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Documentary on Islamic extremism wins award

By Inayat Amir
3 days ago
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, extremism, Pakistan, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism
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The 50-minute documentary titled “Islam’s Battle Within” gives a rare insight into the Jamia Haqqania Akora Khattak aka the “University of Jihad”, an ideological nerve centre of the Taliban and other splinter groups in Southeast Asia i.e. Jemaah Islamiyah

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The pied piper syndrome

By thehighasia
2 weeks ago
in :  extremism, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics
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We are faced with an intolerant generation that is self-righteous, hates dissent and wants everyone to think one way – which is their way. In short, we are reaping the fruits of the seeds we had sown ourselves in our classrooms and society at large. Today it is the misogynist, fascist Imran Khan, tomorrow it can be a right-wing extremist force which will use the same herd to its own advantage and ruin the already religiously intolerant and anti-women society.

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Sacred savagery

By thehighasia
April 13, 2022
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By Waseem Altaf Whoever thinks rationally and has seen the harrowing video of lynching of Mishal Khan, accused of blasphemy, a final semester student of Mass Communication at a university in Mardan, KPK, is in a state of shock since!  But let us not be shocked! Let us not be shocked because Jinnah, the father of the nation himself pronounced …

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The return of terror

By thehighasia
March 5, 2022
in :  extremism, Pakistan, Terrorism
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By Asim Sajjad Akhtar After each ‘terrorist’ attack, they tell us they are going to go after ‘them’. But there is always another attack to follow. Token condemnations by government officials aside, the gruesome attack on a Shi’a masjid in Peshawar that has to date taken 62 lives appears to have triggered more worry about the economy and/or the visiting …

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Blast at Peshawar mosque kills 30 worshippers, injures over 50

By Inayat Amir
March 4, 2022
in :  extremism, Terrorism
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A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mosque during Friday prayers, police say By Inayat Amir PESHAWAR: At least 30 worshipers have lost their lives and more than 50 have been injured in a suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar in the Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar on Friday, police and rescue …

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Google honours activist with doodle on birthday

By thehighasia
January 22, 2022
in :  Development, extremism, Human Rights, People, Terrorism, Women
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Tribute to Perween Rahman

News Desk Google has honoured Pakistani slain social activist, architect, and urban planner Perween Rahman on her 65th birth anniversary. She devoted her life to uplifting marginalised communities, says a statement by Google. The name Perween Rahman will always be synonymous with Karachi’s katchi abadis, where she worked closely with communities to improve their quality of life through simple yet sustainable …

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On defining Muslim

By thehighasia
November 15, 2021
in :  extremism, Pakistan, Slider, Society
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Islamic Nationalism

by Waseem Altaf Since the Muslims of the South Asian sub-continent were divided into ethnic, linguistic, cultural, provincial and class lines, the only thread available to the makers of the state of Pakistan was religion which was used to form the basis of a separate national identity. To further strengthen the role of Islamic nationalism, the “Objectives Resolution” was adopted …

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Rights defenders reject ‘negotiations’ with TTP

By thehighasia
October 13, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, extremism, Human Rights, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Socialism, Terrorism, Women, World
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Afghan pilots

Prime Minister Imran Khan in interviews to TRT, a Turkish channel, and ‘Middle East Eye’ said that his government was in talks with TTP.

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Learning from Afghanistan

By thehighasia
October 2, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Education, extremism, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider
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SNC

Pervez Hoodbhoy WHAT did Afghan kids study after Mullah Omar’s Taliban were ousted in 2001? What was their school curriculum and, most importantly, how does it differ from PTI’s controversial Single National Curriculum (SNC)? When the Taliban government permitted boy-schools to reopen last week, these questions somehow popped into my mind. Quick answers were unavailable because the Afghan ministry of …

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For Afghan students, new orders cut contact between peers

By thehighasia
September 7, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, Education, extremism, Politics, Religion, Slider, Society, Women
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Taliban dress code

The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, marked on August 15, has prompted a sequence of pushbacks on the rights and regular movements of citizens, especially women who, as they anticipated, are facing multiple threats to political representation, education and public work.

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A war of liberation for Afghan women?

By thehighasia
August 27, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, extremism, Features, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Slider, Society, Women
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The euphemism of “collateral damage” encompassed bombing raids and cruise missile assassination strikes that killed civilians, meaning women and girls as well as men and boys. Berry quotes one critic of the war who argued that the alleged concern for women put a “feminist glow on some of the most brutal bombings.

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Hundreds of Afghan soldiers escape to Tajikistan

By thehighasia
July 10, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, extremism, Pamir Ranges, Slider, Tajikistan, World
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Afghan conflict

In places where the Afghan defence forces and the local uprising forces stood against the Taliban, not only did the Taliban fail to gain any territory, but its forces were also thoroughly defeated.

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Saudi Arabia limits use of loudspeakers in mosques

By thehighasia
May 26, 2021
in :  extremism, Latest News, Pakistan, Religion, Society
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Sound pollution

The tradition of using microphones for calling to prayers in mosques started in 1930s. While many Muslim scholars were at first skeptical of its use on theological grounds, it established itself firmly as a sophisticated method in call for prayers and religious summons in mosques all over the world.

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‘Hosnia had dreams’: grief in Kabul as girls’ school targeted

By thehighasia
May 14, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Education, extremism, Latest, Opinion, Slider, Terrorism, Women
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Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blasts by Stefanie Glinski in Kabul Women gather to mourn the victims – mostly girls – of a series of explosions outside Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul’s Hazara district. Photo: The Guardian Latifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at …

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Remembering Mashal means resisting politics of hate

By thehighasia
April 13, 2021
in :  extremism, Features, Latest, Marxism, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Slider, Socialism, Terrorism
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by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar When Mashal Khan was brutally lynched four years ago, the Tehrik-e-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) was still a relatively new and unknown force. As we remember Mashal today, the TLP has dramatically become Pakistan’s most powerful Islamist group, with unmatched mobilizational capacity. TLP activists block roads in various cities of Punjab, Sindh and KP to protest the detention of …

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Pakistan’s climate catastrophe

Unprecedented flash floods, water scarcity, dying glaciers, abruptly changing weather patterns, rising cases of rare diseases, and climate-change-induced loss of natural habitat are some of the discernible symptoms that are already on display in the South Asian country.

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