"A tiny minority of extremists?"

Suicide Bomb Attack kills 6 in Islamic University

By: informer

2 suicide bomb attacks kills two female and two male students and injuring several in the International Islamic University's Shariah Block here in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city. One of the attacks was in the Boys hostel, the other was in the Girls Cafeteria. At that time, the Cafeteria was full of female students who had just finished their ...

about 1 month ago

Indonesian law: Death by stoning for adultery

By: northsunm32

 At first sight this law seems to be a sign of creeping (more like galloping) fundamentalism in Indonesia but as the article points out the context makes it clear this is not so at all. If anything it shows the defeat of fundamentalism. The law was passed primarily as a problem for an incoming group of legislators who defeated a more ...

about 1 month ago

Who are the Taliban?

By: GMBAIG

Recent years have seen the re-emergence of the hardline Islamic Taliban movement as a fighting force in Afghanistan and a major threat to its government. They are also threatening to destabilise Pakistan, where they control areas in the north-west and are blamed for a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks. The Taliban emerged in the early ...

21 days ago

"Two explosions hit Islamabad university"

By: picez

At least four people were killed, and as many as 13 people injured, in bomb explosions at International Islamic University, Islamabad in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Police say the blasts at the university were caused by suicide bombers.The university is located in Islamabad’s sector H-11. Eyewitnesses told   that there were ...

about 1 month ago