Posts Tagged ‘Hate Speech’

Editor's note: LUBP urgently requests its readers to highlight the precarious situation of Ahmadi Muslims in the garrison city of Rawalpindi (Punjab). The bigotry that is consuming our society and placing Ahmadis, Christains and Shias in the firing line of Jihadis is a DIRECT result of the military establishment's support for radical militant [...]

Language seems to be taking one by the nerve, not just through communication medium, but by the rhetoric ensuing one's emotional dictum. Hate speech is the most subtle form of acceptance when we have internalised our judgemental fervour against a specific person/group or ideology that doesn't fundamentally conform to the mainstream unless, of [...]

Related post: Who is international professor? Editor's note: Our long-time friend Earthman, International Professor has written yet another critical article on LUBP "exposing" our editors and authors' secret connections with Mahdi Army Terrorists. LUBP readers will recall that previously this man wrote a critical article on LUBP in May 2010 [...]

I have been receiving death, rape, acid throwing threats ever since I appeared in a TV show where I entered into a debate with one Mr. Zaid Hamid and challenged his immensely hawkish narrative about the genesis of Pakistan as well as so many other issues affecting general environment of violence and radicalism in the country. Based on my [...]

Related post: In defence of Shia rituals on Ashura – by Fawad Manzoor To a not-so-victim, from a real victim! Mr. Saleem Ali, I read your articles and followed your twitter timeline in an attempt to understand your argument in this whole episode of you first writing a childish article and then scurrying for clarifications after having [...]

With billions of petro dollars to fund their global clout, the Saudi lobbies have simply brought off opposition to their continued efforts to spread Wahabism worldwide.  In failing to confront Wahabism, North America and Europe remain paralysed by a combination of political correctness and a racism of lower expectations while in muslim majority [...]

Editor's Note: Curriculum reform is the need of the hour. In the last couple of days, 3 Pakistani Hindu doctors have been killed and Pakistan's peaceful, hardworking and patriotic Hindu, Christain and Ahmadi muslims face the brunt of violence and bigotry.  While this goes on unabated, the Baloch and Shia muslims also face frequent attacks. This [...]

Yesterday, Justice Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court issued orders to the Ministry of Information and Technology, asking to block access to all those websites that spread religious intolerance. This order was given out at the conclusion of the case that seeked to permanently block Facebook for hosting a competition of allegedly blasphemous [...]

Loose cannons In countries where democracy hasn’t had the time to strike root in political institutions and the social psyche, there is always the danger of it becoming a backdoor sanctuary for mobs of intolerant thugs who are the first ones to start misusing democracy’s many principles — especially freedom of speech. Interestingly they [...]

Related post: Focus on religious madrassahs and their mentors instead of Rehman Malik – by Dr. Saifurrehman Cross-posted from The Dawn Blog Dear Mr. Rehman Malik, I recently found out that you have decided to take action (aka, block, ban and forget) against blasphemous content on the internet. Let me take this opportunity to tell [...]

The LUBP has received the following statement via our friends on Facebook: "There is HOPE!!!! Altaf Hussain has instructed all MQM workers to monitor Juma prayers khutbas all over Karachi. If any cleric is guilty of inciting hatred and violence, the worker must check openly him then and there, report him and leave the mosque. This is just one [...]

As 2010 comes to a close, Pakistan’s journalists are in mourning for their colleagues that have been taken from them in incidents of bombings and targeted killings. At least eight journalists have been killed in Pakistan this year, with three in September and two in December alone at the hands of violent extremists who have wreaked havoc in the [...]

Today the hawker apologized to me while handing over a copy of daily Nawa-i-waqt to me and said: “Sorry! Today there is no Jang, no Express and no Aaj Kal, so please accept this good newspaper this Sunday”. There was no option left for me, that’s why I had to take Nawa-i-Waqt. I took it and reached in the courtyard. But in only 5 minutes, I [...]

Related article: Extremist Deobandi mullah offers a reward for anyone who kills Aasia Bibi: Nawaiwaqt joins the jihad Nawaiwaqt is a pet of Nawaz Sharif – by Muhammad Amjad Rashid In daily Nawa-i-Waqt, on the left above corner of the editorial page, readers always find a famous editor’s note written in humorous style about recent [...]

The move by the National Assembly on Friday to pass The Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers (Amendment) Bill 2010, is a step in the right direction. The bill is intended to curb attempts to create sectarian hatred in the Islamabad Capital Territory. Previously, this was applicable only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under The West [...]

LAHORE: One of the leading candidates in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections is being targeted by a hate campaign that calls her an Ahmedi, pro-American and pro-Indian. The Khatme Nabuwwat Lawyers Forum based in Markaze Sirajia, a seminary in Ghalib Market, Gulberg, Lahore, recently published an eight-page pamphlet titled Targeted [...]

KARACHI: Pakistan is no stranger to state-sanctioned censorship. Since the 1950s, successive governments, both military and civilian, have taken pains to ensure that the media has been scrutinised, censored and harassed. Even as the twenty-first century has dawned upon Pakistan, the cycle continues. In 2009, the Pakistan government removed [...]

The Quran is a message of peace for all humanity. To misinterpret and misuse the Quran to spread violence and mischief tantamount to blasphemy. Seen from this angle, all proponents, supporters and apologists of the Taliban and Al Qaeda are blasphemous to the Quran. By misusing Islam and the Quran, they have thrown themselves outside the pale of [...]

Note: This excellent and timely article is cross-posted from the blog Silsila-e-Mah-o-Saal I have thought about it quite frequently since the attack on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore, but after the Data Darbar massacre it has taken even more concrete shape in my mind. Ishtiaq Ahmed has a role to play in the mindset that perpetuates such [...]

Update: Watch this man: Part 1 of this post Dr Shahid Qureshi aka International Professor is a dangerous man. He is a secret member of the Hizbut-Tahrir (writers' cell of the Al-Qaeda), an affiliate of the Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban, and has been seen spreading malicious propaganda and hate speech (inciting to violence) against certain ethnic [...]

Related article: Zakir Naik: Muslim preacher of hate – by David Leppard The majority of Pakistani, Indian and other Muslims living in the UK have welcomed the UK government's ban on hate preacher Dr Zakir Naik's entry to the United Kingdom. تحریک انسداد متعصب ملا (تامم) کی جانب سے جہادی اور فرقہ [...]

Khariji mullahs threaten Nawaz Sharif with fatwa of kufr (apostasy) in retribution of his statement on Ahmadis; they also term Ahmadi massacre in Lahore as an Ahmadi conspiracy against Islam and Pakistan Pakistan's opposition leader and chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Group (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has been censured by clerics of different [...]

Source: Pakistan Media Watch Reading Nadeem Paracha’s column yesterday, I was immediately reminded of a video clip from Shahid Masood’s TV programme that was recently posted on the blog Let Us Build Pakistan. The clip features a conversation between Shahid Masood and Zakir Naik, and purports, in Zakir’s way, to “prove [...]

Express, 29 May 2010

First of all I condemn the attack on two Ahemdi mosques in Lahore. What is more condemnable is the media reporting of the incident. The term "dehshatgard " which is usually used for terrorists  is changed with term "hamla-awar" (invaders).  Masjid /Mosque is changed with the term Ibadatgah (place of worship) . Ahmedi is changed with Qadyani. [...]

KARACHI: The portrayal of religious minorities in textbooks prescribed by state-funded textbook boards is a grave indicator of what the country’s young people are being taught in terms of tolerance and respect for other religions. According to a 2007 report titled ‘Producing Thinking Minds - A Report on Pakistan’s Secondary School [...]

Update: Target killing of Professor Nazima Talib Mehdi: Shame on BLA terrorists. Where are your Baloch traditions? The Punjabi scapegoat It is common practice in the (so called) leftist and progressive circles of Pakistan to blame Punjab for all failures of the country as a federation and also for the sufferings of ethnic and religious [...]

By Anas Abbas Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid, a darling of Pakistani elite, a motivator for Pakistan army officers, an absurdity for Pakistani liberals and an idol for Pakistani conspiracy theorists, has been in the headlines of Pakistani media for almost three years now. During this time, he has been popular because of his motivational and turbulent [...]

PART ONE Source: The News, September 18, 2008 This August 14 I was bored out of my mind late at night, and started scanning TV channels for fodder to feed my idleness. I came across a programme where a man was seated in an open air forum delivering a talk with many eager devotees listening. It seemed tame enough, until it started digressing [...]

Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Justice Khawaja Sharif, has spoken once again, with the hate speech and prejudice which are his usual characteristics. Justice Sharif is notorious for his unflinching support for PML-N and Taliban and for his hostility towards liberal and secular sections of Pakistani society. His latest remarks against our [...]

The crazy Right and rump Pakistan I was to regale you with other stories to do with our security establishment’s tortured and seemingly futile hunt for the very elusive holy grail of strategic depth in Afghanistan (I ask you) this week, but the ever-increasing assault on our poor country and its innocent people by unlettered and brainwashed [...]

The creation of ignorance There can be no doubt that the past seven years, since private media channels went on air in late 2002, have created a kind of revolution in the country. Never before in the history of Pakistan have so many different opinions aired so openly on television channels. The majority are fiercely hostile to the [...]

Pashtunkhwa Peace Forum, a worldwide group of Pashtun students and professional, lauds students of Peshawar University and Pashtun Aman Committee for stopping Zaid Hamid from speaking at the Islamia College Campus. A belligerent hate monger, racist, chauvinist and thug, these are all the precise characteristics of a person known as Zaid Hamid. [...]

Conspiracy theories and theorists Conspiracy theories and their authors become a cause for concern when they begin to hallucinate and can no longer distinguish between their own flights of imagination and the world around them. When they hijack a whole nation or community into another world, then they ought to be held accountable These are [...]

Activists of the JuD hold aloft weapons during an anti-India protest rally in Lahore on Friday

First published on Khawer's blog Here are some important events that we need to use to understand Hamidism. This is a work in progress. Im sharing it for feedback. 1903: "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", a known forgery, is published in Russia. Alleges that Jews want to take over the world. This work is based on satirical work that no one [...]

PTV is no shining example of stellar journalism. Its no BBC, heck its no where near even an American network. While legally speaking it is supposed to be a public channel, PTV has often functioned as little more than a government mouthpiece. In the days before the electronic media bubble it was the only game in town and governments exploited [...]

“Sindhi Cap Day” celebrated with excitement HYDERABAD, Dec 6 (APP/Dawn News/Aaj TV): Enthusiastic response was accorded on the call of “Sindhi Topi Day” here by the people of Karachi, Hyderabad and other towns and cities on Sunday. In Hyderabad, hundreds of thousand people of all languages wearing “Sindhi Topi and Ajrak” came out [...]

World Sindhi Topi, Ajrak Day today Samaa TV. Upadated on: 06 Dec 09 01:47 PM By Arbab Chandio KARACHI: The first World Sindi Topi {cap} Day is being observed on Sunday (today) throughout the world including Pakistan. Various political parties, civil societies and organizations have supported the first ever day. The Muttaheda Qaumi [...]

Qadianis should be allowed to preach: Altaf   LAHORE: Qadianis (Ahmadis) should be allowed to preach their ideology in Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain told a private TV channel on Tuesday. During an interview, he said politics and religion should be kept separate. He said he would establish a mosque, a [...]