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Reality Check about Christians in Pakistan

Listening to the commercial media in Western countries, one can be forgiven for thinking that in countries like Iraq or Pakistan, there is a Klashinkov-toting Muslim around every corner hunting down Christians and other non-Muslims. On my last trip to Pakistan, I stayed in one of largest Christian neighbourhoods in

Terrorism

Muslim Engagement at the Community Level in UK

At a recent meeting of a borough-level alliance of an umbrella group in Eastern London, attendees were lamenting the decline of community influence by the Muslim community, and how terrorism and international events are influencing local engagement. This particular alliance was founded in 1981 and worked for simple Muslim community

The Question of Islam and Democracy

by Dr. Mohamed Elmasry (courtesy of the Canadian ChargerMore by this author… [http://www.thecanadiancharger.com/page.php?cid=6&id=5] Is there a relationship between Islam and democracy? If you ask me, this is a very strange question, yet one that has been debated long and vigorously

Extremism

Assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti

Pakistan’s minorities minister was murdered, a few weeks after the murder of the Punjab Governor. These are senseless and tragic events. Who are the perpetrators? In the first case, it might have been the case of misplaced and violent religious fervour. In the latter, a curious leaflet has been

Pakistan

US Human Rights Report on India and Pakistan

Despite media reports and conventional wisdom, both countries face very similar human rights abuse charges: * torture in police custody * disappearance and extra-judicial killings in areas of political conflict and insurgency * no result of many ‘inquiries’ Report on Pakistan: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/160472.pdf Report on India: http:

moderates

The Myth of Moderation

The Washington Post published a poll-induced barely comprehensible laundry list of what a ‘moderate’ Muslim should be [http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2011/02/will_the_real_moderate_muslims_please_stand_up.html] . Let us pick it apart one by one. With apologies to the author of the said

Islamophobia

Did Naseem Mahdi actually make the hearing?

I had been writing for a long time that the multi-million-dollar campaign in the US by the Ahmadiyya cult was just a ploy to try to get a seat on Representative King’s hearings on ‘home-grown radicalization’ [http://www.qern.org/en/the-Pete-McCarthy-King-inquisition]. According to this story [http://www.buffalonews.

judaism

Pakistan's Jewish Problem

Interesting stuff – how the dots are connected and the focus on Urdu media and KN: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5090.htm

The Shariah Threat to America

by Akber Choudhry This situation is the classical definition of the Arabic word ‘fitnah’. This picture on the left is actually from the title of a report [http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18523.xml] by the ‘B Team’, composed of generals and scholars and published by the Center for Security Policy,

history

Sikh genocide events across India coming to light now

AISSF ‘unearths’ another place of massacre Claims 17 Sikhs were killed at Pataudi (Haryana) Perneet Singh Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 5, 2011 The All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) and the Sikhs for Justice, which brought the Hondh Chhillar massacre to the fore, today claimed to have unearthed yet another

Famous Indian Actress charged under Section 295 - Blasphemy Law

ہندوستانی اداکارہ کے خلاف توہین مذہب قانون [۲۹۵] میں پرچہ درج http://www.hindustantimes.com/Kannada-actor-Jayamala-chargesheeted-in-Sabarimala-case/Article1-638234.aspx 14 دسمبر 2010 کو ایک کنڈا زبان کی ہندوستانی اداکارہ، جیا مالا، کے خلاف توہین مذہب قانون کے تحت مقدمہ درج ہو کیا گیا۔ اس پر الزام ہے کہ ایک مندر میں دیوتا

Famous Indian Actress charged under Section 295 (Blasphemy Law)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Kannada-actor-Jayamala-chargesheeted-in-Sabarimala-case/Article1-638234.aspx Kerala Police on Tuesday (Dec 14,2010) filed a chargesheet against Kannada film actress Jayamala, four years after she made a controversial claim that she had touched the idol of Lord Ayyappa at the famous Sabarimala temple in violation of the hill shrine

Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya in Indonesia

A clash in a remote Indonesian village between Ahmadiyya members from other Indonesian locations and local Muslims from surrounding villages resulted in three Ahmadiyya dead and many injured.

ترجمہ میں تحریف

صفی اللہ قادیانی نے ترجمہ تو نقل کیا، مگر آخری فقرہ خود ہی بدل دیا۔ پہلے ان کا ترجمہ، اور پھر جہاں سے ترجمہ نقل کیا گیا تھا۔ ترجمہ اس کتاب سے لیا گیا تھا:

Richard Peppiatt is a British Hero

Yes, ‘hero’ is a very strong and clichéd word, but when someone has the courage to speak out when no-one else has the courage to do so, that is definitely something to notice. Especially if that someone is from the journalistic community — people who are paid to write, analyse and

Arab Spring

Arabia Rising

A lot has been written on the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and now Libya and Bahrain seem to be going the same way. Here at Muslim Identity, we support and promote self-determination with means and goals that are geared to the 21st century and not copied over from the

The Pete "McCarthy" King Inquisition

Representative Pete King [http://peteking.house.gov] is using his position on the Homeland Security committee of the United States Congress to hold hearings on homegrown ‘Islamic Radicalization’. We are not the first ones to use the ‘McCarthy’ label on Rep. King. In a pot-kettle exchange during a public falling-out

Terrorism

Muddled Cameron Swerves Hard Right

Although the Prime Minister’s speech about British Muslims’ lack of values was couched in politically correct and not overtly Islamophobic language, the messages from the EDL in Luton and from Munich were the same and on the same day. While we welcome Mr. Cameron’s review of the ‘Prevent’

Qadri

Murderer or Hero?

by Rayaz Ahmed Pakistan’s estimated population is over 170 million making it the world’s sixth most-populous country, which consists of 96.3% of Muslims. Due to uncertainty overs Sharia law, there is almost lawlessness in many parts of the country and corruption has spread like cancer in every

mahdi

The Arrivals - Documentary or Entertainment?

exclusive by Tahir Hussain If you haven’t seen the YouTube documentary***“The Arrivals”*** (also aired on ARY Digital) then I’m certain you know someone who has seen it, such has been its impact. It has entered the homes of many families and people have been impressed by what

events

Top 10 Events of the Decade Affecting Muslim Identity

1. 9/11 Attacks and War in Afghanistan 2. George W. Bush used the word ‘Crusade’ 3. Illegal War on Iraq and execution of Saddam Hussein 4. Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib Prison and Torture by the United States 5. Muntazir Al-Zaidi threw his shoe at George W. Bush. 6. European Ban

dialogue

Blasphemy Law: Debate to Assassination

We absolutely condemn the assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and all the unwarranted furor that may have led to it. If anything, the Salman Taseer murder shows the importance of having a public and respectful debate about the Pakistan blasphemy Laws. Along with the murder of the governor, there

Islamophobia

Education or Propganda: Bus Ads

Buses are increasingly becoming a target of propaganda group ads. Can we please fund our metropolitan buses a bit more so that they do not have to take ads from such groups? On one hand, if channels for relaying factual information to the masses were still open in the modern

hate campaign

'Historic' Opportunity missed by Ahmadiyya and Newsquest

Comments on Omar Oakes’ non-story about non-news in the Newsquest papers [http://qern.com/czm] : I was always surprised at this media ruckus over a couple of isolated halal-meat shop incidents that were termed a ‘hate campaign’. When is the last time someone heard of Muslim workers at a Jewish

QeRN Muslim Identity Award for 2010

p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a:link { } After being dormant for three years, we have gone back to monitoring the media for stories that distort the Muslim identity, and for attempts to put the issue into the right social and political perspective. For this year, our inaugural award goes to Hussein