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| Cleric killed, another hurt in Pak attacks |
| 2003-02-07 |
| Assailants riding motorcycles opened fire on two Muslim scholars in the southern city of Karachi, Really? Where did they go? About five minutes later and only a few blocks away, unidentified assailants shot fellow Islamic tutor Mualana Falak Sher, 34, in the head, Shakir said. Police believe the same assailants were responsible for the two shootings, he added. Guess that's where they went. No doubt Inspector Walid Arbuckle and the Karachi Kops were right behind them, in hot pursuit... No arrests were made and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Guess not... The attacks came a day after two gunmen shot and killed the head of an Islamic school, Qari Mohammed Mian Saeedi, in a drive-by shooting outside his Karachi home. Same guys, perchance? The victims of Thursday's attacks belonged to the same Sunni religious group as Saeedi. Pakistan has face a surge of religious violence in recent years, much of it between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim groups that have repeatedly attacked each other's places of worship. Makes you kinda yearn for the Good Old Days of the Homoöusian Controversy, or the Arian Heresy. Christians never get to bump each other off anymore, at least not over obscure points of doctrine. Maybe we could find some Albigensians someplace... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Sounds like the families are "going to the mattresses", huh? A little civil war among thugs would be nice... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-02-07 12:03:06 |