Archive for May, 2010
Faceblockistan
Rebecca McKinson writes a blog post More problems in Facebookistan, here last paragraph quite aptly sums up the frustrations of the Muslim community as a whole – she says This larger context also helps explain the extent to which moderate and cosmopolitan Muslim Facebook users who believe in free speech against censorship were so alienated [...]
Karachi: Solidarity Rally for all Ahmedi victims in Lahore, 4:00pm Press Club
Peoples Resistance in Karachi condemns the violence against the Ahmedi community, yesterday in Lahore which leaves a blood trail of over 80 dead and dozens injured. In a land which was founded on the fact that there should be freedom to practice any religion, sadly since General Zia ul-Haq’s times there have been certain laws [...]
Pink Hitler irks Sicilians
A series of billboards have been placed across the city of Palermo in Sicily with the image of Adolf Hitler dressed in Pink with the caption “Change your style. Don’t follow your leader” while the swastika on Hitler’s armband has been replaced by a heart. It seems this has sparked a row across Italy many [...]
Why Quit Facebook
Guest Post by Muhammad Adil Mulki and assisted by Khurram Ali Shafique 1) How Important is Love for Prophet Muhammad – صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم (S.A.W) Our faith can not be complete till such time that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is dearer to us than our own selves, our parents, our forefathers, our children and [...]
Death of Collective Wisdom
Is there a competition going on in Pakistan between institution to earn shame and notoriety for their nation?” my colleague asked me casually while we were having some drinks and watching a news television. “We are on that path for last 40years”, I answered stubbornly. Can there anything such shameful to force you behave that [...]
The Strange Islam Originating from Lahore
There is a ‘mass madness’ ranging from TV talk shows to headlines of News Papers and debate on internet. Charged workers of religious organizations are out in streets of Pakistan. As Malaysian are relatively more religious people as compared to Pakistani’s and share the same Prophet. I was thinking that today country would be choked [...]
One Facebook, Two Faces: A Piece by a Virtually Dead Man
I had been banned from Facebook and my account had been disabled a night before Facebook was banned in Pakistan. Before all this happened, I visited the blasphemous page “Draw Muhammad Day” and the content on the page hurt me badly. Once again a certain group of westerners called it the “freedom of expression” and [...]
BBC Urdu Interview at Karachi Press Club
A BBC Urdu Interview I had immediately after the Press Conference, shares my genuine point, but near the end of this short you would notice the charged up rally outside which was definitely worrisome
Facebook Censorship Press Conference, My Position
I think a clarification is needed regarding my Press Conference on the Facebook issue on 20th May in Karachi. My position at the Press Conference was to vehemently condemn the blasphemous cartoons. There is absolutely no compromise on this issue. What was being argued by us and is open for debate was to question the [...]
Prophets, protests and holocaust
Anyone who’s been on Youtube or Facebook or Blogs in general knows that no intelligent conversation can take place between two Internet-commenters. It’s like the paralympics being hosted on the Interwebs. Even if you win, you’re still retarded. During the last fortnight, ever since this unfortunate drawing contest issue caught fire. I’ve been reading countless [...]
PRESS CONFERENCE: Protest Against Nationwide Government Ban of Facebook
For Immediate Release Defenders of Internet Freedom Protest Against Nationwide Government Ban of Facebook On Wednesday 19th May 2010, the Lahore High Court ordered the banning of Facebook across Pakistan. Facebook is the world’s most popular social media network and is used by over 400 million globally. In Pakistan, over 2 million people use Facebook [...]
Lahore High Court orders Facebook blocked till the 31st of May
Following hot in the footsteps of the controversial Draw Mohammed Day, Lahore High Court has issued orders to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to block facebook up till the 31st of May on an petition lodged by Islamic Lawyers Movement on Tuesday Daily Times: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued [...]
Draw Muhammad Day – The Muslim Response
I fully support the suggestion of this response to the Draw Muhammed Facebook page controversy, makes a compelling argument to strive for peace and tolerance. This issue was previously discussed previously on this blog Join the Facebook Group page to Honour the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) and also the Fan Page here, not in reaction, but [...]
Facebook Ignoring Religious Hatred Group – Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
If you may recall in 2006 the Muslim community world over was in uproar over a few sets of controversial cartoons published in the Danish Newspaper on Prophet Muhammed [PBUH] it resulted in large scale riots in many cities. The journalists from Jyllands Posten remained under a serious threat and the Muslims failed to see [...]
Anti-Americansim: Time to Make it Unfashionable
When I first learned that the suspect in an incident to set off a bomb in Times Square was Pakistani, my reaction was somewhat jaded. Most of us Pakistanis living here in the United States have become accustomed to the unflattering amount of attention given to our country of birth. Perhaps as a sign of [...]
