Tag: Intolerance

Diversity, Extremism, Urdu

ملائشیا کی حکومت کے شیعہ شہریوں پر مظالم

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تحقیق:  ڈاکٹر محمد فیصل موسیٰ،  ڈاکٹر تان بنگ ہوئی ترجمہ: حمزہ ابراہیم خلاصہ یہ مقالہ ملائشیا کے شیعہ مسلمانوں کے خلاف آئینی جبر، مذہبی منافرت اور ان کی منظم تحقیر و تذلیل کی بنیادوں کو سامنے لاتا ہے۔ اس سے یہ ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ کیسے 1996 ءمیں مرکزی حکومت کی طرف سے شیعہ مسلک پر پابندی اور شیعہ تعلیمات کے پھیلاؤ کو روکنے کیلئے جاری ہونے والا سرکاری فتویٰ انسانی حقوق کی معطلی کے ایک سلسلے کا آغاز ثابت ہوا۔ شرعی قوانین کے علاوہ ریاست نے شیعہ شہریوں کی زندگی اجیرن بنانے کیلئے مذہبی بیوروکریسی اور میڈیا جیسے ہتھیاروں … Continue reading ملائشیا کی حکومت کے شیعہ شہریوں پر مظالم

English, Extremism, Sufism, Understanding Islam

Modernistic fundamentalist approaches to Quran are a real threat to social fabric of Muslim societies – Aamir Hussaini

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Nowadays I am studying ‘The Study Quran, a new translation and commentary’ compiled by five religious scholars in 10 years. This new translation and commentary was published in 2017 by Harper Collins Publishers. Renowned Islamic Philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasar was Editor-in-Chief of this project and Caner K.Dagi , Maria Massi, Joseph E. B. Lumbard were general editors. Mohammad Rustom worked as Assistant Editor in the project of new translation and commentary of the holy Quran. In February 2020, Abbas Zaidi, fiction writer and teacher of media studies came to Lahore from Australia. He brought two books specially for me, one … Continue reading Modernistic fundamentalist approaches to Quran are a real threat to social fabric of Muslim societies – Aamir Hussaini

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Shia as Internal Others: A Salafi Rejection of the ‘Rejecters’ – Susanne Olsson

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Conflict and polemic between Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims (or Shiites) have a long history. In the contemporary era, this polemic has been accentuated by the conflictual situation in the Middle East, and it is also colouring the minority Muslim situation. This article is concerned with Islamic interpretations related to ‘othering’, taking as its main focus an analysis of publications on a Swedish Sunni website, ‘Maktabah Dâr-ul-Hadîth’, which has clear Salafi leanings. Reports show that Shiites currently feel threatened by Salafis in minority contexts and the material cited in this article ‘others’ Shiite Islam and Shiites (amongst others), creating a … Continue reading Shia as Internal Others: A Salafi Rejection of the ‘Rejecters’ – Susanne Olsson

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Making sense of sectarianism without sects: Quietist Salafi anti-Shia discourse in Jordan -Joas Wagemakers

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Salafis do not view Shias very favourably. In general, this has to do with their ideological objections to Shias’ beliefs and, perhaps secondarily, the political conflicts with Shia powers like Iran, Syria and the Lebanese Hizballah (Haykel, 2010; Steinberg, 2009). Given the fact that Jordan has virtually no Shias, the kingdom may differ from other countries in that the sectarian issue is less urgent there. Yet Jordanian Salafis also use sectarianism to vilify other Sunnis in a competition for their own regime’s favour. This article shows that Jordanian Salafis contribute to the sectarianization of the kingdom with their own anti-Shiism by relying … Continue reading Making sense of sectarianism without sects: Quietist Salafi anti-Shia discourse in Jordan -Joas Wagemakers

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Global Extremism Monitor: Takfiri Islamist Violence after ISIS

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Executive Summary Physical victory does not equate to ideological defeat. Despite the eradication of ISIS’s caliphate across Syria and Iraq in 2017, the Takfiri Islamist group remains active, while 96 other Islamist extremist groups were tracked in 2018 by the Tony Blair Institute’s annual Global Extremism Monitor (GEM). Our research exposes how these groups pursue a campaign of violence to undermine and weaken institutional capacity. As with ISIS, they seek to enhance political vacuums and social fractures which can be exploited to create their own “state.” Unless global decision-makers comprehend the true vision of Islamist extremist groups, the violence will … Continue reading Global Extremism Monitor: Takfiri Islamist Violence after ISIS

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Takfiri Islamist Extremism in 2017: The Ten Deadliest Countries

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Violent Takfiri Islamist extremism struck 66 countries in eight regions in 2017. It claimed the lives of at least 84,023 people. Its grip reached every corner of the world. Islamist violence inspired people in countries from Russia and the United States to Mozambique, Austria and Gabon. Because this extremist violence did not affect all geographies equally, it is necessary to explore the distinct ways in which extremism manifested itself in different environments. Extremist ideology is the key driver of this violence, but unique social, political and economic contexts also affect the directions extremists take.1 Factoring in all these elements, the … Continue reading Takfiri Islamist Extremism in 2017: The Ten Deadliest Countries

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Who are the Taliban? – Thomas Ruttig

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The Taliban (meaning ‘students’ in Pashtun) is a jihadi movement based in Afghanistan, which ruled the country as ‘the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ between 1996 and 2001. The movement mainly emanated from Deobandi Islamist madrassas in Pakistan and received significant financial support from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar. Localised “Taliban fronts” emerged within different mujahedin tanzim from the early 1980s onwards, particularly in Afghanistan’s south. They were organised by ulema or mullahs who mobilised their students into mujahedin fronts, and mainly fought autonomously. One of those petty commanders was Mullah Muhammad Omar who ran a sharia court and a small front just … Continue reading Who are the Taliban? – Thomas Ruttig

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How Takfiri Islamist Extremists Target Civilians

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The Global Extremism Monitor (GEM) in 2017 recorded 6,310 civilian deaths deliberately caused by 47 violent Islamist militant groups in 1,510 attacks across 28 countries. In a manifestation of a brutal and warped ideology, these militant groups used calculated violence with varying objectives to target areas where members of the public can be reached and harmed. Using various statistical measures, the GEM has revealed significant differences between violent Islamist extremist groups operating in today’s fiercest conflicts. This chapter focuses on the violence administered by the most organised and distinct violent Takfiri Islamist organisations. The violence used by the Takfiri Islamist … Continue reading How Takfiri Islamist Extremists Target Civilians

English, Extremism, Sufism

Sufism: An Alternative to Extremism? – Sarah Feuer

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On a quiet street parallel to the old city of Marrakesh, behind a large, beautifully crafted wooden door, is the Munya Association for the Preservation and Revitalization of Moroccan Heritage (Munya). It is little known, but for the founder and patrons, this small cultural association is a front line in the battle against Islamist extremism. I visited Munya one evening in early February. A group of twenty teenagers were seated in a semi-circle of chairs facing a young man donning a red skullcap and draped in a djallaba, the traditional robe worn by men and women throughout North Africa. He … Continue reading Sufism: An Alternative to Extremism? – Sarah Feuer

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Takfiris’ Attacks on Pakistan’s Sufi Shrines

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The 2016 ISIS-claimed attack on a well-known Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, which killed more than 80 people, once more demonstrated the violent ideology of the Takfiri jihadi group. While ISIS purports to be the vanguard of the Ummah, or global Muslim community, it is Muslims who are chiefly the victims of its violence. Sufi shrines are revered by both Sunni and Shia Muslims. Such shrines and Sufi leaders have been regularly attacked by Takfiri Islamist groups such as Al Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and other militant groups found within sections of Salafi/Wahhabi and Deobandi sub-branches of Sunni Islam. The attack was not … Continue reading Takfiris’ Attacks on Pakistan’s Sufi Shrines