Down a broken road winding through a corner of Pakistan’s Punjab province lies a silent graveyard, the resting place of hundreds of soldiers who fought for Britain in two world wars. Nestled in the rocky hills of Punjab’s salt ranges,
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has again courted controversy, by opining that primary school teachers should be allowed to wear the niqab, or veil, while teaching. During an interview with the Christian think-tank Theos, he claimed that people’s fears
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in southern Pakistan killed 58 people on Tuesday, police said. The collision ignited a fuel fire, and a rescuer later described how he
On CNN’s “New Day” on Monday, co-hosts Chris Cuomo, Michaela Pereira and Alisyn Camerota debated the merits of former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill’s decision to step forward and reveal details of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan,
An association of Pakistani schools held an “I am not Malala” day on Monday, condemning young Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai for what it called her support for controversial novelist Salman Rushdie. Education campaigner Malala was shot in the head
Former Navy Seal Robert O’Neill who says he fired the fatal shot that took down Osama bin Laden, in an audio interview aired on CNN, says it does not matter anymore if he is the shooter. “The most important thing
Rufin Anthony, the bishop of Islamabad, has denounced the culpable silence of Muslim leaders who have failed to forcefully condemn what is being called “the worst religiously motivated hate crime in Pakistan’s history”—the recent murder of a Christian couple in
The Indian Army has admitted it made a mistake in shooting dead two teenagers in restive Indian-administered Kashmir this week, a rare public admission of fault by the armed forces. The teenagers died after soldiers fired at a car on
Rufin Anthony, the bishop of Islamabad, has called the recent attack and burning of a young Christian couple on the basis of mere allegations “a mockery of the justice system.” On November 4, Shahzad Masih and his pregnant wife Shama
A Pakistani policeman used an axe to kill a man arrested for allegedly committing blasphemy, officials said Thursday, days after an enraged mob murdered a Christian couple accused of the same crime. Tufail Haider, a 50-year-old from the minority Shiite
Pakistani police have detained forty-three people believed to have taken part in a mob killing of a Christian couple who allegedly damaged a Koran. According to several reports, the couple was beaten to death by a hundreds-strong mob, who were
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), in a report to Congress, accused Pakistan of using militants as “proxy forces” in Afghanistan and India and acting as a sanctuary for terrorists. Pakistan denies the accusations, calling them “unsubstantiated allegations” and “unwarranted
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan mob lynches Christian couple over alleged blasphemy charge Jordan recalls Israeli envoy as violence increases in Jerusalem Pakistan mob lynches Christian couple over alleged blasphemy charge Site of the brick kiln where the
A Christian couple, 35-year-old Shahzad Masih and his 31-year-old wife Shama Bibi, were burned to death Tuesday morning by a Muslim mob in the south of Lahore (Punjab province), accused of committing blasphemy for allegedly burning pages of the Qur’an.
“No Christian should sleep well at night while our brothers and sisters are being martyred,” said the late Charles Colson. Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and former “hatchet man” to President Nixon, was one of the top Christian leaders who
The famed laissez faire liberalism of the Dutch is only matched by their flinty commonsense. Two years after the brutal 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh at the hand of Islamist jihadists in Amsterdam, the Dutch government quietly introduced a form
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Multiple Taliban groups claim credit for suicide bombing in Pakistan Abu Nimr tribes blames Iraq government for massacre by ISIS Journalist finds young Iranians very friendly to America Multiple Taliban groups claim credit for
After a firestorm of criticism, authorities at the prestigious International Islamic University of Pakistan empaneled a special disciplinary committee to “investigate” and punish the students behind a booth that promoted Israeli culture at a recent international student fair held at
Brookings’ partnership with the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in conjunction with its Qatari-backedProject on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, sends a mixed message for a think tank that claims to want “a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.”
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal sentenced the leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party to death on Wednesday for atrocities and multiple killings during the nation’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71, sat calmly in
Michael Fallon was right: parts of Britain are in danger of being “swamped” by migrants, former Home Secretary David Blunkett has said. Fallon originally made his comments in an interview on Sky News, but was quickly forced to retract them
A Pakistani policeman jailed for murdering a senior politician in a religiously-motivated attack incited a prison guard to shoot an elderly British man convicted of blasphemy, according to an internal inquiry. Mohammad Asghar, whom British doctors say is seriously mentally
Recently, the Northern Command of the Indian Army purchased 49 aerial drones from Israel to monitor the border region separating India from China and Pakistan. According to Pakistan Today (PT), “The Indian Army will deploy the drones to carry out reconnaissance
1. Never invade Afghanistan This was Britain’s fourth war in Afghanistan – and really the lesson should have been learned after the first one in 1842 when at least 16,000 British servicemen, women, children were butchered, froze to death, or
This story originally appeared in BBC Magazine: In June the leader of Islamic State declared the creation of a caliphate stretching across parts of Syria and Iraq – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named himself the caliph or leader. Edward Stourton examines
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Two-year-old baby in Mali dies after spreading Ebola WHO: ‘Millions of doses of Ebola vaccine by end of 2015’ World Health Organization declares a global polio outbreak Stephen K. Bannon interviews John Xenakis about
A shocking number of acid attacks on women in Iran have been linked to extremists who object to women being “badly veiled” There have been four reported acid attacks on women in the history city of Isfahan, according to reports
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Ebola endgame Updating the Global Conflict Risk Assessment for Ebola The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola in West Africa Ebola in megacities and dense slums Ebola in war zones The Ebola endgame Today,
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher stood by his earlier remarks about radical Islam on Friday by pointing to the death sentence handed down to a woman who blasphemed Mohammed. “In Pakistan this week, the High Court in Lahore…ruled that
Tory MP Philip Hollobone has urged the government to place a limit on international aid to countries that cannot take back prisoners from the UK due to the standards of incarceration in their own country. In a Westminster debate he
Although the British Council has already blocked all School visits to and from Ebola outbreak countries, a British school has gone one step further by postponing a planned visit by a Ghanaian teacher after a group of parents raised concerns,
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say two senior leaders of the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network have been arrested by the Afghan intelligence service in eastern Khost province. The National Directorate of Security said in a statement Thursday that Anis Haqqani, a
Five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) senior leaders and TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid have now announced their allegiance to ISIS. Shahid announced his allegiance via a video that was posted online “and sent to media persons in Pakistan.” According to The Express
The thousands of asylum seekers camped in filthy shanty towns in the port City of Calais are willing to risk their lives for the chance to get across the English Channel into the United Kingdom, because the “racism” of the
A new documentary from the Tea Party Patriots will highlight the insecure border with Mexico, featuring interviews with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Reps. Steve King (R-IA) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and scores of law enforcement officials who serve along the
Few who saw Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai – the 17-year-old Pakistani girl who was nearly killed by the Taliban and who then went on to become an activist for female education – finger-wagging about the frivolousness of social media will
The Times of India claims eyewitnesses reported at least one anti-India protestor waving the ISIS flag from atop the gate of one of Kashmir’s largest mosque’s during an anti-India demonstration Friday following Muslim prayers in Srinagar, capital of the majority
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Malala Yousafzai celebrated her Nobel Peace Prize where she always wished to be: in school. The Pakistani girl once shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education just like the boys celebrated being the
On October 9, Pakistan reminded India it is capable of nuking them if necessary. This reminder came in response to Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley’s warning that border “adventurism” near Jammu and Kashmir would prove “unaffordable” for Pakistan. India Today reports that Pakistani
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners were announced to the world, and for once they got it right. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, hailing from Pakistan and India respectively, were the very deserving winners for 2014. Malala, who is the
