Muslim Fundamentalism

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• IS-K is based in Afghanistan, targets both Pakistanis and Afghans, says US report
  25 December 2021, by siawi3

  Details of IS-K’s activities in the US report show that the group does not differentiate between Pakistan and Afghanistan while launching terrorist attacks.

• Pakistan: Karachi bakery chain Delizia ’taking action’ after staffer refuses to write Merry Christmas on cake
  25 December 2021, by siawi3

  The incident was reported on Facebook group Voice of Customer PK by a woman.
  There was an uproar on social media following the post in which many people expressed their shock and anger. A similar incident took place in 2018

• Afghanistan : Après avoir été arrêté par les talibans à Kaboul, un humanitaire britannique porté disparu
  26 décembre 2021, par siawi3

  Sans nouvelle de la part de l’homme marié originaire du sud de l’Angleterre, l’inquiétude grandit du côté des Britanniques alors que les exactions des talibans se multiplient depuis leur prise de la capitale en août. De nombreuses personnes ont ainsi disparu, vraisemblablement tuées par leurs agents de sécurité.

• Afrique : Attaque de Kouré au Niger : l’armée française annonce avoir tué un membre du commando
  26 décembre 2021, par siawi3

  L’armée française annonce avoir tué, ce lundi 20 décembre 2021, au Niger, l’un des auteurs de l’assassinat de six humanitaires français et de leurs accompagnateurs nigériens dans la réserve de Kouré en août 2020. L’homme est présenté comme un membre de l’État islamique au Grand Sahara (EIGS). Il avait filmé l’exécution, et avait assuré sa médiatisation.

• Afghanistan : Le musée national afghan rouvre ses portes avec la bénédiction des talibans, qui l’avaient autrefois saccagé
  26 décembre 2021, par siawi3

  Les visiteurs sont de retour au musée national d’Afghanistan pour admirer ses milliers de pièces, la plupart issues de l’époque préislamique. Un contraste saisissant avec le premier règne des talibans, qui avaient saccagé et pillé l’institution.

• Afghanistan : les talibans interdisent aux femmes de voyager plus de 72 kilomètres sans être accompagnées
  27 December 2021, by siawi3

  Les talibans appellent également les conducteurs à n’accepter des femmes à bord de leur véhicule que si elles portent le “voile islamique”.

• Pakistan: Climate of bigotry
  30 December 2021, by siawi3

  Politicians of all shades, including otherwise progressive ones, have used accusations of blasphemy to intimidate rivals — the ultimate trump card in a reactionary society. Extremism has been mainstreamed and normalised.

• Afghanistan- Pakistan: ’Retrogressive thinking a danger for Pakistan’: Fawad on new Taliban restrictions on Afghan women
  30 December 2021, by siawi3

  “You see that two extremist regimes have cropped up on right and left of Pakistan. On one side there is Afghanistan where the Taliban have arrived. We want to fully help the Afghan people.”But saying that women can’t travel alone or go to schools and colleges — this kind of retrogressive thinking is a danger for Pakistan,“the information minister said, while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad. He added that a similar Hindu extremist mindset was rising in India so the Pakistani state’s”biggest“and”most important“fight was against these”two extremist thoughts".

• The Analytical Angle: Can an effective local body system counter violent extremism and terrorism in Pakistan?
  30 December 2021, by siawi3

  There is a growing realisation even at the top leadership of the state that perhaps nothing else poses a bigger threat to the stability of Pakistan than violent extremism and terrorism. Despite the fact that radicalism has been spreading widely in our society, we still have little understanding of what motivates people to engage in militancy. Who is more likely to join the extremist groups? Do financial hardships, victimisation, marginalisation, stress, or traumatic life events push individuals into extremist beliefs? How do militant groups succeed in attracting others to join their ranks? Can people change their minds and walk away from such violence-promoting elements? Can local communities engage residents in positive activities and counter polarising ideologies? Decentralisation can serve as deterrence to terrorism and violent extremism in a society.

• Pakistan: The pitfalls of ideology
  31 December 2021, by siawi3

  Buoyed up by Pakistan’s victory in Afghanistan, on many occasions PM Khan — who greatly admires Erdogan — has gleefully lauded the Taliban as a liberating force. He has lauded the Pakistani madrassahs that produced the Taliban and showered funds upon them. Now he wants our regular schools to emulate Taliban-style education — hence SNC. By official notification dated Dec 21, co-education in Punjab’s schools will be phased out. In fulfilling PM Khan’s ideological fantasies, Pakistan will pay a terrible price.

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