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Why are Pakistani Shiites 'disappearing'?
[DW] Scores of Shiite Moslems have reportedly gone missing in Pakistain in the past few years. Activists claim that they have been picked up by the country's intelligence agencies after they returned from Syria and Iraq.Authorities say that many of the "missing persons" had gone to conflict-ridden countries like Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria and never returned to Pakistain. Those who did come back were allegedly taken into custody by security agencies, although their families say they are unaware about their whereabouts. Since the start of the Syria conflict in 2010, many people from across the world have traveled to the Middle East to fight for either the "Islamic State  ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... " (IS) terror outfit or Iran-allied Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Leveler of Latakia... . But Shiite organizations and activists in Pakistain say that the Syria connection is just an excuse for Pak authorities to target Shiites, who make up around 10% of the Moslem-majority country's 180 million population. "Most of the 'missing Shiites' have no bully boy background. I'm not ruling out the possibility that some may have gone to Syria to fight for the regime, but some 150-160 missing persons simply went on a pilgrimage to Iran, Iraq and Syria," Shiite activist Rashid Rizvi told DW. "Even if they committed a crime, they should be produced before a court of law," he added. Pakistain, a Sunni Moslem-majority country, is closely allied to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . Riyadh and Tehran are locked in a number of conflicts across the Middle East. Pak Shiites' opposition to Riyadh is directly in conflict with the state policy, although Islamabad says it likes to keep cordial ties with both Saudi Arabia and Iran. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-10 |
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