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| In Pakistan, Sunni gang kills Shias in rampage |
| 2009-08-22 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Following the death of a leader of the sectarian Sunni group, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), his followers indulge in an orgy of violence against Shia Muslims in Karachi, killing eight. Ali Sher Haidari, the supreme leader of the illegal gang died last week amid a bitter battle for the leadership of the group against another faction led by Muhammad Ahmad Ladehyanoy. Haidari had led Sipah-e-Sahaba -- or 'Army of the Friends of the Prophet' -- in their relentless attacks against Pakistani Shia Muslims at their mosques and gatherings His death was described by the chief of police of the city of Khairpur -- where Haidari was killed in a hail of bullets on August 15 -- as the result of "a family enmity and dispute". Nevertheless, upon his death, members of SSP -- which is proscribed in Pakistan and the USA as a terrorist organization -- attacked Shia homes and cars, setting many of them aflame and murdering at least 8 prominent Shia community leaders, the AhulBayt News Agency reported on August 20. The Shia Muslim districts of the Karachi metropolis were reported to be tense among rumors of more widespread attacks against Shias being planned. Shia Muslims, Christians and other religious minorities are frequently attacked in Pakistan by violent sectarian Sunni groups. Investigators believe that the same Sunni extremists who were behind the kidnapping of the Iranian commercial attaché in Pakistan, Heshmatollah Atharzadeh, in November 2008. He has not yet been released. Such extremist groups are believed to receive funding from Saudi Arabia and UAE-based Wahhabi donors. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It scares me when I find myself nodding in agreement while reading an Iran Press TV piece. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-08-22 07:50 |