bangladesh government has ordered Islamic television station Peace TV to stop broadcasting and has told schools to report any missing students.The station is run by Indian doctor-turned-preacher Zakir Naik, the founder and president of Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation, and its programmes are aired from DubaiA Bangladesh cabinet committee decided to ban Peace TV from the […]
Houthi Militias Kidnap Imams… Turn Mosques into Barracks, Husayniyahs
Saleh, staged a broad abduction spree, kidnapping Imams of grand mosques in each of Al Hudaydah, Dhamar, Amranand Sanaa. Imams of nearby mosques were forced to flee in fear of being a victim to militia kidnap and torture. Imam is an Islamic leadership position and is most commonly in the context of a worship leader […]
Contemporary Wahhabism: Reasons the Terror Attacks in Saudi Arabia Are Specially Alarming
TEHRAN (FNA)- On Monday, July 5, suicide bombers blew themselves up in Qatif and Medina, several hours after Saudi security officers foiled an attack near the US Consulate in Jeddah. In Medina, a bomb exploded in the vicinity of a police post outside the Prophet’s Mosque, killing four policemen and two civilians. In Qatif, two […]
Two Suicide Bombers Blow Self Up in Failed Maiduguri Mosque Attack
Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers blew themselves up near Sulemanti Mosque in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, in the early hours of yesterday. The suspects, according to Borno State Police Command, strapped with Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, targeted a mosque in Sulemanti. However, the bombs went off, killing the two suspects during midnight Ramadan prayers. […]
Opinion Poll: (87% Pakistanis believe that as a peaceful religion, Islam preaches peace and love instead of extremism: Survey)
According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 87% Pakistanis believe as a peaceful religion, Islam preaches peace and love instead of extremism; 11% disagree with this. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked, “Please tell, to what extent do you agree or […]
A Case for extirpating Wahabism
Verily God will not change the condition of men, till they change what is in themselves – Koran – Sura 13 verse 14. The main purpose of this article is to point out that there might be a case for action by Muslims, as well as non-Muslims constituting the international community as a whole, towards […]
Don’t let terrorists define American values
The events in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., were outrageous. There is no way to predict when or where the next atrocity will occur. My first reaction to these events was that we should bomb the Islamic State into oblivion, cut off their money supply and destroy their leadership. I sounded like some of our […]
Killing of people nothing to do with Islam: Fazl
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl(JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that terrorists engaged in killing innocent people across the country are harming the interests of the country and have nothing to do with Islam. He expressed these views after offering Dua’a for the martyrs of Bacha Khan University Charsadda here at Parliament’s House mosque. Quran Khawani and special […]
Suicide bomber kills five worshippers at mosque in Cameroon
Yaounde (dpa) – At least five Muslim worshippers were killed Monday morning when a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in northern Cameroon. The attacker had joined an early prayer session at the mosque in the locality of Guetchewe in Cameroon’s Far North Region, regional governor Midjiyawa Bakary told dpa by phone. “He later detonated his […]