Sinister Cultural Marxist
18th January 2012, 00:56
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16599534
This is a worrying trend because Pakistan is so overwhelmingly Sunni that the minorities have a hard time standing up to persecution. Shiites and Christians also face persecution from the Sunni Muslim majority. It was quite recently that Christians were given the death penalty for "blasphemy" and the governor of Punjab was killed for criticizing it. Now Hindus, the oldest religious group in Pakistan, are facing communal violence from the majority. For whatever reason, I suppose because Sunni Muslims are the victims of persecution in the West, the violence by Sunni Muslim fanatics in places like Pakistan goes ignored.
This is a worrying trend because Pakistan is so overwhelmingly Sunni that the minorities have a hard time standing up to persecution. Shiites and Christians also face persecution from the Sunni Muslim majority. It was quite recently that Christians were given the death penalty for "blasphemy" and the governor of Punjab was killed for criticizing it. Now Hindus, the oldest religious group in Pakistan, are facing communal violence from the majority. For whatever reason, I suppose because Sunni Muslims are the victims of persecution in the West, the violence by Sunni Muslim fanatics in places like Pakistan goes ignored.