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Pakistanis protest against killing of Shia Muslims
[Iran Press TV] Large crowds of demonstrators in the southern Pak port city of Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... have held a large rally to protest against the targeted liquidation of their fellow Shia Mohammedans. On Friday, the Shia community in Karachi also held a funeral procession for a citizen who was rubbed out by Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... terrorists. Arshad Hussein Naqvi and two of his Sunni friends came under attack on Tuesday. His friends was struck down in his prime while Naqvi sustained serious injuries, resulting in his death. Naqvi was a leading member of a Shia group, responsible for the security of religious processions in Karachi. Violence against Shia Mohammedans has been on the rise across Pakistain. At least 10 senior figures, including two doctors, two lawyers and an academic, have been killed over the past few weeks. The banned group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain ...a Sunni Deobandi organization, a formerly registered Pak political party, established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi. Its stated goal is to oppose Shia influence in Pakistain. They're not too big on Brelvis, either. Or Christians. Or anybody else who's not them. The organization was bannedin 2002 as a terrorist organization, but somehow it keeps ticking along, piling up the corpse counts... (SSP) is reportedly responsible for the liquidation. The Shia mourners shouted slogans against the myrmidon group as well as the government in Islamabad. They blamed the foreign-funded Takfiri elements and pro-Taliban groups for the violence. Shia Mohammedans in Pakistain also say the government must take decisive action against the forces involved in the assassinations. They also accuse Islamabad of failing to provide security for the Mohammedan community. Pro-Taliban groups have launched a violent campaign against Shia Mohammedans and appear to have widened their terror campaign in major Pak cities. Several Shia religious gatherings have been targeted in different parts of the country over the past few months. Posted by: Fred 2014-04-19 |
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