Dawn: It is a massacre alright. Sunni extremists, aligned with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, are killing Shias by the dozens in Pakistan.
I was yet to compile the list of the 106 (mostly Shias) killed in the twin bomb blasts in Quettalast month, that the news of another bomb blast killingyet another 84 (mostly Shias) in Quetta came over the wire. As the Shia massacres in Pakistan gain momentum, the State, including the Superior Courts, appear completely impotent.
In such troubling times some Shias may have a choice. They may sit and wait for a messiah or relocate to a Shia-exclusive enclave elsewhere, or to escape from Pakistan altogether. It may sound harsh, but it is an inescapable truth that Pakistan has been run over by the extremists and life is going to be even tougher for the minorities and moderate Sunnis in the near future.
Categories: Ahmadis And Pakistan, Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Asia
Sad but true!! No person wants to leave his country of birth, but when their next generation’s life & safety is in danger there is no option but to leave to live in a “kafir” country & have your life & property safe!! How ironic!!
The majority Sunni Muslims should and must provide security to all, irrespective of their religious affiliations. Shia’s should not leave Pakistan, it is their country in as much as Sunnis. The founder of the country was a Shia. In my view the only solution to this carnage is country becoming a secular state where religion should be a private matter, between man and God.
I agree that Pakistan should be a secular state where every one live free in peace without showing any affiliation to particular religion.