This interview exposes the sorry state of affairs inside the Pakistani army which has been dangerously infested by the terrorists. Moreover, the fact is known to the top army brass as they know who belongs to Jaish-e-Mohammad and who belongs to Taliban but they do not or can’t do anything against them for the fear of life. These elements have formed secret groups in the army and are waiting to take over the army and its defence installations. They have sneaked into all the three wings of the Pakistani army and can inflict irreparable damage not only to Pakistan but to the whole region or perhaps to the whole world. Time and again, the question is raised if the nuclear installations of Pakistani army are in safe hands and Pakistan gives assurance to the world that they are safe. But the statement given below by Adnan Rasheed [a terrorist who is associated with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and who has also joined Taliban and was involved in the attacks on then President Pervez Musharraf] proves all the claims of the Pakistan army false. The Pakistan army and the government is answerable not only to the Pakistani people but to the whole world.....

Moreover, we live in an information age. Information technology and fastest growing communication means are ruling the roost. The world media is being run most probably by some Jewish hands who rule the world by proxy. Muslims around the world, have no say in this sad state of affairs, except a few new initiatives as Al Jazeera and the likes. This situation is worse in India as a whole Muslim community has no role in national media....

Among senior Obama administration officials, there is a broad consensus that such operations are likely to be extended at least another decade. Given the way al-Qaida continues to metastasize, some officials said no clear end is in sight. . . . That timeline suggests that the United States has reached only the midpoint of what was once known as the global war on terrorism."...

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Distancing ourselves from our selves whilst at the same time striving to achieve deep insight is, therefore associated with elevating consciousness above the physical dimension of the elements with a view to understanding their metaphysical meaning and their inscription within the cosmos....

It seems that the Liberal / Conservative tug of war is on the rise again over the disputable subject of Saudi liberalism, as a group of young Saudi liberals attempted for the second time to celebrate what they claim it to be a “Saudi Liberal Day.” The Saudi liberal movement has started once again promoting their principles and ideologies to the Saudi public with more determination to prove they are here to stay....

The Indian Muslim seminary of Deoband that has considerable influence on the Bangladeshi traditionalists must be asked to dissuade them from further confrontation. The mainstream liberals, atheists and Marxists in Bangladesh must rein in their militant wing from launching incendiary attacks on Islam. The window to act is small and getting smaller by the day. Time is of real essence....

“History is full of instances of people who challenged the mighty forces of evil and they were not only fighting a lonely battle but were left alone to die. If somebody asked me about achievement I would have to talk qualitatively because my forces have depleted. So what? People who were swearing by my values finally succumbed. I have been ex-communicated.”...

خواتین کے ساتھ جنسی زیادتی اور ان کی عصمت دری، دنیا بھر میں بڑے پیمانے پر ایک سماجی برائی ہے ۔ اطلاعات کے مطابق، تمام مہذب معاشرے، اس نفسیاتی بیماری میں مبتلا ہیں۔ لیکن ایسی آزادی  جس کے ساتھ عصمت دری کرنے والے مصر میں آزاد گھوم رہے ہیں ، اسلامی جمہوریہ کے لئے خطرناک اور شرمناک ہے۔ مسلمانوں کے اخلاقی شعور کو  کیا ہو گیا ہے، یہاں تک کہ، کوئی قانون یا پولیس بھی نہیں ہے؟ میڈیا کے ذریعہ پیش کی گئی تصاویر، مصر میں مسلم اخلاقیات کے افسوس ناک صورت حال کو ظاہر کرتی ہیں ۔

Jizya is a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria) that infidels must pay to Muslims, or the one who says that Islam will one day dominate the West, they all prove the folly of not facing the facts. As long as that folly is shared in a bipartisan fashion, the prospects for peace in the world will remain bleak. ....

The days that followed were terrible. The first thing that comes to a freshman’s mind when they set foot in their university is the horrid thought of being ragged. The British tradition of ragging new students is unfortunately prevalent in Pakistani universities. In certain universities, an official ‘Rag Day’ is observed where seniors ridicule newbies and ask them silly questions.....

This is simply because such matters are determined in a totally different manner that involves ballot boxes, polling stations, vote counting, and all that jargon we have recently learnt as we try to decipher the mystery which is known as “democracy.”....

اب سےکچھ سال پہلے تک سرکاری اسکولوں و کالجوں کےذریعہ بچوں کو تعلیم دی جاتی تھی ، لیکن بڑھتے وقت کا چلن عام ہوتا جارہا ہے ۔ پرائیویٹ اسکولوں وکالجوں کی بڑھتی مقبولیت سے تعلیم کے میدان میں فائدہ بھی ہوا اور نقصان بھی ۔ فائدہ یہ ہوا کہ تعلیم کا دائرہ قدرے وسیع ہوااور تعلیم کے معیار میں بھی ا ضافہ ہوا ، لیکن فائدہ سےبڑھ کر نقصان زیادہ ہوا۔ پہلا نقصان یہ سامنے آیا کہ تعلیم کے تعلق  سے نظر یہ تبدیل ہوگیا۔ پہلے تعلیم کو برائے خدمت سمجھا جاتا تھا، اب تعلیم کو برائے تجارت تصور کیاجاتا ہے۔ نظریہ  کی اس تبدیلی  نے تعلیم کے نتائج پر گہرا اثر ڈالا ۔ اس تبدیلی سےتعلیم یافتہ لوگوں کی تعداد تو بڑھی مگر خدمت کا جذبہ ماند پڑگیا اور جس طرح تعلیم یافتہ لوگوں کو عوام الناس کے لیے نمونہ ہوناچاہئے  تھا، وہ نمونہ نہ بن سکے۔

From the quotations of the eminent Islamic scholars, it becomes very clear that democracy is not a symbol of atheism nor is it incompatible with Islam. On the contrary, Islamic scholars have advocated a democratic variance of western democracy which will be based on the values of justice, equality, social security, equal representation in the affairs of the government and accountability which find resonance in Islam. Therefore, the views of the ignoramuses with half baked knowledge of democracy and Islamic principles in Taliban do not hold water in comparison with the analytical view of the renowned thinkers of the Islamic world like Md Iqbal, Abderrazik, Md Asad, Khurshid Ahmad, Maulana Maududi and Fathullah Gullen, to name a few....

The Taliban and the extremists have their own concept of the system of governance. To them only caliphate is acceptable as the Islamic system of governance. They have been fighting against the Muslims governments on the same ground that they are not Islamic governments but governments of apostates as they are based on democracy. To them democracy is an atheistic system of governance and so the elected rulers of Muslim democracies are Kafirs and the people too who vote them into power are Kafirs and deserve to be killed hence, the suicide bombings in residential, commercial and religious places to kill them.

We are producing the translations of two articles published in Taliban mouthpiece, Nawa-e-Afghan Jihad, May 2013 issue on Islamic democracy written by Talibani writers Sayeed Hasan and Abdur Rauf Ansari. The writers have taken great pains to present arguments against the acceptability of the term, Islamic Democracy, which has been approved by the spiritual father of Pakistan, Dr Md Iqbal and other Islamic thinkers and jurists of repute. The writers find the term Islamic democracy absurd and ridiculous as to them, Islam and Democracy are two different ideas. In this way, out of their ignorance and narrow-mindedness, they ridicule Islamic philosopher and thinker like Iqbal who proposed Islamic democracy as the system of governance for Pakistan. The ignoramuses then will also find the terms political science (politics and science), genetic-engineering (Genetics and Engineering), religious extremism, (no religion preaches extremism) also unacceptable due to their lack of understanding of the needs and circumstances of the fast changing world and society. – New Age Islam Edit Desk