On Tuesday 22 Jan 2008 12:00 am, Anish Mohammed wrote: > It might not be that bad to be a shia during muharram in Pakistan. > Infact though a minority they have been in power in Pakisthan. > regards
Anish - the "in power" bit is news to me. Jinnah was the only nominal shia who held power in Pakistan. Pakistan has gradually become more and more anti shia. "Its not the people" we like to say and that may be true. Then it is the hardline ahle hadith theologians with their army mentors. Musharraf was also known as the "Butcher of Gilgit" for having ruthlessly put down a shia rebellion in that area (Gilgit and Baltistan) under his mentor Zia. In recent years there have been bomb blasts in shia mosques, and last week there were several Muharram related anti-shia clashes in Pakistan and one in Kashmir in India. Frankly I believe India is the only country (perhaps next to Iraq under Saddam) in which shias, sunnis and ahmedis cannot get into pitched battles to dominate the other. In the rest of the world sunnis dominate shias except in Iran where shias rule. Iraq is looking like it is going to split on shia-sunni lines now. Ahmedis have been declared "non Muslim" in Pakistan. shiv
