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Pakistan: Anti-Shia protests shake Karachi as fears of sectarian violence grips country
DNA India ^ | 13 Sep 2020 | DNA

Posted on 09/13/2020 11:57:47 PM PDT by Cronos

Pakistan: Anti-Shia protests shake Karachi as fears of sectarian violence grips country

This comes after some major Shia leaders in the country allegedly made disparaging remarks against Islam in a televised broadcast of an Ashura procession last month, according to media reports.


Anti-Shia protests shake Karachi

Thousands of people flooded the streets of Karachi on Friday in a massive anti Shia demonstration which has sparked fears of sectarian violence in Pakistan. After the massive protests, the hashtag #ShiaGenocide began trending on Pakistani social media.

Sea of protestors were seen chanting Shias are Kaffir" (disbelievers) and holding banners of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a terrorist organisation, linked to the killing of Shias over the years.

This comes after some major Shia leaders in the country allegedly made disparaging remarks against Islam in a televised broadcast of an Ashura procession last month, according to media reports.

Afreen, an activist, said that that several Shia Muslims have been attacked for reciting religious scriptures and partaking in Ashura commemorations since the beginning of Muharram. She believes that Prime Minister Imran Khan should be held accountable, accusing him of supporting hate speech against Shia Muslims.  

"Since the start of Muharram, we have seen numerous Shia believers targetted for reciting religious scriptures and partaking in Ashura commemorations. This demonstration should not be taken lightly when our brothers and sisters are being kidnapped and killed for their beliefs," Afreen said in a tweet.

"Some years ago, Shias in Pakistan were receiving anonymous text messages that said `kill the Shia`. Terrorists hurled grenades where Ashura processions were taking place. The Shia in Kashmir and Kabul are also under siege and yet some still believe #ShiaGenocide is a myth," Afreen said in another tweet.

She wrote, "I have been told that one demand was to proscribe Ashura processions in Pakistan. It should be made clear that Pakistan`s government has allowed known terrorists to spread their anti-Shia rhetoric far and wide. @ImranKhanPTI should be held accountable." 

One twitter user wrote: " I am a #Shia living n Karachi. Yesterday, my city echoed with the chants of Kafir Kafir Shia Kafir. Few hrs later, state arrested #BilalFarooqi who is one of the rare journalists covering sectarian violence/orgs. If this is not step by step towards #ShiaGenocide then what it is?"

It must be noted that Blasphemy in Pakistan could even lead to death penalty in certain cases for allegedly making insensitive remarks on Islam.

Shia and Ahmadi's sects are being attacked in the last few decades as sectarian violence grips the country. 

(With agency inputs)


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After killing off the Hindus and the Christians, the Sunni Muslims (Saudi Arabia sponsored) are killing off Ahmadiyyas and Shia
1 posted on 09/13/2020 11:57:47 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

This situation is rather confusing, but be assured that when the muslims have killed off the Jews and then the Christians they will begin to kill off each other.


2 posted on 09/14/2020 12:16:47 AM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: Cronos

Bkmk


3 posted on 09/14/2020 4:07:36 AM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: Cronos

How can you reform a religion that is not a religion? It is an ideology of conquest. It’s sole purpose was to give a mass-murdering pedophile the justification to invade and loot neighboring countries.


4 posted on 09/14/2020 5:39:32 AM PDT by View from the Cheap Seats
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To: Cronos

Butt... butt... isn’t this the Religion of Peace?


5 posted on 09/14/2020 5:45:54 AM PDT by Noumenon ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
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To: View from the Cheap Seats

Islam has been reformed a number of times.

a “reformation” is when an ideology/religion/philosophy group members think they will return “to the original” or “what we think was the original”

So a Christian reformation aims to go to what purportedly were the original teachings or rituals or others.

In the case of Islam, the latest reformation was in the late 1700s and the Wahabbis - namely the Saudis, the Taliban, the islamic state

A reformation of Islam from more or less getting on with other religions is to RETURN to mass-murdering, to 60 year old men “marrying” 9 year olds, to invade and loot and rape and kill infidels. THAT is Islamic reformation.


6 posted on 09/14/2020 7:37:28 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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The Ismailis and the Ahmadiyyas are not reformation but creating new religions - the Ismailis say their Aga Khan


the bald guy in blue

has re-interpreted the Quran as he can do it in Ismaili ideology

the Ahmadiyyas say that their leader was the seal of the prophets AFTER Mad mo

7 posted on 09/14/2020 7:40:06 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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No, this is what I meant:

1. reformation - improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.reformation - improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs


8 posted on 09/14/2020 7:45:12 AM PDT by View from the Cheap Seats
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To: Cronos

So thaaaats where William Hurt ended up.....


9 posted on 09/14/2020 7:46:30 AM PDT by Mashood
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How do you re-imterpret “when you find infidels, strike at the neck”?

The Koran cannot be edited. It must be relegated to the ashbin of history.


10 posted on 09/14/2020 7:51:23 AM PDT by View from the Cheap Seats
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the ismailis say ‘that’s for an older time” — but they are considered heretics by many mohammadens


11 posted on 09/14/2020 8:06:08 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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