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Feb 3, 2023 5 tweets 9 min read
#Barelvi #TLP activists and the family of ex-Ahmadi Rai Nasir Kharal demolished an #Ahmadi place of worship in Bahuman village, District Sheikhupura, #Punjab.
Rai Nasir Kharal and his 12 family members, all ex-Ahmadis, had embraced #Sunni #Barelvi Islam last year. #Barelvi #TLP activists and the family of ex-Ahmadi Rai Nasir Kharal demolished an #Ahmadi place of worship in Bahuman village, District Sheikhupura, #Punjab.
Last year, 12 members of Kharal family, all ex-Ahmadis, had embraced #Sunni #Barelvi Islam.
Feb 3, 2023 8 tweets 12 min read
#Baloch protesters on the streets after Friday prayers in #Zahedan today.

#Baloch citizens have been holding anti-regime protests in different cities of Sistan Baluchestan every Friday since Zahedan's 'Bloody Friday' (30 Sep 2022). #IranProtests #زاهدان #مهسا_امینی #Baloch protesters on the streets after Friday prayers in #Zahedan today.

#Baloch citizens have been holding anti-regime protests in different cities of Sistan Baluchestan every Friday since Zahedan's 'Bloody Friday' (30 Sep 2022). #IranProtests #زاهدان #مهسا_امینی
Sep 16, 2022 24 tweets 16 min read
Heavy security presence outside #Tehran's Kasra hospital where Mahsa Amiri, who had been arrested over "improper hijab", died after having a stroke while in police custody three days earlier. #مهسا_امینی

People in Tehran protesting over death of Mahsa Amini who was arrested for "improper hijab" and died after having a stroke in police custody.

Protesters chanting:
“Death to the oppressor”
مرگ بر ستمگر
“Death to the Khamenei”
مرگ بر خامنانی
#مهسا_امینی
Sep 9, 2022 5 tweets 5 min read
British captured Delhi in 1803. Islamic clerics were already disturbed by the marauding Sikhs and Marathas. Among Muslim elites and ulama, there was was a certain degree of acceptance of British rule which did not appear detrimental to their interests.

books.google.com.pk/books?id=czKYZ… Image #Deobandi cleric Shah Abdul Hayy and #Shia cleric Didar Ali declared India Darul-Islam but pronounced Calcutta Darul-Harb. Faraizis of Bengal declared India Darul-Harb but Hajji Shariatullah did not preach jihad against the British.

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Aug 23, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
Hyderabad, India. #Muslim groups call for the arrest of #BJP MLA Raja Singh for allegedly insulting the Prophet. #Blasphemy Hyderabad, India. #BJP MLA Raja Singh has been arrested for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohammad.

#Blasphemy

Aug 21, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read
#Deobandi #JUIF activists in Bannu District, KP province hold a rally demanding the closure of Jinnah Family Park for women as it would promote "obscenity and nudity". #Deobandi #JUIF activists in Bannu District, KP province hold a rally demanding the closure of Jinnah Family Park for women as it would promote "obscenity and nudity".
Aug 10, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Students of Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) call for the arrest and #blasphemy trial of a student named Muhammad Faizan for allegedly insulting Umayyad Caliph Muawiya on Facebook. Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Students of Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) demand arrest and #blasphemy trial of a student named Muhammad Faizan for allegedly insulting Umayyad Caliph Muawiya on Facebook.

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Aug 9, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
Maulvi Faqir Mohammed and other #TTP leaders at the funeral of the slain TTP commander Omar Khalid Khorasani in #Kunar, Afghanistan. #TTP commander Omar Khalid Khorasani and his son-in-law Ali Hassan Momand were laid to rest in Kunar, Afghanistan.
May 28, 2022 13 tweets 7 min read
UN Report: The foremost division within the #Taliban is between moderate & hardline blocs. The moderate bloc consists of Mullah Baradar, Abbas Stanekzai, Padshah Khan & Shahabuddin Delawar who believe the Taliban must integrate with foreign partners.

daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get… The hardline bloc consists of Hassan Akhund and other senior leaders from #Kandahar. It takes a more ideological view of jihad and sharia, with less emphasis on international relations. Haqqani Network is independent from either bloc, closer to the hardliners but pragmatic.
Apr 13, 2022 15 tweets 16 min read
Iraqi #Shia demonstrators burn offices of deviant #Shia cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi who denounced fellow Shias as "grave worshippers" and called for demolishing shrines of Shia Imams.

farsnews.ir/ar/news/140101… Iraqi #Shia demonstrators in Al-Qasim city, Babil province, stormed and burned down local office of deviant #Shia cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi who called for demolishing shrines of Shia Imams.

Apr 13, 2022 5 tweets 5 min read
#Iran's state-affiliated @PresstvFr: Shahbaz Sharif came straight from London to occupy the PM seat that the US/GB/Riyadh axis gave him on a silver platter. Pro-West & pro-Saudi Sharif became PM when there's a manufactured Iranophobia in Afghanistan.
french.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/04… #Iran's state-affiliated @PresstvFr: Persian Gulf regimes never appreciated Imran Khan's rapprochement with Iran. Imran's rivals are close to Arab states and West. Bilawal Zardari's father is an ally of UAE. Shahbaz Sharif is a close ally of Saudi royals.
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Nov 25, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
#Pakistan and #India voted once in favor of Assad regime's use of #ChemicalWeapons, and against @OPCW decision on #Syria.

#Iran, #China and #Russia voted twice. On 21 Apr 2021, @OPCW suspended #Syria's voting rights and prohibited it from holding #OPCW offices for its repeated use of chemical weapons.

Pakistan, Iran, Palestine voted "NO".

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, UAE, Oman, Vatican abstained.

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Sep 23, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
Supreme Leader's newspaper Kayhan: Al-Qaeda executed 9/11 attack with direct support of KSA and CIA. Blackwater ran drug trade and looted Afghanistan's resources. After US left, Zionist Massoud started resistance in #Panjshir and reformists cheered him.

kayhan.ir/fa/news/226439 Supreme Leader's newspaper Kayhan: Reformists derided "Defenders of the Shrine" as "Defenders of Bashar al-Assad". But now, along with BBC, they want Iran to support "Zionist" Massoud, and ignore the failure of American democracy in Afghanistan.

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Aug 30, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
#Shia cleric Allama Arif Kazmi: US dropped bombs from airplanes when it entered Afghanistan, and dropped human when it left. They took their dogs in airplanes but abandoned their Afghan allies. Those who are unfaithful to God are destined to be humiliated in this way. #Shia cleric Allama Arif Kazmi: US left Afghanistan so that #Taliban capture the country and Iran send Fatemiyoun fighters from Syria to fight Taliban, and pro-Turkey jihadis attack Syria. Supreme Leader foiled this anti-Shia plan, and asked Afghan Shias not to fight Taliban.
Aug 30, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
#Shia #Hazara leader Mohaqiq @HMMohaqiq: #Taliban executed 14 people, including civilians, with their hands tied to their backs. Mosa Amiri and others had surrendered to Taliban. He was ex-deputy police chief for Khidir district in Daykundi province.

facebook.com/hajimohammad.m… #Taliban killed 14 #Hazara people, including former soldiers and a little girl, in Khudi village of Khedir district in Daykundi province. Taliban fighters were led by pro-Iran Hazara warlord Mohammad Ali Sadaqat who recently joined Taliban.

Jul 31, 2021 4 tweets 7 min read
Kumb, Khairpur, #Sindh. #Shia activist Manzoor Hussain Jafari seeks #blasphemy case against #Sunni guy Farhan Ali for allegedly insulting #EidAlGhadeer on Facebook.

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facebook.com/permalink.php?… Kumb, Khairpur, #Sindh. Police arrested #Sunni guy Farhan Ali for insulting #EidAlGhadeer on Facebook. The accused and his family submitted a written apology to Husseini Imambargah. #Shia Rabita Council withdrew the blasphemy case.

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Mar 15, 2021 8 tweets 6 min read
Indian #Shia activist Amir-ul-Hassan Jafari: I'll award Rs1.1 million ($USD 15000) to anyone who beheads Wasim Rizvi for filing a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to remove 26 verses of the Quran. Under Islamic rule, he would have been stoned to death. Indian #Shia lawyer Amir-ul-Hassan Jafari: I'll award Rs1.1 million ($USD 15000) to anyone who beheads Wasim Rizvi for filing a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to remove 26 verses of the Quran.
Nov 4, 2020 11 tweets 7 min read
Qaidabad, Khushab, Punjab. #Barelvi security card killed a bank manager accusing him of blasphemy. Crowd greets him with slogans, "Behead those who insult the Prophet". Qaidabad, Khushab, Punjab. #Barelvi security guard Ahmad Nawaz kills Malik Imran Hanif, branch manager of National Bank of Pakistan, accusing him of blasphemy after a heated argument. Crowd greets him with slogans, "we can accept death in the service of the Prophet".
Jun 30, 2020 10 tweets 9 min read
Fatwa by Lahore's #Deobandi seminary Jamia Ashrafia: In an Islamic state, non-Muslims are allowed to maintain and renovate their existing places of worship but they are not allowed to build new ones. ImageImage That's the traditional position of 4 #Sunni schools (#Hanafi, #Shafii, #Maliki, #Hanbali) and Twelver Shias: non-Muslim citizens of an Islamic state can maintain and renovate their existing places of worship but not build news ones.
Apr 16, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Ex-Senator Faisal Raza Abidi: US senator Scott Jensen said that patients suffering from asthma, fever, cough, cold or even pollen allergy are being falsely declared as #COVID19 patients. US invented #coronavirus and wants to cover that up by saying that Americans are also dying. Ex-Senator Faisal Raza Abidi: US won't let pandemic end until it brings #coronavirus vaccine in the market. If any country tried to end lockdown before that, US would inject #coronavirus in hens, goats and bats to scare people. Afterwards, USA would rule the world for 1000 years.
Sep 19, 2019 4 tweets 3 min read
Bible Baptist Church Karachi condemns and excommunicates Bishop Khadim Bhutto for hurting Christian sentiments and insulting Jesus Christ ("crucifying Son of God once again") by comparing Jesus's Crucifixion to Imam Hussain's martyrdom in a TV show. facebook.com/Crackdown007/p… These are the comments of Bishop Khadim Bhutto that outraged Christians. He said there was a storm after Jesus's Crucifixion as well as Imam Hussain's martyrdom. Christians consider it blasphemous to compare Jesus, the Son of God, to any other human.
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