By Naveen NaqviJune 02, 2010 The writer is a former TV morning show host (naveen.naqvi@tribune.com.pk) There are many before me who have written about Friday’s attack on the Ahmadis in Lahore. By the time this piece goes into print, still more will have written — and written better — of the audacious attack on Jinnah Hospital by the terrorists who came back to save their own. However, if I do not write of these attacks, I will become more complicit than I already am, for isn’t it true that every time I renew my passport I am complicit as are … Continue reading I am terrorist – and so are you

Hitler is just not that into you By Fasi ZakaJune 08, 2010 The writer is a columnist and TV and radio anchor (fasi.zaka@tribune.com.pk) Israel for me is one of the most troubling conundrums of the modern world. It demonstrates a key schism in thought and practice for the West which claim renaissance values but still actively supports apartheid, colonialism and violence in that pocket of the Middle East. As the Palestinians are cornered more tightly every day, paradoxically their demonisation increases. While the flotilla incident may have woken the world, it will be just a micro-wake. The status quo shall … Continue reading Hitler Mullah?

ROVER’S DIARY: Freedom Flotilla and Gaza —Babar Ayaz The struggle for Palestinian rights is a pure and simple secular struggle and not a conflict between Islam and Judaism. There are a number of Jews in the world who condemn the Israeli atrocities like we do A sigh of relief as Talat Hussain and his colleagues arrived home safely. But this is a short sigh of relief. People around the world have painfully held their breath for the last 62 years over the plight of the Palestinians. Those who were killed in a brutal attack on the boat were also our … Continue reading Freedom Flotilla and Gaza

VIEW: Not an eye-opener: time to act —Daud Khattak The current set up of militants is the amalgamation of many diverse elements from different areas and backgrounds with the apparent patronage of the Wahabi-dominated al Qaeda out to carry forward its religious-political agenda in the region Few countrymen rejoiced as the military high command announced victory against militants in the Orakzai tribal agency the other day mainly because the bleeding sore is finally emerging in the heartland of Pakistan now. Friday’s blatant attack on the Ahmedis’ places of worship in Lahore followed by an audacious attack on the ICU of … Continue reading Not an eye-opener: time to act

VIEW: The demand for Pakistan and Islam —Ishtiaq Ahmed The Muslim League’s propaganda struck terror in the hearts of the Hindus and Sikhs who were told that they would be paying jazya and Islamic law will prevail in all sectors of individual and collective life. The minority Shia and Ahmediyya communities were also fearful that it would result in Sunni domination The recent attack on a congregation of Ahmedis during prayers, which claimed more than 90 innocent lives, has revived a discussion as to whether there is a connection between the creation of Pakistan and Islam. Within the Muslim League … Continue reading The demand for Pakistan and Islam

dawn.com Investigators claim that the former major provided logistical support to unspecified Taliban and other fighters. — Photo by AP World Afghan troops fear life after foreign pullout INSTABILITY Afghan troops fear life after foreign pullout LAHORE: A former major who trained fighters for war in Afghanistan and occupied Kashmir keeps cropping up in terrorism investigations in Pakistan. But police say the grey-haired grandfather is shielded by his links to the army and powerful intelligence agencies. The case of Ahsanul Haq shines a light on a murky side of the militancy infecting the country: the extent to which retired members … Continue reading Ex-major’s loyalties embody jihad woes

Attitude risks creating extremism, watchdog warns amid scepticism over claims of forced conversion to Islam Alan Travis, home affairs editor The Guardian, Tuesday 8 June 2010 Article history Brixton prison. Photograph: Martin GodwinThe blanket treatment by staff of the 10,300 Muslim prisoners in England and Wales as potential terrorists risks creating young men ready to embrace extremism on their release, the chief inspector of prisons warns today. Dame Anne Owers says the treatment of the rapidly growing population of Muslim prisoners as potential or actual extremists is prevalent throughout the prison system despite the fact that fewer than 1% are … Continue reading Muslim prisoners ‘treated as potential terrorists’

The Christian Fascists Are Growing Stronger Monday 07 June 2010 by: Chris Hedges  |  Truthdig (Photo: matthileo) Tens of millions of Americans, lumped into a diffuse and fractious movement known as the Christian right, have begun to dismantle the intellectual and scientific rigor of the Enlightenment. They are creating a theocratic state based on “biblical law,” and shutting out all those they define as the enemy. This movement, veering closer and closer to traditional fascism, seeks to force a recalcitrant world to submit before an imperial America. It champions the eradication of social deviants, beginning with homosexuals, and moving on to immigrants, … Continue reading US Christian Taliban – Growing Stronger

The virtual conspiracy of silence after the murder of 94 Ahmadis in Pakistan exposes the oppression suffered by the sect Declan Walsh guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 June 2010 14.59 BST Article history Candles were lit by members of a civil society for victims of the attack on the Ahmadi sect in Lahore. Photograph: KM Chaudary/API often find myself defending Pakistan against the unbidden prejudices of the outside world. No, Islam is not the cause of terrorism. Yes, the Taliban is a complex phenomenon. No, Imran Khan is not a major political figure. This past week, though, I am silent. The massacre … Continue reading Ahmadi massacre silence is dispiriting