Ways of the Taliban

Its tradition of gory acts of public beheading, suicide bombings and acts of terrorism is rapidly unmasking the Taliban in NWFP and swinging public opinion against them.

The Psyche of Al-Qaeda

To have a better understanding of the psyche of Al-Qaeda we need to understand the ideology, personality and political strategy of the organization’s leaders as well as the followers.

Reforming Religious Fundamentalists

What would you do with religious fundamentalists, especially those who adopt militant practices, have violent consciousness, and have become involved in armed struggle...

Zalim Online

An eye witness to the horror and carnage by the religious fanatics in Pakistan

Jihad Revised

Pakistan, which is being torn apart by jihadists from within and across its border, needs to make this latest work by Fadl available widely in translation.

Into The Thick of the Battle

It is in the interest of the US that Pakistan is given a free hand to deal with the Taliban on its side of the border. This is Pakistan’s war now.

Don't Shoot the Messenger

We can go blue in the face shouting about the pernicious predators, but we stay silent while innocents are slain within our own borders.

The Frontier Mail

Are the bomb-blasts in India and Pakistan all part of a greater plan, and if so, whose?

The Marriott Bombing: ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’?

The message was clear: they can strike Pakistan’s capital, and they care nothing for democracy or for religion.

Boot Point

Party chief Altaf Hussain and the MQM Rabita Committee cancelled Liaquat's membership after accusing him of "spreading religious hatred through his TV shows"

Swat: Can the deal work?

After the peace deal between the Taliban and the government people thought that normal life would return to the troubled district of Swat.

Another Lal Masjid in the Making?

The walls were filled with anti-west hate slogans, “Al-Jihad Al-Qital� (holy war, bloody battle) written everywhere around the central mosque. This was not the Bahawalpur I knew.

Muslim Profanities

I look at pictures of the ravaged Al-Askariyya dome, and I want to know: what is the religion of a mosque-destroyer? Does a bomber say Fatiha over the people he’s killed?

You Failed Us Mr. President

In the words of great Martin Luther King Jr.: “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice' and justice we demand from you sir.

Ashura: Atonement, Mourning and Return

Someone’s holy work is death, I register. And someone else’s is reporting that 150-word story for the AP. And someone else’s yet again is that bold typeface. This is it. This is grief for the electronic age.

On Tolerance

Everyone cannot kill a human being. But do you support the people who say that Shiites are not Muslims?

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