At Least 42 Killed in Pakistan Shrine Bombing

[salahuddin]

At Least 42 Killed in Pakistan Shrine Bombing

Sufi Mausoleum Targeted During Celebration

by Jason Ditz, April 03, 2011

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A pair of suicide bombers hit a Sufi mausoleum today in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, killing at least 42 people and wounding over 100 others. The dead included nine children and 15 women, according to health officials.
The mausoleum is a shrine to Sufi saint Sakhi Sarwar, and the attack came on the saint’s birthday during an annual commemoration. The attackers were at the entrance to the shrine when they detonated their explosives.
Police say they arrested two other would-be suicide attackers and that one of them was seriously injured. A Taliban faction is said to have taken credit for the attacks.
Attacks against Sufi targets have been common in Pakistan, as many of the Sunni militant factions consider Sufi beliefs unacceptable. Pakistan has historically had a significant Sufi community, though these attacks are clearly taking their toll.

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[salahuddin]

This article amazes me.

Firstly, the Sufis are very quick to gang up on a Innocent christian villager by the name of Asia bibi, and call for her death in the millions. They are also quick to praise the killer of Salman Tasreer and wrap a assassin of a unarmed politician with roses, these same Sufis are very quick to declare a fatwa of Death on that Lunatic Christian **** Terry Jones or whatever his name is, but when Taliban for the last 7 years have been bombing their shrines they dont utter a word against them or dare to take them on.

Cowards!

[randolph85]

there's nothing cowardly about fearing for your life in uncertain conditions. would u utter a word against the paki taliban inside pakistan?

[Karachi]

This article amazes me.

Firstly, the Sufis are very quick to gang up on a Innocent christian villager by the name of Asia bibi, and call for her death in the millions. They are also quick to praise the killer of Salman Tasreer and wrap a assassin of a unarmed politician with roses, these same Sufis are very quick to declare a fatwa of Death on that Lunatic Christian **** Terry Jones or whatever his name is, but when Taliban for the last 7 years have been bombing their shrines they dont utter a word against them or dare to take them on.

Cowards!

i agree with you about this, but weren't you defending sufis before?

in my opnion religious extremists are always bad, unfortunatly pakistan is full of them, doesn't matter if they are sufi, wahabi etc..

[emkhan]

there's nothing cowardly about fearing for your life in uncertain conditions. would u utter a word against the paki taliban inside pakistan?

hahahah very true...
everyone barks at them from far. nobody can dare to face them

[emkhan]

i agree with you about this, but weren't you defending sufis before?

in my opnion religious extremists are always bad, unfortunatly pakistan is full of them, doesn't matter if they are sufi, wahabi etc..

secular extremists and liberal fascists are more dangerous to the society and country ...

[Karachi]

^ well in pakistan secular extremist are tiny minority, religious extremists are majority who blow up random people for no reason