With CIA-led &
Saudi-financed strong Wahhabi influence inundated during the Taleban
training to fight the Soviets, many Pakistani Sunni people have become
highly intolerant to Shia; as such until 3/4 years ago, they would
indiscriminately bomb Shia places of worship on Fridays. That trend
seems to be making a come-back! They are not counted as Muslims any
more; their blood is spilled at every opportunity.
Responding to the horrific bombing of an open-air marketplace in a
neighbourhood where many members of Shi’a Hazara community live in
Quetta that killed at least 16 people and wounded several others on the
morning of 12 April 2019, Amnesty International’s Deputy South Asia
Director, Omar Waraich, said: "This horrific loss of life is a painful reminder of the threats that Quetta’s Hazara community continues to face."
Pakistan: Hazara community must be protected
Amnesty Int'l, 12 April 2019
“This horrific loss of life is a painful reminder of the threats that
Quetta’s Hazara community continues to face. Targeted for their
religion by sectarian armed groups, they have suffered many such
tragedies over several years. Each time, there are promises that more
will be done to protect them, and each time those promises have failed
to materialize.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has made important
commitments to protect all religious groups in the country. Those
commitments must translate now into policies to effectively protect the
Hazaras of Quetta, ending more than a decade of bloodshed that has
scarred their community.”
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