At least 9 killed in blast outside Sufi Muslim shrine in Lahore, Pakistan
A faction of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Sufi shrine of Data Darbar in Lahore, Pakistan, which killed at least nine people and wounded a further 24.
Of course there are so many sects in Islam, with all believing only their particular sect is the only real one, and the others being apostates or infidels, it follows with Islam being the ‘religion of peace’ and all, they settle their ideological differences using the only way they know.
CRUSADER says
Allah surely will be happy with this result of destruction, mayhem, horror.
Satanic forces at play.
“christianblood” might also be happy with the RT newscast being utilized here.
marc says
I found some other sources, but they were either too sanitized or too gory, I wouldn’t trust RT for any editorial, as they side heavily with Shia and Iran.
CRUSADER says
Spasibo, Marc.
You are quite reliable with your replies.
Thanks for doing what you do for JW.
marc says
making up for the fact that I am not even close to being as good a blogger as the others 🙂
gravenimage says
I’d like to thank Marc, also–and all the other Jihad Watch contributors holding down the fort.
And he is right about RT–I don’t trust their editorials either, but their coverage of straight news is usually pretty reliable. Also, they sometimes cover stories that other sources don’t.
CRUSADER says
Very true, GravenImage.
Sometimes at hotels with limited news channels on tv, I’ve watched RT and in between most of their stories, they have a few reports which compel and inform, some of which doesn’t get reported on by other mainline outlets.
Their continual anti-American slant and that nuclear green color of their RT logo and graphics are all rather toxic, however.
marc says
they have such a pro Shia agenda, that they will expose the Sunni misbehaviour western media will never touch, just need to remind ourselves, our enemy’s enemy is not our friend.
William A Carr says
The farce and fakery of the ROP they cannot even live in peace with themselves
Martin says
NEWS TIMES PAKISTAN —- G.R.A.P.H.I.C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL52ATZOV08
PRCS says
Multiply that scene by about 25 to understand the magnitude of the Sri Lanka blasts.
*Gotta wonder if the perp(s) are among those shown.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Ramadan: it’s this great outpouring of love that moves me so. Why did I ever leave Islam? Look at what I’m missing.
gravenimage says
Anjuli, I had not realized that you are a Muslim apostate. Kudos to you for leaving that vicious creed!
Walter Sieruk says
Concerning Islam and the devout Muslim followers of this religion. Many Sunni Muslims as the Taliban, hate with a passion the Sufi Muslims to a murderous extreme .As seen in that vicious and deadly bombing attack at that Sufi shrine in Lahore Pakistan.
Nevertheless Muslim of those two of Islam both believe that the founder of their religion, Muhammad, was an actually prophet of God. Likewise , they both believe that their “holy book” the Qu ‘ran is the actual word of God .All this lead to the important subject that it’s a good thing to define what Islam really is .Of the many ways Islam may be described, one of them is that a religion of denial. Meaning that Islam denies that Jesus is the Son of God. As in the Son of God Who is God the Father.
Furthermore, Islam denies the Jesus is God the Son. In addition, Islam denies that Jesus is God. Before going over these three denials of Islam it first should the stated the Bible instructs the way to tell if a prophet or religious teacher is really from and of God or not is do the teachings and doctrines of that prophet of teacher really fit in accord what is found in the Bible ? For if that prophet or teachers and teachers doctrines that are in contradiction to the Bible then that prophet is a false prophet and that religious teacher is a false teacher and thus in doctrinal error and darkness. Likewise if a religion had teachings and doctrines that are in contradiction that is religion is in error also part of the world of darkness and is therefore a false religion. As the Bible instructs in Isaiah 8:20. “To the law of the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” [K.J.V.] With this clearly stated, three things should be known.
First, that Islam denial that Jesus is the Son of God is in great contradiction to the teaching of the Bible . Which reveals the Jesus is the Son of God? As seen in ,for example Matthew 3:16,17. 16:15,16. Luke 1:35. John 3:16-18, 36. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. 5:12,13.
Second, that Islam denies that Jesus is God the Son is in strong contradiction to the Bible. As found in Hebrews 1:6-8. With emphasis on verse 8. Third, Islam’s denial that Jesus is God is in great contrast to the doctrine and teaching of the Bible. That Jesus is God may be found in ,for example, John 1:1;3. Colossians 1:15-17. 2:9. Romans 9:5 Second Peter 1:1. Titus 2:13. First John 5:20.
Moreover, to further discover that the Bible teachings that Jesus is God all a person has to do is to compare the Old Testament with New Testament to see that Jesus is God. As in comparing Isaiah 45:22,23. with Philippians 2:5-11. Also by comparing Psalm 89:8,9. with Mathew 8:23-27. will reveal that Jesus is God.
Likewise, by comparing Psalm 62:5-7 . with First Corinthians 10:4. shows the Deity of Jesus. Even by comparing the News Testament books together will show that Jesus is God. As in comparing Romans 14:12. with John 5:22. will show Jesus to be God. The list can go on but this should be enough, for all who are willing to see the truth, that Jesus is, indeed, the Son of God. That Jesus is God the Son and that Jesus is God.
The imams and mullahs as well as the other apologists for Islam will try to “explain’ this all away by making the claim that the Bible had been corrupted by Christians ,through time, and that’s way the Bible reads as it does. This claim, very much, underestimate the Power of God to protect and preserve His Word ,through time , and to keep in intact and away from the corruption of men.
In conclusion, in light and information of the Bible in can be seen that Islam is a awful and terrible doctrinal error concerning it teaching about the Nature of Jesus and therefore Islam is part of the world of darkness. So Islam with its strong contradictions to the Bible is a false religion, Proverbs 14:12.
So all Muslims be they peaceful non-ISIS members or the violent jihadist/ISIS members are thus invited to leave the false religion of Islam and come the and receive the Jesus of the Bible who is the only way to heaven ,John 14:6 and the True Light of the world. John 8:12.
CRUSADER says
Can you imagine the mass mayhem if more Muzzies were in every community where we all live?
Each of us would be pulling our hair out, if we still had any….
Olli Hekkala says
That is called racism. I know, Islam is not a race. But it pretends to be. And often Muslims are different race and therefore are easily identified far away and steered clear. Actually I haven talked any Muslim about religious things in face to face, but I don’t either be afraid of them. That is called muslimofobia. I think people should start calling out muslimofobia because Islamic promoters use islamophobia, and that is not phobia if you know what Islam teaches. Just some countering…
CRUSADER says
Block Bust, baby !
James Lincoln says
Olli Hekkala,
You have made a great point.
The term Islamophobia is, as we all well know, an oxymoron. Fear of Islam is rational.
Fear of ALL Muslims is irrational. Thus Muslimophobia may have, in VERY limited circumstances, SOME degree of validity.
That being said, it’s impossible to know what’s in an individual Muslims heart. Are they Muslim by name only (not to be feared) or they getting closer to Islam in trying to be a “better” Muslim (to be feared), etc…
It’s a moving target – and I don’t want to be in the crosshairs. I am therefore VERY suspicious of all Muslims.
That being said, true Muslim apostates – I have no problem with.
Martin says
SRI LANKA – the Colombo Telegraph – Easter Sunday Carnage: Brought Global Islamophobia To Sri Lanka
[…]The senseless carnage has also caused immense sufferings to innocent and beleaguered Muslims community which has nothing to do with these attacks
[…]Every Muslim man, woman and even children, were treated with suspicion, hatred and bitterness almost everywhere.
[…]Not only hospital security but even shops and super markets force Muslim women to remove traditional shawls.
[…]Today Muslims remain deeply wounded and hurt.
[…]The community as a whole resist security forces entering Mosques and houses with their boots taking dogs….. there is no need for forces to enter with boots and take dogs inside.
[…]Many point out that this is the price innocent Muslims are paying only because they are Muslims and for the crime of handful of murderers.
[…]Meanwhile the Easter Sunday carnage also brought in the United States- European and Israeli war mongers’ Islamophobia to the island in full force tearing apart communities causing political chaos and economic collapse.
[…]this crime which brought unprecedented disaster for the country and the entire Muslim community as the racist media continued to portray this as a crime committed by the Muslim community.
[…]Thus, as it had happened, the carnage was exploited to portray Islam and the Muslim community as promoters of violence and terrorism
[…]the Muslim community, in full page advertisements in the local papers, distanced itself from the Easter Sunday barbarity
[…]It is also important to note that US, European, Israeli and Indian intelligence remain very active here thanks to the facilities provided by Maithri-Ranil government. Many suspect that they are all in close contacts and coordination with Sinhala racist elements. That suits all those who have their own agenda against Muslim community.
Thus the suspicion that these forces may have used handful of Muslim lunatics to commit this crime to blame the entire community and strengthen the global anti-Muslim campaign associating violence with Islam and projecting Muslims as terrorists.
[…]Now the question is whether the truth will ever be known to the public or will be buried? 🙂 🙂 🙂
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/easter-sunday-carnage-brought-global-islamophobia-to-sri-lanka/
mortimer says
Sufi Islam is a ‘sect’ of Sunnite Islam and thus rather orthodox except for some of its prayer rituals. Sufis are among the most fanatical of Muslims, and thus, in the past, they were selected as ‘shock troops’ to lead the larger Muslim army against the dirty kufaar.
Sufis are not pacifists, so I expect them to retaliate. Whoever did this will surely pay for it.
FYI says
True.
All islamic sects follow the same koran,the same violent Sunnah of muhammed{APFh,allah prays for him},the mass-murderer of Jews {Abu Dawud 4390},the same Doctrine of Hate,al walaa wal baraa, and the same pagan Arab god Al iLah{“the BEST of deceivers” k3:54}
It’s a shame {Al} ilah completely missed “The MEANING of the Law of Moses and all the teachings of the prophets”
[matthew 7 v 12} “Do for others what you want them to do for you”:the Golden Rule.
After 1,400 years of disobeying God’s laws{the Exodus 20 ‘ten’+ the 2 chief commandments}it is probably a bit late to expect muslims to figure it out
gravenimage says
True, Mortimer.
CRUSADER says
You all want this in your neighborhoods?
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Hypnotizing circle dance by Sufi Zikr:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5goISKPSH8
Martin says
Jumping Sufis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaWnbfRbHos
Martin says
Sufi ceremony (in Kurdistan or Iraq )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__u-uHrd6a4
Martin says
…. most probably Kurds in eastern Iran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__u-uHrd6a4
Mixtli says
LOL….Funny, crazy men! Their dancing reminded me of Mexican Pop Singer Gloria Trevi’s hit song ‘Pelo Suelto’, translated its ‘Loose Hair’, seems like these guys are no different than a young pop star(80s-90s)dancing with her loosen and shaggy hair! XD
Lauren Hermann says
Crusader,
There are no words. Oh, wait I just found some:
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA, etc.
I am referring to the title of this post.
CRUSADER says
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/world/middleeast/sufi-muslim-explainer.html
Who Are Sufi Muslims and Why Do Some Extremists Hate Them?
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Sufism is a mystical form of Islam, a school of practice that emphasizes the inward search for God and shuns materialism. It has produced some of the world’s most beloved literature, like the love poems of the 13th century Iranian jurist Rumi. Its modern-day adherents cherish tolerance and pluralism, qualities that in many religions unsettle extremists.
But Sufism, often known as Islamic mysticism, has come under violent attack in recent years. On Friday, militants stormed a Sufi mosque on the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 305 people in what officials are calling the worst terrorist attack in Egypt’s modern history. The attack followed several assaults on Sufi shrines in Pakistan over the past year carried out by Sunni extremists. (The vast majority of Sufis are Sunni, though some are Shiite.)
What is this form of Islamic belief, and why has it come under assault?
The roots and practices of Sufism
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Sufism, known as tasawwuf in the Arabic-speaking world, is a form of Islamic mysticism that emphasizes introspection and spiritual closeness with God.
While it is sometimes misunderstood as a sect of Islam, it is actually a broader style of worship that transcends sects, directing followers’ attention inward. Sufi practice focuses on the renunciation of worldly things, purification of the soul and the mystical contemplation of God’s nature. Followers try to get closer to God by seeking spiritual learning known as tariqa.
Confusion about Sufism is common, even among Muslims, according to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, an American Sufi cleric of Egyptian descent who preached in New York City for many years and founded the Cordoba House, which promotes a moderate image of Islam in the West.
“It is nothing more than the spiritual dimension” of Islam, the cleric, who goes by Imam Feisal, said in a phone interview. “It is Islam, but we focus on meditation, on chanting sessions, which enable the Muslim to have his or her heart open. The myths people have about Sufis are analogous to the myths people have about Muslims.”
For a time, beginning in the 12th century, Sufism was a mainstay of the social order for Islamic civilization, and since that time it has spread throughout the Muslim world, and to China, West Africa and the United States. As Sufism spread, it adapted elements of local culture and belief, making it a popular practice.
Alexander D. Knysh, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Michigan and expert in modern Sufism, describes it as a “very wide, amorphous movement” practiced within both the Sunni and Shiite traditions.
Sufism has shaped literature and art for centuries, and is associated with many of the most resonant pieces of Islam’s “golden age,” lasting from roughly the eighth through 13th centuries, including the poetry of Rumi.
In modern times, the predominant view of Sufi Islam is one of “love, peace, tolerance,” Mr. Knysh explained, leading to this style of worship becoming synonymous with peace-loving Islam.
Why extremists have targeted Sufis
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While some Muslims view Sufis as quirky, even eccentric, some fundamentalists and extremists see Sufism as a threat, and its adherents as heretics or apostates.
In February, militants aligned with the Islamic State attacked worshipers at the tomb of a Sufi philosopher in a remote part of southern Pakistan, killing more than 80 people, whom the militants described as polytheists. Sufis praying at the tombs of saints — a practice core to the group — have also been attacked in India and the Middle East.
The Islamic State targets Sufis because it believes that only a fundamentalist form of Sunni Islam is valid.
Some fundamentalists see the reverence for saints, which is common in Shiite Islam, as a form of idolatry, because in their view it shows devotion to something other than the worship of a singular God. Some consider Sufis to be apostate, because saints were not part of the original practice of Islam at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, who died in 632.
“The opponents of Sufism see the shrines and these living saints as idols,” Mr. Knysh explained. “Their existence and their worship violates the main principle of Islam, which is the uniqueness of God and the uniqueness of the object of worship.”
Even though Sunni hard-liners have long viewed Sufis as well as Shiites as heretical, terrorist networks like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have debated whether killing them is justified.
The two terrorist groups have clashed over whether to focus on the “far enemy,” powerful Western countries like the United States, or the “near enemy,” repressive governments in the Muslim world. Early in the Iraq war, when the Islamic State’s predecessor organization targeted Iraq’s Shiite majority, in the hopes of promoting sectarian conflict, Al Qaeda criticized the Iraqi group’s leader at the time, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for doing so.
When a branch of Al Qaeda captured northern Mali in 2012, militants used pickaxes and bulldozers to destroy the ancient mausoleums of Sufi saints in Timbuktu. But documents recovered in northern Mali revealed that the militants in Mali had acted without the permission of their leaders, who wrote to express their dismay, arguing that the destruction — while theologically justified — was unwise because it caused the population to turn against them.
Though Al Qaeda has also targeted Sufi sites, the Islamic State has set itself apart by calling for brutal attacks against Sufis.
The status of Sufis in Egypt
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While no group has yet claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, it bore some of the hallmarks of previous assaults on Coptic Christians in Egypt. In the fall of 2016, Islamic State’s local affiliate claimed to have executed a Sufi cleric who was about 100 years old.
The religious objections of fundamentalists to the Sufi style of worship may not be the only factor behind the attacks on Sufis.
Experts say the amicable ties between Sufis and the Egyptian government may also be factor, giving the attack a political dimension. Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who took power after the military overthrew a democratically elected Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, has vowed to do a better job at protecting religious minorities, who were shunned when Mr. Morsi’s party, the Muslim Brotherhood, was in power. By killing Sufis, the militants may be trying to undermine Mr. Sisi’s authority.
Like its counterparts in several other Muslim-majority countries, Egypt’s government supports the Sufis because it sees them as members of a moderate, manageable faction who are unlikely to engage in political activity, because their priorities are oriented inwardly.
Sufi sheikhs generally accept the legitimacy of the state, leading to tensions with Muslims who oppose their governments and are willing to act on their dissatisfaction — with violence if necessary.
“They think the society is moving in the wrong direction and Sufis are aiding and abetting the authorities on this corrupt path,” Mr. Knysh said. “In ways, their reasons are very much political. They say, ‘If Sufis support this, we will be against them,’ more or less.”
Imam Feisal said that attacks on Sufi worshipers, besides being a “major sin,” are the result of the politicization of religion in the region over the past few decades. Egypt, in particular, he said, is a place where that politicization has fueled extremism.
“When religion becomes politicized,” Imam Feisal said, “it is not good.”
Dawne says
And yet Pakistanis still worship Mohammed unquestioningly.
toomanhobbies says
If they cant even get along with each other; WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE CAN GET ALONG WITH THEM???
Lauren Hermann says
toomanhobbies,
We can’t, and no one has ever been able to. Same old story–we never learn from history.