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Pakistani government faces anger as bomb kills 81
Scotsman 18 February 2013
By GUL YOUSUFZAI
PAKISTAN’S government faced growing anger yesterday for failing to deliver stability after a sectarian bombing in the city of Quetta killed 81 people.= The country’s leaders 
Pakistan protesters demand end to killing of Shiites
FRANCE 24 18 February 2013
Thousands of women refused to bury victims of a bloody bombing and a strike shut down Pakistan's biggest city Karachi as protesters across the country demanded protection for
Pakistani Taliban praise slain American, British jihadists
The Long War Journal 13 February 2013
By Bill Roggio
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video of so-called "martyrs" that includes two previously unknown jihadists from the United States and Britain. The
Hate speech? More than 18 clerics arrested in raids across city
The Express Tribune 13 February 2013
By Riaz Ahmad
More than 18 prominent Shia and Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) leaders and associates were arrested by the police in a crackdown across the city on Monday for allegedly preaching
Pakistan: Christian under-age girl raped by Muslims
Independent Catholic News 8 February 2013
An under-age Christian girl was kidnapped, raped and tortured by two influential Muslims, Fides reports. Fouzia Bibi, 15, from the village of Roday, near Kasur in Punjab, comes
Female Genital Mutilation: Many Pakistani women’s painful secret
The Express Tribune 7 February 2013
"I don’t want my daughter to have to go through it. I have been through it; my mom has been through it and so has my naani (grandmother). We have been going through
Three arrested for threatening, abusing Kashmir girl band online
IBNLive 7 February 2013
By Jammu and Kashmir
Three persons have been arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with the alleged online abuses and threats to the all-girls rock band, Pragaash. Jammu and
A profile of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s paymasters
moneyjihad 6 February 2013
In addition to expatriate donors such as Tahawwur Rana, charity funneled through its Jamaat-ud-Dawa front group, private donors from rich Arabs in the Gulf, zakat collections
Kashmir girl band quits after fatwa
DAWN.com 5 February 2013
An all-girl teenage rock band from Indian-administered Kashmir has decided to split after the region’s top Muslim cleric declared their music to be "un-Islamic”, their manager
FM Khar to represent Pakistan in OIC Summit
Frontier Post 5 February 2013
A two-day OIC Summit would begin in Egyptian capital Cairo today (Wednesday). Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will represent Pakistan at the Summit. She will apprise the
Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani Girl Shot By Taliban, Completes 2 Surgeries In UK
TheHuffingtonPost 4 February 2013
By SYLVIA HUI
A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban is in stable condition after undergoing two successful operations to reconstruct her skull and restore her
Arab group calls Coke Super Bowl ad "racist"
the elder of ziyon - 4 February 2013
Arab-American groups have sharply criticized a Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad depicting an Arab walking through the desert with a camel, and one group said it would ask the beverage
This Week in Muslim Amputation News
FrontPage Magazine 28 January 2013
Amputation in Islam is like football in America. Muslims don’t really understand how important football is to Americans and the Yanks don’t understand how important mutilating body parts is to Muslims.
While Muslim technology continues to lag behind the West, advances are being made in key areas, such as finger amputation machines.
Mary Baldwin Celebrates Islam Awareness Week
NBC 29 News 28 January 2013
It's Islam Awareness Week at a Staunton College. A Pakistani woman traveled thousands of miles to clear up misconceptions about the religion. Professor Nasreen Akhtar
Pakistan: Islamic Cleric Qadri Reaches Deal With Government
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 January 2013
Islamic cleric Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the organizer of antigovernment demonstrations in Islamabad, has reached an agreement with the Pakistani government to end a four-day
Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri’s links to Sufis in India run deep
Times of India 18 January 2013
By Shoeb Khan
The man on the Pakistani centrestage, Tahir-ul-Qadri, may have divided the civil society opinion in his country, but he has many well-wishers across the border in Rajasthan.
Pakistan: supporters of Muslim cleric clash with police
Telegraph.co.uk 15 January 2013
Television footage showed police shooting into the air and using tear gas to push back protesters, who had converged on parliament in Islamabad. The clashes started when
Cleric in Islamabad: 'It's the beginning of the revolution'
CNN 15 January 2013
By Shaan Khan and Jethro Mullen
A Muslim cleric leading a self-proclaimed movement to clean up politics in Pakistan by throwing out the current leaders in favor of a caretaker administration called on
India Has A Rape Crisis, But Pakistan’s May Be Even Worse
International Business Times 14 January 2013
By Palash R. Ghosh
The infamous gang-rape (and subsequent death) of a young medical student on a Delhi bus last month has cast a harsh glare on India’s ancient patriarchal attitudes towards
Islamic Preacher Set to Lead 'Million-Man March' in Pakistani Capital
Christian Post 14 January 2013
By Anugrah Kumar
A "million-man march" led by a moderate Islamic cleric Muhammad Tahirul Qadri began from Lahore Sunday and headed towards Islamabad, calling for a caretaker administration with
