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Alhamdulliah, a Syrian criminal court in Damascus has sentenced dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after finding him guilty of premeditated murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed during Syria’s nearly 14-year war. His brother, Maher al-Assad, and cousin Atef Najib were also sentenced to death.

The landmark verdict marks the first major domestic conviction of Assad or members of his inner circle since his regime was toppled in December 2024. Assad, who fled Syria following the fall of his government, is currently living in exile in Russia. The court also convicted the defendants over abuses including killings, torture and arbitrary arrests carried out during the regime’s crackdown on Syrians.

Atef Najib, a former political security chief in Daraa and a key figure in the early crackdown on the 2011 uprising, was the only one of the three to appear in court. His actions against protesters in Daraa are widely associated with the events that helped ignite Syria’s uprising and subsequent civil war.

The ruling is being seen as a significant step in Syria’s efforts toward transitional justice and accountability for crimes committed under the former Assad regime, although questions remain over whether the death sentences can be enforced against those who remain outside Syria.

Hashimpura Massacre - 22nd May 1987

It's been 39 years today (22nd May 1987) since the Hashimpura Massacre. Indian armed police rounded up 50 Muslim men from Hashimpura village in Meerut. They were put in a truck, taken to outskirts of the city and were shot from point blank range. They dumped their bodies in a canal.

16 former PAC personnel were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018.

ہاشم پورہ قتل عام کو آج (22 مئی 1987) 39 سال ہو چکے ہیں۔ بھارتی مسلح پولیس نے میرٹھ کے گاؤں ہاشم پورہ سے 50 مسلمان مردوں کو گرفتار کیا گیا۔ انہیں ایک ٹرک میں ڈال کر شہر کے مضافات میں لے جایا گیا اور خالی جگہ سے گولی مار دی گئی اور ان کی لاشیں ایک نہر میں پھینک دیں۔

In the spring of 1994, Afghanistan was in the midst of cha-os and civil war. Neighbors came to Mullah Mohammed Omar with news of a horrifying incident one so b-rut-al that even in the harsh reality of

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Afghanistan's 18-year-long conflict, it sent shockwaves through the region.

Two teenage girls from Omar's village of Sangesar had been abducted by an armed faction. At that time, various militant groups controlled vast areas of the Afghan countryside. The fighters shaved the girls' heads and took them to a checkpoint outside the village, where they were

subjected to b-rut-al a-bu-se and repeatedly as-sa-ult-ed.

At the time, Mullah Omar was an obscure figure - a former guerrilla commander who had fought against the Soviet occupation. Disillusioned by the chaos, looting, and lawlessness spread by rival armed factions after the war, he had returned to his village. Living as a talib (religious student) in a mud-walled madrasa, he spent most of his days teaching and memorizing the Qur'an. But the cries of those two girls would not allow him to remain silent. He gathered around 30 former guerrilla fighters. Together, they possessed only 16 Kalashnikov rifles. With those limited weapons, they launched an attack on the checkpoint, rescued the girls, and captured the checkpoint commander. The commander was e-xec-uted and hu-ng from the barrel of an old Soviet tank while chants of “Allahu Akbar" echoed around them. Mullah Omar reportedly ordered the tank barrel to be raised high, so the han-ging body would stand as a terrifying warning against oppression and brutality.

The incident in Sangesar later became part of Afghan folklore.

Within just two and a half years of taking up arms, Mullah Omar rose to become the dominant ruler over most of Afghanistan. The heavily built, one-eyed leader — who had lost his right eye during the anti-Soviet war - was addressed by his followers as Amir al-Mu'minin.

He was leading an Islamic movement known as the Ta-lib-an, which, within a short time, captured Kabul - the capital of Afghanistan - in 1996.

Under the constant torture of the polytheists(hindus), his body became exhausted,

yet the words did not leave his lips:

لآ اِلَهَ اِلّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوُل اللّهِ

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

We did not see Bilal ibn Rabah,

but by seeing this oppressed Muslim brother, it felt as though we were witnessing a reflection of his faith and steadfastness.