Monthly Archives: March 2015

Wake-up call: Three major “jihadi” groups join forces as united mujahideen “Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan”

Press statement from Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesperson (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban, Jamaat ul Ahrar (TTP JA) now part of newly formed Coalition “We congratulate the Ummat-e-Muslima in common and especially the Mujahideens of Pakistan for the coalition of strong Jihadi groups, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan … Continue reading

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IS “Caliphate cub” executes alleged teenage spy while campaigners say “stop recruiting kids” into US military

The Islamic State (IS) has released its latest video via social media appearing to show a young boy shooting Muhammad Said Ismail Musallam (19) an alleged Israeli Arab spy at point blank range through the head. It has not however … Continue reading

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Taliban: TTP JA release statement on Shaikh Omar Bakri Muhammad detained by Lebanese regime

Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad (image BBC)  Ehsanullah Ehsan the official spokesperson for Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Taliban Jamaat -ul-Ahrar (TTP JA) has released an statement raising concerns regarding the treatment of Shaikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, a Muslim scholar detained by Lebanese authorities. The … Continue reading

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Armed Groups in Syria and Iraq: A Brief Background

Guest blog with kind permission article originally published by  A Jurists War The Syria / Iraq conflict has witnessed several armed groups that are operational against President Bashar al-Assad. In the midst of the Syrian conflict, the armed groups consist … Continue reading

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Obama press release to commemorate 50 year anniversary of Selma to Montgomery marches

Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King is John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy. March 1965 (via History) Remarks by the President at … Continue reading

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Leader of Boko Haram alleged to have given bayah to Al -Baghdadi in audio video as bombs rock Nigerian town

Abu Bakr Shekau gives bayah to Al -Baghdadi (image al Jazeera) As the world’s media reported on two explosions allegedly carried out at Baga fish market and Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, said to be linked to Boko Haram, an … Continue reading

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Pakistan police policy “commit crime to fight crime” only incites more terrorism. Where is the accountability?

  ‘Extrajudicial killings cannot be justified but society has come to accept this ‘modus operandi’ to make streets safer.’—Reuters/File (via DAWN) Pakistan police plunge ever lower in their actions failing by their own admission to lead the way in society … Continue reading

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Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the publication of rumours about negotiations

The media has been publishing false reports periodically over the past week asserting the heating up of negotiations and even fabrications about visits by the delegations of Islamic Emirate. We reject all such claims. There is no such process taking … Continue reading

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Israel has “gone to the dogs”: Outrage over latest attack on a teenager

Israel has “gone to the dogs” in its treatment of children and youth (image, via Mondoweiss) Israel continues to outdo itself in the appalling treatment of children and young persons and has literally “gone to the dogs” attacking a teenager … Continue reading

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Bloody Balochistan: Dumped body of another “intellectual” incites further calls from activists for “independence”

Khuda Bakhsh, another alleged victim of “kidnap, dump and kill” Balochistan “Kidnap, torture, kill” shows no signs of abating in Pakistan. Those living in Balochistan live in fear and have to face the horror of dead bodies on a daily … Continue reading

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