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Thousands of Shia scholars, Activists protest against Peshawar Shia killings
The Shia Ulema Council Pakistan (SUCP), Activists, Imamia Students Organisation on Saturday staged protest against terrorism in Peshawar in which several Shiite people were killed during Friday prayers.
A large number of workers of Jafaria Youth Pakistan and Jafaria Students Organisation, led by SUCP President Allama
Mazhar Abbas Alvi, participated in the protest outside the Lahore Press Club on Saturday.
The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the killing of innocent people.
Speaking on the occasion, Allama Mazhar Abbas demanded that the government take effective steps to curb terrorism.
Also Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) staged a protest demonstration against the suicide attack.
Holding banners and placards inscribed with different slogans, dozens of ISO activists protested in front of Peshawar Press Club. The ISO alleged the government had failed to provide protection to the community, adding Shia members were being killed for no reason. They demanded the government to arrest the killers; otherwise, they would launch a series of protests against such incidents. Later on, the protesting ISO activists dispersed peacefully.
حجر بن عدی کی نبش قبر اجماع مذاہب اربعہ کے بر خلاف کی گئی/ شام اور بحرین کے شیعوں کے حق میں دعا کرنا سب کی ذمہ داریIran warns raiders of Muslim holy site in Damascus
Iran has strongly condemned the desecration of an ancient tomb on the outskirts of Damascus belonging to a Shia Muslim figure, warning the perpetrators against the consequences of the blasphemous act.
According to reports by online media, the militants in Syria have raided the mausoleum of Hujr ibn Adi in the Damascus suburb of Adra, and taken his remains to an unknown location.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Friday that those behind the sacrilegious act will receive a response that will make them regret exhuming the Muslim figure from the tomb.
He described the perpetrators as the elements of the Israeli regime who have carried out similar moves against holy Muslim sites in occupied Palestine before.
In the meantime, clerics at the Islamic Seminary in the central Iranian holy city of Qom called off classes on Saturday to protest the profane move. They were to stage a protest rally at the seminary to denounce the act of blasphemy.
Hujr - a close companion of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and a loyal supporter of first Shia Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) - led the army of Muslims to victory in several crucial battles.
He and his sons were murdered on the orders of the Umayyad Caliph Muawiyah in the year 660 CE.
Assailants set Shiite building on fire in southern Jordan
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AMMONNEWS - Dozens of local residents in the southern governorate of Karak on Friday set ablaze a building belonging to the Shi'ite Bohra sect.
Angry residents set the building on fire in the Southern Mazar region, expressing rejection of the presence of the Bohra in the area and refusing to allow visitors from the sect to the region. The Bohra are a subsect of Shi'a Isma'ili Muslims, mostly prominent in India and some in Yemen.
Nearly 300 people stormed the building and set it on fire, Ammon News Correspondent in Karak Mohammad Khawaldeh said.
Khawaldeh added that the local residents also demand shutting down another building that is under construction, reportedly belonging to the sect.
The residents expressed rejection of any attempts of expansion by Bohra Shi'as in the southern governorate, some 120 kilometers south of Amman, which is home to several tombs and shrines revered by Shi'a Muslims and attract visitors from throughout the world, especially predominately Shi'a countries.
Solemn prayers echoed around mosques in Al-Mazar near the southern city of Karak. The town, some 120 kilometers (72 miles) south of the capital Amman, is home to centuries-old tombs revered by Shiites that attract visitors from around the kingdom, Iraq and Lebanon.
After setting the building on fire, assailants also prevented Civil Defense Department (CDD) cadres and fire trucks from reaching the fire to contain it.
CDD cadres evacuated a Shi'a family from the building, including parents and children reportedly of southeast Asian descent.
No casualties were reported, police said.
AMMONNEWS - Dozens of local residents in the southern governorate of Karak on Friday set ablaze a building belonging to the Shi'ite Bohra sect.
Angry residents set the building on fire in the Southern Mazar region, expressing rejection of the presence of the Bohra in the area and refusing to allow visitors from the sect to the region. The Bohra are a subsect of Shi'a Isma'ili Muslims, mostly prominent in India and some in Yemen.
Nearly 300 people stormed the building and set it on fire, Ammon News Correspondent in Karak Mohammad Khawaldeh said.
Khawaldeh added that the local residents also demand shutting down another building that is under construction, reportedly belonging to the sect.
The residents expressed rejection of any attempts of expansion by Bohra Shi'as in the southern governorate, some 120 kilometers south of Amman, which is home to several tombs and shrines revered by Shi'a Muslims and attract visitors from throughout the world, especially predominately Shi'a countries.
Solemn prayers echoed around mosques in Al-Mazar near the southern city of Karak. The town, some 120 kilometers (72 miles) south of the capital Amman, is home to centuries-old tombs revered by Shiites that attract visitors from around the kingdom, Iraq and Lebanon.
After setting the building on fire, assailants also prevented Civil Defense Department (CDD) cadres and fire trucks from reaching the fire to contain it.
CDD cadres evacuated a Shi'a family from the building, including parents and children reportedly of southeast Asian descent.
No casualties were reported, police said.
Tensions occasionally arise in the southern governorate with mostly Sunni local residents threatening to take action to destroy a Husainiya that was reportedly being built in southern Mazar. Last year, residents complained to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to investigate the building of the Shi'a shrine, threatening to take matters into their own hands and demolish the building if the government does not take action.
Attacks in Shiite Areas of Baghdad (Iraq) Kill 23
A spate of car bombs and shootings mostly in Shiite areas of Baghdad on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq killed at least 23 people on Tuesday, officials said.
Ten car bombs and two assassinations across the Iraqi capital also left at least 88 people wounded, with officials warning the toll could rise.
All the attacks bar one struck in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, concentrated in the northeast of the capital.
Security forces stepped up searches at checkpoints after the attack and closed off key roads, worsening the capital's morning gridlock, an Agence France Presse reporter said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the violence, but Sunni militants often target Shiite civilians and government targets in a bid to destabilize the country.
Violence has spiked ahead of the anniversary of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, with 76 people killed in the past week, according to an AFP tally based on reports from security and medical officials.
Britain-based Iraq Body Count has said that more than 112,000 civilians have been killed since the 2003 invasion, while a study published in The Lancet put the figure at 116,000 from 2003 up to December 2011, when U.S. forces pulled out.
Since the withdrawal, Iraq's military and police are consistently described by Iraqi and American officials as capable of maintaining internal security, but not yet fully able to protect the country's borders, airspace and maritime territory.
Attacks remain common, however, albeit at markedly lower levels than during the peak of Iraq's sectarian war.
Where is the Pakistani govt?
On March 16, Saturday, Pakistan created a record when its 'democratically elected' government claimed to have completed its full term of five years. For the government these five years may have passed with a blink of an eye.
But do ask those at the recieving end. This blink extended to such an extent that it made the government look blind.
Minorities within Pakistan spent these years with hope hanging on a thread. There was not a single day when Pakistan did not report violence.
In 2011, Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch had said, “Pakistani authorities need to address the severe danger faced by the Shia population with all necessary security measures. They can start by arresting extremist group members responsible for past attacks.”
Nothing happened. Killings continued.
These terrorists mainly belonging to the illeterate Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have targeted the Shia intellectual community. On November 29, 2011, Mohammad Danish Alam, a Shia teacher at Balochistan University was gunned down by unidentified men in the Zarghoonabad suburb of Quetta, Balochistan’s capital. Alam, a science and information technology lecturer, was on his way to the university on his motorcycle when gunmen opened fire and killed him.
On August 30, 2011, gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead Zulfiqar Naqvi, a Shia judge, his driver, Essa Khan, as Naqvi headed to work in Quetta.
Yesterday, it was the turn of noted poet and college principal Sibte Jaffer. He was targetted while on his way home.
The atrocities against Shias have only risen while this Pakistan government was counting days to complete full term. The kind of attacks that have taken place in Pakistan against the Shias, there hasn't been a government for many, many years.
It's time people of Pakistan get serious about democracy or else watch their country go to a different set of dogs this year.
Source:http://www.mynetagiri.com/
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Minorities within Pakistan spent these years with hope hanging on a thread. There was not a single day when Pakistan did not report violence.
In 2011, Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch had said, “Pakistani authorities need to address the severe danger faced by the Shia population with all necessary security measures. They can start by arresting extremist group members responsible for past attacks.”
Nothing happened. Killings continued.
These terrorists mainly belonging to the illeterate Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have targeted the Shia intellectual community. On November 29, 2011, Mohammad Danish Alam, a Shia teacher at Balochistan University was gunned down by unidentified men in the Zarghoonabad suburb of Quetta, Balochistan’s capital. Alam, a science and information technology lecturer, was on his way to the university on his motorcycle when gunmen opened fire and killed him.
On August 30, 2011, gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead Zulfiqar Naqvi, a Shia judge, his driver, Essa Khan, as Naqvi headed to work in Quetta.
Yesterday, it was the turn of noted poet and college principal Sibte Jaffer. He was targetted while on his way home.
The atrocities against Shias have only risen while this Pakistan government was counting days to complete full term. The kind of attacks that have taken place in Pakistan against the Shias, there hasn't been a government for many, many years.
It's time people of Pakistan get serious about democracy or else watch their country go to a different set of dogs this year.
Source:http://www.mynetagiri.com/
Pakistan Shia Genocide Appeal: Families targeted in Quetta blasts need urgent help – Pakistan
On 10 January 2013, a series of bombs in Quetta killed 77 people and injured 85.
On 1 February 2013, another blast in Hangu after Jumah Prayers killed 29 more people.
On 16 February 2013, a bomb in Quetta’s Hazara Town market killed 109 people and injured 200.
Quetta is the largest city in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. What was once known as a peaceful and joyous city and the ‘fruit garden of Baluchistan’, Quetta today is living through one of the most volatile period of its existence where genocidal sectarian killings are terrorizing the local ethnic Hazara Shia community.In a span of 3 blasts over 6 weeks, 215 martyrs died in Pakistan and the common theme that ascends from all three of these incidences is that they were targeting Shia Muslims – including women and children. The truly humane among us cannot stand by while such sufferings take place. The bereaved families of the victims refused to bury their dead in protest of the government’s failure to protect the people of Pakistan by putting an end to sectarian violence. Other protests took place across the world to show solidarity with the victim families in Pakistan. Sadly, those who have repeatedly taken responsibility of the blasts have not been brought to justice.
THE WORLD FEDERATION HELPING VICTIM FAMILIES IN PAKISTAN Injured victims of the 10th January and 16th February bomb blasts were transported to different hospitals in Karachi where they received treatment. The World Federation of KSIMC is working with its regional partner in Pakistan to support these patients as and when they are discharged from the hospital. Discharged patients and their attendants are provided with:
• Lodging
• Three meals per day
• Ambulance service to and from the hospital for ongoing treatment
• Transportation to return home to Quetta post treatment
• Three meals per day
• Ambulance service to and from the hospital for ongoing treatment
• Transportation to return home to Quetta post treatment
Our partners in Pakistan have already spent over $25,000 USD / £17,000 GBP assisting these blast victims and more funds are needed to continue the work.
VICTIMS OF 2 BOMB BLASTS
QUETTA, PAKISTAN
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First Blast
10th Jan 2013
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Second Blast
16th Feb 2013
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Martyrs/Shaheed
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77
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109
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Injured
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85
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200
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Injured taken to Karachi hospitals for treatment
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26
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35
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PAKISTAN SHIA GENOCIDE APPEAL: HELP STOP THE SUFFERRING The World Federation is making a heartfelt plea to our worldwide community to help the victims Quetta’s bombings and other similar acts of violence by supporting the PAKISTAN SHIA GENOCIDE APPEAL. Donations received will help care for the needs of the blast victims and families of targeted killings in Pakistan and other regions across the globe.
Weeks after the blasts, the wounded victims as well as the grief-stricken families of the Shaheed continue to need our support. Donations are desperately needed to cover the costs of:
• Medical treatments
• Transporting the victims and their attendants back home
• Meals
• Ambulance charges
• Medicines
• Family support for those who have lost their breadwinner
• Education for the orphans
• Provisions for the disabled victims
• Transporting the victims and their attendants back home
• Meals
• Ambulance charges
• Medicines
• Family support for those who have lost their breadwinner
• Education for the orphans
• Provisions for the disabled victims
PAKISTAN SHIA GENOCIDE APPEAL: DONATE ONLINEDonate in Europe
Donate in the Rest of the World
Jamaat TreasurerDonate directly to your Jamaat Treasurer
For more information, please email relief@world-federation.org
Senior Najaf Shia Cleric: Do Not Be Indifferent to the Shia Massacre
Ayatollah Sayed Hakim Muhammad Saied one of the Islamic Jurist of Najaf in a message to the United Nations Secretary general of the Shia massacre strongly Denounced Occurring in the world and Pakistan and II Emphasized Especially in the Crimes need to stand against such. He wrote in his message: "The international community has to be Responsible Toward the Shia massacre and the Terrorist Bombings Especially in II and Pakistan and do not be Indifferent Toward this disaster." He Considered Attacking the busy areas and the place of worship of Shia as the United Nations Asked to Condemn an Inhuman crime and acts of this kind. Ayatollah Hakim Continued: "failure to deal with Terrorist Crimes Towards international institutions and organizations can make Pessimistic Nations." That Noteworthy It is this Given message to Martin Coupler has been the representative of UN in Abdul Hadi Hakim II by member of Parliament to Ban Ki Moon II and Coupler Would give this letter in few days.
Maulana Ahmed Ali Abedi, representative of the Grand Ayatollah Sistani questioned the target killing of Shias in Pakistan
Shia Isna Ashari Community of Mumbai and Thane called for a press conference on Tuesday, 26th February to condemn the second major bombing since the year 2013 each one of them killing more then a hundred.
Religious scholars of Shias, Sunnis and Christian community together condemned the attack.
Maulana Ahmed Ali Abedi, Friday prayer leader of Khoja jame Masjid, Mumbai and also a well known representative of the Grand Ayatollah Sistani (one of the highest learned scholar in Shia community across the globe) questioned the target killing of high professionals in Pakistan and explaining that this professionals are human assets and not a community asset and people killing them are against humanity and hence have no religion. He condemned the target killing as well as all the bombing in Pakistan as well as a recent one in Hyderabad, demanding all Muslims to be united.
Father Joe, a Christian priest gave his condolences over the terror attacks, giving a verse from Bible to support his speech. He explained that killing of innocent children is like killing a generation and not just a child.
Maulana Mahmood Daryabadi, a Sunni religious scholar pointed this attacks as a big international plot by America to sow discord amongst Muslims, praising the Muslims in India to be smart enough compared to the neighbouring country, specially the scholars from different sects of Muslims who always tend to be united to avoid the enemy taking advantage of our religious difference. He asked all Muslims sect to be united to save the Muslim face globally.
Maulana Roohe Zafar, a well known scholar and also Daily prayer leader at Khoja Jame Masjid, Mumbai explained there are different Muslims sects but all worship a common God, follow a common book (Quran), believe in a common Messanger(saw) then why the difference between all the sects. There are so many points to be united. He asked the Indian government to take concrete steps against Shia killing in United Nations.
Pakistan Shia Killings - Two Shia Muslims Shot Martyred in Karachi
Saudi-funded terrorists shot martyred two Shia Muslims and injured two others in an armed attack near Civil Hospital Karachi on Wednesday evening.
Three Shiites were boarding a rickshaw when the terrorists opened fire upon them. As a result of targeted firing,Mohammad Aleem Jafari embraced martyrdom and Aun Ali and Ali Raza were shot wounded in the attack. The injured were rushed to hospital for treatment.
Body of the martyr was shifted from hospital to Imam Bargah Shah-e-Karbala Old Rizvia Society. Reports had it that the martyr hailed from Khudadad Colony.
Another Shia Muslim Syed Afzaal Hussain Naqvi s/o Azadar Hussain Naqvi was ambushed near Safoora Chowrangi on University Road. The terrorists opened fire upon him as a result of which Afzaal Naqvi embraced martyrdom.
His body was shifted to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The martyr was a resident of Amroha Colony. His funeral prayer will be held on Thursday.
Shia parties and leaders have condemned the targeted murder of Aleem Jafari and demanded that the terrorists involved in the attack should be arrested forthwith.
Three Shiites were boarding a rickshaw when the terrorists opened fire upon them. As a result of targeted firing,Mohammad Aleem Jafari embraced martyrdom and Aun Ali and Ali Raza were shot wounded in the attack. The injured were rushed to hospital for treatment.
Body of the martyr was shifted from hospital to Imam Bargah Shah-e-Karbala Old Rizvia Society. Reports had it that the martyr hailed from Khudadad Colony.
Another Shia Muslim Syed Afzaal Hussain Naqvi s/o Azadar Hussain Naqvi was ambushed near Safoora Chowrangi on University Road. The terrorists opened fire upon him as a result of which Afzaal Naqvi embraced martyrdom.
His body was shifted to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The martyr was a resident of Amroha Colony. His funeral prayer will be held on Thursday.
Shia parties and leaders have condemned the targeted murder of Aleem Jafari and demanded that the terrorists involved in the attack should be arrested forthwith.
Iraq attacks kill nine people
A car bomb targeted the Khezal al-Tamimi husseiniyah, or Shiite place of worship, in central Kirkuk at about 12:55 pm (0955 GMT), followed by a bombing at Imam Ali husseiniyah in the city's northeast, and three bombings at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah in south Kirkuk, security and medical officials said.
Sadiq Omar Rasul, the head of Kirkuk health directorate, told AFP that eight people were killed and 80 wounded in the attacks.
And in Baquba, north of Baghdad, gunmen armed with silenced weapons shot dead a soldier while a woman and two children were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded outside their house in Saadiyah, further east, security and medical officials said.
An AFP correspondent saw the burned bodies of two children and dozens of burned-out cars at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah in Kirkuk.
Hadi Qanbar, who had been praying at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah, said that worshippers were told about the attack on Khezal al-Tamimi and began to leave.
"But when we left, explosions happened one after another," he said. "We do not know why we were targeted." Azhar Kamal, who was also at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah, said: "We put the blood of the victims on the hands of the prime minister, and we ask him to protect the people of Kirkuk." Hassan Hussein, who was at Khezal al-Tamimi at the time of the attack, said the explosion happened behind the husseiniyah.
"We saw our brothers and friends killed and wounded by this explosion," he said.
Khezal al-Tamimi husseiniyah is the site of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's main office in Kirkuk.
Violence in Iraq is down dramatically from its peak between 2006 and 2008, but attacks remain common with 278 people killed in August, according to an AFP tally based on reports from security officials and medics.
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