Thursday, November 22, 2012

Pakistani Taliban Decide To Put the Hurt On Shia Muslims In Two Pakistani Cities, Bomb Attacks Kill 14 People

The Pakistani Taliban wanted to send a reminder to the minority Shia Muslims in Pakistan that Sunni Islam is the only true religion and so they killed 14 of the Shias in suicide bombings at Shia sites in two different cities.

I guess in Pakistan, it's a day to be thankful if you are a Sunni Muslim?

The story comes from The Long War Journal.


Taliban claim attacks against Shia worshippers in Pakistan


The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for a suicide attack in Rawalpindi that killed 12 people as well as two bombings in Karachi that killed two more. The attacks in both cities, which took place yesterday, targeted imambargahs, or congregation halls for Shia worshippers. From Dawn:

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan while talking to Dawn.com's correspondent on Thursday, said that the TTP was responsible for the blasts carried out a day earlier near Imambargahs in Rawalpindi and Karachi.

While giving details of the attacks Ehsan said that the organisation had carried out a suicide blast in Rawalpindi whereas the twin explosions in Karachi were planted bombs adding that it would stage more attacks on Shias over the next few days.

The statement came after the TTP had claimed responsibility for two earlier blasts on the same day in Bannu and Shangla areas, bringing the tally of cities targeted on Wednesday to four.

Yesterday's attacks took place at the start of Muharram, the Muslim holy month that marks the beginning of the new year. Ironically, fighting is prohibited during Muharram.

The Taliban and their allies, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, routinely attacks mosques and other places of worship in both Afghanistan and Pakistan



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