Shias of Pakistan, from 23 March 1940 to 23 March 2012

آج پاک دھرتی کا ماتھا اپنے فرزندوں کے لہو سے داغدار ہے

دنیا کی پہلی اسلامی نظریاتی ریاست پاکستان ۔ ۔ ۔ اور اس دھرتی کا بانی و محسن مکتب تشیّع کا عظیم فرزند محمد علی جناح ۔ ۔ ۔ اور

Some apartheids are more kosher: Deportation of Shia Muslims from the UAE

A Shia mosque in Dubai

Hmmm . . . where are the protests in the streets of Karachi and Cairo, outrage in London and Washington over this apartheid policy by haters of Shi’ite Muslims?  Where are all the vocal Muslim groups (Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Jamaat-ud-Dawa etc), angered that a country is rounding up Shi’ite Muslims and expelling them?  Where are the Muslims in my neighborhood–normally protesting endlessly about this Western grievance against Muslims or that one, and

Some examples of how Saudi-ISI stooges infiltrate Shia media

سانحہ خانپور، گرفتار مبینہ دہشتگرد ماسٹر نواز کو پولیس نے 19 جنوری کو سکول جاتے ہوئے گرفتار کیا، ورثاء

اسلام ٹائمز:رحیم یار خان میں پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے ماسٹر نواز کے بھائیوں نے کہا کہ چھ سال قبل بھی دہشتگردی کے الزام میں نواز کو گرفتار کیا گیا تھا تاہم عدالت نے جرم ثابت نہ ہونے پر باعزت بری کیا تھا۔

اسلام ٹائمز۔ سانحہ خانپور کے الزام میں گرفتار مبینہ دہشت گرد

Why no outrage on Shia massacre in Kohistan? – by Ayesha Haroon

Source: The News March 21, 2012

After the article on social media was printed, a reader asked: Why did the Maya Khan issue result in action but not the Kohistan and Mastung killings, despite social media crying hoarse about them? Why, indeed?

We protest the horrible civilian killings by a US soldier in Afghanistan and continue to follow the news: what will the US government charge him with, how will the case unfold, etc. So when dozens of equally innocent people get killed in Kohistan and Mastung, why is there no concrete action?

We expect the US to follow legal procedure to investigate and punish its soldier, but not Islamabad

MQM goons in Karachi harassing Shia activists

MQM goons in Karachi have allied with anti-Shia terroirst organization Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, new name Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat ASWJ) and are currently trying to obstruct Shia Muslims rally (Quran-o-AhleBayt Conference, 25 March 2012, Nishtar Park) against Shia genocide in

The brutal killing of Shia Muslims in Quetta – by Karbala-e-Quetta

Source: Kabala-e-Quetta

Quetta can be considered as more oppressed because whatever cruelty happens to the Shias in Quetta, even the news do not reach out. Media does not publish any news about Shia killings, instead

Shia scholar Allama Maqsood Domki condemns Baloch genocide by Pakistan army

Balochistan’s leading Shia scholar Allama Maqsood Domki Baloch has condemned the ongoing genocide of the Balochs by Pakistan army and its various agencies. Expressing unity with the Baloch nation, Allama Domki said that Pakistani State cannot expect to have a meaningful dialogue with the Baloch while at the same time pursing Pakistan army’s kill and dump policy. Allama Domki declared Rehman Malik as a dubious

Daily Ummat’s ISI-ASWJ inspired propaganda against Shias of Gilgit-Baltisan

Source: The Dardistan Times

Are Ismailis of Gilgit-Baltistan contriving for their own State in Pakistan?

A Karachi based Islamist tabloid ‘Daily Ummat’— through one of its most dishonest reports— has squarely levelled the residents of Gilgit-Baltistanwith some serious blows of allegations that, if unattended, would bump the genuine efforts to relinquish the terror factor in the region. The news

Pakistanis in New York protest against Shia genocide by ISI-backed Jihadis

Dozens of Pakistanis and Americans of Pakistani origin rallied in New York outside the headquarters of the United Nations to protest the ongoing genocide of Shia Muslims by Pakistan army-backed Jihadi-sectarian militants.

Chanting slogans such as “Stop Shia Genocide”, “Down with Taliban”, “Down with Saudi Arabia”, “Down with Sipah-e-Sahaba”, “Down with ISI”, “Down with Media Silence”, the protesters demanded the United Nations

Sipah-e-Sahaba celebrates Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol movie

This is a belated post on prominent Pakistani film and drama-maker Shoaib Mansoor’s latest film Bol which was released in June 2011. Bol [translated as Speak] promotes adverse stereotypes about Pakistan’s most target killed and persecuted faith group, Shia Muslims. Thousands of Shia Muslims have been killed in Pakistan by Jihadi-sectarian terrorists (Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Taliban and other groups) in the last few years. In the last six months (Sep 2011 to Feb 2012), more than 240 Shia Muslims have been target

We will protect Pakistan!

It is a known fact that top generals in GHQ (Pakistan army headquarters) are the benfactors of Jihadi-sectarian militants (ASWJ, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Taliban etc), who have killed not only Shias but also Sunni Barelvis, Ahmadis, Pashtuns and other groups.

Mufti Jafar Hussain’s agitation in 1980 (in the shape of surrounding of Islamabad secratariat for three days at the height of General Zia’s tyranny) was to stop an action – imposition of the Salafi-Deobandi ideology on Pakistan including on Shia Muslims. That incident in history is a great example of how communities

Naziha Syed Ali justifies Shia genocide in Pakistan as tit-for-tat violence!

Naziha Syed Ali misrepresents Shia genocide in Pakistan by the ISI-supported ASWJ-SSP militants as a case of equal violence.

Related post: A rejoinder to liberal fascist critique of sister Naziha Syed Ali – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji

Not unlike Ejaz Haider, Najam Sethi, Raza Rumi and other urban elites who

Jinnah Institute’s Extremist Watch report misrepresents Shias, Ahmadis and Pashtuns

I have had a quick look at the Jinnah Institute’s report titled ‘Extremism Watch: Mapping conflict trends in Pakistan 2010-2011″.

The Nation’s editorial terms ban on SSP-ASWJ terrorists as unjust

Pakistan’s Nawaiwaqt Media Group is long known for its affiliation with the right-wing, particularly with PML-N. Its two main newspapers (Nawaiwaqt – Urdu and The Nation – English) and TV channel (Waqt News) are known for routinely publishing pro-Jihadi, pro-army, anti-democracy and anti-West propaganda on behalf of the ISI.

Several of Nawaiwaqt’s present and former editors, particularly Majid Nizami, Dr. Shirin Mazari and Saleem Bokhari are known loyalists of Pakistan army.

Amongst the aforementioned three names, Salim Bokhari is rather dubious because he is not only

Kia tum bhool gae? A tribute to target killed Shia Muslims of Pakistan

کیا تم بھول گئے؟

خانودہ شہداہ کے روتے ہوئے چہرے!! کیا تم بھول گئے؟ شہید تاثیر کی میت پہ ماں کی طرف سے باندھا گیا سہرا __!!!! سانحہ مستونگ میں ایک ہی صف میں کھڑا کر

Who is killing Shia Muslims in Pakistan? – A Shia scholar’s view

Related posts: 71 Shia Muslims target killed in Pakistan during February 2012

 58 Shia Muslims killed in Pakistan during January 2012

In the following lecture (in Urdu), Pakistan’s Shia scholar Allama Jawad Naqvi identifies the following actors as responsible for the ongoing, systematic Shia killing in Pakistan.

1. Pakistan army and intelligence agencies (which mentor and

Shia Genocide Report: 71 Shia Muslims target killed in Pakistan during February 2012

Related post: Shia Genocide Report: 58 Shia Muslims killed in Pakistan in January 2012

Shia Genocide Report: 30 Shia Muslims target killed in Pakistan in March 2012

At least 71 Shia Muslims were martyred in terrorist attacks by extremist Deobandi outfits (SSP-ASWJ and Taliban) in all over Pakistan during the month of February 2012.

Shia Muslims consider it is genocide what they are currently facing in Pakistan. No concrete action has so far been taken against the terrorists by Pakistan government, army and judiciary.

Sindh: Three Shias were martyred in Karachi. They were identified as: Asif on February 9, Qari Sadaqat on February 15 and Kazim Ali on February 16. Jafar was injured on February 1, Takhleeq Haider wounded on February 10

AHRC Statement: Police superintendent of Faisalabad Jail demolishes mosque and church, burns Quran

Pakistan's police remains influenced by ISI-backed Jihadi-sectarian militants.

A Superintendent of Prisons, the highest ranking officer in the prisons system, having affiliations with a banned Islamic group, has burnt two places of prayer (mosques) and a church inside the jail premises in a hate move against the religious minorities.

Mr. Tariq Mehmood Khan, the Superintendent of Central Prison of Faisalabad, Punjab province, who has never attempted to hide his affiliation with a banned terrorist organization, the Anjuman-e-Sipah-e-Sahaba, is now cleansing the biggest prison of the district of members from religious minority sects.

On Friday, March 2, Tariq Mehmood Khan, with the help of prison staff demolished

Debate on Shia role in Ahmadi persecution – by Ali Abbas Taj

Related post: What role did Pakistan’s Shias play against Ahmadis?

Polemics of apostatizing in Pakistan

In his recent article in ET, Pervez Hoodbhoy talks about Shia and Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan.

I don’t agree entirely with the article and differ with many of Hoodbhoy’s hypotheses:

1. That Shias are now a ‘minority’ implies this is now a Shia-Sunni conflict. It is not. It is extremist Deobandis attacking Shias.

2. His statement that “Shias had joined Sunnis … to declare Ahmadis non-Muslim” is incorrect and unsupported by any facts, e.g. names of Shia groups or ulama who thus “joined.”

3. He says that the situation in Kurram and Hangu is two-way Shia-Sunni killing. Again it is a case of false neutrality

This is how Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban slaughter Shia Muslims in Pakistan – by Aqib Kazmi

I watched them cutting his nose, ears, hands, legs and neck with great pleasure as if they were sacrificing cattle on Eid day.

In 2008, three days after my uncle took charge as the principal of Elementary College Jamrud, he informed my father about a warning letter sent by a local Taliban official. The letter warned my uncle that they would kill him unless he left Jamrud immediately. Not one to fear death and abandon his responsibilities, he stayed on. However, the warning was taken seriously and he duly informed the administration, including the political agents of Jamrud.

Now, let me tell you a little about my uncle. He was a