Is the decision of nonalignment of Pakistani government on Yemen crisis a courageous maneuver or a naive act of ‘tweedle dee and tweedle dum characters’ of parliament for which a heavy price is yet to be paid? It was but a surprise for many when PM Nawaz Sharif announced that […]
Not long ago a place of learning in Peshawar was turned into a slaughter house; a massacre of hundreds of innocent souls in the name of revenge was carried out by the so-called champions of religion. And as if one incident wasn’t enough to rattle the insides of humanity, another […]
Bangladesh hanged Islamist opposition leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman on Saturday for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, a move met with an angry reaction from his supporters who called for a protest strike. Kamaruzzaman, 63, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail after […]
Many years ago, a Muslim family member had a life changing experience that resulted in him being closer to God. Witnessing his experience opened up my eyes to a hidden underground system of journalistic tabloids and targeted literature concerning Islam and radicalism I never thought existed. I discovered how easy […]
Sarcastically, his school is called “The Martyrs School of Port Said”. An even a more cynical fact, his name is Islam and his killer is a seemingly – and by seemingly I mean he has a long beard and a terrifying expression on his face – religious prestigious teacher. This […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the US spy agency’s limited insights into a series of major global developments. Brennan announced the restructuring to the […]
On February 23rd, Washington Post published a story about Pakistan’s effort to biometrically verify ownership of SIM cards. The title of the story, Pakistanis face a deadline: Surrender fingerprints or give up cellphone, and parts of its content gave an impression as if it was an effort to collect biometric information […]
A semblance of normal life returned to Ghaza on Tuesday as a 72-hour truce entered its second day and negotiators sat down in Cairo to seek a permanent end to hostilities. The enclave was quiet following days of Egyptian-brokered mediation to stem violence which has killed at least 1,940 Palestinians […]
On 20 July Salem Shamaly went looking for injured members of his family in Shujaiya, a densely populated suburb in the eastern part of Gaza City. During his search the 23-year-old, also known as “man in the green shirt”, was fatally shot as he strayed into the sights of an […]
In a major development in Afghanistan, Major General Harold J. Greene, a U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Major […]
